 | | Doldrum: Asleep at the decks! |
Doldrum, real name Kevin Jacob Alvarez, arrived in the country yesterday afternoon. He is a well respected figure on the Chicago ambient scene, and also has a cult international following - many hardcore fans, including Sarath Kumarisiri of Accrington, were waiting at Liverpool John Lennon Airport to greet him.
"It was amazing, absolutely amazing," says Kumarisiri, who had camped out in the airport overnight to meet his hero. "I saw him coming out of arrivals, and I recognised him straight away. I went up to him and said, 'hi Doldrum!' and he said, 'hey.' You cannot buy experiences like that."
Kumarisiri was among the 300-strong crowd who thronged the Camel Club last night as DJ Doldrum hit the decks. Things started well, with the American kicking off with some up-tempo numbers.
However, it wasn't long before Doldrum reverted to type and began spinning a series of 45" remixes, each one longer, slower and more ponderous than the previous. Within an hour, the majority of the crowd had left, variously citing 'depression', 'boredom' and 'acute pococurantism.'
The remaining vanguard (including, of course, Kumarisiri and his friends Sheila Parsons and Marleigh Hall) were still cheering Doldrum on with gusto, but it was not enough. Witnesses saw the DJ's head begin to droop shortly after 10.15pm. By 10.23, he was fast asleep. Mercifully, the track he had chosen to play before drifting off was over 32 minutes long, so organisers had more than enough time to revive the star and the gig continued without interruption.
But DJ Doldrum's reputation had been irrevocably damaged. Falling asleep during one's own set is among the worst things that can happen to an ambient DJ - like an actor forgetting his lines on stage or a singer losing her voice. The crowd dwindled further after Doldrum's nap; by the end, there were less than ten people left. The artiste declined to talk to The Ferret after the show, complaining of fatigue and exhaustion.
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