Re: instruments + tables

From: Marco Pringle (freakymarco@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Nov 14 2000 - 22:36:39 MET

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    Just a few notes on the thread
    (Hey, my first post on this list!)

    1. on turntablism how-to videos...
    They're relatively easy to find, and there are dozens
    if not hundreds of different ones, featuring different
    DJ's. http://www.turntablelab.com has a pretty good
    selection, as do some other hiphop mailorder sites.
    As to how good they are as a learning tool, I'm not
    sure. It's one thing to watch Babu or Q-bert scratch
    up a storm on a video, it's a whole other thing to
    gather that knowledge for your own use. I've got
    Turntable wizardry 1, and it's a pretty good place to
    start, although it's pretty basic (i'm still nowhere
    near being a turntable wizard, though).

    2. On Theivery Corp's Vancouver show and DJ shows in
    general...
    I heard the problem there was (and this is all second
    and third hand info) the fact that the dj's were
    pretty disengaged, and seemed bored/unhappy to be
    playing Vancouver. But ultimately, I think if you're
    going to a DJ show expecting to be entertained, you're
    probably out of luck. Most dj's just aren't that
    interesting to watch, even though their set might be
    phenomenal (I guess that explains why Coldcut are
    working so hard on their live visuals). I've kinda
    had to lower my expectations when seeing big-name dj
    shows. If I just expect to hear really good music,
    and disregard that whole dj-as-rock-star/showman
    thing, I tend to enjoy the show more.

    3. On instruments + tables,
    I agree that it's probably easier when an
    instrumentalist is added to a dj set, in the vein of
    DJ krush + Kondo. I saw a great DJ Spooky show last
    year, which would have been a standout DJ set by
    itself, but then he whipped out his cello, and started
    playing that while DJ'ing to great effect. However,
    there are also some great bands which include
    turntablists. Listers have already mentioned Kid
    Koala, and well informed Canadians should know about
    Bullfrog (w/ Kid Koala, and Public Enema before
    them), and the rest of you should seek out any
    Bullfrog you can find. I also like DJ logic's work
    with MMW, and recent stuff from the Herbaliser Band.
    They've been on tour recently, and when I saw them,
    turntables (as played by Ollie Teeba) were well
    integrated with the rest of the instruments. Although
    in Herbaliser's case, it's sort of a backwards
    process, with DJ's originally creating the music and
    then taking it to the band (It can't be that much fun
    for the rhythm section, who are basically just playing
    loops).

    Just some thoughts,

    --
    Marco Pringle
    Fat Beat Diet - Way late, Tues nights/wed morning
    CJSW 90.9 fm
    

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