Velours was an incredible venue. It was fairly small with a capacity of about 200-250 people (actually, not that small by Japanese standards). However, it was very, very nice inside, with chandeliers and a very upscale clientele.
Although I was initially going to do a CD-based set of newer music, once I got inside and saw the clientele, I realized that they would respond just as positively to slightly older music, so I played a set of pure vinyl. You may recognize quite a few of these tracks as being ones I played in other live shows during that time period. However, the equipment in the DJ booth was great, there was a sound engineer to help me out, and the set went very smoothly - probably one of my best live sets ever (to that point), despite not being completely new music.
You can download a copy of this set now. At the time, I broke it up into two halves, because I felt that more people burned the sets onto CD's and listened to them that way. My how things have changed in the past few years. Anyway, here are the download links:
http://www.chma.fm/DJ_Bolivia_-_Live_in_Tokyo,_2007-02-21,_CD1.mp3
http://www.chma.fm/DJ_Bolivia_-_Live_in_Tokyo,_2007-02-21,_CD2.mp3
[Note: many people have had problems downloading mp3's publicized here. If that's the case, click here for help & suggestions. You can also find many other of my live mixes at this page].
Here are the tracklistings:
(Tracks 1-10 on CD1, tracks 11-20 on CD2).
01. Project 54 feat. Jason Lord, "Brother" (Jesse Garcia Tribal Spain Remix).
02. Gainer & Rogers, "Futurenature" (Original Mix).
03. Minilogue, "In A Deeper Motion" (Original Mix).
04. D-Formation, "Carry On" (Original Version).
05. Robert Travis, "Seduction" (Avanti Mix).
06. MV, "Come Back To Me" (Original Mix).
07. Transducers, "See You Dance."
08. Alma Matris, "Rapido" (Back In Town Edge Mix).
09. Tilt, "Twelve" (Dousk Mix).
10. Tone Depth & Soul Tan feat. Stephanie Vezina, "Broken" (G. Pal Safe Haven Mix).
11. G. Pal vs. El Greco, "A Prayer Beneath."
12. Bush People, "Nothing's Safe."
13. Little Green Men feat. Eliza, "Through With You" (Thomas Penton Remix).
14. Chris Cargo, "Saddle Funk" (Graeme L Remix).
15. Piliavin & Zimbardo, "Just Once."
16. D-Formation, "Signs And Portents" (Original BF's Version).
17. Frank Pellegrino feat. Lauren Marie, "Pleasure" (Frank Pellegrino Original Mix).
18. Dan Berkson, "The Other Side."
19. Subtone Trio, "Load" (Chab Remix).
20. North Atlantic, "Mind Filter" (Trendroid Croc Hunter Remix).
When I was booked for this show, the promoter was a guy named Dave Twomey. I checked out his background, and it turned out that he was an incredible DJ himself. It was a very cool night, and I was glad not just to have played, but also to have met him. A very talented and generous guy.
Anyway, last year, Dave was diagnosed with cancer. He's got a blog online right now which talks about his progress and fundraising, and it has recently seen a huge swell in popularity. I really urge you to check out some of the DJ sets that he has online (I'll post a few links below), but first, check out his blog:
http://mindlessfulness.blogspot.com
Pay attention to the unique spelling in the actual web URL!
I want to publicly be one of the many, many people wishing Dave the best of luck with his treatment regimen.
Here, you can check out four of his live sets. These aren't download links to the sets, these are web page links that you just click on normally:
http://marianadubsessions.podomatic.com/entry/2009-01-01T07_44_46-08_00
http://marianadubsessions.podomatic.com/entry/2009-10-26T06_53_59-07_00
http://marianadubsessions.podomatic.com/entry/2010-10-01T14_52_19-07_00
http://marianadubsessions.podomatic.com/entry/2011-09-20T09_20_56-07_00
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