From Simon Paul Sent Tue, Aug 4th 1998, 17:28
From Simon Paul Sent Tue, Aug 4th 1998, 17:28
Wow I wholeheartedly disagree with every sentiment here! I liked the fact I didn't know what the songs were it made it far more interesting to see what they were going to do rather than "oh this is such and such a song, it's not bad but I have to go to the bathroom" instead I was glued there wondering what was coming up next with every song.... nothing pisses me off more than to go to a show to hear faithful or near faithful reproductions of songs.there is no point with this kind of music as there is never anything interesting to watch, no thought put into stage design etc..... so why not play all new material to keep people interested?It's not like you can sing along like with rock/pop bands.. I'd also venture to say the Vancouver crowd(a few exceptions) NEVER started dancing to stop in the first place, so no love lost...I danced the whole night practically and had a ball even when then rhythmns got completely screwed...(time to rest too) well it's all personal taste I guess but I thoroughly enjoyed the show..but then I love self indulgent and noisy ;-) I don't want them playing to make me happy I want them to do what they want to do that's what I paid my $16 for. :-) spaul np:lee perry-arkology disc2 Neal Thomas wrote: > I just want to put in my 2 cents on the AE show in Vancouver. In > my opinion, and in those of my fellow concert goers, Autechre were > self-indulgent and noisy. > > It was a real disappointment for me because I am a really big > fan. But as is often the case with live electronic acts, Autechre saw > fit to completely dissect all of their songs and reassemble the parts > into much grungier, less danceable, and in my opinion, less enjoyable > tracks. > > The formula went like this for several songs: Start with a > stunning AE beat that causes the whole crowd to go nuts and scream and > begin to dance. Layer sound->layer->layer->layer->watch crowd stop > dancing and start scratching their heads. Either that or they were > > I can appreciate that the audience would want to hear artful > rearrangement of their songs, but these tracks were beyond the pale in > terms of experimentation. They were frequently undanceable (when I say > that I don't mean 'they weren't 4/4 I couldn't handbag around the > dancefloor whine whine' I mean they were grating and inaccessible when > compared to the tens of songs that they have that make you want to wig > out). > > Why don't they play the songs that are full of amazing melodies > that everyone loves? Why does a live concert from them (and others, > notably Aphex) consist of a sonic middle finger to people that pay good > money to hear what they like? > > The argument goes, "If you just wanted to hear the same music > played live, then why not just stay home and crank up your stereo to get > the effect?" to which I reply that in this case, Autechre overshot the > space where artist and audience meet to have a good time. > > Oh, and Perfume Tree were boilerplate d'n'b-ethereal woman's > voice. > Chantal played great tracks, but she didn't mix at all. > > This review is over.