Hey Girls and Boys,
Got out last nite to see Thievery Corp & KnD @ the Roxy and here are my
thoughts. First off let me say it was a real treat to meet another listee
there yay! That said, let me also say that the Roxy is as schweet a spot as
ever. They had all these screens w/ pretty colors, smoke and what not to
appease those into the visual thing. Oh yeah, there was also a big screen
as the back drop for the DJ;s which had all sorts of graphics ranging from
mathematical equations to dancing teletubbies =]. The sound system was
bangin as well. Aaanyway on to the music. Got there for the opener,
unfortunately I don't know who he was.... maybe Ron Trent? But he pulled
out some of the shikki's, Betcha and I'm not sure what else, which was nice,
but then he would throw it all off w/ some kind of 4 on the floor
stuff....nice enough though.
Next up Thievery Corp. These guys rocked it most of the time *even though*
they did play and excessive amount off the DJ Kicks...to please the crowd I
guess. But over all I was happy w/ the mix of reggae, AJ, uhh alittle
hip-hop. So I guess my only gripe was wanting to hear alittle more off tha
hook AJ cuts...oh yeah that and the guy holding his cell phone up all night
to record the show for...uh actually I don;t know *why* anyone would do such
a silly thing. DUH!
So Dorfmeister was next. He laid down some tripped out dub...ohh and the
live singer was loco en la cabeza! That's good loco not bad. The sound was
a bit on the loud side for my taste though. Hmm still maybe it's just
personal taste but it drives me crazy when a DJ plays some sick shikkized
supa dance trks and then drops some predictable or progressive sounding
stuff. But I guess they can't all be gems.
Kruder was last up, but it was getting late and we had to leave so I missed
most of him. But we did get to hear Rainer Truby - Allegre before going,
which was a nice enough way to end the night.
So let's recap, overall a good night? yes.
....and now for the Herbert part of the post. I've had a chance to really
listen to the Herbert album the last few days and it's seriously touching
me. Her voice is sooo blue and meloncholy w/ a lovely piano providing the
back drop. And just when I think I've got it figured out we go from slow
and lonely w/ straight jazz sensebilities, in trk 5, to dance floor driving
ballads like trk 14. It's just odd b/c it's off base from most of the other
stuff I've been listening to lately. Maybe it's the slight ting of
insanity, or maybe it's *actually* the lack of emotion in her voice
especially on trks 1,2,3, and especially 7, but what ever it is it's
intoxicating. Anyone else feelin these?
J
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