From Shane Cantwell Sent Sat, Feb 20th 1999, 01:33
From Shane Cantwell Sent Sat, Feb 20th 1999, 01:33
The one cool thing about Richie Hawtin actually being here in Denver was that I got to shake his hand and thank him for all he's produced. Other than that, the set could've been on a DAT or pumped in through a T1 for all I cared - it was excellent, brain-melting techno that lasted for 3 hours without /any/ noticeable glitches. However, I've heard from several people standing behind him (back"stage" was ridiculously packed) that he basically never stopped working the entire time... I've probably gone pretty far off-topic at this point, so I'll shut up about it. --Phrenetic "Life is composed of exquisite moments and the rest is shadows of them." -T.E. Hulme ----- Original Message ----- From: Eric Frans <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> To: It's Dot Music <xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 1999 10:50 PM Subject: RE: (idm) Is it live...? (was: gender) >} From: Shane Cantwell >} Sent: Monday, February 15, 1999 11:50 PM >} >} What, these artists need to project what's on their monitor just to make >} sure you don't feel ripped off? I might be bringing a bit too >} much from the >} rave mentality, but is a live performance just to hear your favorite >} performer fuck up trying to recreate what they did in the studio, or is it >} to share the experience of hearing their work with a bunch of people who >} share your tastes in an interesting setting with (usually) a much much >} louder sound system than you have at home? >} Why does it matter whether that was actually Richard D James here >} in Denver, >} and whether he was actually DOING anything while he was laying behind his >} laptop while those three guys in big fluffy costumes bounced around? The >} crowd was loving it, I was laughing my ass off at how he was thumbing his >} nose to everybody, and the music itself was really cool. >} Damn, I got sucked in, too. >} --Phrenetic > >to further that point, why should it matter if the artist is even present? >fsol took this step with their isdn broadcasts. also, recently i've seen >some raves listed that feature the typical djs and what-not, but some >sections of the rave are listed as having live broadcasts (audio+video i'm >assuming) from big name artists like grooverider, hawtin , etc. cheating? i >guess it all depends on your desires when going out to see a "live" >performance. one thing i know for sure is that as bandwidth and processing >speed keeps increasing, this practice will become more common and the >division line in this area will become even blurrier... > >__________________________________________ >E r i c F r a n s :: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx > cellular | si-{cut}.db | so-cal idm > swope transmissions > http://home.earthlink.net/~efrans >on: pelican daughters - bliss [silent]