At 11:16 -0400 28-08-2000, Jorge Velez wrote:
From: Klaas-Jan Jongsma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [313] paperclip people live
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 16:18:25 +0200
It was indeed a nice DJ set but it wasn't really live. He had some
equipment on stage but hitting the play button on your MPC and
missing and talking into the mic. isn't really a live set, isn't it?
Would you consider someone sitting/standing onstage behind, say, a
laptop and hitting certain keys in order to get the sounds out to
not constitute a "live act"? Maybe the laptop/MPC has to be
understood as a newer type of instrument which demands different
sort of expectations when viewed in a live context. Let's face it:
the majority of instruments behind 313 type music don't lend
themselves to real dynamic visual displays of technique. Remember
the days of the guitar-style synth...; )
Carl started with 'For my peepz', pushed the play button, raised his
hand into to air, making a v-sign and started talking through the
mic. for 5 minutes, that's a show and not really a live act. But hey
i liked his mixing skills, his DJ set was really good and i didn't
mind he did this (it looked like he was stoned as hell btw.) . i
stayed there until 4 o'clock, given the fact i had a slight fever
that's plus for Carl;)
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