whos a good kompakt style dj? or, the difference between producing and djing

i definitely do not equate m_nus with girls.

No one man has crammed so much raw FUN into a techy/electro set than he (Fabric room 3 in March or so), everyone was asking who he was, especially the girls. plus I didn't see him take his eyes off the crowd once, sign of a respectable (sorry) dj indeed.

I was completely addicted to this mix (http://www.sylviemarks.de/okt04.html) a while back. New one each month on her website if you wanted to see where she's at more recently, they are nearly always minimal & tech-y but also fun and girly-house inclined too (more than you'd expect from her Bpitch Control associations).

Chloe?

French DJ, had a mix cd "I Hate Dancing" out that got a lot of attention, afaik draws from both the french house and german minimal/tech scene (allegedly, haven't heard the disc myself).

I'm probably being very stereotypical thinking that a female DJ might attract more girls. The North? I might yet come to this :)

She's also put out two original production albums, first one on Traum. Hmmm. She's from Chile though... I guess the Chile-Berlin connection could be a 'draw' for the crowds (i.e Villalobos).

the voigts don't dj.

also, im curious as to how promoters resolve the (as perceived by me) tension between booking producers with recognisable names who will get the crowds thru the door, and booking djs who will play a wicked fun set when the crowds are already inside. as these two things maybe not always be the same thing.

if you can build up a reputation for putting on a good night, people will start to trust your judgement and come along for the nights where it isn't neccessarily a big name playing. the big names will almost always pull in more people but the best nights (and the ones that last the longest) are the ones that don't play it totally safe with who they book.

My picks for the question though would prob. be MANDY, ada or maybe rex the dog..
Though I haven't seen any of em dj personally, that's just based on their musical style.

I nominate Michael Mayer on this thread, I think he is the best populist and wacky DJ in a Kompakt style. I reckon MANDY otherwise. DJ T is kind of boy tech house a bit, it's almost his biggest failing (not that he's not great)

DJ Koze was excellent when I saw him (the best that night), but I have my doubts about him, for the purposes of this thread and otherwise. He is quite hard and acidy and not so much fun as Mayer for me really.

There must be others, actually Ambrose you should just book me.

i would also nominate mayer over koze but he wasn't in the list ambrose posted. saying that, the one time i heard koze, he had a distinct pop edge to him.

but yeah, book ronan and watch the girls swoooooon.

yeah I guess Koze played "Voyager" by Daft Punk and other stuff that night, he plays alot of stuff which is not conventionally Kompakt, like more electrohousey in a way.

i do! ive never seen more booty shaking than at the m_nus night i attended. well at least not at a minimal party

ronan what us yr night called again? my friend is going to dublin in the next month or so

i imagine mayer would be extremely expensive, but obviously he is good. well, not obviously, but he was great when i saw him, which was gaes ago. its was realyl euphoric and trancey.

as for promoting. i guesss the trick is (maybe rather obviously) get fun people to play and build a rep. as a side issue, what percent of people at clubs do you think actually know whos playing?
eg for fabric, it would be fairly low (30%?)

as for the % who know who is playing - i imagine it is often quite low. i put on a one off night here with basteroid a couple of weeks ago. it sold out but i bet you 90% of the people there had never heard of him before. even when we put on mayer and had heavily promoted it i had a fair few people asking me who he was.

I'm not hugely experienced in running stuff, not by any means, but I know what my eyes tell me and I would say to your friend, ambrose, to be wary of using guests to get the night going, we didn't have a guest for about 15 months, alot of the nights in Dublin seem to rely totally on guests and there seems to be no real core of people who go there.

I think it's especially important to do a residents thing and really really be a "club" if (a)it's in a small venue and (b)it's not on a saturday or friday night.

He had a mix-cd out about 4 years ago called Nighteffect which I never bought but looked really good.

i played with highfish once. really good and different to most of his fellow (overtly minimal) berlin record spinners. jennifer cardini and chloe are great too.

xpost - fezaffe yes!

for m_nus, marc houle and heartthrob are pretty great.

this is the main dance floor! i really like the venue
http://www.thenorthernlight.co.uk/images/7_northern_300x225.jpg

anyone heard either of the dahlbacks play? which one does what?

and...inaqui martin?

Chloe was excellent when I saw her, actually very populist, played all the big electro-house hits of the time - The Sky Was Pink, The Abwehr Disco, Sweat on the Walls...

M.A.N.D.Y. were also really good until they turned tedious in the last half an hour or so with boring prog-tech. Bad venue though sadly, which interfered with things a bit.

Jennifer Cardini's mix-cd which apparently came out recently (in Europe only??) looks fabulous.

In terms of other female DJs in this vein there's Acid Maria (who seemed quite good when I peeked in on her intermittently while being captivated by Schaeben & Voss) and Electric Indigo (awesome but a lot harder and more intense)...

promotion sucks :( does it?

no doubt. the latest edition to the Kompakt Sound System.

DJ Koze is wonderful, yes, as are Superpitcher and Ada.

I saw Iñaqui Marín in a basilica at Sónar and it was a fucking incredible experience - dark, banging and intense but also pretty populist.

surprised no one's mentioned Miss Kittin or Ellen Allien yet - Kittin especially is always really reliably ace.

I've never seen DJ T but his cousin came up to my friend who was DJing in 93 Feet East last night and insisted that she play something off his new album, which she'd never heard, and it was fantastic!

other than that i don't have much to add except that if i was doing this i would try to book someone who actively djs rather than an artist who only occaisonally djs. that said, every time i've heard superpitcher, he's been great. (and the ladies like his stuff, too)

how about james holden?

i like the idea of an all girl night. i have heard great jennifer cardini and chloe mixes, but i still haven't heard a mix by magda that has really blown me away.

think both are hugely overrated myself

I'm so pleased someobody finally said it!

I just interpreted the question to mean Ambrose wasn't looking for someone with a noted leaning towards the more melancholy, dark end of minimal/electro stuff.

that's funny Dan we always do flier runs on the night of the show too, just before the club starts and also to restaurants and bars where people finish work at 12.30 or whatever. though I hear you about getting people to come out, I feel embarassed sending mass text outs now cos it's like "yeah we can see you anytime", even though most of my friends have never come to see me.

They go to see friends who are in bands almost religiously and yet have maybe once ever come to my night, I'm sure there's a good reason for this but I never worked it out! Most of them either like or are not openly adverse to the music we play too.

still, not actually heard him dj so hearsay only.

Some pals and I booked Jennifer Cardini to DJ in New York this Friday at Happy Ending. It's Free. It's Downstairs. Come. Say Hi.

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ambrose, did you have a hand in this?

(daytime bump)

no i didnt. trentemoller and chloe are playing that night as well at asylum at mint club. and i hgave to be in shropshire!!!!!!!!!!! :(

ive moved to sheffield now, and suddenly in leeds its all nathan fajke this, james holden that etc etc

:(

If I even go it'll be because I can fart about at the afterparty and not have to sit in a fucking freezing train station till 7am before I can set off home again (the usual untempting option) :|

I don't think I am going though, I just might not be able to afford it, or it's gonna clash with friends that might be visiting so... :( basically.

ffs, your meant to just eat sausages and stand in the cold and go home at 11 feeling warmish and a bit red, not go to a bleedin club

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