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Storm vs Antiworld @ The Emporium Reviewed / Jon Doe & Lee James mini-Interview Reported by Steve Milton / Submitted 29-09-03 16:31 Having spent most of my clubbing life (apart from the odd festival and Ibiza) in London I felt it was time to spread my wings a little further a field and see what the rest of the country had to offer. Having taken advice from a few friends of mine I was persuaded to venture into the midlands and the Storm vs Antiworld night at the Emporium. The venue itself has a capacity of over 2000 and is made up of several rooms but this night would only see the use of the main room and the white (chill-out) room, which meant numbers would be down on capacity but still keeping the main room looking fairly full. It is multi-levelled with the DJ booth strangely situated half way along the rectangular room looking across the width, which means certain area’s are out of view. So it was straight into the action when I arrived with Nick Lunn and Will Gold kicking things off with a B2B set. Music was fairly hard from the start. It would be interesting to see how things would progress from such an “in your face” warm up. Time would tell. I have to say it’s the first time I’ve heard either of these play and it seemed to me they were just playing what they wanted and warming up properly didn’t seem to cross their minds. Nick Lunn even divulged in a bit of scratching and severe use of the mixer to an extent that the crowd had stopped dancing and stood and wondered what the hell was going on. Hmmmm . . . . not a good start. But come 11:30 and it was the time for the Antiworld boys to take over with Fabry and E303 representing. This was much more to my taste; good, hard, driving trance and it certainly got the various cyber kids in attendance jumping. There seems to be a lot more of these in this neck of the woods than down in London, some really were dressed to the extreme but I think it adds a dash of colour so I’m not complaining, even if I think they look vaguely ridiculous. DMF’s “Palpitation” was the highlight of their set and with the crowd now clearly on their side it was 1-0 to the Antiworld crew. Next up came Storm favourites Richie G and Daley B2B. There’s now doubt these boys are pretty good and definitely seemed to be enjoying themselves but I can’t help wondering why they were on after Fabry and E303 with Jon Doe still to come? The continuity of the night was starting to look severely flawed as they pumped out hard and fast Nu NRG, but all being said did a pretty good job of it and the crowd certainly seemed to appreciate what they put on offer. Next up was Jon Doe, ably supported by the scratch master himself, Lee James. Now I hold Jon Doe in the highest regard, and love his ability to bring individuality and humour to his PA’s but for a moment I thought he was going to struggle as we were brought back down in tempo to his style of hard trance. Again, the organisers should look up the word “continuity”. But not to be deterred he was soon well into his stride working the crowd for all he was worth and Lee James adding scratching which could only be described as stunning. The humour was also there with some comical samples, even one about Yeti hunting of all things, cleverly interwoven with the rest of his set. Considering the situation he again delivered the goods. After his set they were both good enough to answer a few questions for me, which I’ll come to later. Next up were the ever popular Tidy Boys but as I spent most of their set talking to Jon Doe and Lee James I’m not really sure how it went although from what I could hear from the VIP room all was well in the world for the clubbers still enjoying themselves. Finally came a big finish with Andy Farley B2B with Paul Glazby. You want it hard? Well it doesn’t come much harder than this and they certainly served up the goods with fast, frantic and twisted hard house. The chill-out room, normally quite full, emptied somewhat as everyone joined in the mayhem for one final stomp. They were having a right royal tear-up and they’ll be a few sets of sore feet the next day I can tell you. When 6:00 am came it was too soon for some but everything has to come to an end sooner or later. My opinion? Well, I think on the whole it wasn’t a bad night but to be honest with you the playing order was totally wrong and the venue is not the best I’ve been to by a long shot. They should also sort out the smoke machine, makes taking photos a real bitch and finding people nigh on impossible from more than 10 feet away. Interview with Jon Doe and Lee James. HF: How did you guys meet up and was it always your intention to work together? JD: We’ve known each other for a fair while now and we worked together in a record shop back in 1996. I was already mixing at the time and Lee was also doing his own thing so it was only a natural progression that once the production side of things took off we could combine what we did into the PA’s. HF: You seem to have settled into producing hard trance, has that always been the case or do your musical roots lay elsewhere? JD: When I first started out I was really into hard core. I loved the fact that it was fresh and you could be really experimental and that’s what attracted me to it. LJ: Hmmm . . . . I supposed I’d have to say hip hop, hence the scratching. But I’ve always had a very wide range of musical tastes and influences. I think it’s good to keep an open mind. HF: How do you feel when going out to do a PA, any nerves? JD: No, not really. I just try and get things going, work with the crowd and most importantly have fun! LJ: Not at all, which for me is quite strange considering I tend to get much more nervous about other little things which happen in everyday life. HF: Was it always your intention to make music your living? JD: The production side of things or the PA’s? HF: Both. JD: Well for me at the start it was something I just enjoyed doing, a kind of hobby I suppose. I made a demo, and then the opportunity arose for me to get my hands on some decent equipment so I made the most of it and the success has been a real bonus. HF: I think you have a pretty original sound; this must clearly give you an advantage over other producers of the genre. Do you think your success is down to this? JD: I always wanted to be original but not just for the sake of it. I also like to give our PA’s a bit of humour, which is why I include the samples from the news and other sources. I really liked something I heard from the Discovery Channel about yeti hunting so it had to be included in the set. There was also a competition to win a digital camera, which coincidentally had a reference to Jon Doe so of course that had to go in as well! HF: OK then, what would you consider being your favourite production? JD: Oooh tough one. I have to say the track I did with UFO called “Phase 1”. HF: So what’s next for Jon Doe then? JD: We have a pretty busy schedule lined up, lots of PA’s all over the country and on the production side I’d like to experiment a bit maybe with some other styles. I like the idea of some really heavy baselines with no restrictions on what goes over the top. We’ll see how it goes. HF: Thanks for you time guys, it’s been a pleasure. I’d just like to add a big thanks to Jon Doe and Lee James for sparing me a bit of their time. I’ll apologise in advance if I got anything wrong, making sense of my notes the day after was no easy feat. Share this :: : : : Follow HarderFaster :: Other Features By Steve Milton: The Final Zoo The Death of Clubland? Trousers, Caps and Trance Anthems - It's Dave Pearce! Boom Box, Bulldog Breaks and V1 - It's Time to Reload with DJ-X(lab4) Clubbers Guide to Photography: Part Two The views and opinions expressed in this review are strictly those of the author only for which HarderFaster will not be held responsible or liable. Comments: From: funcimunci on 1st Oct 2003 17:58.44 it was an excellent night!!! Loved it all!

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