Eclectic Method (en BcnWeek)

(published in BCNWeek Magazine, Barcelona, July 2006)

ECLECTIC METHOD /// WE’RE NOT VJS /// SAN JOAN 2006

Last Friday the San Juan Beach Party at Playa Varadero was the perfect excuse to enjoy the live performance of Eclectic Method once again. For over two hours more than five thousand people rocked out along with the new kings of audio-visual remix who are being hailed as the “vanguard of nextera clubbing”. Influenced by pioneers like Coldcut and Hextatic, Ecletic Method was popularized by the MTV program “Mash”. The first time they preformed in Spain was last December at Resfest Festival in Barcelona. Since then they have visited us four times.

Eclectic Method call themselves DVJs, because they mix video with the same facility as a DJ mixes vinyl. The moment you see what they can do live, you’ll realise what the fuss is all about. If you imagine “2 Many DJs” mixing music videos, then you can imagine what these guys can do — and its fucking great.

The software that they use to mix DVDs allows for an intense unloading of images and sounds with film sequences ranging from martial arts of Hong Kong to musical comedies of Bollywood, along with hundreds of fragmented video clips. “The key is to present mixes that are unexpected juxtapositions but still accessible and fun. Freshness is the watchword,” boys from Eclectic Method said. They’ve already made the trip from London to visit us 4 times and we can only hope that they keep coming back.