Re: UFO in Hollywood

tyamamot@scf-fs.usc.edu
Tue, 29 Jul 1997 02:28:16 -0700


Elson Trinidad wrote:
>
Elson,

> Hey man, you were there? We could have turned it into an L.A. list meet!
> I was there, along with fellow listmembers Gen Kanai and Tony Reid, aka DJ
> T-Bird. It was a cool night
> and a pretty happening scene. The $15 cover is a bit much, but I guess you
> can justify it by having the whos-who of the worldwide electronica DJ scene
> represent everyweek (although the Hollywood Athletic Club charges $15 for
> all events during the week). Thank God for guest lists. :)

Dude!! Are you kiddin' me? It's a small world, huh?

>
> There's two rooms at Frequency; one "ballroom" with the monster sound
> system and another one in the downstairs pool hall, where UFO and Thievery
> Corporation were. I thought UFO's set was cool, they had great visuals
> (that spy film with them running around Hong Kong). Strange, though, when
> they DJ, it's usually one manning the decks, with another member leaning
> over his shoulder and tweaking the mixer constantly. I wanna know where UFO
> buys their clothes; they dress kinda sharp!
>
> BTW, I wonder, with UFO being two Japanese and one frenchman, what language
> do they speak to each other? I mean, when they're in the studio making
> tracks, what language do they use (aside from music, of course :))? I've
> seen Raphael Sebbag in an interview once (I believe it was the Red Hot &
> cool TV special on PBS), and he spoke in French.
>

I don't know where they get their clothes, but it's true that they look
cool.
I don't know how they communicate each other, either, but I guess it's
Japanese.
You know what? The French guy, born in Morocco, was a fashion model
in Japan when the two Japanese guys met him.
I think there's no chance that the guys happen to be both French
speakers.

> But if you live here in town or just visiting, I do recommend Frequency -
> in the coming weeks they have
> people like Lionrock and Talvin Singh lined up. Perhaps us loco local
> listmembers can organize a formal meet there sometime.

Hey man, I'm a Trojan as you can notice from my address.

---tak