The Demon Days party cranked into Mezzanine on Friday night, classy and debaucherous. Along with sets by heavy-weight techno legends (and Demon Days founders), Carl Craig and Gamall, the real treat for this correspondant was the presence of space-disco revivalist Hans-Peter Lindstrøm. Along with Feedelity Recordings partner and fellow Norwegian, Prins Thomas, Lindstrøm has really heralded the new disco sound over the past few years - a mix of techno and cheeky 70's synth, often live drums, and deep, deep, funk rythyms. Like Metro Area, his sound is really bizarre and often off-putting at first for it's "cheese" factor, it's campy arpeggios and italo beats, but once it hooks on you, dare I say once you "get it", you'll be scrapping to find every 12'' he's touched. Lindstrøm's set, interestingly sandwhiched between Gamall and headliner Carl Craig, was coined as a "live PA" but from where I stood, it looked like he was just dj'ing pre-recorded songs from a laptop without any midi controlers or spontaneous constructions. Slightly disappointing. Slightly. Either way, regardless of the fine music, Lindstrøm's head was simply out of control - I'm saying disco dj head banging to the extreme, bobble head style, that must have caused him some serious neck pain/brain damage. Closing with the monster track, Contemporary Fix, Lindstrom finally got the somewhat cooler-than-thou and certainly to-cool-to-dance-like-nuts crowd to really throw down. I feel space. BUY this guys records.
Lindstrøm - I Feel Space
Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas - En Dag I Mai
Lindstrøm - Pesto Og Kolera (Brennan Green Saucey Version)
And, yeah, Carl Craig wasn't too shabby either.
Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom - Relevee (Carl Craig Remix)
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