From Nate Harrison Sent Wed, Apr 8th 1998, 23:32
From Nate Harrison Sent Wed, Apr 8th 1998, 23:32
Saw this tonight and it was a very unusual and good show. Unusual in the sense that it was held in a very brightly lit, huge corporate skyscraper on the bottom floor (ie 'food court') for about 30-40 people, a lot of whom were coat and tie types who had no idea what the fuck was going on. It was good in the sense that the 2 (not 3) members of We plugged in their 2 Akai samplers, their 2 Mackies and got biz. They rocked the place with a chilled out ambient intro which melded into smooth dnb, freaky spacey slow, slow dub, and then a good portion of mid tempo reverb packed stuff. The cool part was (a)for 'those in the know' it was a good vibe (albeit in a very sober setting) and (b)it was amusing to watch uninformed people's reactions; it was like they were saying "What the fuck is this? It's cool!" Anyway it was fun, We is under-rated IMHO, and if you don't have their last record "As Is", you should check it out. peace Nate On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, John Maxwell Hobbs wrote: > > VANGUARD VISIONS @ CSPACE > presents > > WE (featuring Lloop, Olive and Once 11) > > 7:30 pm on Wednesday April 8th > > CSPACE > Citicorp Center Atrium > 153 East 53rd Street > between Lexington and Third Ave. > > Subway: E or 6 > > WE > Sonic Sculptors. They are the innovative trio of ambient sound artists > known as Lloop, Once 11 and DJ Olive. Originally called Lalandia - they > designed visual/sound/performance events in wild new ways around warehouses > in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. In 1994 they designed the interior of Liquid > Sky in SoHo. On April 8th they will perform live ambient music at CSPACE. > > Also - 2 Installations for the entire month of April > Van McElwee - THE VIDEO IMAGE OUTSIDE OF TIME > Chrysanne Stathacos - THE WISH MACHINE > > > > Vanguard Visions is a not for profit corporation created to provide wider > audiences, new venues and independent networks for an artistic vanguard > exploring and defining multimedia in the performing and installation arts. > Vanguard Visions enables artists to move their work out of the margins and > gain access to a broader, more varied public. > > > > > ------------------------------- > John Maxwell Hobbs > xxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx > http://www.artswire.org/~jmax > > Web Phases - an interactive, web-based composition > http://www.artswire.org/~jmax/phaseframe.html >