Hmmmm :what
Well it wasn't quite what I'd been expecting - all in all rather a disappointment, especially after what Sasha put on at Sankeys just a couple of months back.
[B]I have to say that Guy Gerber was absolutely fantastic - he way playing the lush muti-layered soundscapes that Sasha should have been turning out. So well done to Guy G, he reminded me what a talented DJ/Producer he is so I must check out more of his stuff.[/B]
Sasha did play some stuff off the hernan [ms] 7th b-day set ... it's just a pity Hernan hadn't turned up instead - ouch !
Now I don't know why Sasha was so uninspired - it was only recently that he was saying how much great music is out there, plus his twitter indicated that he'd been picking out tracks especially for the night. It was just dull aimless pounding with not much in the way of variety ... so back to 2006 - 2007 era Sasha then :roll:.
[B]I think the club itself may play a part .. I don't get why people rave about fabric ... it's strikes me as tourist central, plus a crowd that would dance to anything and isn't that clued up or knowledgeable on what good EDM is. I got the impression that, if you'd rattled some pots & pans, they'd have danced to it and cheered. Sorry folks .. I much prefer Matter and those Bedrock nights.[/B]
[B]Still it was a night out and you take the rough with the smooth + things were saved by the final hour - Nhar's "Afterburner" did sound simply awesome on the sound system, and Sasha's new remix of Doves "Jetstream" sounded pretty good and got a reaction. Plus Tom Middletons remixes of Humate "Love Stimilation" and (I think) Coldplay's Life in Technicolour from his Transitions mix too were cool. He ended with Gebrunn Gebrunn - yes it sounded great, but surely to goodness he could have had something better up his sleeve ? I assume Diggers won't let him have a copy of Sainz's Lamur remix.[/B]
Sorry to grumble - I do realise I'm lucky to see all these DJ's .. but these trips are (i) fairly expensive and (ii) a great deal of effort in travel etc. Interestingly comments on the Bedrock board range from
[COLOR=wheat]"my god what a pile of dogshit... i've never seen him play a worse set than this. i've seen him about 8/9 times now, first time at warehouse in 2007, and he was shite then, although every other time he has been awesome... i'm actually quite pissed off that i made the trip from manchester - 5 hours on a coach for this crap... guy gerber was really good, the dance floor was absolutely packed, and when sasha came on everyone was up for it... the tunes he was thumping out were boring and they all sounded the same, and they just weren't working for me... i'm proper gutted because last time i saw him was at sankey's in mancheter and that was probably the best set i've ever heard in my life, and last night he just failed to deliver."[/COLOR]
to
[COLOR=wheat]"fuck was sasha awesome. cant believe the techno he was banging out. only recognised 3 tunes in the 3 hrs i saw him though. its been said many times before but fuck, what a sound system !"[/COLOR]
[COLOR=wheat]"Thought Sasha was amazing last night, bit slow to get started but after that he was bang on form till I was forced to thow the towel in and head home at about 7."[/COLOR]
[COLOR=wheat]" loved it personally we were there til 8.30 when he finished great stuff !! "[/COLOR]
[COLOR=wheat]"i thought that was the best i've ever seen him...i had a great night"[/COLOR]
[B]Based on the last 3 comments it makes me wonder just what the poor old fabric regulars have to suffer through if last night was a great set[/B] :lol:
Anyway - cheers to Domnal for making the trip ... at least I didn't have to suffer the long night alone.
I just hope JD brings out the best in Sasha over the Bank holiday weekend - roll on Cream and a blinding set back up North !