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Jeff Mills live @ Sullivan Room - June 6, 2009 (Lucas Cometto)

I had a great Week In Dance toward the end, but am still trying to forget about the beginning of last week. Friday night, a C-train that never arrived made me miss Holy Ghost and Moby at the last One Step Beyond of the season at the Museum of Natural History.

Saturday night was the opposite - I apparently arrived at Sullivan Room for Jeff Mills much too early. I caught the entire beginning of his set...which was very repetitive and seemed to be going nowhere for the first hour or so. You could tell he was focused in his own world, working towards creating something...but from the outside it wasn't sounding great to me. By 2:30 or so Sullivan Room was absolutely packed and so hot. I stepped out to get some air, which was the worst decision as the inside seemed even more unbearable upon returning.

Of course, right around when I re-entered is when Mills' set started to shift. Rhythms were building. Knobs were twisting. He was working the 909. Unfortunately by then I was completely done for the night...wanted to stay but couldn't do it. Some friends who arrived later stuck it out until nearly 5 - so good they didn't want to leave. C'est la vie! Sunday was great and turned the entire weekend around for me, but before I get to that, here are some options Thursday (6/11) & Friday (6/12) of this week:

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Miss Kittin & the Hacker @ Irving Plaza - September 29, 2008 (More by Zach Dilgard)

Last week my tiredness got the best of me and I voluntarily sat out the last Ete d'Amour party Thursday night (which I immediately regretted the next morning), and I accidentally slept through Ruff Club at the Annex Friday night. I finally managed to make it out Monday night for Miss Kittin & the Hacker at Irving Plaza though. From 10 until about 11:30 the duo treated the eager to dance crowd to a combination of early electro beats and dominating vocals. While there were people dancing everywhere from the beginning, I thought things started off a bit slow. However, by the third or fourth song the tracks got a little more upbeat and complex and the momentum of the set kicked in. The Hacker was responsible for the beats for most of the set, with Miss Kittin covering vocals which she periodically tweaked with what looked like some type of effects box and a laptop. About 3/4 through the set she played some live basslines which was a nice touch, while the duo fiddling with some electronics together toward the end yielded some of the evening's more interesting beats. Throw in a well done cover of Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" and you really couldn't ask for more from these electroclash pioneers.

Somehow we're already at the beginning of October. The combined amount of deejays & bands in town for CMJ plus the usual load of electronic acts passing through our city make this month unrivaled in terms of the amount of dance events scheduled to happen. Here we go with week #1, starting with Thursday (10/2), and ending with a chance to win free tickets for an event this Friday night...

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photos by Zach Dilgard

"Is Miss Kittin a perceptive cynic with a sharp understanding of the complexity of fame and fortune? Or just a self-obsessed egomaniac?" [The Portland Mercury]

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