Dego & Kaidi: shame on you!

It’s hard to believe but it seems that some artists have very little or no respect at all for the ones who feed them: the audience. This is the case for Mr Dego Ranks (4hero) and Kaidi Tatham (Bugz In The Attic, DKD, etc). They must feel very bored with their own routine or simply unfamiliar with the minimun respect and love necessary to keep one’s head up in a world of thieves and criminals. Why am I saying this?

On sunday 2000 Black was coming back to play live in one of the most original and daring music events which have come out in Madrid in the city’s few last (boring) years. I’m talking about Black Book Sessions: a sunday evening joint were music lovers of anythin from good broken beat, soulful house, funk and hip-hop have been lucky enough to enjoy Gilles Peterson, Bugz In The Attic, Platinum Pied Pipers, Mark De Clive-Lowe or Dj Krush. A heroic initiative were many have come to discover a differet horizon beyond peak hour pumping techno.

The second visit of the band was joined this time by Benji B and Domu who gave us an exciting two parts session with a rich variety of today’s Londond sounds, and in many respects the underground european scene… But 2000 Black arrived without tis two core founding members: Dego and Kaidi. Why? The organisation told me they had provided escuses such as (in Kaidi’s case) “I can’t find my passport…” Can we belive this? Not really. It all sound to me as anothe episode of deep laziness and disrespect for an event who lives very much from taking care of every single detail in music, timing, decoration or desing Ç(not to mention ever event features an exhibition of contemporary art in the likes of street aert, design or photography).

I can only manifest my shock and disgust with this, but I’ll also make all my best to make sure every promoter in this country and internationally knows the kind of manhood we can find behind Mr Dego and Mr Kaidi’s artistry. Like I said: shame on you!

2000 Black... in Black Book Sessions