From cg Sent Mon, Jul 26th 1999, 02:44
> I think that is admirable of them to actually be playng live using midi > and sequencing and mixing live. I remember someone commented that they > were "repetitive"-- well compared to someone with a laptop who is just > playing 100% prearranged sequences or just mixing recording of their hard > drive, these guys would have a lot more challenging performance to pull > off. One of my peeves has revolved aroudn this issue, actually, as I have > played live shows where I was the only person programming the music live yes. i just saw matmos and lesser and marumari the other night doing their stuff and matmos has got a coolass method. lesser too -- DJ CD player skipper breakbeats, heavy scary, changing effects. matmos : sampling themselves on the fly, improvised sound effects, about 1/2 ambient and 1/2 beaty, part electronic robot music and part acoustic. anyone who can still check out this tour should. really good show. the one in providence was in this little art space. marumari = slightly BoC, slightly global goon. he did a computer set. oh and we recorded it to MD so maybe when i have a working computer MP3s will turn up, tho we'll ask the artists first. self promotion. august 5th with the toneburst peeps we kracfive brothahs are doing a show in gloucester, mass. www.toneburst.com has details. we are planning some good nonpresequenced stuff. it is billed as Eva Frick, which is Colongib, Miragliuolo & Zaharia (two good friends and i). Hrvatski is playing there too. go see lexaunculpt/kid606 in providence at fort thunder the night before (august 4th). not the same night =). > I´m looking for some electronic music schools, preferably in Europe. I´we > heard of a school in Stuttgart that´s called something like "the Sonologie > in Stuttgart". I don´t know if I got the name right but this school is > supposed to teach the art of using electronic instruments for music making. > Does anyone here have any experience with this school, know how I can get in > contact with it, if it has a homepage or an e-mail? > Or can anyone point me to some other schools in this genre? Any hints would > be appreciated. http://mdx.ac.uk/www/sonic/index.html is a class simon pyke (freeform) took. christophgib === _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com