Who Are Your Top Three Living D.J.’s?
posted by on June 1 at 20:54 PM
I was thinking today about the top three DJ’s I’ve never seen who I would like to come play Seattle. It was very hard to nail down my top three, but here they are.
I would LOVE to see the king of the European disco scene of the ‘70’s,
Daniele Baldelli. That’s him on the right with Grace Jones and his cohort DJ Moz Art. He was a huge influence on bringing the slinky disco sound of the Italian Riviera to the rest of Europe back in “the day”. His mix cassetes go for hundreds of dollars on GEMM. Trust me. He’s amazing. Problem is, apparently he’s afraid of flying and has only played off the European continent 3 times in his life. Maybe we could buy him a cruise around the world….
Then there’s
DJ I-F, with his dutch record store/label, Viewlexx, and his killer Mixed Up In The Hague comps, this purveyor and spinner of rare hard-disco and italo house has been known to get even the hardest idm lover to swoon in love of cheezy beats and bad euro vocals.
And last would be
Daniel Wang. Living in Berlin, Danny Wang is known for his mix of both hard and soft disco, wrapped up in a cushion of funk/electro. Many a mile has been driven to his Idealism album. Swoon…..
So tell me promoters how do we get these guys to Seattle?
I once talked with Matthew Richter (ex Con-Works) about starting a non-profit for dance music, so we could get grants from the state to bring in big international dj’s for “cultural” purposes. Except it wouldn’t have been like Decible Festival (not that i’m against IDM, but Seattle seems obsessed at times…), it would have been a monthly with a great mix of local and international DJ’s.
So Seattle, how do we “Bring It?”
A thought on 'cultural' events, and finding city money for them - the sister city concept could be exploited. I looked into this once, for this very purpose, to try to bring a musical act from Christchurch, NZ. There is money there.
Here's the list. Are any of your favorite DJs from these places?
* Beer Sheva, Israel
* Bergen, Norway
* Cebu, Philippines
* Chongqing, China
* Christchurch, New Zealand
* Galway, Ireland
* Gdynia, Poland
* Haiphong, Vietnam
* Kaohsiung, Taiwan
* Kobe, Japan
* Limbe, Cameroon
* Mazatlan, Mexico
* Mombasa, Kenya
* Nantes, France
* Pecs, Hungary
* Perugia, Italy
* Reykjavik, Iceland
* Sihanoukville, Cambodia
* Surabaya, Indonesia
* Taejon, Korea
* Tashkent, Uzbekistan
no. not that i can see.
i don't want a " musical act" i just want the worlds best dj's.
Today only:
opener: DJ Krush
middleman: MANDY (check the essential mix)
closer: James Holden
though i loved your suggestions too.
Ricardo Villalobos [better have a mountain of Bolivian marching powder ready...]
The Mole [best, darkest, sexiest disco/techno ever]
Jeff Mills [better have at least $10k ready...]
jacques lu cont (his fabric mix is the funnest thing in that series if you ask me)
justice (i hear they killed it at wmc)
mylo (wasn't he already supposed to play here like 5 times or something?)
jlc is amazing live. you know that thus sprach zarathustra mixed with eurythmics is his signature piece he always drops that, both times i've seen him, and my friends say he still does it every show.
mylo and erol alkan are brilliant too, but since my list was dj's who i haven't yet seen....
Laurent Garnier.
Danny Tenaglia.
Or anyone else capable of playing 12+ hour sets.
Miss Kitten (she ruled the last time she played Chop Suey)
Sam Kirkland (we miss him around these parts)
Giles Peterson (haven't seen him live, but his INCredible mix record is one of the best I've ever heard)
Sam Kirkland is my hero for days. He needs to grace us with his presence, posthaste.
I can't believe Danny Wang has never played here. His sets are super-fun; one of the things I miss most about NYC (even after ten years). There's an achived one up here (you have to scroll down a few entries—look for that same photo as in your blog entry).
So many dead DJs though... As far as the living, yeah, I would have to say Danny Tenaglia, despite the fact I don't care much for his style of music anymore, I'd still pay good money to see him. I've yet to check out Low Budget. And... I guess I'd like to see a Cocoa T DJ set.
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