Re: (idm) Bjork / Mu-ziq show in DC 5/15 (short review)

From thatcat
Sent Sat, May 16th 1998, 22:05

On 05/16/98 14:34:28 you wrote:
>but a lot of the melody in mike's songs seemed too
>low and was covered by all the mad drill'n'bass beats.  

i noticed this too...couldn't really hear the melodic parts of lunatic harness...the bass was cranked up too high...

>        Overall, Mike's set was very abrasive and I was loving it.  Most
>people
>didnt dance very much (i was moving as much as I could ;) but
>surprisingly they seemed to enjoy it. 

yeh, lots of people cheered and i didn't hear much booing.

>I don't know who did the djing but I found it amusing that about 30 secs
>of Merzbow was mixed in between sets.

i enjoyed hearing plaid's "android" over those speakers....

>        Bjork's set was good  Mark Bell
>and a string octet made her show more enjoyable for me

agreed.

np: autechre "second bad vilbel"

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 the mouths of lampreys a thousand more..."