Re: Hernan Cattaneo (5hrs+). Fri 28th Oct. Billboard
[QUOTE=DIDI;1000940]Not sure I want to share [IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/animwlol.gif[/IMG] jk!
I had an amazing weekend. Starting with the wonderful fellow Hernan fans at Billboard. You all know who you are!! [IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/wwide.gif[/IMG] No matter how Hernan plays it is the most danceable music on the planet , and that isn't just my opinion. [IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/animwlol.gif[/IMG] He drops every track exquisitely at exactly the right time. !! [IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/wwide.gif[/IMG] His mixes are immaculate. [IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/wwide.gif[/IMG] As I said before I didn't notice one missed beat in the 3 gigs I was lucky enough to see. !
Sydney started off badly finding I was in Sydney and he was stuck in Melbourne. But our faith was rewarded. He didn't let us down. Arrived 2 hours late to a packed room which stayed that way until he stopped!! They loved him , being selfish I wish there could have been just a few less of them. Dancing properly was a bit out of the question and that is a sacrilege to Hernan's music [IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/animwlol.gif[/IMG] Shorter set meant a bit harder as well. But just the sheer musicality of his music is always there. I think over the last few days I have used up most of my superlatives, But he does that long flawless single track thing better than anyone. Despite Alan Joyce [CEO of Qantas, who canned all qantas flights on Saturday :evil:], he showed us how yet again this weekend. [IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/wsmile.gif[/IMG]
Canberra, Very, very late again , which was a shame because even while I was there a lot of people gave up on him getting there , others turned up late expecting him to be there later. So it balanced out a little. I feel so sorry for those who had to leave, because he really delivered a perfectly formed 3 hour set , full of the beautiful tracks he hadn't been able to play over the rest of the tour , some from my favourite radio show of the moment, 023! I don't think a three hour set has ever gone so fast. I felt I could have danced forever, and I certainly wanted to !!
I got to quite a few shows over the year and while some are truly great, I usually walk out feeling something is missing. But as soon as Hernan starts to play it's all there, total and complete. I never walk out feeling I have missed out , although like all great things, the more you have the more you want [IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/animwlol.gif[/IMG] . It totally amazes me that after hearing him play and progress over 7 years it always happens. And I am always surprised [IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/animwlol.gif[/IMG] Why does it happen? Talent obviously , incredible hard work , but where it all stems from, that all encompassing love of this amazing music that we are so lucky to share with him and that he wants so badly to share with us.! Even to the extent of flying in an aged plane with a child pilot to Sydney to make sure we all get to hear and dance to it. [IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/animwlol.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/rockout.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/rockout.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/rockout.gif[/IMG]
I wasn't lucky enough to get to Brisbane , but I know he thought it was amaaaaazing [IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/animwlol.gif[/IMG] And from the reports on Brisbane so did everyone else. [IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/hurray.gif[/IMG]
Mostly I think I just feel incredibly grateful that he loves his fans here in australia enough to make the incredibly long journey every year to share his music with us. Common sense tells us he doesn't have to ! We have too small a population to make it a very lucrative exercise and that even an aged plane with a child pilot would take a chunk of the profit. [IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/animwlol.gif[/IMG]
I think I've run a out of superlatives now, have to learn some more for the next time I see him. [IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/animwlol.gif[/IMG] And I probably ended up over sharing [IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/animwlol.gif[/IMG]
For everything, [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=3"]Hernan Cattaneo[/URL] . Thank you !! [IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/bowdown.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/bowdown.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/bowdown.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/bowdown.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://i.i.tsatic-cdn.net/modules/forum/smilies/bowdown.gif[/IMG]
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wow, great review di. i am jealous as i havent seen hernan in almost 6 years now :( he doesnt come to miami like he used to besides wmc.