agreed, Phoenecia is definitely the most boring of the lot to watch. still great music though...
- j ----- Original Message ----- From: Neil Wiernik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, June 24, 2004 1:16 pm Subject: Re: (313) Laptop performances > > > I dont know when i played a show wioth phonicia back in 2001 in > torontothier 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 > -------------------------------------- >
