[quote=eccentricbeats]Minneapolis has a nice selection of talent to choose from for the size of our city... The classic (former Prince owned) venue First Avenue, Tabu, and Escape Ultra Lounge are our three main venues for dance music....
The main music following in our town is Techno and Minimal... But the largest turnout for a show as expected is Chicago House and Trance, with Progressive close behind...
The locals in our town are probably some of the finest in the country with players like DJ ESP Woody McBride (legend of the Mid West and featured on Holden's Balance CD), Alexander East (not much more needs to be said about this house genius), Adam Johnson (on Digweed's Fabric 20 CD, and recently the WOW cd), the US's #1 Happy Hardcore DJ - Spree, Balance Promote Record Pool DJ - Jevne, Aphrodisio Records label, Freddy Fresh, Paul Birken and Scott Radke (aka Rokken), DVS1, Dustin Zahn and Ian Lehman's Abiotic Recordings Label too name a few...
We get our fair share of Live Acts and DJ's including Jerry Bonham, Swayzak, Matthew Dear, James Zabiela, Phil K, Magda, Richie Hawtin, John Digweed, Desyn Masiello, Paul Van Dyk, Jake Fairley, Way Out West, and Marco Carola just a few that have been here in the past few months..
And if I don't like what's going on during any weekend I can make the 5 or so hour drive (8 hour train ride) to Chicago or a flight to Toronto for one of their shows...
I love where I live and my music scene, even if it is -30 Degress Fahrenheit w/ windshield outside right now (-9 without windshield)... That's -22.7 C if you are wondering....[/quote]
Couldn't of said it better myself, Our scene is picking up, but just like any other city, there is an abundance of homo club goers out there. Some clubs are better than others but cant complain with the talent that Minneapolis has been brining in the past couple of years.
However, Eccentric beat nights are the best at exposing the good choons /good people.
cheers