Today happens to be D-Day's 63rd Anniversary, the day the Allied Forces landed in Normandy, a time when so many American and British soldiers gave their lives to start the liberation of France, then the rest of Europe from the Nazis. Something to be thankful for, and never to forget!
These last few weeks have been an incredible whirlwind for me, traveling all over the globe as the Summer season is just starting to heat up. I just realized that in the last few weeks, I was lucky and privileged enough to play alongside many incredibly gifted and talented DJ's and music makers:
- on May 20th in Tokyo for an outdoor edition of
Body&SOUL alongside
Joaquin 'Joe' Claussell and
Danny Krivit where close to 4,000 people partied together in perfect weather from Noon well into the night.
- Then passing through Sapporo to make first contact with a new venue which just got built, 'Fillmore North'; complete audiophile sound system, Mark Levinson amps, Koetsu moving coil cartridges... WOW! (more on this later)
- Then playing in Spain on May 18 and 19, once at Madrid's Macumba with
sleeparchive, and another gig for America's Cup in Valencia with Jeff Mills.
- The next day (Sunday June 27), along with
Steve Bicknell and
Jeff Mills, an absolutely mesmerizing Techno gig at
Lost in London. This had to be one of my most enjoyable gigs this year!
- The following evening, after a quick flight from London, getting dubby back home in NYC alongside
Rhythm&Sound for another incredible edition of
Deep Space NYC.
-Then another gig on June 2nd with Deep Dish's
Dubfire and Jeff Mills (again!!) for
Angels Of Love in Napoli for the first edition of their festival, Napoli Of Love.
Then back to New York City for another edition of Deep Space this past Monday June 4th, with none other than
Theo Parrish, playing together the whole night, and having an absolute blast getting deep, jazzy and dubbed-out... anything between Dubstep and Free Jazz...this one was lethal!
All of this made me realize how lucky and blessed I have been to be able to share the stage with such special people, who constantly give themselves to the cause of music, and never fail to take us to a higher ground...
So much respect and thanks to those I mentioned above, for having given me such an amazing rush, and so much inspiration, as well as unconditional mark of love and appreciation to everyone who brought great vibes to those gigs!!
Peace and Music.
FK