I LOVE TECHNO (Belgium review)

[mugwump]

Wow..

I'm still hurting from Saturday night here...

DEAR LORD ALL MIGHTY!

And to think

I got mixed up in some crazy shit the night

before and almost didn't make it..

In fact I almost didn't get there thanks to a jack ass pal

of mine that flaked with tickets..

(Lucked out with a guy I met at record store who

knew someone that had to cancel his trip due to

illness)

What can I say...

MIND BLOWING?

Ear drum shattering....!

There's so much that I loved that I'd

write a book if I told ya all I saw

and did..

Flew in to Brussels and took a train

to Gent where I

Shared a cab with some techno cuties

from Amsterdam ...(as well

as a great after hours party

back at a youth hostile)

Flanders Expo is a gigantic

space that dwarfs anything I've ever

been to in my entire life!

(Five rooms with 5,000 capacity

EACH!)

There was so much going

on that I missed out on

a lot. However I was more than

pleased with what I did witness..

Highlights:

COX! (who IS GOD!)

Two hours that I thought I'd

divide in order to go to another room

and see more...but the man kept me there

transfixed and sweating like a pig dancing my ass off

with my new buddies from the Dam.

Then Bryan Zents lays down this insane minimal

LIVE set (loop galore)..My brain almost melted

from it but I think he lost a few people

who perhaps expected something closer to his

album tracks...

No matter I squeeze my way into Vath

(whom I'm told has shut the room due

to capacity) I find it quite easy to schmoose

my way in to the Blue Room and nearly collapse after

his set...

Fucking animal that guy..like an evil

scientist or some virtual character out

of the Matrix..

He slammed me way harder than his set at ARC...

(I missed out on the Italians

and a tag team between rino Cerone

, dj rush, adam beyer, marco bailey, & redhead..

which I heard was quite amazing.

But it's all good. I'm sure I'll catch

that here soon enough again..

Those damn Danish birds I was with

where like sinister ever ready bouncing

bunnies that would not let me wonder off

the dance floor)

and the energy the entire night...

CH-RRRRRR-IST!

I tell ya the last couple weeks here in Europe

sure are making it hard for me to miss

NYC! Between GENT, My nights in Roman Centri-Sociale with

Mr. poker Flat himself..Bushwacka sushi at Kentum and Jeff Mills

coming here in a couple weeks I'm not too eager to go back

to America...

The vibe is so CHILL here...no hassles from

paranoid post-Guliani

gestapo bouncers..no snobery...

Just a huge multitude of people that

love the music and are eager to get to know you.

It's this kind of Purity and appreciation that I felt was

draining from the U.S...

Then again maybe it's just the

honeymoon period mixed with

the after glow from sharing some "candy"

and loving with those young

techno cuties from the Dam in Belgium...

I'm already making my plans for I LOVE TECHNO SUMMER FESTIVAL in 03!

(can't wait to develop my photos!)

[georgym]

Glad to see you had fun in my home away from home country

I LOVE TECHNO always goes all out, and the Belgian peeps LOVE their Techno

Good 4 you , Mugz, hope all is well

ps...i still have to see memento

[hotcheme]

i am so jealous!! glad to hear it was a good time.

[mugwump]

There's gonna be a summer version..

You guys should try and make it!

It was unreal!

line up should be up around

April 2003 if I'm correct!

[hotcheme]

Originally posted by mugwump

There's gonna be a summer version..

You guys should try and make it!

It was unreal!

line up should be up around

April 2003 if I'm correct!

sounds like a plan.

[sexybitchjenny]

But techno sucks!

Eminem said so!

No body listens to techno.

[mugwump]

Cool!

some background info

on the organizers of this event

(and possible US dates)

***************

Music Man Records was founded in 1988 by the owner of the Music Man shop in Ghent, the techno centre of Belgium (homebase for other labels such as Reload and R&S Records, and parties as Kozzmozz and I love techno).

One of the main artists in the early days was Frank De Wulf. He was responsible for the highly acclaimed B-Sides series and other projects such as F.O.G. and Rhythm Device. Many other releases followed and Music Man Records soon gained a worldwide reputation within the techno scene.

In 1994 an entirely new look (logo, design, artists) was created and the A&R side of things was firmly taken to heart by Stefaan Vandenberghe (T-Quest). The rebirth of the label was signposted by the release of Robert Armani's 'Hit Hard'.

Since then the label has been proud to release tracks &mixes from Secret Cinema ('Timeless Altitude'), Tim Taylor & Dan Zamani (Yantra), Damon Wild , Slam, Perez & Dowell, Illumination, Metro Dade, Kenny Larkin, Laidback Luke, Daz Saund (Sound Associates), Charles Webster, Rejuvination, Stacey Pullen, Cherry Bomb, Bandulu, DJ Slip, Percy X (Mion), Steve Rachmad (Ignacio & Sterac), Green Velvet, Jeff Mills, Gaiden, Speedy J, Dave Clarke, François K .....

The 21st century has already been very exciting as in 2001 the label released one of the most important tracks of that year : Green Velvet – La La Land . Also the contributions from Chris Liebing and Speedy j on the Ignacio/Gaiden releases have received full support from DJ’s all over the world. This year has been very important for the label as friends/artists such as Deetron, Bandulu & Petar Dundov joined the roster. Also contributions from Taksi, DJ Rush, Peter Sliwinski & Neil Landstrumm are expected and should continue to spread the Music Man taste...

The purpose of the MMTour is to spread the name of the label and support our artists with quality parties (incl. occasional suprise guests), without forgetting the drinks and fun !!. The start will take place on the 9th of November 2002 at the prestigious I Love Techno event in hometown Ghent (Belgium) where different Music Man artists will be represented...

Current schedule for the Music Man World Tour :

Nov/Dec 2002: Western Europe, UK

Jan/Feb 2003: Eastern Europe, Middle East

March/April 2003: Australia, Japan, South East Asia

May/June 2003: US, Canada, Central America, South America

July/Aug 2003: Festivals Europe

[housedog]

You are a lucky son of a bitch. I am Jealous as a MF, I wish I could of gone. In the furture I will make it over to Europe and check out the parties. I am glad you had fun and I hope you are doing well.

Thanks for the review

vin-e

[rocksteadyct]

speaking of I love Techno..

does anyone else love that new filterheadz & Tomaz track - I Love Techno? Its fuckin AWESOME. I suggest you take a look if you havent already - its fresh so it may be hard to find

[mugwump]

Originally posted by rocksteadyct

speaking of I love Techno..

does anyone else love that new filterheadz & Tomaz track - I Love Techno? Its fuckin AWESOME. I suggest you take a look if you havent already - its fresh so it may be hard to find

Yea I have heard it..

isn't it on Mistress Barbera's

" Relentless Beats vol 2"?

Good track

[bassboy]

Mugwump,

Have you been to club "Piper" in N.Rome yet? I went on Easter eve and the whole city was in Church so I couldn't get an accurate feel of the place because it was sort of empty.

The opening DJ played kind of commercial but very well mixed set, and the second DJ dropped some heavy techno but the place didn't react well to it for some reason.

I got so drunk that I missed the pope the next morning! AH!

But to be honest I found that most of the Nightlife in Italy was swamped by tourists and you had to go into the country for the big parties that they have.

Let me know-Thanks

[mugwump]

Originally posted by bassboy

Mugwump,

Have you been to club "Piper" in N.Rome yet? I went on Easter eve and the whole city was in Church so I couldn't get an accurate feel of the place because it was sort of empty.

But to be honest I found that most of the Nightlife in Italy was swamped by tourists and you had to go into the country for the big parties that they have.

Let me know-Thanks

Well to be honest with you PIPEr

sucks ass..(It's the equivalent of a NY

guido comercial club) i mean to each his/her

own but I like my shit a little grittier and less

glamour filled.

HOWEVER there are some very

cool places that re-define BEAUTY

in Italy and remain "underground"

to an extent..

you have to venture to aplace called

TESTACIO in order to find them..

look for BLUE CHEESE for "breaks"

Radio Londra for "House" and "Trance"

GOA Thursdays for tech-house and Techno..

Sonar for electro-techno..Brancaleone for lots

of everything (Breaks, electro, Dub, shit they call michro house

which is really just tech-house) Kentum Bar

for down tempo and great

sushi on Thursdays...

(Kentum is THEE place

all the people that play Goa

go to eat at first..so if you are here

and you see a big name playing GOA on a Thursday

go to Kentum and chill

with them..chances are if you speak english they'll love ya

and more than likely get you on some kind of list!)

oh..

and also visit RE-MIX

on Via del Fiume

a record store with lots of flyer info

and 411...

Stay the fuck away from PIPER

and ALIEN and look for a small zeen

called 06 (kinda like NYC's FLYER MAGAZINE)

*just to give you an idea of my coming

weekend line up:

Tonight:electro-minimal detroit

techno night at SONAR (locals)

Thursday:Cassius+Daft punk-GOAclub

Friday:LUKE SLATER (electroculture)

Saturday:Laurent Garnier+Yonderboi

that next week ADAM FREELAND (Blue cheese)

and in a week or so..

JEFF MILLS

-----------------

SO FAR iTALY ROCKS AND THEN SUM!

check out this link for

other helpfull info:

http://www.romastyle.net/

(click on LINKS for a world

of italian club links)

[bassboy]

Originally posted by mugwump

Well to be honest with you PIPEr

sucks ass..(It's the equivalent of a NY

guido comercial club) i mean to each his/her

own but I like my shit a little grittier and less

glamour filled.

HOWEVER there are some very

cool places that re-define BEAUTY

in Italy and remain "underground"

to an extent..

you have to venture to aplace called

TESTACIO in order to find them..

look for BLUE CHEESE for "breaks"

Radio Londra for "House" and "Trance"

GOA Thursdays for tech-house and Techno..

Sonar for electro-techno..Brancaleone for lots

of everything (Breaks, electro, Dub, shit they call michro house

which is really just tech-house) Kentum Bar

for down tempo and great

sushi on Thursdays...

(Kentum is THEE place

all the people that play Goa

go to eat at first..so if you are here

and you see a big name playing GOA on a Thursday

go to Kentum and chill

with them..chances are if you speak english they'll love ya

and more than likely get you on some kind of list!)

oh..

and also visit RE-MIX

on Via del Fiume

a record store with lots of flyer info

and 411...

Stay the fuck away from PIPER

and ALIEN and look for a small zeen

called 06 (kinda like NYC's FLYER MAGAZINE)

*just to give you an idea of my coming

weekend line up:

Tonight:electro-minimal detroit

techno night at SONAR (locals)

Thursday:Cassius+Daft punk-GOAclub

Friday:LUKE SLATER (electroculture)

Saturday:Laurent Garnier+Yonderboi

that next week ADAM FREELAND (Blue cheese)

and in a week or so..

JEFF MILLS

-----------------

SO FAR iTALY ROCKS AND THEN SUM!

check out this link for

other helpfull info:

http://www.romastyle.net/

(click on LINKS for a world

of italian club links)

OK, thanks. Piper was so empty that I couldn't get a grip of the crowd when I went. Thanks for the tip, next time I am in Rome I will hit you up!