saw him pull this off last night, it was definitely engaging ... i mean
the music is interesting enough that i don't need a pile of gear to
enthrall the trainspotter in me...
great show overall: farben, friedman and pole ... der Deutsche
Diskoexpress
i gotta say you know you are seeing something special when you can get the
usually motionless chicago scenesters dancing.
numerous props to all involved in bringing this lineup to chicago (mike
javor et al)
later
josh
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On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Philip Sherburne wrote:
quoted 32 lines --- Ryan Heard <ryan@ryanheard.com> wrote:
> --- Ryan Heard <ryan@ryanheard.com> wrote:
> > When i saw Friedmann "perform" he mixed with a small
> > mixer and what looked
> > like 5 Minidisc players (perhaps dat.. couldn't
> > see). Probably MD though...
>
> Right, that's exactly what he's been doing - mixing anywhere between 5 and
> 10 MD players, running MDs of tracks he's done before hand. I can't tell if
> by Ryan's scare-quotes he thinks that doesn't qualify as a performance, but
> in my opinion, it's worlds away from simply hitting the play button on a
> DAT. I've seen him do it three times now (once in Barcelona, twice in SF)
> and every time it's been totally compelling, unpredictable, musical as fuck,
> funky, not to mention risky - there are times when it verges on collapsing,
> and he pulls it back. I think people forget how important the aspect of
> risk is in live performance.
>
> In my opinion, what Friedmann is doing isn't at all "performing" - it's
> performing, playing, rocking out, and doing it masterfully.
>
> (apologies, Ryan, if i misread your quotation marks...)
>
> -phil
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