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zombie ritual
4th December 2002, 22:20
Your opinions are needed as aid to decide what to do this weekend, please!
marcel
4th December 2002, 22:43
i heard him only once at club8.mai. hm i must say i was a little bit disappointed, not really interesting, mostly the toolthang. but maybe it depends on in what kind of club he plays. 8.mai is known as a "schranzschuppen"
7875
5th December 2002, 02:50
i've heard from several people that his mixing is semi-sloppified and his tracks are monotonous.
is it cheap to see him?
Sheridan
5th December 2002, 05:51
I have seen alan two or three times. nice harder minimal techno. lots of drums and cool sounds. I always enjoyed him when I saw him. also after meeting him once, I must say he is probably the nicest big time jock I have ever met!!
I say check him out!! but I guess it really matters what kind of techno you are into. also I have never thought of him as sloppy. not at all.
Tomoki
5th December 2002, 07:50
His website: http://www.puresonikrecords.net/

He´s doing the comic thing for years now...
gunjack
5th December 2002, 08:02
Alan Oldham is a very talented guy, who has been very supportive of my gunjack project. he played double copies of my track - "hedshot" on the main stage, to close out this year's DEMF. The guy is a hard working DJ/producer. Support generator/pure sonik like a jockstrap yo!
aleks
5th December 2002, 08:43
dj t-1000 is bangin´ ...
Basic
5th December 2002, 11:08
I met/seen Alan Oldham play about 5 years ago and it was one of the most tough, unrelenting and powerful sets I'd heard - and still is. Mills was on after him, and he still held his own. I would go and see him, but can't comment on how he is nowadays. A really nice guy, and takes a lot of time to talk, a strange irony to his aggressive DJ style. If I was to grade his set I would say 8/10 if that helps (that's very good in my book)
Atarythm
5th December 2002, 11:34
Originally posted by zombie ritual
Your opinions are needed as aid to decide what to do this weekend, please!

Maybe this could be cool for your weekend :

Golf Club Porrentruy 7.11.02

FACE2FACE

Subhead/live (tresor, 2cb, neue heimat,uk)
Mitte Karaoke/live (BPitch Control, WMF, berlin)
Bolz Bolz(world electric, feis, longhall, d)
Cora S(Possible Music, Mental ind., berlin)
Christiane f & Pat k (chateausm, berlin)
Aster oh/live(mercurochrome, eject, ju)
Ki-Yota (mercurochrome, ewc, ju)
Darko Stronkvist(mercurochrome, hmc, ju)
Nico2m & Nicolai Karamzine(mash up, panorama sound, zh)

another great night from the mercurochrome guys...
Mercedez Ben
5th December 2002, 15:46
alan can be monotonous or interesting depending on his mood. sometimes he tries to upstage people which can be an unattractive trait, no doubt. he also has an ego the size of texas from all indications. i opened for a show with him, juan atkins and jay denham. he played at 4am and banged non-stop until 6. non-stop that is, except for the 2 times he completely stopped the music to announce to the 35 people in the room that he was "dj t-motherfuckin'-1000" and that "only detroit djs can play like this. fuck everybody else." he then proceeded to pull out a roll of pure sonic stickers and throw them out at the remaining crowd, rock star style. this experience left a really bad tast in my mouth. i'm sure he's not such a bad guy but why?...
jamyna
5th December 2002, 16:02
I say good on him, if there were only 35 people in the room and he still gave it to em like he was playing at a stadium. As for the music, bores the Calvins off me (what i've heard)
gunjack
5th December 2002, 16:45
Originally posted by Mercedez Ben
alan can be monotonous or interesting depending on his mood. sometimes he tries to upstage people which can be an unattractive trait, no doubt. he also has an ego the size of texas from all indications. i opened for a show with him, juan atkins and jay denham. he played at 4am and banged non-stop until 6. non-stop that is, except for the 2 times he completely stopped the music to announce to the 35 people in the room that he was "dj t-motherfuckin'-1000" and that "only detroit djs can play like this. fuck everybody else." he then proceeded to pull out a roll of pure sonic stickers and throw them out at the remaining crowd, rock star style. this experience left a really bad tast in my mouth. i'm sure he's not such a bad guy but why?...




how was jay denham? as if i have to ask...
jukka
5th December 2002, 17:15
saw him playing 2 or 3 times.....and i must say that i liked it :)
it is a bit more monotone and banging and as allready mentioned aggressive dj'ing.....good to dance ya ass off !
aleks
5th December 2002, 17:19
the last time i saw him playing he dropped a bad ass hip hop tune...mellancholiks or something like that, anybody ever heard of them?
Mercedez Ben
5th December 2002, 19:20
to jamyna -"good on him" for giving "it to em like he was playing at a stadium"... well, it was punishing to the point where people left. and he's done it elswhere. i heard that when he had regis play in detroit he basically upstaged him by giving himself the prime slot and putting karl on last. the place turned out to be empty at the end. kinda fucked up but i wasn't there so its all heresay. and what's with the "only detroit djs can play like this" bit? just not my vibe at all (must not've heard my set, hehe) but more power to him. if he's got fans and likes what he does... then again, same for the backstreet boys.

gunjack-jay played an excellent set. not quite as intense or tricky as i've heard him elsewhere but great track selection. played gameform so it must've been good.
zombie ritual
6th December 2002, 06:54
atarhythm, can you give me the address of the Golf Club?
zombie ritual
6th December 2002, 06:59
Thank you guys, but now I think I'm definitely going to Porrentruy and check out the Mercurochrome-guys once again!
wheezer
6th December 2002, 07:15
Originally posted by Mercedez Ben
"only detroit djs can play like this"

to quote generator 2:

"the only thing I'm saying is if you gonna call it techno, know what techno is. buy some shit, buy some shit from detroit and then you'll find out."

not exactly new behaviour for mr. t-1000...
phaedrus
6th December 2002, 14:43
Originally posted by wheezer


to quote generator 2:

"the only thing I'm saying is if you gonna call it techno, know what techno is. buy some shit, buy some shit from detroit and then you'll find out."



where exactly is that quote from? I've heard it before
Atarythm
6th December 2002, 15:20
Originally posted by zombie ritual
atarhythm, can you give me the address of the Golf Club?

I don't have an adress, but I sent you a mail with a map... hope it helps...
cheers....
Mercedez Ben
6th December 2002, 18:09
big ego equals small....

sorry, that was low but like Mad MIke says "stay low"

Originally posted by wheezer


to quote generator 2:

"the only thing I'm saying is if you gonna call it techno, know what techno is. buy some shit, buy some shit from detroit and then you'll find out."

not exactly new behaviour for mr. t-1000...
wheezer
7th December 2002, 14:51
Originally posted by phaedrus


where exactly is that quote from? I've heard it before

like I said, it's a separate sample on the generator 2 record, generator of course being mr. oldham's old label. there was also a ep on paparazzi record which featured samples from that quote, with mixes by human by default, styro 2000, the hacker & frank müller...