Re: (idm) Amon Tobin NYC - I've been cheated.

From Greg Clow
Sent Tue, Sep 29th 1998, 19:05


On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Christopher Fahey wrote:

>     I went to the Jonah Sharp/MixMasterMorris/Amon Tobin show last night at
> the Cooler, NYC. I honestly didn't know what to expect, really, although I
> shouldn't have been suprised: Basically I paid $18 to hear DJs spin records.

Well, as you say Chris, you shouldn't have been suprised. You've been
around this list & this music for a long time - long enough to know that
on the Ninja tours, most of the artists are gonna be spinning records.
Hell, there've been at least a dozen posts in the last week or so about
this show that have been very specific about the fact that no live
performances were taking place. 

I'm not saying that the "studio artist touring as DJ" thing is right or
wrong really. I'm just trying to point out this in this case, you
should've known the score. <shrug>

I *do* think, however, that local promotion for shows like this should be
very clear about whether or not the artists will be DJing or performing
live. There's only a small percentage of us who are as "in touch" with the
scene and know about this shit before it hits town. Were I not so in the
loop, I'd probably be pissed off as well.


> Amon Tobin could hire a real fucking band to reproduce his electronic
> compositions and my bet is that it would sound fucking amazing. 

I agree. But sadly, he doesn't. In fact, he's very adamant about it. You
can get his side of the story at this URL which is an interview I did with
him a few months back:

http://www.interlog.com/~stained/feedback/othprint/amontobin.htm


Greg