Category: cannes

Cut Chemist – master of trickery

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 [...]

Posted by harry covert on August 20, 2007
who is Herman Düne?

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 [...]

Posted by harry covert on August 18, 2007
The Rakes – a one-song rip-off band?

“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 [...]

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plages electroniques – dj fresh

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. [...]

Posted by harry covert on July 28, 2007
plages electroniques – minimal techno

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 [...]

Posted by harry covert on July 20, 2007