From Isaac Trogdon Sent Fri, May 21st 1999, 04:36
From Isaac Trogdon Sent Fri, May 21st 1999, 04:36
> > > I defintely appreciate a good dj who puts together an > > eclectic and mixed combination that no single band could match. On the > other > > hand, seeing "knob-twiddlers" live can't hold a candle to live > musicians > > grooving. > > > I have to disagree here. When I saw Autechre and Push Button Objects > about 3 years ago in Miami Beach THEY ROCKED MY WORLD! It was the most > surreal experience to hear such beautiful music melting the speakers and > watch these cats do their thing on the keyboards while sequencing on a > desktop live. WOW! :) > i've got to agree here. in just one week i saw pan [a] sonic, and then the transmissions festival which included john hudak improvising bleeps on his laptop above prepared static, and a performance by bernhard guenter which consisted of him playing a few tracks off cd. watching a performance really isn't the point, unless it's some theatrical experience, and in this vein of things you're likely to end up w/ newage inpterpretive dance in that case. i don't think i could have been more blown away by any of these. visually, john hudak gave us a close up video shot of his eye, and pansonic had a neat wave form moving to the music projection [b guenter left us in complete darkness]. it was super. .ist