quoted 1 line 1. Orbital - Shrine Exposition Hall (where they have the Grammys!)> 1. Orbital - Shrine Exposition Hall (where they have the Grammys!)
Uh, the Grammys are next door in the Shrine Auditorium, actually.
quoted 1 line 2. The Orb - American Legion Hall> 2. The Orb - American Legion Hall
Shoulda seen 'em in the bullring outside downtown :-) (Or at the Park
Plaza ...
quoted 1 line 3. Autechre - Trubador> 3. Autechre - Trubador
It's "Troubadour", actually.
quoted 1 line 4. Aphex Twin - DJ set at Mellenium (Sentimental fave)> 4. Aphex Twin - DJ set at Mellenium (Sentimental fave)
It's "Millennium", actually. And it's too bad you got into IDM too late to
have seen him at Renaissance in Agua Dulce back in '92, still for me *the*
defining IDM moment in my 5+ years of involvement with this type of music ...
At much as I dearly love Autechre, they did not (and could not) do what
Richard did in 45 minutes outside in a lovely desert amphitheatre - namely
annihilate the last 30 years of Popular Music As We Know It, and singlehandedly
convince me that Industrial Music (previously the kingpin of difficult/creative
styles) had crawled up its own ass and died. (It also convinced my wife and
her bandmate that what they were doing - Industrial - was pointless, so they
should just bag it and give up.)
His set in San Francisco (witnessed by several members of this august body)
on the NASA "See The Light" tour deserves an Honorable Mention.
quoted 1 line 7. Freaky Chakra vs. Single Cell Orchestra - Palace> 7. Freaky Chakra vs. Single Cell Orchestra - Palace
Shoulda seen 'em in Ventura :-)
Other wonderful IDM gigs I have seen:
- Carl Craig, Young American Primitive (and DJ's Mixmaster Morris and Adam X)
at Plantasia on New Year's Eve in San Bernardino
- The Black Dog (really Plaid) in San Francisco
- mu-Ziq and Jonah in San Francisco on the infamous boat ride
- Orbital at Circa '94 in LA (See Gonzo's #1)
- The Orb at the Park Plaza in LA
- Robert Leiner (Source/The Source Experience) in LA (OK, so he's more Trance
that IDM ... )
- FSOL's ISDN transmission to New York (relayed to Los Angeles)
- Rabbit In The Moon at Big Wig Thumper in San Bernardino (on Easter!)
Wonderful IDM gigs I wish I'd seen but missed:
- Mixmaster Morris boat ride in San Francisco
- Pete Namlook in San Francisco
- The first Autechre visit (in San Francisco or Seattle or wherever the heck)
- mu-Ziq at the Gardening Club in San Francisco (5 days after the boat trip)
- The Orb at the bull ring in Pico Rivera (just outside downtown LA)
(Would you believe when I heard it was at a bull ring, I said "No WAY are
we driving 3 hours to Tijuana Mexico for THAT ... " DUH.)
- Goldie at Magic Wednesdays in Hollywood (OK, stretching "IDM" a bit here)
I'm sure I'm forgetting some of them ...
- Greg