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10 Days Off 2002 - Day 9

Traditionally, Sundays at 10 Days have the concept of a one-room rave, and yesterday this formula worked beautifully with master-magician Jeff Mills and a thrilling live gig by Aril Brikha.
28 juli 2002, Vooruit, Gent (B)

Tekst: Edward Dekeyser

Publicatiedatum: 29 juli 2002

Traditionally, Sundays at 10 Days have the concept of a one-room rave, and yesterday this formula worked beautifully with master magician Jeff Mills and a thrilling live gig by Aril Brikha.

For starters, Valium delivers some Detroit business, electro-influenced minimalism, and dark-waving techno. Not an easy listening experience, but minute-long screaming and handclapping marked his set as a damn tasty burger. Nice to see Valium live up completely by the grateful reactions of the public.

The best things in life come with foreplay, Aril Brikha must have thought, kicking off a live set that turned out to be an absolute runner-up for the most inspired gig in Room 01. Creating a quiet, dubby, crystal-clear sound, clearly influenced by labels like Grow (Hi-Lo) & M-plant. Amazing chord developments that took their time, and sparse, yet functional and funky, rhythms interfered in a beautiful journey inwards. The kind of techno we're fond of at KindaMuzik HQs. The "Stockholm" t-shirt-wearing man saved the best for last, as an endless version of Groove La Chord sprung brightly from the speakers, wrapping us up in cotton wool. Such display of deepness we hadn't witnessed yet in Room 01.

Aril Brikha Two a.m. and a little later: Ambientesque sounds preceded the chunky piano licks of Wrath of the Punisher. When the beat dropped, Vooruit went mental, and little Jeffrey donned a smile. As if he knew it was going to be a good one. Mills gots his train right on track, and pumped the move with some more loopy techno workers. The teeny-bopper crowd loved it, rewarding Mills for keeping it straight, exciting, fastly mixed and diverse. An interlude from his Other Day EP allowed us a little rest. After exactly 1.5 hours, we heared Underground Resistance's Jupiter Jazz breaking the waves, and Mills kept on cutting the old with the new. Playing, as always, half of his personal back catalogue, but who cares, with such display of techno history and deck wizardry.
The third hour was more furious, with Mills trying to emphasize the more soothing (well . . . ) sounds of the previous two hours. Tonight we witnessed a mature Mills, representing his sound — old-skool, maybe, definitely not retro, and certainly without any compromise — to the fullest.

Jeff Mills Concluding Day 09's party, Psychogene once again confimed Brussels as the techno capital of Belgium, providing the untouchables with a slightly more pumping selection. Massive skills and exciting crossfader action proved his spot on 10 Days 2002 to be well-deserved.

Tomorrow: the last day, it is. It's unbelievable, it's inconceivable. I hope to see u soon in . . .

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