Soudain la salle s'obscurci complètement alors que le niveau de concentration de fumigènes atteint un maximum angoissant. On ne voit pas à un mètre. Dans la brume et l'oscurité on entend des bruissements ... des grognements inquiétant emplissent les lieux. Puis deux paires d'yeux surgissent au fonds de la scène et approchent de manière hésitante, comme sorti d'une forêt millénaire ou de l'enfer ... des yeux violets, puis rouges .... on ne voit toujours rien, c'est pas qu'on a peur, mais quand même, les images de bêtes venues de forêts profondes dévorer l'homme, défilent dans les subconscients ... c'est dans nos gènes, on n'y peut rien ... puis les basses énormes arrivent, les boîtes à rhythmes ... les stroboscopes se déclenchent pour ne plus s'arrêter ... dans la lumière séquentielle on distingue maintenant deux personnages avec des têtes de loups et de renard. Au deuxième titre les têtes tombent pour découvrir un petit bout de fille vêtue d'un short et d'énormes lunettes blanches et un jeune gavroche punk ... ça rap ... c'est intense, punk ... l'énergie d'une rave de 30 000 personnes concentrée ... c'est glam, rave, italo disco, rock, punk ... ça respecte aucune loi ... c'est ultime ... personne n'a jamais rien vu de pareil ... ils arrêtent jamais, se télescopent, dansent, se touche le sexe sans arrêt, se roulent par terre, se rentrent dedans, tombent sans le vouloir, saccagent un sapin de noel et terminent sur leur hit "in yer underwear" ... ils quittent la scène alors qu'un long hurlement de loup retentit ... un crystal pur de concept. On ne peut pas faire mieux, autant arrêter les concerts.
All of a sudden the lights went out and the level of fumes density reached the alarming state where you begin to thought about gasping for air. People couldn't see each other anymore. In the growing obscurity people could hear some rustling ... worrying roarings filled the space. Then two pairs of eyes pop up at the back of the stage and came hesitantly on the forefront like coming out of the ages from some dark forest or direct from hell ... violet eyes turning red ... we were still in the dark ... it's not that we were afraid but you know all these images of cruel beasts coming from the deep forests devoring people came in your mind, you couldn't help it ... couldn't do anything about it ... then the huge bass came in, then the beatboxes ... the strobes went on to never stop until the end of the gig ... in the sequential light you could see two humans forms one with a wolf head and the other with a fox one. On the second track they dropped their big masks to reveal a tiny young girl in shorts witn enormous white specks and a young electro punk gavroche type lad ... they rap ... it was intense, punk ... the energy of a 30 000 people rave concentrated ... it's glam, rave, italo disco, rock, punk ... it fights all the laws known to men ... it's ultimate ... nobody had ever seen anything like this ... they never stopped ... banging in each others, dancing, touching themselves sexually explicit, banging again and fallen on the floor without noticing to finally destroying a christmas tree and put an end to the gig with their eponymous hit 'in yer underwear' ... they left the stage as a terrifying howling wolf could be heard ... a pure crystal clear concept. You could not do better. You know what? There's no sense in doing other gigs now, this was definitely ahead.
lundi 20 avril 2009
mercredi 18 mars 2009
Missing
PRIMAL SCREAM May 1994 - Bataclan
ORBITAL December 1994 - Elysees Montmartre
TORTOISE January 1995 - Rex club
SHELLAC April 1995 - Arapaho
ORBITAL June 1995 - Elysees Montmartre
STEREOLAB May 1996 - London
TORTOISE May 1996 - Arapaho
CHEMICAL BROTHERS May 1996 - Bataclan
ORBITAL June 1996 - Elysees Montmartre
UNDERWORLD July 1997 - Bataclan
SMOG / DAVID GRUBBS September 1997 - Arapaho
ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN February 1998 - Bataclan
HERBERT March 1998 - Rex club
DAVID GRUBBS March 1998 - Europeen
ORBITAL April 1999 - Elysees Montmartre
RICHARD H KIRK May 1999 London Garage
PET SHOP BOYS February 2000 - Zenith
RED SNAPPER October 2000 Elysees Montmartre
NEW ORDER November 2001 - Olympia
OUT HUD / RADIO 4 April 2003 - Olympic Nantes
LIQUID LIQUID July 2003 - Nouveau Casino
RHYTHM AND SOUND May 2005 - Nouveau Casino
OUT HUD May 2005 - Point Ephemere
BOBBY CONN June 2005 - Point Ephemere
THE CONGOS October 2006 - Boule Noire
ORBITAL December 1994 - Elysees Montmartre
TORTOISE January 1995 - Rex club
SHELLAC April 1995 - Arapaho
ORBITAL June 1995 - Elysees Montmartre
STEREOLAB May 1996 - London
TORTOISE May 1996 - Arapaho
CHEMICAL BROTHERS May 1996 - Bataclan
ORBITAL June 1996 - Elysees Montmartre
UNDERWORLD July 1997 - Bataclan
SMOG / DAVID GRUBBS September 1997 - Arapaho
ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN February 1998 - Bataclan
HERBERT March 1998 - Rex club
DAVID GRUBBS March 1998 - Europeen
ORBITAL April 1999 - Elysees Montmartre
RICHARD H KIRK May 1999 London Garage
PET SHOP BOYS February 2000 - Zenith
RED SNAPPER October 2000 Elysees Montmartre
NEW ORDER November 2001 - Olympia
OUT HUD / RADIO 4 April 2003 - Olympic Nantes
LIQUID LIQUID July 2003 - Nouveau Casino
RHYTHM AND SOUND May 2005 - Nouveau Casino
OUT HUD May 2005 - Point Ephemere
BOBBY CONN June 2005 - Point Ephemere
THE CONGOS October 2006 - Boule Noire
THE VERVE February 1994 - Passage du nord ouest - The 'teacher" night
Tout le monde se foutait de ce concert à une époque ou Verve n'était pas encore The Verve, sauf moi et mon pote Ivan (Smagghe ... oui lui encore). On aimait bien ce groupe nourri à l'ecstasy mais notre réel motivation résidait dans la première partie, le magnétique Richard Ashcroft étant supposé jouer un set de dj en solo. C'était l'époque ou on commençait tout juste à lever le voile sur l'immensité de ce qu'on qualifiait de "balearique" et particulièrement tout son versant rock. Et ouah! quel set ça a été. Des longs morceaux d'Isaac Hayes de hot buttered soul aux raretés psychedéliques et soul, aux reprises obscures de Bowie et autres merveilles inconnues. C'était une vrai leçon pour nous deux même si on ne pouvait pas vraiment identifier la plus part des morceaux qu'il jouait. Perché qu'il était sur la scène il fallait oublier toute chance de faire du trainspotting. C'était un moment unique ou vous saviez que vous aviez raison contre le monde entier. Les gens demandaient "c'est quoi la musique baléarique?" et vous essayez d'expliquer "c'est des morceaux shiny mais pas spécialement fait pour danser mais sur lesquels on peut danser avec un feeling house ..." et personne ne comprenait rien à ce que vous disiez. S'ils avaient été présent ils auraient tout pris dans la gueule direct.
Nobody cared for this gig, way before Verve become The Verve, except myself and my mate Ivan (Smagghe ... him again). We both like this kind of 'ecstasy' band but in fact our very true interest was for the first part as the magnetic Richard Ashcroft was meant to play a dj set on his own. This was a time where we were both up for everything balearic and particulary up for the rock verse of it and wooooah ! what a set it was. From the long Isaac Hayes hot buttered tracks to psychedelic and other soul rareties, obscure Bowie covers and lots of others unkown beauties. It was a lesson for both of us even if we couldn't track the songs he played as he was on the scene and trainspotting was impossible. This was a unique moment when you know that you were right against the whole world. People were asking you 'what is this balearic music?' and you tried to explain it 'you know shiny tracks but not dance tracks but tracks that was not meant to dance but that you could dance to with a house vibe...' and nobody understood what you mean. If they were present at this gig they would get all of it right in their faces.
Nobody cared for this gig, way before Verve become The Verve, except myself and my mate Ivan (Smagghe ... him again). We both like this kind of 'ecstasy' band but in fact our very true interest was for the first part as the magnetic Richard Ashcroft was meant to play a dj set on his own. This was a time where we were both up for everything balearic and particulary up for the rock verse of it and wooooah ! what a set it was. From the long Isaac Hayes hot buttered tracks to psychedelic and other soul rareties, obscure Bowie covers and lots of others unkown beauties. It was a lesson for both of us even if we couldn't track the songs he played as he was on the scene and trainspotting was impossible. This was a unique moment when you know that you were right against the whole world. People were asking you 'what is this balearic music?' and you tried to explain it 'you know shiny tracks but not dance tracks but tracks that was not meant to dance but that you could dance to with a house vibe...' and nobody understood what you mean. If they were present at this gig they would get all of it right in their faces.
Missing
RESISTANCE D / HARDFLOOR / APPREGIATORS June 1993 - Mozinor Montreuil
FIRST THINGS FIRST June 1993 - Orsay
INNER CITY / M PEOPLE / A DREAM September 1993 - Eurodisney weekender
THERAPY October 1993 - Arapaho
THE FALL October 1993 - Arapaho
FIRST THINGS FIRST June 1993 - Orsay
INNER CITY / M PEOPLE / A DREAM September 1993 - Eurodisney weekender
THERAPY October 1993 - Arapaho
THE FALL October 1993 - Arapaho
lundi 9 février 2009
WHAT'S UP DOC? MIXTURE 8

The 'what if punk never happened mix' Never ending guitar and drum solos, stoned voices, sitars, boring bearded gurus ...
Martin Denny : quiet village synthesiser version
Mother Gong : wapu
Aphrodite childs : ageian sea
Akasha browwn sugar (PFM's cosmic journey mix)
Kalacakra : vamos
Magical ring : dreams in the wind
Phil Manzanera : gone flying
Aphrodite childs : loud loud loud
Mythos : powerslide
Titanic : sultana
Cozy Powel : dance with the devil
Tonto's expanding head band : ferryboat
The time lords buzz cosmic cocks Tardis break
The doobie brothers : white sun (Leo Zero edit)
The wings : band on the run (Woolfy edit)
Parlour : capriccio
Supermax : push push
Mark Shreeve : storm column
Eloy : horizons
Robert Wyatt : at last I'am free
MEGADOG June 1993 - London Brixton academy - The 'crust never sleep' night
J'étais un peu triste qu'aucun de mes amis ne se soit joint à moi pour cet évènement, mais c'était vraiment trop tentant pour que je n'y aille pas alors j'y suis allé tout seul. Imaginez, Orbital, Drum club, Underworld, Aphex twin, Spooky, Psychic warriors of gaia, transglobal underground et Eat static live avec plein de djs, de boutiques etc.
Brixton academy ... la queue ... à l'intérieur ... cool ... les gens allongés par terre sur le sol de l'academy comme à un festival. Orbital furent une putain de révélation, si forts, si pro ils tiennent la comparaison avec n'importe quel groupe de rock. Bien meilleur que la plus part. Spooky et Underworld surtout étaient grands aussi. Drum club se la joue plus sans concession, Eat static avec leurs danseurs crust, Aphex twin avec son danseur fou et la principale attraction qui demeurait PWOG. Magic, en ligne en face du public assénant quelques superbes et envoutantes rythmiques tribalo hypnotiques. Le matin ... les rues de Londres ... 4 heures, j'erre ... attendant le premier train pour Paris à 8h00 ... entre les clodos bourrés et les ado trash au bout de la nuit ... me souvenant la toute première fois ou je suis venu à Londres en 89 ... les gens qui criaient "acid" dans la rue ... un mec qui dansait seul sur un morceau d'acid house à un concert de rock ... contre tous ... sans aucune peur ... c'était si fort.
I was sad none of my friends joined me to go to this event but it was too strong to hold me back so I went on my own specially. Imagine Orbital, Drum club, Underworld, Aphex twin, Spooky, Psychic warriors of gaia, Transglobal underground and Eat static live with many djs, shops etc!
Brixton academy ... queueing ... inside ... coolness ... people sat on the ground in the Academy hall, kind of festival vibe. Orbital were a hell of a revelation, so strong, so professionnal, they stand the comparison with any rock bands. Better than most of them. Spooky and particulary Underworld were great too. Drum club were without any concessions, Eat static with their crusty dancers, Aphex twin with his mad dancer but the main attraction remained PWOG; magic; standing in line in front of the crowd, with some really fucked up hypnotic tribal sounds. In the morning ... London streets ... 4am wandering ... waiting for the first train at 8am ... between drunk yobs and wild teens ... remembering when I came to London for the very first time in 89 ... people screaming 'acid' in the streets ... a guy dancing on an acid house alone at a rock concert ... against all the ohers ... without fear ... it was so strong
Brixton academy ... la queue ... à l'intérieur ... cool ... les gens allongés par terre sur le sol de l'academy comme à un festival. Orbital furent une putain de révélation, si forts, si pro ils tiennent la comparaison avec n'importe quel groupe de rock. Bien meilleur que la plus part. Spooky et Underworld surtout étaient grands aussi. Drum club se la joue plus sans concession, Eat static avec leurs danseurs crust, Aphex twin avec son danseur fou et la principale attraction qui demeurait PWOG. Magic, en ligne en face du public assénant quelques superbes et envoutantes rythmiques tribalo hypnotiques. Le matin ... les rues de Londres ... 4 heures, j'erre ... attendant le premier train pour Paris à 8h00 ... entre les clodos bourrés et les ado trash au bout de la nuit ... me souvenant la toute première fois ou je suis venu à Londres en 89 ... les gens qui criaient "acid" dans la rue ... un mec qui dansait seul sur un morceau d'acid house à un concert de rock ... contre tous ... sans aucune peur ... c'était si fort.
I was sad none of my friends joined me to go to this event but it was too strong to hold me back so I went on my own specially. Imagine Orbital, Drum club, Underworld, Aphex twin, Spooky, Psychic warriors of gaia, Transglobal underground and Eat static live with many djs, shops etc!
Brixton academy ... queueing ... inside ... coolness ... people sat on the ground in the Academy hall, kind of festival vibe. Orbital were a hell of a revelation, so strong, so professionnal, they stand the comparison with any rock bands. Better than most of them. Spooky and particulary Underworld were great too. Drum club were without any concessions, Eat static with their crusty dancers, Aphex twin with his mad dancer but the main attraction remained PWOG; magic; standing in line in front of the crowd, with some really fucked up hypnotic tribal sounds. In the morning ... London streets ... 4am wandering ... waiting for the first train at 8am ... between drunk yobs and wild teens ... remembering when I came to London for the very first time in 89 ... people screaming 'acid' in the streets ... a guy dancing on an acid house alone at a rock concert ... against all the ohers ... without fear ... it was so strong
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