I dont know when i played a show wioth phonicia back in 2001 in toronto thier stage show was BORING but thier music was AMAZING!!! they just sat there practically picking thier noses pushing buttons on thier akai samplers sitting in chairs but the music carried what they did so amzingingly well that its didnt matter what they were doing...
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I second the Richard Devine vote. Most of the core Schematic artists are > laptoppy (?) and still manage to really get the audience involved. My > personal favorite is Otto von Schirach -- his live show is nuts. > > Another group of great live laptop performers are the ZOD Records guys out of > Wisconsin. Curtis Chip and Emotional Joystick are particularly good, and > both incorporate other instruments. CC incorporates an old Sequential > Circuits drum machine and some other vintage toys, while EJ does live organ > along with the laptop glitch. see www.zodrecords.com -- I see they are doing > some shows in the Netherlands in early July, you Euro 313ers should check it > out. > > As far as more traditional Detroit-flavored techno, I though Joris Voorn's > set at Movement was the best techno live PA I've seen in a very long time. > > Seems like most "producers" -- or at least most producers around here -- use > a laptop simply as a means to DJ without the chance of trainwrecking. If > it's billed as a "Live PA" the artist should actually be CREATING something, > not just throwing someone else's loops into Ableton and sequencing everything > a week before the show. wtf are they doing up there anyway, checking their > email? > > - jobot > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Glenn McClements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, June 24, 2004 4:23 am > Subject: Re: (313) Laptop performances > > > > > > Name some laptop performances you've seen that > > >were really good SHOWS. And say why they were. Is it really > > simply a > > >case of having stellar visuals as well, or is there a whole new > > paradigm>out there for this type of performance? > > > > > Richard Devine a few years ago in Glasgow. He rocked the entire > > place, > > you could see he was really getting into, which the crowd > > responded to. > > I've never seen anyone move a mouse with so much glee :) > > > > Conversely Plaid were on just before and looked utterly bored > > behind > > their laptops, which was a pretty dull experience for everyone, > > even > > though they had fantastic visuals. > > > > Glenn > > > > -------------------------------------- [neil adam wiernik aka naw] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [music available on] http://www.noisefactoryrecords.com http://www.pieheadrecords.com http://www.worthyrecords.com http://www.complot.ca [artist features] http://www.clevermusic.net http://www.newmusiccanada.com http://www.cognitionaudioworks.com --------------------------------------
