What was the best set you ever saw/heard?

[A.P.]

On the technical side of things - Jerome Hill (a few years ago now, cant remember where...hehe!)

[rhythmtech]

kektex at some squat near brick lane 97/98.. lawrie had just gotten the rig back from hackney council.. only time i've ever seen em do a live thing... fukin mental.

lawrie playin his first pounding grooves live set at eurobeat 2000

green velvet at the POD in dublin around 99/2000

and my first ever gig.. chris lib's first time playin dublin.

[force]

ritchie hawtin as plastikman
megadog , brixton academy , 1995

a random guy turned round to me half way through and said
"this is f%%cking brilliant !!!!"

all i could do was nod

it was just too brilliant for words

I was there for that. And may well have been the bloke that spoke to you!!!!

It was one of my all time favourite sets. F**king 808 snares and strobes all over the place.
When i found my mates afterwards, we were like, 'Oh my f**ckin lord what the f*ck just happened there'

[drum303]

Mr. rca should get an honorary black belt in techno. His favorites list is impressive.

Mine is...
Daft Punk at even furthur. Wisconsin USA 26.05.96
Hyperactive, Chicago. 18.01.96
Aphex Twin, Wisconsin. 30.04.94

See the video clips of my favorites at www.runningoutof.com

[romelpotter]

Jeff Mills, DJ T100 and Speedy J - All @ Tribal Gathering '97 I had managed to lose all 40 of my mates that I had pilled down with, and just spent the last 6 hrs moving between the arctic and detroit tents. Mills was awsome, when he dropped Changes of life (danny shivers hehe). This was also the first time i had herd Alan DJ, and the Speedy track that will forever remind me of that day - Pannik one of the best times of my life

[dubs]

Jeff Mills @ Apollo Festival.

I'd never seen a DJ play so many records with such class. Inspirational :)

More recently Juan Atkins 7hr set @Seven. Class from start to finish. From dub to detroit.

[Jay Pace]

Hawtin at Glade festival last summer was the most fun I've had in ages.

Before that Jeff Mills at Lost at the lighthouse was a seminal party for me. Brutal, funky, soulful - so many different styles in a set. He crawled back on stage after it finished so that nobody could see him, then jumped up out of nowhere holding a record up in the air, wee alien head grinning and eyes bogglin. I was so impressed. Such showmanship...

Difficult though, can remember leaving clubs on so many occassions thinking "that was the best thing ever" but then can't remember anything afterwards. Quite nice leaving places now with a good idea of what just happened.

[davemelt]

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

unreal

[davethedrummer]

Hawtin at Glade festival last summer was the most fun I've had in ages.

Before that Jeff Mills at Lost at the lighthouse was a seminal party for me. Brutal, funky, soulful - so many different styles in a set. He crawled back on stage after it finished so that nobody could see him, then jumped up out of nowhere holding a record up in the air, wee alien head grinning and eyes bogglin. I was so impressed. Such showmanship...

Difficult though, can remember leaving clubs on so many occassions thinking "that was the best thing ever" but then can't remember anything afterwards. Quite nice leaving places now with a good idea of what just happened.

thats weird
i went to that mills gig i think , was it the one with fumiya tanaka supporting him ? and colin dale/favor in the side room?


i thought it was terrible!
maybe i just didn't catch the vibe i don't know..

[neko]

mine would definately have to be richie hawtin@amnesia, ibiza.
Cocoon club, september 2003.
was my first time seein hawtin and it absolutely blew me away.
he did a 6hr set and he banged it. i didnt know it was him at first cus i'd only ever known him with a skinhead and glasses.
was around the time his 'do made a debut!
when he dropped technasia - acid storm, it was a moment i'll always remember. place was full of germans going absolutely crazy, im getting goosebumps thinking about it, i love it! :cheese:

[Roxy Trip]

rob hood at manchester warehouse project last year !! mind blowing, every tune got better and better and was gutted when it finished, hope to see more of him!

also thomas krome @ dark side the year before, dirty pounding techno. :cheese:

hope to travel more this year to see more really good dj's at work

[Frank Dogshit]

Carl Cox@Space Closing Party 2000 (when coxy was good,8 hours of pure nailing it)
Dj Rush@Voodoo,Le Batuea 2001
Hawtin@Cocoon 2003
Steve Rachmad@Awakenings,April 2006
Laurent Garnier 5 hours set in the Annexe@Bugged Out 2000 maybe?

[Traxx]

Wasnt the garnier thing when cream re-opend in nation? he did 2 all nighters in annexe for cream im sure.

[xes]

I can't remember the best set I ever heard,and that's just how it should be. :;


One that definatly sticks in my mind was Mark EG at helter skelter,strings of life 1997. It could have been the acid,it could have been the pills,but when ever i hear that tape,I get proper flashbacks of a mad night.

I think alot of sets I've heard,especially at free parties,I ain#'t got a clue who's playing,so it'd be hard to tell you. I know the exodus parties kicked out some rocking sets.

[neko]

also thomas krome @ dark side the year before, dirty pounding techno. :cheese:

thats an beast that set, pounders from start to finish.
i weren't there but i've got the set at home.

[Roxy Trip]

thats an beast that set, pounders from start to finish.
i weren't there but i've got the set at home.

yeah the 2 hour set. i got given it recently too after trying to hunt it down for ages ! even tho the mixin is a bit ropey in places, the tunes are just damn right dirty :cheese:

[Mucky Beats]

On the technical side of things - Jerome Hill (a few years ago now, cant remember where...hehe!)

orange peel ? i had him on at compressed in 2005

[Mucky Beats]

Bests set for me would be Dave Clarke @ Bugged Out in 2000 and green velvet followed by ben sims @ voodoo in 2000 or 2001 ...them where good days!

[basslinejunkie]

bugged out used to be superb eh

[Roxy Trip]

orange peel ? i had him on at compressed in 2005

im sure thats the one he didnt turn up ??? in may ?