Everything is always perfect

EVERYTHING’S ALWAYS PERFECT

MODULAR STORY ON SOCIETY

First of all, I’m sure you’ll agree with me in thanking STEREO MONTREAL for bringing Sebastien Léger on Friday August 25, 23, wonderfully accompanied by Montreal duo Hicky&Kalo. You had to see it at least once in your musical life!

The story that follows will take you a few minutes to read, but it contains some pretty epic elements in its conclusion, which all (((regulars))) will understand, so hang on, and let’s get on with it, one word at a time. it’s YOUR story after all.

So, most of you are no doubt familiar with Sébastien Léger’s “modular” concept, and were even there expressly for it, but if you weren’t, let’s just say that the head liner performed an impeccable masterclass on a console that has all the makings of a space shuttle control panel rather than the classic turntables. (see picture)

And it was with this in mind that one of my friends, a musician for over 40 years, reacted by saying “this guy’s a DJ from another planet, that’s what Sébastien Léger is!”

and I have to admit that seeing him in his “modular” videos is impressive, but seeing him in person working constantly without letting go of his focus for a single moment to always maneuver the music is frankly remarkable, and technically fascinating.

For Léger’s set, I chose to dance in a slightly secluded spot with a direct view of the dj for a good twenty minutes, to watch him work ceaselessly on his miniature modular console to get the sound out, align the rhythms and explode the sound effects. The guy doesn’t stop for a moment! And he dances, and looks like he’s having fun! A real space shuttle pilot, very much in control and fun to watch play with his dance floor.

I’m no expert in modulations, but in my humble opinion, he delivered a Spectacular performance both melodically and texturally, with a very pure and precise sound, without ever invading the space too much. It was a truly artistically impeccable experience, unique for the dancers and worthy of a masterclass for any DJ. Consequently, Kudo to Sebastien Léger for giving his all during his 90-minute set and delivering the product!

What’s more, he was very kind and agreed to sign the cap that was originally offered by Danny T to several dancers during a Stereo in 2019 or 2020 I believe, a cap that took on sentimental value with each signature (Danny T, Feu Angel Moraes, Chus&Ceballos, Guy-J, John Digweed, Sebastien Léger) **Photo

To perform under the best conditions of success, an international star of this level deserves the best djs to open the evening and warm up the dancers, and it was indeed an opening organically in tune with the “All Day I Dream” sound that H&K offered us, like pros.

You have to realize that for a DJ, it’s not always easy to open for a big name, as it requires a great deal of humility and musical know-how to ensure that the guest’s performance is enhanced without distorting the sound.

If we consider that H&K’s main mission on Friday was to prepare the venue to welcome the artist in ideal conditions and allow him to shine at his best for 90 minutes, then mission accomplished, if I’m to believe everyone who spoke of it after the first part, so opinion very much share by dancers.

And the rest of the evening for them was gravy!

Their return after Léger to continue the night right up to the end obviously enabled them to have a great time and offer us some very tribal and deep groove prog. Their night as a whole lived up to expectations and promises a bright future on the biggest stages for our two boys of the Montreal underground scene. Congrats Thomas Gaboury-Potvin and Camilo Rivera

you know, Every night is unique, and every Stereo is different and has its own story to tell, since so does every one of your experiences.

well, according to modular and “analog” logic, the Sébastien Léger set you heard at the Stereo was LIVE, created by the artist at the time, and will never be heard the same way again in the future, which is what gives it its value. Know your luck if you were there.

As always, it’s a pleasure to contemplate the luminous and spacial spectale of the majestic lasers playing in all the space above the dance floor. Big love Luc LHeureux, sickening the effect of the gas jets from the ceiling with the lights. First time I’ve found them so beautiful….

Montreal dancers are privileged to have a place like ((())) to host artists who stand out in the global electronic sphere, and experience dance in all its… modulations lol. By the way, it was great to see many old friends from the industry who came out especially for Léger’s visit.

Get well this week, big w-e next week.

See you at Hernan under the disco ball, and at Monitors+Guillaume … everywhere.

(A smile in the night…)

wait wait….

**Still can take it? Their is a good story below… But you can stop here also.

TWO ANNECDOTES FROM THE “SOUL OF STEREO” AS PROTECTOR…

(Small extra 3 min reading – but REALLY tasty for its incredible conclusion).

To set the scene, have you ever heard the expression “Stereo Spirit”? Or the Soul of Stereo?

The term doesn’t come from me, but it’s been around for decades, and pretty much describes all the magic that goes on there, you know, the good vibe, the mutual aid, the beautiful coincidences, and the hundreds of lost phones or wallets mostly returned to the checkroom?

Well, that’s what we’re talking about…

It’s not always the case, but our group of friends enjoyed two “blessings of the Spirit Stereo” last Friday…. and I have two very graphic anecdotes that illustrate its essence.

1- The neckless on the floor

The first situation is that very late at night, well after Léger’s departure, “by chance”, at the top of the steps, I found a jewel of great symbolic value belonging to a friend to whom I had given it some years ago. My friend wears this jewel almost every time he plays music or goes out dancing, and had left the stereo even before I found the Object in question.

Seriously!

What were the odds that in a packed stereo, with everyone passing the steps, not only did no one notice the necklace with the tuning fork-shaped pendant on the floor, which must have been there for at least a good hour, but that I was the one to find it, the guy who gave this unique piece of jewelry to just one other human… What are the odds?

Actually, I wasn’t looking for it, it was the SOUL that made it glow in the dark in a laser reflection. It flashed, twice, intrigued me, I got closer, and when my brain realized what I was seeing, wow! The tuning fork was calling me, literally.

Gratitude! The tuning fork set the right tone… Just that, epic.

2- The second blessing of the Stereo spirit upon us is even crazier:

Well, at closing time, you know how it goes: we chat outside, we smoke, we talk about the evening… It’s chill. I’m chatting with some people I’ve met during the night, with whom we’ve danced and chatted a bit, because downstairs I’d noticed the girl’s tattoo, which caught my eye: everything’s always perfect.

She explains to me that it’s the title of a film (which I’m going to find) and that yes, in the end, isn’t everything ALWAYS perfect? Even long after the fact?

Of Course Girl! I reply.

I think so too, because “things just keep going well”… as we say amongst ourselves.

Meanwhile, one of our group’s friends goes off to the McDonald’s to get some smoothies. He comes back with his hands full…

As he sits on the sidewalk, he realizes he doesn’t have his cell phone in his pocket.

He rushes to the McDonald’s, where he left it on the counter when he paid…

No phone, of course. Someone had picked it up.

You know McDonald’s, it’s not the kind of place you’d expect to be safe… We call the cell phone, the thief has already closed it, impossible to locate with iphone. Damn!

Let’s just say it’s the end of a party and not just about, because all of a sudden, there are emergencies to deal with, like securing accounts, accessing profiles, etc. etc… What a mess!

So we do what we can, try everything with I-Locate and co., with no success, no response.

My second last action before to abandon reaserch was to sent a text message “MONEY IN EXCHANGE FOR CELL”, in case of it appers even on lock screen… it was one chance on a million…

My very last action was to ask to Stereo S.O.U.L to help us and connect to the conscious of the thiefer in the darkness, and enlight him/her. And we did let it go in the universe…

The day goes by, and later on we call the missing cell again around 4pm, the guy answers.

Yes, he wants money for the phone.

PERFECT, it’s a better option than replacing everything…

So we send someone to Longueil to warn and pick up the owner of the phone, and accompany him to the Mcdo next to the club on Ste-Cath.

As luck would have it, the thief was a homeless man like any other, looking to satisfy his basic needs. He wasn’t a ti-crosseur of fraud. Of course, they tried to open the cell phone but the first thing they saw on the lock screen was my last text message: MONEY FOR PHONE.

when they saw there was nothing they could do, they decided to ask for the cash since it had been offered first. A very good choice.

Everyone knows there’s nothing you can do with a stolen i-phone now, so if you ever have your phone stolen, try this: a short message offering money to get the phone back. Maybe you’ll get lucky – it’s better than all the hassle of getting a new one.

So we set up the meeting exactly where he took the cellphone, the guy arrives, my friend too… He tells him thanks for doing the right thing.

The two of them look at each other…

“I know you,” says my friend. “Take off your glasses”…

Incredible!

the thief was in fact a former cellmate of my friend…

The two of them had known each other very well many years ago, but the other’s life had taken a turn for the worse, and he’d ended up there, a drug addict and on the street.

No bad intentions, just a bad condition, and needs to insure $.

The guy apologized, my friend gave him an amount to thank the good gesture as heard, and even added a little more out of humanism in the name of his “Spirit Of Underground Living” (S.O.U.L.) values…

Seriously!

What improbable statistics to succeed in recovering a missing cell at the Mcdo, and that thanks to our determination and good will, the person who brings the sacred object back to our lives is in fact an old acquaintance of the owner…

Incredible.

In the end, there were no losses, everything went back to normal without any impact on our group, despite two situations that could have left us with great regrets.

On the contrary, we share the Gra-ti-tude towards the Universe, because if that’s not the S.O.U.L of Stereo, I don’t know what is. Of course, we’ll never be able to prove absolutely that things are connected, but in my belief they are, and as a result, consciously asking in my heart to join the thief’s consciousness through the Universe makes perfect sense. We’ll never know, but I believe that love is a powerful influence even on things we don’t understand…

Seriously, you can’t make up a story like that… (actually TWO stories like that) lol

But you can live it at the Stereo!

And you’ve got some too! We’d have dozens to tell over the years…

Finally, the concept of “STEREO MODULATIONS” in our lives:

Like Sébastien Léger’s music, which has to be assembled into a whole thanks to external plug-in modules in order to take shape and have a melodic structure, our lives are made up of modules of time attached or detached, but which form a whole, and sometimes we don’t know where the ties from the past that ensure our futures come from, but they connect us to the big whole anyway, because you know what?

My new dance friend Stefie and her friend are right:

EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS PERFECT.

Blessed be (((the temple))) for all it brings us and long live Mike and Tommy who make it happen.

Does this remind you of your own impossible anecdotes that nonetheless unfold at every Stereo?

Share it with us here if you like, we love to hear from you.

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