Organizing an electronic music party is not an easy thing here in Kentucky... Even though I had sent a full technical file with the list of necessary equipment, a few issues appeared when I decided to check all on Thursday evening. According to Morgan, getting your hands on a couple of Technic’s MK2 turntable is already a victory, as I come along Guillaume shows me what has been mistaken for a mixer: an effect machine! For you guy who know nothing about this kind of stuff, the mixer is the device that allows you to get the sound of the two record players together, mix it up and playing it out loud to the crowd. Without it you do nothin’... Here a call, there a call, watch my call... I still have no mixer in sight... Other issue, Said was not able to travel with his instruments, so we have to either borrow, rent or invent something.

On Friday we decide to go ourselves to Lexington to find all of that we need. We get directions, phone numbers and diverse beta and off we go. Thanks to Marietta and Martina’s sense of orientation we easily find the music store... with a great Mixer and diverses perc, drums and symbal for rent... Yessss. Aieee, everything gonna be alright until:
Do you guys have a Kentucky State Driving License ?
Wot man we have several passports from France, Sweden, Germany, Slovenia, UK but nothin like that!
Well then I can’t rent you that stuff.

C’mon I want to talk to the manager, No sir we ain’t rentin you nothin without a Kentucky State drivers licence... Gee feeling close to deep depression, I call back Morgan who luckily finds a buddy from Lexington to show up at the store with the magic pass... Thank you Patrick for showing up.

But we’re still missing a Didjeridoo for Said, so we find a hardware store, and make one out of toilet pipes! And there goes our happy bunch back to the Red, it seems that here in Kentucky it’s easier to buy a gun than to rent a mixer and a couple of drums...

Friday after the movies we do a little rehersal with Said, excellent, this guy rocks on percs... The turntables are a little sketchy, the stage wobbles a bit  but i guess I’ll have to live with that...

Southern Beats and Deep Fried Drum and Bass

Here we are Saturday night setting up our stage after a great Blue Grass Band (Big up for those guys that played super early and performed well), a bunch of gear raffles, more money for the rrgcc and the usual O’neil roast, followed by  Odub rappin the place with his daughter on stage, GOOOd Job guys. I allways feel that same knotted stomach as we dim the lights to start the show.....and fry the place with great performance with Said and Timmy on the drums, Guillaume on live visuals and several unexpected guests and stage Slammers.

Special Big Up for Morgan Burton and his crew for the stage, sound, lights and cool spirit. Matt and Amy Tackett of Red River Outdoors for accepting such a loud party on their field and all the congratulations to  Bentley Brackett and Morgain Sprague for their global organization of this Roc Trip at RoctoberFest 07...





Photos J. Evans