From Matt Sent Fri, Sep 25th 1998, 19:56
From Matt Sent Fri, Sep 25th 1998, 19:56
well I don't know if am really an old school IDMster, but used to be "Magic Hands". (.....................?) I've been on and off this list for 3 or more years. Anyhow, I am now a despised and unfairly maligned user of a free mail account. Said account has been malfunctioning for two months such that I have received all the posts, but have been unable to send any mail. Very frustrating. Especially when very current threads must pass me by. I certainly lost my chance to do a timely review of the Autechre (non)show here in Toronto. Someone had posted a revie of Ae's Vancouver show--no lights, 4 candles--so I was, despite a nasty case of the flu, up for something different. The Toronto promoter was adamant that no glowsticks impinge upon their planned hot & dark atmosphere (so said the flyer). But really, a nightclub (in this case the Opera House) is just a dark, smelly, dank, uncomfortable room with some flashy lights and (hopefully) cool music. Take away the lights and the music had better deliver! Ae had been billed as the headliner, but, instead, played in the middle of the show, opening for local hero, Ritchie Hawtin. Unfortunately they played a opening-act-type all too brief set. (Felt like less than an hour, anyone else care to dispute?) The set comprised 6 wicked/lovely tracks, I would say, each more chopped and spliced than the last. One of the fellas spent the whole time hunkered down behind some little stack of equipment--it was mounted at desk height, he would have been perfectly comfortable seated, but instead, he stood, bent at the waist, so that he was more or less invisible. (Not that this is a bad thing, just a very IDM-why would-you-go-to-see-an-electronic-act-live kinda thing. The other stood behind an adjoining table, overseeing some sort of big board. The show started late. I was sick. When Ae left, I left too. How was Hawtin? slightly more current musings: Depth Charge: Blue Lipps (CDep) '70s flavoured funk thing, good, but not great--lacks the ingenuity and darkness that made every track on Nine Deadly Venoms superb. Production is a bit brittle (think AM transistor radio) too. Hmmm. DC-Heads, how do the Alexander's Dark band releases compare--and where would I find a discog? (Already checked Phinnweb) thanks, Matt ---------- >From: multsanta <xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx> >To: Brian Flanagan <xxx@xxx.xxxxxx.xx.xx> >Subject: Re: (idm) yaaaawwn....cryosleep disengaged... >Date: Thu, Sep 24, 1998, 8:39 PM > >At 08:40 PM 9/23/98 +0100, you wrote: >>yaawwn... > >the datathief returns!! > >[btw, did you EVER get that package?! >i never heard from you again... i assume (hope this means you did!] > >>any of the old school IDMsters still here?? > >not enough. i guess, like lance said, they're here, just don't post much. >brap, puckered1, greg clow and lance are the only regs from the year or so >back who still post regularly. gonzi, robert merlak, and jeff davis still >appear occasionally. and i don't think franz, aaron s gregory, xxx@xxx, >grant horne, and countless others are even on the list anymore. and even >aran hardly posts anymore. too many newbies... look what you started James >Bernard (four or five epic unsub announcement posts followed after his >almost a year ago.. diskono, brian, etc.) > >glad to see at least one is back! > >mlt. > >ml/vn// >[o{st}m.rec] >