i saw them here in chicago a couple years ago, it's a great show. very
funny and po-mo. total sensory overload.
the do all kinds of fancy percussion/melody on PVC instruments, not unlike
the ones they used on Leno. the band that backs them is pretty far out,
when i saw them, they used a Chapman Stick, a drumset and an instrument
that was called a Zither or Zephyr or something which was basically a
homemade hybrid between a pedal steel guitar and an autoharp. the music
was kind of overdramatic silliness but very effective nonetheless. if you
ever make it to the USA try to catch them, they do shows in Chicago, and
NYC. maybe Boston too? i can't remember. get tickets in advance, they
were booked up for two months when i saw them.
plus they used the KLF's Last Train To Trancentral as the closer for the
show. (that's kinda IDM content, innit?)
josh
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On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Irene McC wrote:
quoted 20 lines Recently on Jay Leno there was an insert of performance artists the
> Recently on Jay Leno there was an insert of performance artists the
> Blue Man Group, who wandered through the audience performing on
> weird and wonderful transparent tube like things that enveloped the
> players (and yes, they were blue!)
>
> They also put a fibre-glass optic scope down Mel Gibson's throat...
> but that's another story :-)
>
> They appeared in their capacity to promote a recent album release -
> does anybody know anything about these people? Seen them live?
>
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