From MikeD Sent Sun, May 2nd 1999, 11:08
From MikeD Sent Sun, May 2nd 1999, 11:08
made it up to chicago last nite for the Phthalo, low res, mannequin lung show.... nice quaint space... seats had to be removed to make space for more people. it was good to see quite a few people out for this. heres the goods: mannequin lung: dj set...i was expecting this due to the info given on the plugresearch.com site... well what can i say... it was poorly done. the tracks he played were good. but the order and the flow was just disorganized. he went from noisey techno to electro to noise to hip hop w/lyrics to noisy techno to trip hop to electro... the flow just wasnt there...the tracks were nice... but as it has to be called: "jukeboxing" not djing. Phthalocyanine: the one i came to see.... i have the navy.worship cd......really enjoyed it... when his set came up....he pushed the levels a little far...causing some distortion to come out of the speakers (how could you tell though? hint: the speakers *lit up* each time a distressing noise played) i enjoyed this for about the first 25 minutes...then my mind started to wander....it started to get boring... it sounded like any old random joe slamming keys on a keyboard hooked to a sampler... the sounds that were coming out were quite unique and odd... nothing a "normal" synth could possibly make... became quite predictable also...*slow down* *drummy buildup 15 seconds later* *chaos occurs for a bit* (repeat as needed)... went up stairs and had a latte. Low Res: by far the highlight of the nite... abstrakt beats and chaotic noise....very disjointed...yet organized. i guess this is what i was looking for throughout the nite... i heard the majority of it upstairs through the alternate speaker system set up upstairs... very nice.. that fast moving...irregular yet organized beat patterns.. made my nite.... overall it was worth well over 5 bucks... mad props to m/j for hooking this up and getting things started in chicago. im looking forward to the upcoming events.... it was nice meeting those of you whom i met for the first time (and those whom i already know =) -mike.d np:v/vm:machine #2