Seb leger @ Apple

Anyone heard any news on this?

not a thing?

http://bit.ly/tV9IEV

its happening... thursday night 17th November... Same night as Portishead : (

the bloke has hands down played the best DJ set i have seen this year, managed to catch him at monastery in Brisbane in January, the day the rains came!! it was phenominal...

Thursday! Ghey.

yeah ghey... but hopefully messes with the kids heads down at D'apple!

its happening... thursday night 17th November... Same night as Portishead : (

portishead for the win! you'll have the best view in the house... just dont you be standing in front of me!

so if you read between the lines on sebastien leger's recent facebook status, one might assume that:

1. the adelaide warm up dj's were "really bad" and "played stuff that even beatport top 10 looks underground next to it." and "banging 129bpm electro cheese"

2. when it comes to the adelaide crowd you: "can't go too groovy, need to bang and keep the set interesting tracks after tracks. But that's ok sometimes :)"

and in case you're wondering, yes i'm bored

full quote below
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"Australia tour is now finished, time to make a conclusion of it:

Have to say, it was quite nice, especially Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Here it's defenetly a different vibe than Europe, can't go too groovy, need to bang and keep the set interesting tracks after tracks. But that's ok sometimes :)

Now that said, there was a few, sorry, really bad "warm-up" dj's who played stuff that even beatport top 10 looks underground next to it. So the question is, what's the point ? I mean are they aware of: a) what am I playing ? b) what IS a warm up? - Why banging 129bpm electro cheese, while in the end people CAN appreciate other stuff, from what I could see ! Total mystery...

...Anyway, so big up to the right dj's who warmed up for me here, sorry I forgot your names but you were in Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne, you know who you are :) - and of course people who came to see me play some little techy grooves, I enjoyed it after all ;)"

that sounds about right lol

that sounds about right lol

yep not surprised one bit.

its unfortunate that the venue choice and clueless djs give adelaide a bad name for such internationals.

I doubt the supporting DJ's would have even heard of Leger....let alone realise the importance of a 'warm up' set.

it's Bollocks i tell ya!

No surprises there. It was a surprise to have him booked by Apple tho.

Needs more Matt Abstrax vs Trav Bell vs Pete Nachos on the warmup! ;)

i'm sure there's plenty of locals more into the progressive/tech sound that would have done a fine warm-up. shame apple shame!

plenty to say on this... and I have said it, ummed and ahhed about posting this but have anyway.. response from said 'promoter' below that turned up in my inbox yesterday...

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Promoter X
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COMPLIMENTARY $50 BAR TAB & VIP ENTRY FOR UR BDAY

hey man, fair enough your pissed about not getting in, apologies for that BUT bagging me out as a promoter is pretty low. Seb's touring agent was fully aware that Almost Famous is an electro house night, i was in full contact with his agent throughout the tour, yet he still wanted to do the gig & I really wanted to give the house scene some luvin. I thought he was brilliant and so did the crowd that gave him a standing ovation.
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Me
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This has nothing to do with not getting into the club, fair point it was frustrating, but hearing reports about the night from the DJ himself about how little insight the promoters, djs and crowd had into his work and performances is really not good enough for an artist of his caliber... I concede i wasn't there so i can only speculate as to what actually went down, but for him to go out and publically bag out the show then something must have been up??

I have no beef with you, I have no contact with you, I don't really know why your even bothered by my opinions & thoughts, considering what people at your end say about me, I even spruiked the show on air for a few weeks as i was excited that someone was actually taking a punt on an artist like him in Adelaide, and that I do feel was worth supporting! but to hear back the things were said about this town annoys me, its just another notch on the list of artists who wont be likely to return back in the future due to lack luster support from the people involved. Irrespective of whether it is billed as an electro house night or night, what did you think would happen putting him in a show with those support dj's, he has even summised in a recent interview on a local online blog that he is everything David guetta isn't? [see glam adelaide] obviously a communication breakdown somewhere along the line between management and you/your promotion team, but you would have thought he may have been better informed about the show he was about to play, surely?

bad press in this arena amongst that fraternity of djs has huge global ramifications and its already hard enough for us to see any left field names, relatively speaking to who regularly tours to this part of the world...

but at the end of the day these are just my opinions, Im entitled to them, if this offends you well I make apologies you feel that way, but I'm hugely passionate about the things i love and as a result im likely to rub alot of people up the wrong way as a result... that's just fact! But i will say this i will throw full support at anything that grabs my attention and if you ever feel like you wish to hear my thoughts on anything like this please feel free to contact me, you probably wont but that's ok aswell... I know very well im interpreted as a tool, but the opportunity will always be there if you wish to take it!
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Promoter X
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well maybe u should of included bagging perth crew aswel oh and leger said syd was cheesy electro aswel so bag them citys while ur at it. good night
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Me
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Perth was a ripper show, i have on valle zoo's [mitch and nathan are good mates of mine, who warmed up for him] word that that show was pretty good! Sebastien even noted them in his posts... Syd well i have no insight into.. but fail to see how they are relevant to the adelaide show!
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Promoter X
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next time u should do it since u know so much good night

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:what:

wow heaps of professionalism from that promotor.....NOT

and alex good onya for speaking your mind

Seb Leger is a constant whinger, it doesnt surprise me that he has been complaining.
The Sydney show for instance, Ben Morris was the warm up DJ. He would not of been playing at 129 BPM... he also has been a long time Kink Dj, so he knows the Sydney crowd & how to get the Sydney crowd up.

Seb Leger also should check out his own sets, because he also tends to play electro house sounds throughout.

Here we go again. Another artist that does not want to come to Adelaide.

Why couldn't you get in? Maximum height restrictions? (or maximun age?) :lol:

you are! lol

I would like to know what's going on. :)

Its Electro House at Apple...**tumbleweed** move along nothing to see here.

Im pretty sure his set will have come and gone without notice from the majority of punters who wouldnt even have known who he was.

Nice to Politics is still alive and kicking in the Adelaide Club Scene

Can we get back to sharing the love and having nice gigs with fun internationals now please.....

Oh...thats right....Adelaide hated Breaks :P:P

:P

Plump DJs just booked for Apple. lol

Love the Plumps. Hate the Apple.

Its almost good that these promoters are booking names that not one of the apple clientele have heard of.
there isnt any risk with it and occasionally some of us who give a shit might see a name that no other promoter has the balls to bring here in fear of it being a flop. they will still pack it out full of kids with no idea no matter what.
they will pay anything to get in, whether its to see some special needs kid playing with crayons or some widely respected dj playing good tunes.

Argh.

if the plumps show goes ahead, ill be paying apple a visit.

so whats this apple gaff like then?

Its almost good that these promoters are booking names that not one of the apple clientele have heard of.
there isnt any risk with it and occasionally some of us who give a shit might see a name that no other promoter has the balls to bring here in fear of it being a flop. they will still pack it out full of kids with no idea no matter what.
they will pay anything to get in, whether its to see some special needs kid playing with crayons or some widely respected dj playing good tunes.

Agreed. HQ would book pretty decent DJs every saturday back in the days of first opening (Axwell for $15 was a pretty good deal) now they just have the same regular locals.

HQ is way too under utilised when it comes to international DJs. They could do Saturday night shows with any international house DJ and they'd make a killing - and would at least help put this city on the map when bigger name artists tour.

HQ is shit. The joint had a semi decent gig schedule going back when it was Heaven.

so whats this apple gaff like then?
the venue itself is great, the bouncers and door staff not so great

Why couldn't you get in? Maximum height restrictions? (or maximun age?) :lol:

:lol:

HQ is way too under utilised when it comes to international DJs. They could do Saturday night shows with any international house DJ and they'd make a killing - and would at least help put this city on the map when bigger name artists tour.

HQ is shit. The joint had a semi decent gig schedule going back when it was Heaven.

Its funny I have never really been a fan of HQ as a venue (I guess because of the acts that play there). But this post has had me thinking over the last few days.
What if Carl cox was booked regularly? Or any big name like him that was touring on the main stage on a Saturday night? It really the only place big enough to pull off those sorts of shows. It really would change the face of clubbing in this town to have some direction from the biggest venue. Yeah they book heaps of Hip hop acts and quite a few drum and bass acts, and some trance too but a lot are not in the main room.
If Apple and Electrics want to push electro cheese that's fine and I am sure they will do well from it. But as the name suggests HQ should be booking all of the headliners in all genres.
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agreed spark. it's a great venue. i actually saw carl cox there circa 97 (ish). was a great show, place was packed, think he had 4 turntables from memory, either that or it was the acid

Apple have Tiga on the 29th December as well. I swore I'd never go to that place too.:whyioughtta:

Have never been to Apple but would like to check it out at an appropriate time.

Had tix to the Movember bash there on Friday night but couldnt go as I was spinning at Cushdy

The venue pics I saw when it first opened looked pretty flash!

Certainly a young/hottie/slapper crowd there on Thursdays as I walk past before & after my 10pm-12 soundpond show

if you're gonna spend more money on the couches than the sound system at a nightclub then its not worth me going there. simple.

Do they not have a good sound system?

I tried to get in there once and they would not let me in. Needless to say I have not been back.

agreed spark. it's a great venue. i actually saw carl cox there circa 97 (ish). was a great show, place was packed, think he had 4 turntables from memory, either that or it was the acid

I also have said hazy memory's from the same gig. The rooftop one was still the best though.

Its funny I have never really been a fan of HQ as a venue (I guess because of the acts that play there). But this post has had me thinking over the last few days.
What if Carl cox was booked regularly? Or any big name like him that was touring on the main stage on a Saturday night? It really the only place big enough to pull off those sorts of shows. It really would change the face of clubbing in this town to have some direction from the biggest venue. Yeah they book heaps of Hip hop acts and quite a few drum and bass acts, and some trance too but a lot are not in the main room.
If Apple and Electrics want to push electro cheese that's fine and I am sure they will do well from it. But as the name suggests HQ should be booking all of the headliners in all genres.
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That was pretty much the point I was making by mentioning HQ. They used to book decent DJs. Now they know they can still pack the place out with the local boys. Why bother paying for an internatty.