[CHI] Kode 9 @ Sonotheque - July 5, 2008

dali · Post by **dali** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:20 am

sapphic_beats wrote:
Reptile wrote:
entroemcee wrote:gotta love the 3.13 dollar surcharge for advance tickets...

18 dollars to make me hollah.
Do you guys think this event will sell out?
I'm currently planning on getting off of work at 8pm and driving up there by 10 to get door price, unless its recommended to buy advanced..
yeah i was wondering the same thing. info please?

whether it will or won't you pay $3 to make sure... if you def. want to get in I'd buy presale. There are a lot of people interested in the show that I have never met at a dubstep event before... meaning a crowd larger than the average will be there or is at least interested.

timid · Post by **timid** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:32 am

entroemcee wrote:
phaded wrote:
entroemcee wrote:gotta love the 3.13 dollar surcharge for advance tickets...

18 dollars to make me hollah.
challah!

inshAllah!

Fuckin Einstein's was out of challah rolls when I asked for a Club Mex. Had to have it on a Sesame Bagel instead.

sea monkey · Post by **sea monkey** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:21 am

dali wrote:
sapphic_beats wrote:
Reptile wrote:
entroemcee wrote:gotta love the 3.13 dollar surcharge for advance tickets...

18 dollars to make me hollah.
Do you guys think this event will sell out?
I'm currently planning on getting off of work at 8pm and driving up there by 10 to get door price, unless its recommended to buy advanced..
yeah i was wondering the same thing. info please?
whether it will or won't you pay $3 to make sure... if you def. want to get in I'd buy presale. There are a lot of people interested in the show that I have never met at a dubstep event before... meaning a crowd larger than the average will be there or is at least interested.

where do you get presales? we will be in town tomorrow and i would rather get the tix and be sure of getting in.

entroemcee · Post by **entroemcee** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:47 am

http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEv ... tId=267319

I've had the unfortunate pleasure of waiting in queue @ Sonotheque when they have been at capacity. While I did get in... I had to work some sneaky line magic that I was not fully proud of.

The surcharge sucks the wrinkled ballsack... but I'd rather pay an extra 3 dollars and get in... then sit outside forced to have pretentious discussions about things I'd rather pretend not to hear over loud music.

phaded · Post by **phaded** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:39 pm

timid wrote:
entroemcee wrote:
phaded wrote:
entroemcee wrote:gotta love the 3.13 dollar surcharge for advance tickets...

18 dollars to make me hollah.
challah!

inshAllah!
Fuckin Einstein's was out of challah rolls when I asked for a Club Mex. Had to have it on a Sesame Bagel instead.

prisoner · Post by **prisoner** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:26 pm

entroemcee wrote:http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEv ... tId=267319

ordered.

happy 4th everyone!

see you up front tomorrow night!

municiple · Post by **municiple** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:15 pm

Ordered. Lets do this.

entroemcee · Post by **entroemcee** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:27 am

head is still rattling good times...

the needles request the soft shoe massive.

non_entity · Post by **non_entity** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:52 am

Whatta night!

djshiva · Post by **djshiva** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:08 pm

holy crap that was fucking epic!

when he dropped "poison dart", i thought people were gonna break the glass on the front of the booth.

massive.

sea monkey · Post by **sea monkey** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:44 pm

2008-07-05 Pics

all of the pics from BGB and Kode9 in one big zip file

sea monkey · Post by **sea monkey** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:10 pm

Sets:

Phaded & Chris Widman

Phaded and Chris went back and forth a couple of times, so I just left their performances as one big set.

thecoloroflight · Post by **thecoloroflight** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:38 am

As a disclaimer, I'm a bit new to Dubstep, and more aligned with the developments of Techno, House and more experimentally-oriented electronic music. However, over the past 2 years, Dubstep has gradually attracted and held my attention. I find its connection and aural reflection of the London residential projects intriguing, and its use of sub-bass as a statement is also very interesting. Furthermore, it is a disconnect from my place of current residence : Chicago. I find myself enraptured in the sounds of London and Bristol, and the scenes which produce such excitement.

Anyway, I have a question about Kode 9's recent show at Sonotheque. At times (sometimes consistently every 20 minutes) he would begin a tune, and after 30 seconds he would spin the record backwards and drop the track out. Is this a method of teasing the audience by playing a track (possibly a dubplate ?) which they have not heard ? I found it odd that he did not keep a flowing set. Despite this, the crowd seemed to not mind, and instead cheer loudly when he dropped out a track. I could only assume that this might be common place ?

Any thoughts ?
Thanks.

djshiva · Post by **djshiva** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:44 am

thecoloroflight wrote:As a disclaimer, I'm a bit new to Dubstep, and more aligned with the developments of Techno, House and more experimentally-oriented electronic music. However, over the past 2 years, Dubstep has gradually attracted and held my attention. I find its connection and aural reflection of the London residential projects intriguing, and its use of sub-bass as a statement is also very interesting. Furthermore, it is a disconnect from my place of current residence : Chicago. I find myself enraptured in the sounds of London and Bristol, and the scenes which produce such excitement.

Anyway, I have a question about Kode 9's recent show at Sonotheque. At times (sometimes consistently every 20 minutes) he would begin a tune, and after 30 seconds he would spin the record backwards and drop the track out. Is this a method of teasing the audience by playing a track (possibly a dubplate ?) which they have not heard ? I found it odd that he did not keep a flowing set. Despite this, the crowd seemed to not mind, and instead cheer loudly when he dropped out a track. I could only assume that this might be common place ?

Any thoughts ?
Thanks.

yes, when the crowd reaction is really huge, dubstep djs (you will also find this in dnb, and all of it can be traced back to reggae soundsystem culture) will pull back the record and start it again. it's known as a rewind or reload.

some people love it; some hate it. some (like me) prefer it in moderation. some djs do it more than others, some don't like to do it at all. i personally don't like to rewind a tune, BUT if the reaction is big enough, even i will pull it back if the crowd or the MC is callin for it. i come from techno as well, so i prefer a smooth mix, but sometimes ya gotta smile and take it from the top cuz people are havin' it.

but, to be fair to kode 9, he was also having MASSIVE problems with the decks skipping, so some of those rewinds or pullbacks happened because he was just moving into the next record. there were points where he had no choice but to just drop out the tune and begin another.

although i have to add that if he had not reloaded "poison dart", i think there would have been a riot.

gus · Post by **gus** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:41 pm

Big Night!

Thanks everybody, see u next time!

I'll be wearing grandpa slippers

phaded · Post by **phaded** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:22 pm

Sea Monkey wrote:Sets:

Phaded & Chris Widman

Phaded and Chris went back and forth a couple of times, so I just left their performances as one big set.

Bigups Munkles!

thecoloroflight · Post by **thecoloroflight** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:11 pm

Thank you kindly for your response. I found it quite interesting -- especially that such methods date back the the dub/roots/reggae scenes.

I did notice the decks skipping a lot, and could only assume it was a faulty setup, which is unfortunate for Kode 9, being an overseas visitor and all.

Btw, I agree with the comment about "Poison Dart". That track had a monumental affect.

sapphic_beats wrote:
thecoloroflight wrote:As a disclaimer, I'm a bit new to Dubstep, and more aligned with the developments of Techno, House and more experimentally-oriented electronic music. However, over the past 2 years, Dubstep has gradually attracted and held my attention. I find its connection and aural reflection of the London residential projects intriguing, and its use of sub-bass as a statement is also very interesting. Furthermore, it is a disconnect from my place of current residence : Chicago. I find myself enraptured in the sounds of London and Bristol, and the scenes which produce such excitement.

Anyway, I have a question about Kode 9's recent show at Sonotheque. At times (sometimes consistently every 20 minutes) he would begin a tune, and after 30 seconds he would spin the record backwards and drop the track out. Is this a method of teasing the audience by playing a track (possibly a dubplate ?) which they have not heard ? I found it odd that he did not keep a flowing set. Despite this, the crowd seemed to not mind, and instead cheer loudly when he dropped out a track. I could only assume that this might be common place ?

Any thoughts ?
Thanks.
yes, when the crowd reaction is really huge, dubstep djs (you will also find this in dnb, and all of it can be traced back to reggae soundsystem culture) will pull back the record and start it again. it's known as a rewind or reload.

some people love it; some hate it. some (like me) prefer it in moderation. some djs do it more than others, some don't like to do it at all. i personally don't like to rewind a tune, BUT if the reaction is big enough, even i will pull it back if the crowd or the MC is callin for it. i come from techno as well, so i prefer a smooth mix, but sometimes ya gotta smile and take it from the top cuz people are havin' it.

but, to be fair to kode 9, he was also having MASSIVE problems with the decks skipping, so some of those rewinds or pullbacks happened because he was just moving into the next record. there were points where he had no choice but to just drop out the tune and begin another.

although i have to add that if he had not reloaded "poison dart", i think there would have been a riot.

municiple · Post by **municiple** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:06 am

Its a shame about the skipping records, pity he did not move to the more stable decks next to him. Sound at Sono is awesome, though. Puts Lava's soundsystem to shame, really.

sea monkey · Post by **sea monkey** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:37 am

Around 1:30 I thought, "Hey! I've got my needles in my car. Maybe I should ask if he wants to use them. Nah, this place closes down at 2:00 anyways."

Oops.

thecoloroflight · Post by **thecoloroflight** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:50 am

Was the issue not so much with the needles than with how the decks were secured to the table ? I think that when he went to cue one deck, the other bounced (?)

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