12 years ago dublab traveled to the Winter Music Conference in Miami, Florida. We arrived in South Beach to find a land strewn with shiny shirts, vapid models and gelled, sea-breeze-proof hair. Once we had surveyed the scene we looked for every opportunity to escape the shitzy glitz of the mega-club strip and explore the outskirts, where the true flavor was to be found. One thing did draw us back into the belly of the beast, however: Riot at Red Square.

The progressive-minded folks at Planet-E Communications, helmed by Carl Craig, assembled a crew of creative musicians to build a bastion of quality brain/body music amongst the slick sea that was WMC. dublab was thrilled to be blessed with permission to archive recordings of the event. A decade later, we stumbled upon the DAT tapes of these soundboard recordings and are proud to present them to you again.

The details are a bit shady, but based on the labeling of our tapes we’re pretty sure these recordings comprise the complete archive of this incredible show. Enjoy these transmissions from a bright point in the past.

This is part 4 of 8.

Bonus: Here’s the original listing of the event that we found on the web…

MONDAY, MARCH 27TH (9pm-5am)

PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS & CAPULUS in association with Flyer Magazine NYC present

RIOT AT RED SQUARE

Featuring in no order…

* CARL CRAIG (Planet E, Detroit – WMC EXCLUSIVE)
* ROLANDO (“Knights of The Jaguar”; UR, Detroit – WMC EXCLUSIVE)
* STACEY PULLEN (Black Flag, Transmat, Detroit)
* COMMON FACTOR with JOHN REDMOND (LIVE PERFORMANCE, Planet E, Chicago – WMC EXCLUSIVE)
* RECLOOSE (LIVE PERFORMANCE, Planet E Detroit – WMC EXCLUSIVE)
* GLENN UNDERGROUND (Strictly Jaz Unit, Chicago)
* DEGO (4 Hero, 2000 Black, Reinforced Records, London)
* GILB’R (Versatile Recordings, Paris – WMC EXCLUSIVE)
* MIKE ‘AGENT X’ CLARK (Planet E, Detroit)
* HANNAH (Planet E, Detroit – WMC EXCLUSIVE)
* TONY OLLIVIERRA (Planet E, Detroit – WMC EXCLUSIVE)

Red Square
411 Washington Avenue,
South Miami Beach

FREE WITH WMC BADGE, $20.00 WITHOUT

1999
Planet E Phuture Pfunk Mantra at Tantra was the WMC’s underground ‘bomb.’

2000
Planet E assembles yet another outstanding array of family and friends representing the ‘gooderthanamuthafucka’ vibe of Planet E, Detroit.

THIS IS A SMALL VENUE, ARRIVE EARLY TO AVOID DISSAPOINTMENT…SERIOUSLY!