From au391 Sent Fri, Oct 15th 1999, 22:20
From au391 Sent Fri, Oct 15th 1999, 22:20
>anyway, it was great fun.. had a fantastic time - especially loved the ninjas (bummed that jega, bola and mira werent able to play). also enjoyed underworld, interzone orch, autechre, >but a few things struck me as odd.. >it seems harcore/breakcore is in the future of IDM (well, i guess it is >already here in some ways with ambush/praxis/uncivilized world, kid606 >etc). > >however, autechre busted out a weird little breakcore song, and m-ziq got >downright destructive with what sounded like a hybrid of early harsh aphex >and newschool hardcore/breakcore. i caught autechre in toronto and thought the coachella show was very mellow by comparison, the TO show was frightening, coachella was almost soothing. i missed most of m-ziq. >and it was all so wonderful! >opinions? anyone? i was surprised that art of noise did the same lame voiceover for the claude d. stuff live as on the CD. sound was terrible on the mainstage, and on the small stage the second night - poor moby sounded like hell. my home town djs (the detroiters) were well recieved. best part (non-musical) was seeing house plants growing ten feet tall in peoples front yards in LA, tidal pools at carillo state beach and excellent mexican food. -- =eric=korsedal=