Nammos’ Beach Funk
Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Sade, Diana Ross, George Michael, Mary J Bilge, Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé, Daft Punk, Kathy Brown, Michelle Weeks, Chaka Khan... Needless to say this is not a progressive set..
Funky and Disco summer beats on the menu. As I seldom venture in that space, I am unsure as to the quality but the Greek sun called for it. Considering some of the crap I heard during our holidays, I cannot be worse than some.
Continuing the Mykonos holiday vibe. Originally dropped whislt staying at the Semeli Hotel, set was edited as it was better suited with the feel of Nammos Beach, Psarou, Mykonos http://www.nammos.gr/
Nammos Beach is an infinitely more stylish (and more expensive) alternative to all other offerings in Mykonos. A potentially cool place where, given the right crowd, the beat will slowly creep up and loungers/sitters become dancers, taking over the table tops.
We spent a day at Nammos with the children. They could not quite get the vibe (and to be honest it wasn’t there) but the potential could be felt and deserved better than the endless re-runs of “Besame Mucho” remixes and old French 70’s/80’s standards (for the froggies out there I heard: Michel Fugain, Joe Dassin, Dalida..). My guess is one plays for what they think the audience wants... By the time it got semi-pumping, the kids were over it and so were we.
Looking at the crowd, with the standard statuesque models who cannot move to save themselves, the plastic fantastic 50 (or was it 60 ?) y.o. striving to attract attention, glancing at the girl, who albeit not “perfect”, was just getting it and moving gracefully to the beat, I reflected on the ever-so-true egalitarian dimension of the dance floor.. People; it is not how you LOOK on the dance floor that counts, it is how you MOVE!
From there it was a short hop to decide to drop my own little set, which I am pretty sure would have got the punters dancing.. Yes, one may have to drop 3/4 tunes the crowd knows but one can still try to be inventive, original and somewhat current.
Therefore, instead of “Besame Mucho”, “The Girl from Ipanema”, "Copacabana" and French standards from the 70’s, I would have played this selection of funky tunes and would not have looked half as bored as the resident DJ…
Playlist:
Highlights:
Just mentioning the Rob Hayes' remixes which are now available for purchases on his private download page ( through Facebook).
I have another holiday set to upload before getting back to my Trance Mission. Now back in Australia and I have regained access to my tunes library, beloved Traktor controller and all other toys.. YEAH!
One last comment on Mykonos.. Only 2 places to hear good tunes.. Cavo Paradiso, of course, never miss an opportunity to see the sunrise from Cavo, it is truly magical. And Scarpa, next to the Caprice Bar in Micro Venetia, where my wife and the staff of the Semeli took me. Great place, shame about the lilliputian dance floor.
As for the Caprice bar... Enjoy the view but bring your ear plugs to avoid the worse sound pollution ever dispensed in Greece...
A bientôt
Xtian
