How do a lot of idm acts do their stuff live? I remember reading a Richard James article in which he said his setup was too difficult to move around so he didn't want to perform live anymore (and when he appears live he just DJs, right?); similarly, I believe Luke Vibert mentioned he thought it was silly to go to a performance where somebody's working a mouse to get the tunes out. How do Mike Paradinas and Orbital work live?
I was thinking about all of this because I received in the mail a flyer from one of my local gear retailers and was reminded of that fairly new Roland hard disk recorder. Given the advantages of random access and portability, it would seem that it might be the ideal thing to use for performing live. You could just record the original tracks onto the hard drive unit, then use the remaining tracks for additional beats, sounds, whatever, and then punch in/out the shit as you see fit. This would be equivalent to remixing stuff live, I suppose. If you were to hook it up to 16 channel board you could plug in an additional drum machine or keyboard for live playing, but this way you wouldn't have to lug all of your gear around or play around with a mouse and monitor on stage. I believe I'm starting to see some possibilities here...