Review: K+D @ Tecnogeist

From: Dr. Axel Barcelo Aspeitia -- Investigador (abarcelo@minerva.filosoficas.unam.mx)
Date: Wed Apr 10 2002 - 21:25:56 CEST

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    Last week, the third annual 'Tecnogeist' festival kicked off in Mexico
    City. In case you do not know, Tecnogeist is a Mexican/European cultural
    event that brings together DJs and electronic musicans from both sides of
    the Atlantic ocean. This year it was supposed to include a first week of
    more chilled an leftfield grooves, and a second week of harder sounds to
    culminate in a Mexican edition of the legendary Love Parade through the
    main avenues of downtown Mexico City and finishing at the country's main
    square. However, the local government decided to withdraw the permit for
    this year, despite the overwhelming success and popular support
    from previous years.
            The series of events started with a pre-inauguration party, hosted
    by PARADOR ANALOGO at downtown cantina (and bullfighting museum) 'La
    Faena' where Nortec's PANOPTICA stole the night with his abstract beats
    and noises. I strongly recommend his debut album on Certificate 18.
    3Qwarks, from ECLECTICA collective, started things early on with a house
    set of original material which ranged from the deep and soulful house to
    colder techno-house. Too diverse to keep the people dancing. The same
    should be said about the rest of the DJs, whose names I do not remember
    but who failed to keep the vibe going and had a hard time pleasing the
    eclectic crowd for the night.
            Two 'openning' concerts were scheedulled for Friday and Saturday
    at the Sor Juana University's campus, but the university also withdrew
    itself a few hours before the show, so they had to move them to the much
    smaller Goethe Cultural Center. I missed Friday's show, where Buscemi was
    to play, but I could not miss Kruder and Dorfmeister on Saturday. It might
    come as no surprise that their set was awesome and eclectic. Starting with
    their own remix of 'Bug Powder Dust', they moved from dub to electro into
    house and hip-hop. The crowd was 'moving' but not really dancing, exscited
    but confused at the same time. Drunk and stoned. Kruder and Dorfmeister
    showe dup in matching 'mariachi' attire: jackets, vest and ties. This made
    Peter Kruder look like 'El Zorro' and Dorfmeister like, well, a middle
    European dressed like a mariachi!
            Before K+D, local DJ Smoke played some darkstep which pleased
    nobody, despite Go-Go and Luca's MCing. Even before that, Tosca performed
    three new pieces I had never heard, with live African chants. I do not
    know what happenned before, because it was a nightmare to get in the
    place. It took me an hour to make it pass the main gate (even though I
    arrived to the place at around 9pm), but as I looked on, people started
    cluttering around the small gate (remember, this was not a normal venue,
    but a small cultural center) making it impossible for anybody to get in.
    Some tried jumping the fence, only to be dragged outside by security. In
    general, I must say the organizers really made th best of the situation
    and left everybody disappointed only by the government and the Sor Juana
    University officials.

    Dr. Axel Arturo Barcelo Aspeitia

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