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AGGIELIFE
Friday, October 6,20
THE BATTALION
Techno Invasion
National electronic music tour hits Austin venue
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By Jason Bennyhoff
The Battalion
Moonshine Records began in the
late ’80s as an experiment in the mar
ketability of techno music. Today, it
is one of the largest techno labels in
the country, and it runs the only na
tional, annual electronic music tour
in the United
States. Texans will
October 2nd-6th
MSC Hallway 10 - 3
Micro
Other Locations
Today-Friday Oct. 6th
FishPond from 10-3
Tomorrow-Saturday Oct. 7th
Texas A&M vs. Colorado
Sales Begin 4 hours prior to Kick off
Outside of G.Rollie White & The MSC Hall way
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get an opportunity
today to witness
the fourth install
ment of this tour in
Austin.
Among those
appearing on the
tour are Carl Cox,
John Kelley, Mi
cro and Dieselboy.
These names may
not be known to the general public,
but all are popular performers with
in their own musical genre.
Cox gained his popularity as an
electronic DJ in the early ’80s in
Great Britain, and has been playing
continually since those early days.
Cox, considered by many reviewers,
including Urb Magazine, to be one
of the top three DJs in the world,
said he has memorable experiences
of playing in Texas and looks for
ward to this year’s Moonshine tour
date in Austin.
“The last time I was [in Texas], I
had a great time,” Cox said. “It was
very hot, but people were ecstatic to
see me and they walked away very
happy after the show. It was a real
pleasure to see that in a land known
for oil barons.”
Kelley was born on a military
base to a Japanese mother and Amer
ican father. Kelley said he became a
DJ after graduating from the Univer
sity of California-Los Angeles with
a bachelor’s degree in biology. Kel
ley said he was accepted to medical
school, but chose not to attend due to
the responsibility of that commit
ment. While the United States lost a
doctor, it gained a renowned DJ.
Kelley said he enjoyed his pre
vious experiences on the Moon
shine tour, but the everyday grind of
touring the country tends to wear on
him and the other performers.
“It is a pretty brutal schedule,”
Kelley said. “Traveling and playing
is hard enough, but when you are do
ing five or six shows a week, it gets
really tough on your body. It is pret
ty much: Get up, shower, get some
thing to eat, go to the show, get back
to the bunk and the next thing you
know, it is time to do it all over
again.”
Kelley said most people only see
the finished product of the traveling
and playing, so they only see the pro
fessional side of the performers on
the tour. Kelley said one aspect peo
ple miss is the relationships between
the various artists and DJs on the
tour bus.
“There is tension, definitely,”
Kelley said. “To a great extent, most
people get along really well, but
everyone is in the close quarters and
they are working really hard, so
the tolerance goes
down. It is really
worst for the people
who are always
there, like the light
ing people.”
For some of the
Moonshine perform-
tunes ers, this will be their
tor first trip to Texas.
But for one, it is a
grand homecoming.
DrFusei's a trance
DJ from Austin and
a graduate of South
west Texas State
University. D.Fuse
said the Moonshine
tour has shown him
Austin
DJ
D:Fuse
spins
some
classic
trance
unes
or
Texas
ravers.
Carl Cox hypes up the crowd.
how truly appreciative Texas crowds
are of home-grown talent.
“I never knew how people felt
about me,” D:Fuse said. “Playing
the Moonshine date in Austin last
year was so overwhelming. I cannot
wait to go back. I love the fact that I
am from Texas, and I love the peo
ple in Texas.”
D:Fuse may be the home-town
boy at this show, but he is by no
means just “local talent." D:Fuse cur
rently has four records on the market
and a recent mixed CD on Moon
shine Records. He said his immedi
ate plans are to finish the Moonshine
tour, and then to begin collaborating
with Paul Oakenfold, a top U.K.
trance DJ, on a European tour.
Last year’s Moonshine tour was
extremely successful, cramming in
25 shows in 32 days. The majority
of those shows packed in thousands
of ravers and club kids. Despite the
success of the previous Moonshine
tours, however, there are murmurs
of discontent within the U.S. elec
tronic scene.
Cox said the electronic music
scene in America has exploded in
the last two years, resulting in some
disturbing commercial trends in the
way raves are organized and pro
moted. Cox said the pri- •
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petition among promot
ers has made it morediffi-
:ult for performers and au
dience members to receive good
treatment from some of them.
“Some parties are doing really
well," Cox said. “But some promot
ers are becoming real fat cats and
mixing up their priorities. I played
one party in Orlando, where I was put
in a small room: the booth was small
— it was a back-room party. Watcli
out for some of these promoters: the
United States could have a real good
club scene if one or two promoters
would collaborate. But it seems the
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