Guest lenin Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 Greetings, I'm a long time psynews forum reader, first time poster. ;-) I'm writing because, like a few here, I am just learning to spin psy. And I mean JUST learning to spin -- I bought my CDJ100s less than a month ago. However, I am already preparing to throw my little town's first psy-trance party at the end of September. I've already booked a modest venue. I live in Santa Barbara, CA, which is two hours north of Los Angeles, and, believe me, also totally devoid of anything but the worst kind of booty house imaginable. I think I am the only man in town that listens to psy. Which is why I *must* start a scene here. I can't stand to go to clubs downtown anymore. Long story short: I need help putting together a short set list for my big debut! I have a good friend who spins psy in San Francisco that is headlining. I insisted that I open, and...here I am. Mind you, I have only been listening to psy for about four years. So I don't have access to all the old school, rare, hard to get, and unreleased stuff everybody always talks about here. But I've got a sizeable collection, and have danced at as many psy-trance parties in CA as I have been able to drive to in the past few years. This year I even attended Celebra Brasil 2, my first outdoor psy-trance festival (with the exception of Burning Man), which was an incredible experience I will never forget. Wow! Anyhoo, I've been "experimenting with potions." Please let me know what you think of the following set list. Please be brutally honest. Tell me what works, and what doesn't, and how I could make it better, and maybe how I could flesh it out more. Thank you very much! PLUR lenin -- 01. Logic Bomb - Drop By Anytime 02. Mr. Peculiar - What is Real? 03. Infected Mushroom - Spaniard 04. Phlat Phase - Pearly Gate Crasher 05. Dark Soho - Sleepwalking 06. Neuromotor - Crazy Crooner 07. Skazi - Tuning 08. Hyper Frequencies - Running Time 09. Toi Doi - Replicant 10. Pleiadians - Electra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lurk Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 It looks good, but its quite full-on for an opening set imho, especially for a town with no psy scene. I would start off with some more accessible prog stuff, like reefer decree for example, and then you can build it towards the more full on stuff in the last half of your set, if you're playing for 2 hours, what you wrote down is good for the 2nd hour :-) I used to write set lists for my gigs, but I never ever used them, so I gave up :-) Its much better just to know all your music really well and then go with the flow... use the force, dude ! ;-)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cunny load Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 Hi....i don't have idea.....because...i don't know and like full on music.. But the most important...if that u like to mixe them with a good technique...and the rest...it's not important ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 screw accessable - punish them for their bad taste in music!! seriously though just emit enthusiasm and you should have no trouble... that set seems to jump around a lot but sets dont have to be tame. #1 thing to do is bring a variety of music and try and read the crowd (especially for your situation - trying to build up an awareness means ya gotta cater)... i'm trying to think what kind of psy a booty house fan might like and i'm having no luck... maybe squaremeat - hard horse? haha.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dam10n Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 LOL bas :¬) I'm with Lurk, I think that smooth proggy stuff is sweet for when people are walking into a place (esp if they're not there to get their kaleidoscopic lysergic meltdown fix) atmo, ticon and son kite would get my vote. Also depends on what's being played next, and whether you're beatmatching or fading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dr. Cheroot Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 good luck lenin. good to know u're doing something more than just crib about how there's no psy in your town (unlike me!!). san antonio sucks. there's no psy here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest auryn Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 if you're playing to a none psy crowd, you should probably take it a bit slower like th others say... I've played quite a few non psy crowds, and those experiences taught me not to go for full on before the second half of the night (say from 2:00 am onwards) I know it's tough if you're trying to make a massive impression, but as dj you are responsible for the people having a good time, and playing pleiadians' ultra-teutonic "electra" when most people are still taking their coats off is probably not gonna do the trick! try to think of it as seducing a girl... i.e. you don't start by taking your undies off and jumping her! good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Matta Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 I agree, a little build-up would be good, but I wouldn't bore them with progressive stuff. Keep it psychedelic. That's the whole point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lenin Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 Hahaha, Auryn. Good analogy. All respect to everybody -- great advice! Thank you. I only *wish* I could throw a party that can go past midnight. Santa Barbara is very strict about noise -- even clubs downtown have to close at 2:00 a.m. There are no after hours places. And, unfortunately, since I'm broke, I couldn't afford to rent a warehouse or anything -- I'm spinning at the ALL AGES "club", which closes at midnight. It's where all the high school punk bands play. Maybe for them I'll play "Dance of the Witches"!! Hee hee! The good thing is that I expect a big draw, because a few days before the party, our alternative weekly paper, the S.B. Independent, will run a story I wrote all about psy-trance! The paper reaches 40,000 people and so the cover will essentially be a giant poster for the show! Woohoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zero the Hero Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 that's cool dude! I guess many dudes here would like to read your paper... =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rishi Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 What is Booty House? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 its music worth hearing once, for a laugh, because you realize that some people swear by the stuff... you know you have your psy parties with all the fluoro garb and chai booths and back drops... well the booty house parties in these parts have their own culture, featuring porn on projectors, thong contests with cash prizes, and that kind of thing. you would be wrong to think such a scene attracts only guys though! as for the music, think of cheap beats made on a keyboard bought from radio shack with some repetative samples about sex on top and there you have it. thunk ch thunk ch thunk ch thunk ch "all my bitches down south, stick it in your mouth - all my hoes out east put it between your teeth" etc. its completely ludicrous. fans of such music probably think the same about us 'dirty hippie freaks' though. lenin - yea, play some goa rock! tim schuldt - pretty poison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike D Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 it does look nice, but is a bit full on for the first set. Have you considered playing just some pure fun stuff? Some older melodic or maybe evn some Space Tribe type stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest woutski Posted August 10, 2002 Share Posted August 10, 2002 I've played for non psy crowds a couple of times. You might think they will go for Progressive, but most times i tried that ppl came to me asking for more kicking stuff. I wouldn't go for ultra-psychedelic full-on stuff at all, but more 'accesable' or predictable stuff with alot of mid-range and plenty of energy gets *everyone* going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest clive frog Posted August 12, 2002 Share Posted August 12, 2002 I've played psy to hard house/nrg fans a few times and find that the really full on stuff doesn't work unless you build them up to it. You're best bet who be for stuff with more of a groove to it, forget the minimal/progressive and try stuff like astrix, alien project, space cat, safi connection, atomic pulse, spectrum, x wave, blt, perplex, yahel. And remember have fun and jump around like an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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