first time I saw Lorin was at Camp Bisco '08. I was like "man that thin dude has long freakin' hair, what is this about- is he a hippy? He said "I'm just like a kid in a candy store- I can't wait to rage it with you guys!" He toasted the crowd with what looked like a very large bottle of JD and took a swig. A storm (litterally) was brewing. Chicks were getting wet. (!!) I had the feeling this set was going to be unusual.

It's like my jaw dropped. I couldn't make sense out of this- it was like the music was 100% profound but at the same time 100% *FUN*. ...Something about the undeniable ART side of the music and the PARTY element being perfectly, symmetrically fused into one organic thing. The mairrage of spaztic, wacky hiphop party energy and electronica psychic frequency expansion--- It takes you far out and puts your feet on the ground at the same time, if you know what I mean.... This paradox goes for the politics vs. party debate too- some say he should let the bass speak for itself, some care most about his blatant critique of babylon which he'll take a minute for even if it means missing a beat. How crucial were the few missing beats anyway? I voted for the first time in my life in part because he made the crowd pledge to at another show....... Unfortunately I made a Royal Wanker of myself meeting him for a second afterwords because it took about all the dignity I could muster not to offer my girlfriend to him hahah. ("stupid fanboy!!" I say to himself ) seriously, when an artist makes you feel they are "one of us" that's rare- why repay the gift by turning them into a God- I have a hunch Lorin wouldn't enjoy that anyway.

Funny story-- in that first set he just fuckin STOPPED- silence. and he got on the mic and said "I just killed a fly with my crossfader. that never happened to me before" That was probably the single weirdest moment of my life. Not cuz I was "on something", either. (?) It was the way he had no hesitation to stop the "unstoppable" beat just to point out a funny, trivial coincidense that was just..... weird. For one thing I didn't know DJs were "allowed" to just turn it off... but why not? that was the moment of zen thing for me... mostly it was the tone of voice when he mentioned the fly- it was so casual, like he was talking to his buds on the couch next to him rather than on stage in front of a zillion fans. And unless I imagined it there was a barely detectabley sincere "sorry" empathy toward the fly when he mentioned it.....touching. for real.

.............anyway I am spinning at my 6th gig next month (but c'mon all you lot use more vinyl and less laptop yo!!) Who do you think gave me the thought "hey, i could do this!" thank you.