From zimbo Sent Tue, Jul 20th 1999, 18:11
From zimbo Sent Tue, Jul 20th 1999, 18:11
this is my ever so exciting review from last night's show in LA with funkstorung, phoenecia, lexaunculpt, stewart walker, j bondy. arnt you excited? last night i went to the public space 5 year anniversary party. it was pretty damn cool. promoters: public space, green galactic. i could go on for hours on how much i love lynn et al. at public space/green galactic. they have brought out some of the best acts ever to come to southern california and hosted some of the best shows: chain reaction/pole, low res, phthalocyanine, shake, john tejada, autechre (though i was NOT at this, and still to this day kick myself for being too good of a student and staying home to finish a paper:), ultra red, alec empire (okay, so i didnt like mr empire, but to some folks this was a nice thing, and its good to get such artists out here ), richie devine, phoenecia, lexaunculpt and so many many more! venue: el rey. this is the nicest venue and it is ALWAYS nice to see shows there. some of the most memorable shows for me have occurred at the el rey (mouse on mars/stereolab, pole/chain reaction kids, love spirals downwards, etc.). everytime i have gone to the el rey, the sound has been nothing short of great, and last night was certainly no exception. crowd: ! there was one! more people than i thought... everyone was chill and groovy and many a people danced, even when the music was not conventionally all that dance-able !!! :). performances: j bondy (dj), lexaunculpt, stewart walker, phoenecia, funkstorung j bondy's dj set was quite nice and had a groovy electro edge that hit the spot for me! but then again, j always puts together groovy sets and remains one of my favorite djs, locally and otherwise. groovy, dancey stuff thats fun and interesting. lexaunculpt: what can i say about alex that has not been said 1000 times before. the set was great, one of the best i have seen, though i think it's unfair to compare, because i am used to seeing this boy on ghetto sound systems. there is so much going on in his music that it was great to hear everything so loud and clean. it was neat to see so many people into his set. stewart walker: let me start by saying I LIKE MINIMAL music. and this was minimal. minimal beats that traveled through house (though on the dub tip!), electro, techno, and i s'pose hip hop. the set was quite nice, groovy and at points, pretty dark. i look forward to hear what stewart walker has coming out in mille plateaux. a lot of people i know were bored by this. but they are not all that into minimal music; the few of us that are ate it up! phoenecia: oh my fucking god i loved this. not as funky as when i saw them play LA as soul oddity (which was great as well!) and a thousand times more impressive than last time they were here in so-cal as phoenecia. the set was very aggressive, very harsh, and seemingly raw. lots of tweeking going on in them music. this set was the BEST proof that phoenecia are NOT autechre rip offs; speaking of which: funkstorung: i just wanted to see autechre the whole time. i cant help it. i enjoyed the set, especially the first portion (they took several small breaks in sound) - but really, it just depressed me that i missed autechre last time they were here in LA. i think my biggest complaint is there was NO fun element in their music during the set, something i LOVE about the remixes they do. i guess thats all! thanks to everyone involved in this great show! chris. music for lunchpails . wednesdays 7-9pm . kuci 88.9fm . www.kuci.org ..pain enables both the giver and the receiver..