On Sat, 9 Jun 2001, Yulia Matusov wrote:
quoted 4 lines I saw Tortoise last night in LA at Royce Hall. Missed Nobukazu Takemura> I saw Tortoise last night in LA at Royce Hall. Missed Nobukazu Takemura
> (goddamn early shows alsfjalsfjdlafjds). That was a truly interesting
> experience. Royce Hall is a fully sit down college auditorium so I had to be
> seated into a seat.
I wonder if they're doing their whole tour in that type of venue ?
They also played in that type of theater at their Somerville, MA show
(I missed the show, but I'm familiar with the venue). Is it cuz they now
wanna be taken as a "serious" improvising unit where careful attention
needs to be paid to their brilliant solos and such ? :-D
quoted 5 lines Something I was thinking about while watching them perform, most producers> Something I was thinking about while watching them perform, most producers
> in the electronic scene work solo with some exceptions. There are a few duos
> here and there, but the majority remain one guy with a laptop. Which brings
> me to a question, is your creativity limited by your own conditioning when
> you are creating something by yourself?
I don't think someone's creativity is limited by one's own conditioning,
but of course it's informed and shaped by it. In fact many people who work
solo would probably say the opposite. I think the reason a lot of people
are attracted to making electronic/computer music is because they have
a unique vision (or at least they think they do) and computers allow them
to express themselves freely without having to "compromise" their ideas in
any way, which is inevitable in a group/collective format. Of course
compromise can be dealt with creatively too, but sometimes you'd just
rather not do that. Can you imagine if someone like Aphex or Squarepusher
would constantly have to compromise their ideas ? They probably wouldn't
be nearly as effective/distinctive.
On Sat, 9 Jun 2001, Cesar Laia wrote:
quoted 3 lines DAT Politics are 5 elements, I think. Is their music very different?> DAT Politics are 5 elements, I think. Is their music very different?
> Lesser also makes noise from Laptops, but somehow DAT Politics are
> more...fun.
I think DAT Politics is made up of only 3 people.
Andrei
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