i'd never seen Autechre play live before so i decided to go see them last
night at The Fridge in Brixton, London.
so, where to start?
the support dj's - Rob Hall and Russell Haswell. i'm not sure who was who,
but to be quite honest whoever played before Team Doyobi and then inbetween
Team Doyobi and Ae pretty much sucked. he played some painfully intense
scream-core thrash metal, some mid-90's style acid house, some techno (i
recognised a coupla tracks from Surgeon's "Pet 2000" ep), and i think a bit
of idm/electronic type stuff. the 'mixing', and i use the term loosely, was
woeful. technically appalling. i assume this was deliberate, that the
'point' is that there's no point and no feeling.
i think Team Doyobi played for 45 mins or so. i kinda enjoyed their set,
and heard enough to convince me to give their Skam ep another listen next
time i see it in a store. their style seems to be that they get into a
groove for 30 to 45 seconds, with some amazing crunchy hip-hop/electro
beats, deep reverberating bass and nice abstract effects, but then in an
instant completely toss it all away and go off on a tangent of random
electronic glitches, squeals and squelches.
Autechre... the first track they played was pretty cool, but from there on
they went into electronic-squall territory, layers and layers of
indescribable sound, which really isn't my cup of tea at all. frankly, i've
found much of their recent material quite patchy - some of it is incredibly
funky, emotional and soulful, but much of it is just far too clever by half
and leaves me cold. the production skills and attention to detail i can
appreciate, but where's the soul/funk/emotion? last night's set lacked all
3.
to sum the evening up - it's all good, even when it isn't good.
rob
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