Cut Chemist - master of trickery
August 20th, 2007
the art of yoga teaches a young jedi about the discipline of flexibility and balance. but what’s this got to do with the hip-hop portion of the Pantiero festival on a friday night? well, it’s this yogic combination that comes to mind when watching the legendary Cut Chemist in action.
it’s been said that the Jurassic […]
who is Herman Düne?
August 18th, 2007
french? swedish? who cares.
there’s a grizzled crazy-throat on lead guitar, with the power to turn flamenco into driving country music. in contrast, the drummer has that poster-boy appeal and there’s a doctor on the bongos who ever so judiciously injects wafts of horn in and out of a few numbers.
my ignorance means little in the […]
The Rakes - a one-song rip-off band?
August 18th, 2007
“open book” seemed to be plastered all over the radio a year ago. and quite rightly so - the riff was one of the catchiest of the summer. their dead-pan delivery and lyrics for the common man could frame The Rakes as a modern-day Pulp.
unfortunately, on the strength of this concert, this is where the […]
plages electroniques - dj fresh
July 28th, 2007
the latest installment of the cannes summer beach parties featured some pretty upbeat drum and bass courtesy of DJ Fresh.
they pushed the bass out and i have to say that some of the more synth-laden numbers seemed to me as much euro pop as drum and bass, but there were some real gems in here. […]
plages electroniques - minimal techno
July 20th, 2007
so, summer’s arrived and cannes has finally woken up. there’s nights galore these days. pantiero, palais de cannes and the vastly improved plages electroniques. last year the idea was there but something was lacking in the execution. the beach party was missing the thump of the sound system and the visuals were little more than […]
