[Events] 2005-04-21 // DJ Q-Bert @ Cargo

[Paul Makepeace]

Five of us at this one; the event *rocked* despite the most rammed venue
I've been to in a while, some astonishingly dextrous demonstrations of
turntable wizardry. Q-Bert did a few skits where he was scratching
without a cross fader, one-handed, and these wild moves whose
transitions the camera (which was projecting it on one entire wall at
Cargo) just wasn't picking up. I'm sure if you did a freeze frame his
hand would just be jumping several inches back and forth each frame.

I did some research on the deck he was using - seriously, it was the
*mothership* of all decks. Turns out it was designed out of a request
by Q-Bert himself!

Check it out: http://www.vestax.com/ -> Player -> QFO Pic of Q-Bert
himself in slide 05. Vestax also do a vinyl *recording* unit that
produces records from blanks the price of a 12" import. Vinyl will just
never die...

Paul

Je 2005-03-31 02:13:48 +0100, Paul Makepeace skribis:
> DJ Q-Bert, One of the world's best turntablists has a single London date
> this year.
> 
>   "His dynamic control of the turntable whether through breakneck speed
>   improvisation to soulful musical emotion, his impatient offbeat system
>   has brought only astonished eyes, ears and minds."
> 
> We had fifteen along for Chemical Brothers (which ROCKED, btw) - if
> you'd like to join the posse RSVP and we'll hit up a local venue
> beforehand. Being Shoreditch plenty of options (some good, some
> not-so-good ;-) for afterparty too...
> 
> I'm going to be buying tickets today at 13:00; if you'd like in and save
> postage/fee etc drop me a line!
> 
> Time: 22:00
> Date: 21st April 2005
> Venue: Cargo, London, 83 Rivington Street, EC2 3AY
> Map: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=533302&Y=182558&A=Y&Z=1
> Cost: 10
> Tix: http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=uk&query=detail&event=114543

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