do djs around here ever play dive bars? if so what is in your set for these occasions?
of course very different audience and mood than big room bass in the face events, and the music has a different function, and has to function in other ways. for one thing there was no flyer, and all kinds of people are there, not to see you, but to *have fun* (which of course means totally different things to many people, musically speaking). so no one will give a damn about your sophisticated minimal house or roots of dubstep, and if you play your favorite moody mellow shit people will also tell you to get lost.
so what do you do to bring it all together and give the people what they want (after realizing much earlier that fighting them is not an option)? how do you get the place jumping, guys nodding and girls screaming, without playing what EVERYONE ELSE plays or resorting to horrible lowest common denominators? and do it all while staying fresh and retaining a sense of integrity and satisfy your own sense of musical adventure (and perverse desire to drop some subversive shit on unsuspecting civilians)
this saturday i'm playing at a friend's pretty popular little dive in Kreuzberg, and this is what i'm thinking:
afro jazz / funk / disco
bit of ska
disco reggae
ethipian boogie
turkish funk
cosmic boogie disco
post punk / dance punk
kraut rock (not sure how or if this will work)
early electro pop
obscure 80s
neue deutsche welle
italian, french, british, american new wave
a little old school and early hiphop
hip house (maybe drop a little kwaito)
any othe suggestions? that one mix someone did called Office Party (Stelfox? Eden?) was great in this vein.
quite excited really. i think it can be some seriously silly fun
of course very different audience and mood than big room bass in the face events, and the music has a different function, and has to function in other ways. for one thing there was no flyer, and all kinds of people are there, not to see you, but to *have fun* (which of course means totally different things to many people, musically speaking). so no one will give a damn about your sophisticated minimal house or roots of dubstep, and if you play your favorite moody mellow shit people will also tell you to get lost.
so what do you do to bring it all together and give the people what they want (after realizing much earlier that fighting them is not an option)? how do you get the place jumping, guys nodding and girls screaming, without playing what EVERYONE ELSE plays or resorting to horrible lowest common denominators? and do it all while staying fresh and retaining a sense of integrity and satisfy your own sense of musical adventure (and perverse desire to drop some subversive shit on unsuspecting civilians)
this saturday i'm playing at a friend's pretty popular little dive in Kreuzberg, and this is what i'm thinking:
afro jazz / funk / disco
bit of ska
disco reggae
ethipian boogie
turkish funk
cosmic boogie disco
post punk / dance punk
kraut rock (not sure how or if this will work)
early electro pop
obscure 80s
neue deutsche welle
italian, french, british, american new wave
a little old school and early hiphop
hip house (maybe drop a little kwaito)
any othe suggestions? that one mix someone did called Office Party (Stelfox? Eden?) was great in this vein.
quite excited really. i think it can be some seriously silly fun
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