After the concert we went to the Jazz Cafe where a 'Talkin Loud' Night
was happening. Lineup: Gilles Peterson, Headstrong, and UFO.
I was too late for Gilles Peterson and I only saw the last 30 Minutes
of the Headstrong Concert which was really good. But wait a minute -
the leadsinger was in fact Rob (I think that's his name) from
Galliano, at least two other members where also playing/singing. The
style the've played was really close to Galliano. Did I miss
something? Is this somekind of side project?
Next was UFO which I really like a lot! I've never seen em before
playing life and I was wondering how they're actually DOING it!
Well - they don't. It was a mess. 2 turntables, a mixer and a mic?
that's all? not even a mere sampler?
And the performance? Just playing some tunes without mixing and
humming into the mic isn't really inspiring. Besides - it was too
loud, they oversteered (is that the right word?) the speaker, the
needle was skipping and the music they played was nothing special. It
began with 2 or 3 tracks from '3rd perspective', switching to some old
Jazz Funk, then suddenly to some kind of house and ended up in jungle.
all this in about 3/4 hours... and none of it really danceable.
i hope this isn't the real UFO, perhaps they were just pissed off
because they had to play about 2 hours later than announced.