Last Friday

5. May 2008 by Emmett.

I managed to catch Roy Ayers Ubiquity on Friday night, and it was definitely worth it. Dude was having fun with it, letting the band loose, and rocking a dope t-shirt. Not bad considering his first show in Germany was back in 1966 (!!!).

“We Live In Brooklyn, Baby”

“Everybody Loves The Sunshine”

Right after the concert wrapped up, I headed back across town to my neighbourhood and stopped into Tape Club. I’ve never seen the lineup so long before, but there was a concession truck outside, and people were having fun in the warm weather.

Inside the club was radically different- a giant hall served as the main room, which I’d never seen before, and the old coatcheck room was now a side lounge:

The lineup was mostly dubstep (Kode 9 & Spaceape, 2562, Pinch) and electro (Modeselektor, Sick Girls, Housemeister). The place was packed.

A shot of the very hot, very dark 2nd room:

Plus some video of the main hall, with Modeselektor playing:

Saturday night was Carl Craig at Panorama Bar, and luckily for everyone involved (hi Saskia!) there were no cameras present. Carl did play a flawless set of deep, driving techno, and I was loving it. I am seriously going to miss weekends like this.

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