Stateless - Bloodstream (Henrik Schwarz remix) | fijiama.net

Stateless – Bloodstream (Henrik Schwarz remix)

24 November 2007 | By marek in 12" reviews, Gig review

!K7 – K7 218

So yesterday I played at Who Wouldn’t Like Johnny Depp?. Apparently, they’re closing it down by the end of this year to make room for a Nepali restaurant. I hope the food is good. Anyway, when I was told that besides myself a high school rock band would appear on the stage to perform, I kind of lost the faith in the event. Still, I had to do my best to entertain. And what do you know…

At one point, this guy in his 30s wearing an ugly necktie popped on stage and placed himself at the booth, staring at the mixer and at the same time trying to catch my sight to make conversation. I tried the usual balance-between-rude-yet-pleasant-keep-headphones-on-look-busy approach, but he seemed quite immune to that. At one point or another I had to remove my headphones to search for the next record, and during these moments he managed to tell me 1) he was going to sponsor the band that was going to perform; 2) he is an artist himself and has designed the plastic bags for Dancemix, a local record store; 3) it would be cool if I surprised him with a little Led Zeppelin OR Lenny Kravitz.

Also, a move that I had not seen before – he kept rolling up bank notes in little tubes and sticking the money into various places on the booth. At first I thought he was passing me a joint and when I found out it was money I was surprised enough to keep it. Anyway, he seemed pleased enough with some Villalobos instead of good ol’ Lenny, since he was especially happy at the booth when I made the mix between two Villa records. He gave me a thumbs-up and went on to harass some blonde glued to a Mojito straw.

Later that night, when I was waiting for the club manager, a security guard at the club approached me, saying he really liked the music and asking what style it actually was. So it seems I had made at least some difference which made the evening worthwhile…

I played Henrik Schwarz’s remix of “Bloodstream” by Stateless 3 times during the night (the crowd was changing a lot anyway). I think the last time I played something 3 times was with Henrik’s remix of Mari Boine. So, let’s wrap this post up with a great piece of emo-house that it is.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Stateless - Bloodstream