Re: (idm) Orbital and Plaid (live)

From bloch
Sent Sun, Mar 28th 1999, 12:45

> Overall, a solid performance, but nothing outstanding. The highlight
> was definitely the final track of their set, a really energetic
> acid-techno work out with squawking basses, 808/909 percussion and
> lots of raw analogue drones and meldoies.
> 

Yes, that one is good.

> 
> To sum up their set in two words -- fucking awesome. They were on
> stage for two hours (yep, two!) and played all of the new 'Middle of
> Nowhere' album, spinning in various classics (Chime, Satan, Halycon,
> Impact and The Box) along the way.
> 

Did you really think so?  As I said last week, I found their performance
generally tedious and wasn't very impressed with the new stuff.  Most of
the crowd seemed to agree with you though (in Manchester).

adam

p.s. did anyone go to the Senti Ents thing in Sheffield a couple of
weeks ago?