What was the best set you ever saw/heard?

[SlavikSvensk]

by whom and what made it so special?

[SlavikSvensk]

come on people!

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probably d may at the metroplex anniversary party, detroit.. i think it was '96. or else the first time i saw him at the music institute in 1988. that was of course life changing.

there were also some extremely memorable richie hawtin sets in the early-mid 90's. only in detroit. or the first plastikman performance in 94.

why? becuase for those hours nothing else in the world mattered.

[SlavikSvensk]

were you at sickness and recovery, by any chance?

one of the best i've seen was the first time i heard steve rachmad. this was in amsterdam in 1997, he was on 3 decks and was mind blowing. i've seen him since and he's been solid, but nothing like that time.

[The Overfiend]

Glenn Frisca @ Limelight circa the mid 90's

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were you at sickness and recovery, by any chance?

yup. mills and hawtin in the middle of a field. who woulda thunk it.

Jak O'Lantern and Jak's Bak and Jak 6 and a few others kicked it's butt tho =)
and then there was the Free Barn Party...
or The Lodge. oh mama.

[Stella Boy]

Frank De Wulf in 1993 with 1500 nutters going mental to the acid, trance & hardcore he was dropping, finishing his 1st set of the night with moby's thousand.

Derrick May & DJ Huggy at back to basics. It was just one of those nights where everything clicked

DJ Bone a few years ago and I just remember the way he moulded Man With The Red face so seamlesly with Jaguar - the place just went mental

[SlavikSvensk]

another couple from me:

derrick may at some really sh**y bar in pontiac michigan in 1996. he played all house but it was electric.
laurent garnier at the end in london 1997. 7.5 hours, he played eveything.

[DrewDavid]

Derrick May at the first DEMF - what was that, 2001? He started the set off with James Brown The Payback and ended it with a freestyle by the last remaining member of The Last Poets. When GrooveTech was still around, they had Realplayer video and audio archives including this particular set by May - I used to watch it over and over because I was amazed at the dexterity and variety of music played.

[g]

heh.. i remember the first few bars of James Brown coming over the PA.. :)


speaking of, while it was his typical non-DJ DJing style, Carl Craig's set at Fuse-In this year was really special. first time back at the fest since You Know When, evening slot on the waterfront and he just played a bunch of kickass tracks. the joint went off.

[davemelt]

colin favor at nocturnal up in the north east on friday 13th 1991

unreal

[SlavikSvensk]

haven't heard carl in years...probably would appreciate it more now that last time. the older i get, the more i appreciate mixes made for the tracks rather than the skillz...

[drift9]

laurent garnier at the end in london 1997. 7.5 hours, he played eveything.

YES--that garneir set was truly something. funny, was just thinking about it earlier today.

other toppers for me would have to be richie's last set at twilo and jeff mills in kalamazoo, mich at the end of the 90's.

[eppertheleper]

derrick may at some really sh**y bar in pontiac michigan in 1996. he played all house but it was electric.

You sure that wasn't 1997? We went to see May at some shitty bar that I thought was in Pontiac. They ended up clearing out all the tables in the whole place to make more room for people to dance. It had a downstairs hip hop area that I remember because it's the first time I saw somebody use a telephone handset as headphones. May ripped that place to shreds that night. Hawtin was there, I remember the door guy was really excited about it.

YES--that garneir set was truly something. funny, was just thinking about it earlier today.

other toppers for me would have to be richie's last set at twilo and jeff mills in kalamazoo, mich at the end of the 90's.

That Mills set was epic. Claude Young was supposed to spin that party, but he didn't even get started until the sun came up because Mills stayed on so long. That party also had the Surgeon, Traxx, and some other big names I think. Black Nation party, right? Dave Clarke was sick as hell at the Motor the night before.

For me it would have to be Acid Pimp at a Detor party in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Maybe not the greatest set ever, but it changed my life.

[MARKEG]

jeff mills - tribal gathering. but i just dont know the year!

i was almost crying. :)

[tocsin]

DJ Scribble doing the slot before a particularly bland Chemical Borthers live PA in NYC at the Roxy in 1996. Mixed everything but the kitchen sink together and did DJ tricks up the ass. Ended up stealing the show from the Chemical Brothers and packing the floor more than they did as well.

[The Overfiend]

DJ Scribble doing the slot before a particularly bland Chemical Borthers live PA in NYC at the Roxy in 1996. Mixed everything but the kitchen sink together and did DJ tricks up the ass. Ended up stealing the show from the Chemical Brothers and packing the floor more than they did as well.

Scribble was no joke those days, he had a lot to prove because no one would let him live down his Hot 97 hip hop image

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Autechre live, detroit and toronto, early 1996.
a richie hawtin set @ Alvin's in detroit sometime in the 90's -- he played 100% house
D Wynn at that corner bar on jefferson.. is it an irish pub or an oyster bar? again, some misc time in the 90's
Every night at the first incarnation of.. what was it called, Flow?... sam & dean's night above Nikki's, fall/winter 1995.
DJ Bone in the Subject Detroit studios, May 2005. drunk as a skunk, audience of 4 or 5. =)

[Serendipity]

another couple from me:


laurent garnier at the end in london 1997. 7.5 hours, he played eveything.

Did you happen to catch Jeff Mills utterly destroy the main room that night? (12th Feb 97)
That's my most memorable performance - totally out of control.

[JamieBall]

Jeff Mills vs Basic Channel at Lost years back.

Stupid. Just STUPID.