Farid - Fri 13 Oct 2006

Cabo - Blacksburg, VA

Tonight marked the second appearance of this Eighteenth Street Lounge owner and resident DJ in the southwest VA area. This was a party thrown in true Cabo style - good, loud and hoppin'. Spark Arrester and Binary Dialect opened and I daresay I had forgotten how good those guys are. Joey (Eclectic from Spark Arrester) in particular threw down a bunch of hip-hop/funk/breakbeat jams I had never heard before and proved himself yet again to be, well, Eclectic.

As for Farid, well, the title of Best DJ in the World definitely still applies. While his set at Metro a few weeks ago was wide-ranging in musical styles, this time Farid opened his crate and pulled out record after record of good, old-fashioned House. Mostly it was of the deep variety with sexy, soulful vocals and swooning synths, including a remix of Theivery Corporation's "The Heart's a Lonely Hunter" featuring David Byrne. But, there were a few darker, edgier tracks that almost bordered on techno that surprised me. The crowd certainly didn't seem to care what genre he was playing though because they stayed a moving solid right up until last call. Afterwards I spoke briefly with Farid and I think he's beginning to like the Boogieburg/Roanoke area, which hopefully means he'll be back soon and often.