2004-07-22
DJ Arkin Allen at Chicago Summerdance 2004
Last night was my favorite Wednesday night 2004
Summerdance yet.
Most of you seemed to have missed Montreal-based
Turkish DJ Arkin Allen. The inclement weather
apparently scared many people away, but as the evening
progressed people continued to trickle in.
Unfortunately by the time the crowd really gelled,
Arkin Allen was done with his set and house DJ Miles
Maeda had showed up.
Arkin Allen's set was a mix between hard techno and
tribal percussive beats, with a world fusion
foundation. I loved it and wished he could have played
all night. Perhaps I was in a minority as a Chicagoan.
I hope he had been prepared for the small crowd, as
this DJ spins at raves in Europe to crowds of
thousands. If you're interested his fully electronic
project has released one CD, "Fusion Monster." I think
it's great Middle Eastern electronica. (increasingly
my own tastes are tending toward Arab and Indian
electronic dance and psytrance, artists like Yahel and
Bhangra Knights).
Besides working the turntable, Arkin Allen is a
skilled ney player. The ney is a kind of flute which
deliver a sound more in the bass tones. He also
pratices bendir, frame drum, zarp and udu drum. His
other downtempo project Mercan Dede and the Secret
Tribe will be playing tonight (Thursday Jul22) at
Summerdance. That will be a more traditional Turkish
Sufi sound but still not entirely acoustic. We own all
the Mercan Dede (pronounced mer-shan dayd) CDs, and
happily will be there to listen tonight.
Miles Maeda played a great set and by 8:30 the kind of
crowd I have seen at other Wednesday Summerdance
events had showed up. A number of Cafe folk were there
by then as well. I really like Miles Maeda but wished
that Arkin Allen had kept playing. Sometimes,
Chicago's provincial limitations become very clear . .
. But it could be worse. I could be living in Indianapolis.
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Summerdance yet.
Most of you seemed to have missed Montreal-based
Turkish DJ Arkin Allen. The inclement weather
apparently scared many people away, but as the evening
progressed people continued to trickle in.
Unfortunately by the time the crowd really gelled,
Arkin Allen was done with his set and house DJ Miles
Maeda had showed up.
Arkin Allen's set was a mix between hard techno and
tribal percussive beats, with a world fusion
foundation. I loved it and wished he could have played
all night. Perhaps I was in a minority as a Chicagoan.
I hope he had been prepared for the small crowd, as
this DJ spins at raves in Europe to crowds of
thousands. If you're interested his fully electronic
project has released one CD, "Fusion Monster." I think
it's great Middle Eastern electronica. (increasingly
my own tastes are tending toward Arab and Indian
electronic dance and psytrance, artists like Yahel and
Bhangra Knights).
Besides working the turntable, Arkin Allen is a
skilled ney player. The ney is a kind of flute which
deliver a sound more in the bass tones. He also
pratices bendir, frame drum, zarp and udu drum. His
other downtempo project Mercan Dede and the Secret
Tribe will be playing tonight (Thursday Jul22) at
Summerdance. That will be a more traditional Turkish
Sufi sound but still not entirely acoustic. We own all
the Mercan Dede (pronounced mer-shan dayd) CDs, and
happily will be there to listen tonight.
Miles Maeda played a great set and by 8:30 the kind of
crowd I have seen at other Wednesday Summerdance
events had showed up. A number of Cafe folk were there
by then as well. I really like Miles Maeda but wished
that Arkin Allen had kept playing. Sometimes,
Chicago's provincial limitations become very clear . .
. But it could be worse. I could be living in Indianapolis.
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