Sorry if this is a repost, I don't think it went through the first time...
I made the 300 mile trek from Chicago to Detroit last weekend to catch the
2nd ISF gig. The show was definitely worthy of a review and since I dont
ever remember seeing an ISF review on the 313 before here it goes:
We got to Alvins about 1 hour after the doors opened and the Fugitives were
still performing their sound check. I hadnt been to Alvins in years and
the place hasnt changed a bit. It is right across the street from Wayne
State University on Cass Ave. It is a very small concert venue with a bar up
front and a stage in the back. After we took a seat at the bar we were
treated to random UR beats played over a Dave Matthews CD for the next hour
or so. The best part was hearing a bona fide Mike check ;) I had heard
there was a little trouble at the first show hearing Atlantis and others
voices over the mic. There was no problem with the mic this time around.
Once the sound check was over the lights were dimmed and BileeBob took the
decks. He played for about 30 minutes. His set consisted of mostly spacey,
driving techno tracks that I hadnt heard before. He did drop Prince in the
middle of his set and ended with Red Planets Firekeeper. All in all his
set was a great warm up for the Fugitives.
Atlantis came on and did his Order & Chaos intro from memory over the track
of the same name. Ever since I first heard Order & Chaos, with its sick,
eerie baseline Ive been dying to hear it over a big system. The sound
system was very nice. They had a row of 8 speakers lining the stage and a
quad speaker setup over each corner of the dance floor. As soon as the
Fugitives came on everyone that was mingling by the bar came up front and
started dancing. Literally everyone who was there was dancing and it was
great to feel that vibe and be a part of it.
UR continued to rock the living hell out of the place for the next hour and
a half. The next track was a dope version of Amazon with some dudes in
full African gear playing live drums. It was awesome. UR has produced some
of the most utterly powerful techno tracks I have ever heard and hearing
them performed live adds SO much more. The Moor Horseman track with Mikes
crazy Middle Eastern keys followed along with a nice breakdown of
Timeline. Agent Chaos then got on stage and sang the lyrics to a track
that I hadnt heard before. It was very electro.
The Unknown Solider busted out The Streets while a small group from the
crowd chanted Schoolcraft, Schoolcraft and they ended with Crackzilla.
There may have been another track or two played that Im not remembering.
The band consisted mainly of Mad Mike, the Unknown Solider, DJ Skurge and
Frankie Fultz. Frankie worked the video from a laptop for the whole show.
The video is definitely much improved from their DEMF performance last year.
A lot more content has been added. There was some new outer space travel
footage and during Crackzilla some wacky Godzilla clips were played. It was
an awesome live performance overall.
Mark Flash got on stage and started spinning once the Fugitives were done,
but we opted out for some Coney dogs instead. I really hope they play the
states more often as more people need to hear them. This was the best live
set Ive seen this year, by far. out.
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