damned 21 and over shows.
ebola
quoted 100 lines From: Kent williams <kent@avalon.net>
>From: Kent williams <kent@avalon.net>
>To: iduhntuhbelluhbiguhbent duhbance muhbusuhbic <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: (idm) vibert/cole/muziq show
>Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 16:39:28 -0600 (CST)
>
>Vibert/Cole/Muziq The Quest Minneapolis 2/6/0
>
>Urk, was a two hour show worth 10 hrs in the car? Maybe I'm strange but
>yes -- seeing Muziq live is something I've wanted to do for about eight
>years.
>
>Vibert and Cole opened up, presenting about a 45 minute set of sampler
>& pedal steel madness. I've not heard the CD yet -- based on what I saw
>it is potentially an interesting piece of work. But their set seemed
>really odd -- more like Cole jamming over the top of Vibert's tracks,
>without
>much in the way of interplay. A couple of tracks really did gel, and show
>some of Vibert's programming working around the pedal steel part, which
>pointed
>to possibilities of this collaboration that weren't otherwise realized.
>
>The most successful material was the more down-tempo tracks -- a couple
>of 4 to the floor tracks seemed especially odd and not very engaging.
>Another
>oddity was Vibert's use of a Roland TB303, which meshed with his sampler
>based tracks even worse than the steel guitar.
>
>After a short break, Muziq climbed behind his gear and started things up.
>His set was a mix of tracks from "Royal Astronomy" and "Lunatic Harness"
>which he molded and reshaped with the mixer, effects, and apparently some
>sort of strange filtering device. I don't know what reaction he's got
>elsewhere, but the Minneapolis crowd was well up for it, and it seemed
>exceeding strange to hear people whoop and holler for tracks after 3 notes
>of the opening bassline. He played a couple of the string based tracks
>from Royal Astronomy which were enhanced/mutilated into a combination
>of their original sweet neo-classical melodies and roughening effects.
>
>Towards the end of the set he played a new track more in the vein of
>his recent D&B efforts, but containing a new, lovely melodic element -- it
>really seemed to have a real organic meshing of his melodic and rhythmic
>impulse. Then to top things off he delivered a blistering version of
>"hard love" from his Kid Spatula/Jega split 12", and two more tracks
>in the noise-core-breaks vein. These tracks, to me, were absolutely sublime
>even as they were sonically punishing. I can see many fans of his more
>melodic material absolutely hating these tracks, but they were to me
>his way of taking the whole dark noise genre to the next level.
>
>It was hilarious watching people trying to dance to these tracks -- they
>lurched back and forth between 200bpm distorted beats and short interludes
>of crazy beatless noise. Heads would start nodding manically only to pause
>in puzzlement when the beat fell apart.
>
>I was disappointed with the venue for a couple of reasons -- for one
>they set them up in a little vestibule in what amounted to a broad
>hallway, upstairs from the main dance floor. For another, there was
>apparently no front-of-house sound at all -- Muziq and Vibert were mixing
>with monitors, and their mix was going out unmodified to the house
>speakers.
>Anyone who's worked on live electronic music knows that things sound a lot
>nicer if there's a sympathetic soundman riding the mix from a vantage
>point where he can actually hear the house sound. The whole mix seemd
>rather harsh on the high end and muddy in the midrange, and
>under-compressed
>besides -- occasional 'sharp-stick-in-the-ear' outbursts marred the
>performances.
>
>As far as stage presence, there really was none. Vibert occasionally
>looked up with a smile for the crowd, and demonstrated his ability to
>smoke a joint without ever apparently exhaling. Paradinas looked even
>more gaunt and pale than his publicity pics, and seemed to actively avoid
>any acknowledgement of the audience. He was pretty busy onstage juggling
>his mix, but as far as acknowlegement, all the crowd got was a wave and
>a half smile as he fled back stage.
>
>I managed to barge backstage and thank him for the show, and especially
>for the noise tracks at the end, and he was aware of our local noise
>heros from Drop Bass, and seemed mildly pleased to have those tracks
>singled out. But on the whole the whole business of performing in public
>seemed a bit of a trial.
>
>At any rate it was a top notch night for me, and I'd recommend anyone
>who can to check out the remaining dates on the tour:
>
>Feb 9 -- Lola's in Portland OR
>Feb 10 - El Rey Los Angeles
>Feb 11 - Bimbo's San Francisco
>Feb 12 - Nation@I-SPY Seattle
>
>Is it just me or is this the most ass backwards way to tour
>the west coast?
>
>
>
>kent williams -- kent@avalon.net
>
>
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