Just read this and thought it was interesting...
A forum input from those at Hospital... only thing is that its a year and a bit old... Some people never learn.
We are gutted to hear about all this. James Mistabishi made a big mistake.
Hospital knew nothing about any of this, until after the event.
The promoters and host djs LAOS booked James in good faith – and that they are being accused of lying is nonsense.
For the record, the first half of James’ set was mixed off vinyl and cd. Faced with one useless turntable, James panicked, and used two mix CDs from his bag to make up most of the rest of the set. As the guest dj, it was his decision. It was a huge error of judgement, and one which he now severely regrets.
LAOS were in no way involved in any of this, and to our distress, are being accused of complicity.
Like Hospital, they knew nothing of it, and are as upset as we are.
Mistabishi has made a sudden impact on the drum+bass scene with his music, but is an inexperienced deejay.
The reality of dj performance is too-readily taken for granted, and in that respect, he has come up short.
Hospital are one of the very few labels in drum+bass that continues to push vinyl+dubplate deejaying, and all our artists use records as their primary - or only - format for dj sets. We are extremely upset that something like this should happen.
James Mistabishi has now committed to us that he will be cutting dubs of all the tracks he wants to play out, and from now on will be performing with vinyl and dubs.
We have made many friends over the years in Helsinki - The Executives, Konsta, and LAOS - to name just a few. We really hope that this will not have damaged any of that respect and goodwill.
Chris, Tony & Tom
Hospital Records 28.05.08 <=========
www.hospitalrecords.com
Apparently not the first time?
