Sorry to intervene and probably get things totally wrong but I think K's point was not so much "who's using laptops and controllers" but "who's doing something different with this gear" in, say, the way apparently RH says he is in the vid (haven't had time to watch it, sorry).
I.e. you watch or listen to them and think they're doing something subjectively / artistically pleasing that would have been difficult before that technology existed (so hard for a vinyl DJ or pre laptop band to do). > From: Martin Dust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 September 2008 18:23 > > On 8 Sep 2008, at 18:15, Kowalsky wrote: > > > Maybe i'm not being totally clear: they play their songs, in the > > same form they were once recorded, with minor changes here and > > there. They don't re-arrange the songs in a freeform knob twisting > > style. Their shows, in a tour, have a script they follow - what > > means that a show in paris will be almost the same as a show in > > kingston. They act more like a traditional band than like hawtin > > scrambling loops. > > Sure but you're splitting hairs now :) > > m
