Re: Titonton Duvante in Puerto Rico

From: steph99 (beleza@speakeasy.net)
Date: Tue Nov 20 2001 - 16:38:08 CET

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    I keep hearing about these Puerto Rico gigs, I know my friend Toby from Miami
    (Tea Farmer) went down there a few years back. I think all djs here will
    be interested...how does one get hooked up with the Borinquen Connexion? Is
    there a core group of promoters? If you're not a big name is it a lost cause?

    broke, beat, and shivering in philly,
    s99

    On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Santiago Cevallos wrote:

    > This past Friday I had the pleasure of taking Titonton Duvante down to
    > Puerto Rico to play at a party down there. It was no ordinary party
    > because it was held inside a cave that is 3 million years old. Well let
    > me tell you the man was on fire. Despite one of the turntables being sort
    > of fucked up, the man ripped it. He started off playing broken beat, and
    > then techno. He wasn't just throwing records though, he was turntablizing
    > both genre's with ninja stealth. He had everyone inside that cave with
    > there jaws on the floor. I honestly as a resident of Miami, have never
    > seen anyone spin broken beat (except myself, if that counts). I mean
    > there was a dope party down here during Winter Music Conference, but that
    > is it. It was a wake up call to Puerto Rico too. Many people down there
    > don't have the oppurtunity to hear music that, crappy local promoters
    > usually only bring trance and drum and bass artists. Not to put down drum
    > and bass as a ! whole, but the genre is pretty stale right now, except
    > for a handful of artists. So to me this was a delicious treat, and if
    > Titonton comes around your way, I suggest you go see what real
    > underground talent is.
    >
    >
    > Santiago Cevallos
    > Etihad Records  
    > Look out for Titonton Duvante's e.p.on Etihad Records coming out during
    > Winter Music Conference.
    > http://www.etihad.com
    >
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