Glutter Presents: Deeejaaays and Electronic

The Concert Series

Glutter Plugs and Doodles

A lot of people asked last week, “Who else have you seen?” And I couldn’t really remember, so I wrote it down. It turned out to be nine pages long. So I have split them up into seven categories, and shall post one a day for a week.

This was truly a full blown passion for so many years of my life.

–Joel Lai:

King of HK DJs. First man to play Techno in HK. Thank you for playing Frankie Knuckle’s “Whistle Song” EVERY Saturday at about 5am for me. When I was little and 16, I would sit outside Club X and wait until 4am (free admission) so I could go in and dance. (Sorry mom and dad, I found keys to the back door and then got copies).

–Carl Cox:

He rocked. The first time I saw him I didn’t know who he was, but he was amazing. So fantastic that when I “bumped” into my boyfriend there with three other girls, and I was with a bunch of guys, we didn’t stop dancing while we were having a discussion about “Why we were there and didn’t tell the other.” (but then Chris Razze and I never argued, didn’t need to.) The second time I met Carl Cox, I actually did an interview with him. He was fantastic. For a man who got voted the “best DJ in the world,” I couldn’t believe how nice he was, and that’s because he truly believed it was his job to give everyone a good time. Grateful, Gracious and so talented. He could spin with three decks. Nothing more needed to be said.

–Derek May, Derek Carter, Planet Ten:

One day the self-inflicted mayhem we went through that evening shall be described in a book. We continued to talk about it for years afterwards. (I’d seen them both at other times, but none as indelibly singed into my mind.

–Danny Cosmos:

I loved him, even though he never really broke through. There was one set that I will always remember. It was fast, breaky and it was not house. Never a vocal sample. I danced the whole two hour set, and had to take my T-shirt off, (With a Bikini underneath), it was Sugar on Fridays. Actually the night I met Chris and the butterfly girls. It was Alice in Wonderland. Honestly.

–Thomas Michael:

One of my best memories ever was him, just pushing the crowd to absolute hysteria, with the lazers spread above bouncing and people were jumping up and down literally screaming with their hands up in the air -at Time, downtown LA. I remember people didn’t really like his music, too bouncy/retro but he had a way to play the emotions of the crowd.

-Goa Gill: At Burning Man 1997, when they were the only speakers there practically. He was the pulse of the burn, could hear him everywhere. Fire pits in front, the crowd was so hyped up from the Burning that hard Goa trance was a way to chill out. He just stood there, behind the decks, looking like the guru of the night.

–Jason Bentley:

Late Night Radio Demi-God. KCRW, Magic Wednesdays.

–JP:

The guy does really really good dnb. Too bad HK don’t fall in love with their own DJs. They should. Start here.

–Electric Sky Church:

When I saw them, it was in a small chill out room and a nice time, but when I saw them on “Better Living Through Circuitry” singing in the desert, which is where they belong, I could only wish I was there. They do the Anti-Burn thing now. Which is very very cool.

–Tetsuo: Coolest guy. The only DJ who ever danced to other DJ’s set.

–Kulu: Ai. That one epic Indian/Latin song Kulu, every time! Ha Ha.

–Barry Weaver, Christopher Lawrence, Keroki (oh I am glad he stopped the “Superstar DJ” shit), Ron D. Core, Paul Olkenfold, Cream, Minstry of Sound, Sasha, Renaissance, Fat Boy Slim, Boy George, John Digweed, Dave Seaman, Laurent Garnier, You can probably name it and I have seen them with the notable exception of NICK WARREN who is my personal favorite but continually unable to cross paths. Along with another hundred plus no name DJs in LA, SF, SC, Hong Kong, and from around the world, some of whom I enjoyed such a great deal. Impossible to include all of them.

I found some Flyers in My Hard Drive:

Glutter’s Random Rave Flyers and images 1992-1998

Glutter Presents: The Concert Series,
Week November 12 to 19th 2003.
Time: 3am (GMT Plus 8)

Thursday: Bands, Rock, Metal, Grunge, Hip Hop
Friday: Alternative -Lollapalooza 94
Saturday: Big Name Pop Artists and No Name Jazz
Sunday: Deeejaaays and Electronic
Monday: Massive Electronic Acts -Organic 96
Tuesday: Drum ‘n’ Bass
Wednesday: The Kiddie Cheese Days.