Comments on: RA Interviews Luciano

By: pete

pete — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:25:52 +0000

I saw Luciano twice last year, once b2b with Villalobos in Amsterdam and once on his lonely in Fuse Brussels. Both sets were completely different, and I think the only people that notice any kind of sameyness are those who download every single set he’s played. You have to look from an outside perspective and think of the people in the club (most of whom don’t religiously download his sets and trainspot at the clubs) to realize that Luciano can bring a club to its knees without worrying about the fact that someone knows he played the same banger the night before. I think people that think he’s slacking really need to take a good look at themselves, cos in the end a well structured set with direction is always gonna win over a set with 30 unreleased tracks that he’s playing for the first time. I’ve always hated that trend in techno, DJs thinking they’ll only be cool if they play shit nobody’s heard before. Stop thinking about educating the crowd and start thinking about ENTERTAINING them! Luciano knows exactly what he’s doing in that regard.

By: andrew

andrew — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:54:12 +0000

i think he’s a pretty lazy producer too, of late. fources et sabres is nice enough, but nothing he’s done since solomon’s prayer/father has really blown me away. bomberos/octoganal stands head and shoulders above all his other solo productions (amelie on ice aside, and that’s not so much about the production, is it?).

in my opinion, most of his best tracks are collaborations (the melchior 12″, alpine rocket, orange mistake). the thought of a martina topley bird ballad fills me with dread (remember la ondita?)

By: andrew

andrew — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:51:17 +0000

i’ve been more guilty than most of pointing out luciano’s laziness of late (he’s been playing the same tracks plus/minus a few for basically the whole of ‘07), but he can read a crowd incredibly well. he’s the consumate party DJ. his sets don’t come across so well recorded.

he DOES need to pull his finger out of his arse a bit though, in 05/06 he was spinning in new tracks every set around his usual selection of the season’s floor fillers… i’m definitely not an anti-digital tubthumper at all, but the laziness in selection DOES coincide with his switching to serrato.

By: mind at large

mind at large — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:03:45 +0000

i understand the comments about his productions not really standing out as much as his dj sets, but it’s all set and setting you know? ‘back to front’ (my favorite of his) is not going to fill the floor anywhere outside of berlin. i’ve also found that he produces his kicks so low that many systems don’t even register, but with the proper system and the full attention of a p-bar crowd at 5am… i can only imagine the damage. if you doubt his production skills, sit down with some headphones and really devote some attention to ’sabres et fourges’ and whoa…. but then i’m a little biased. i saw luciano at demf last year and it was not the minimal set i had expected at all - it was far, far better.

By: Ronan

Ronan — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:30:31 +0000

Oh I’d love to be going to Timewarp…the Cecille and Oslo labels will be doing stuff there, would be really cool.

I guess I still could but have no idea what sort of workload I’ll have or what holidays will be possible around that time.

By: ailbhe

ailbhe — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:01:52 +0000

thats really true ronan, luciano sounds lovely in the article. i read it yesterday and i really enjoyed it.
i wouldnt hold the essential mix against him, the way i see it is he was just trying to get cadenza out there you know?
i have a set by him at skc belgrade and its probably one of my favourites… i also saw him in tripod last year..that and radioslave in panorama bar in berlin were my favourite gigs of the year…absolutely brilliant.
in short, luciano is great….cant wait to see him at time - warp!!!!!

By: Ronan

Ronan — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:04:17 +0000

It really was a v good article. It just goes to show how worthwhile these interviews are when an artist makes an effort and allows access, you get a proper picture of what they’re like.

Unfortunately it doesn’t happen often.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:01:22 +0000

maybe he just really likes those records…i dunno, i guess he is dj-ing primarily for the people at each club, rather than the people downloading all the sets in their homes. if i was going out to see luciano, i’d probably want to hear something resembling his sound, rather than a complete curveball, mainly because i’m going to see Luciano, cos he’s Luciano…it’s difficult to explain I suppose to someone who may have seen him at all the various clubs around the place.

as for his productions, ‘fourges et sabres’ was stunning last year, and i thought that the more experimental stuff on ‘no model no tool’ was great. he doesn’t make anthems, but there’s a lot to work with in there.

great article.

By: Ellot-Emm

Ellot-Emm — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:48:49 +0000

Ugh, FEWER record stores.

By: Ellot-Emm

Ellot-Emm — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:46:43 +0000

I dunno about this article, but the last four or five sets I’ve downloaded from Luciano - ranging from late ‘07 to early ‘08 - consisted of almost EXACTLY the same tracks, arranged each time in a slightly different order. I really loved the sound he was pushing at the end of the year, but the laziness with the selection is pretty worrisome. Maybe there are less record stores in Switzerland?