The Belleville Three: "this was once, but never again '
Sorry the translation is a little rough. The link will take you to the original Dutch if you want to try your own software on it. The story is a sad one, though. Juan Atkins clearly has a serious drug problem. I only heard a little bit of this set, but what was very clear was an old track that Atkins plays often was part of the worst train wreck of the entire day. I did get a chuckle out of the fact that he mistook Adam Beyer for Jeff Mills. You've got to be WAY off your nut to get those two mixed up.
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Painful action technolegendes
"This was really very very bad," said Derrick May, about 20 minutes after the legendary action of The Belleville 3. "We tried to make the best of it, but it was just not good. I think this is the first and the last time. "
It was supposed to be the highlight of Awakenings. The idea was as follows: slip the three godfathers or techno or, in other words, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson and Juan Atkins together behind the turntables and you have guaranteed a legendary action. It ran different. Mainly because of an absent and failed Juan Atkins. While Saunderson and may were trying to save what can be salvaged, it was not tight Atkins mixed plate. Hanging on the turntable and with his sunglasses half way through his nose, Atkins got several times leaning looks of his two colleagues.
At the end of the gig is promised us an interview with the three measures. But also provides a space for Atkins is not at home. If I ask him whether we a tranquil spot can search he says, while he points to Adam Beyer, that is to his performance: "no not now, I would like to see Jeff Mills."
An interview with the Belleville Two. May and Saunderson are visible. "I wanted to do this is actually not at all," says May. "We love Juan and we will be always there for him, but he's lost the way. He has for a long time had a drug problem, the better hand, but today it seemed nowhere in the end, Kevin has persuaded me to do. He has been working nights in the hotel lobby to make it succeed, then it is sad that it ends. "
"We wanted to do everything we can to deliver something good," continues Saunderson. "But with someone in another world seems to be down, it is not a work. It's painful to see. In my view, the public had not always, but for us it was no fun. "
Unlike Atkins seems May be seriously concerned with the promotion of Detroit techno. Recently he blew his label with releases of Greg Gow and DVS1. "That runs fine. The chance that Kevin and I will soon be together again the Studio in diving is greater than that we still have a time in this configuration. "
The set up on stage was impressive. Atkins may do it with one turntable and Traktor-a software program that with the touch of a button multiple plates at the same pace let stop responding (hang). Saunderson Also uses that digital system, while May clearly shows technically superior. Diligently mixes it shall determine from among the sly vinyl and CDs in synchronized on the work of his two colleagues. May experience with the faders and equalizers, get the most out of his equipment. In addition, Saunderson and may take turns live on a synthesizer. "We have to be" soft playing "in this way, so that we could exclude major errors. This has not happened ", May.
"Of course we are proud of what we have achieved, we can also really the positive side. Techno is huge, that we had never imagined when we were on our bedrooms to Electrifying Mojo and Kraftwerk listened. But probably you witnessed a one-time action. " Saunderson laughing: "it is no different, we have the best of it."
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He looks like he's lost a lot of weight, too.
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