From pHlow Sent Sun, Jul 18th 1999, 14:45
From pHlow Sent Sun, Jul 18th 1999, 14:45
those of you still contemplating whether or not to go see funkstörung when they pass through your region should stop contemplating and save up your gas money. the show last night in cleveland was very strong. alex blew minds and shattered preconceptions about the maximum amount of sound possible to be ejected from a powerbook g3. through ralph's sound system, it was amazing and would have been an excellent commercial for jobs. just lex crouched on one knee keeping a whole room of chinstrokers spellbound. think different indeed. some familiar seeds (kid606 remix, etc.) but largely new stuff, including an unauthorized lex remix of NWA's "fuck the police" and the infamous autechre post via mac voices set to music. michael and chris played a heavy set which was surprisingly beatdriven and floor friendly. though unfortunately no-one in the cleveland crowd seemed able to shake rump by this point the music certainly would have facilitated it. the beats were a punishing, borderline industrial / EBN style barrage. chris and michael played out the finals of the expert knob twiddlers world cup, with deluca frantically loading patches on the nord and triggering the alessis and virus, with fakesch working the board. any semblance to previously released tracks was fleeting at best, but the groove they cut was a sweaty pulsing ditch that was instantly familiar. i always wondered how the funkstörung sound would get adapted in a live setting, and know i understand. tres impressive. all three were cool and congenial despite being stranded on the ohare tarmack for 6 hours enroute to CLE. LA, SF, baltimore and miami get ready. bring your shell toe dancing shoes. peeeeeeece, -- Jeff Davis xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx fn:216.533.6303 fx:216.266.2310 text:xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xxx pHlow.linx: home.earthlink.net/~phlow/ Bochum Welt: www.bochumwelt.com Rotator Locator: hyperreal.org/music/rotator/