I saw him in philly, and he played a pretty good set. Mostly his own
material. I think it just has to do with the atmosphere. He was with dj food
and other ninja tune companions (all djs), so they had the crowd very hype
before he came on. I wasn't expecting much from amon, but he seemed to pull
off some good dj work, however long.. anyhow, don't lose respect for amon
tobin! he's good live sometimes..(though yer not the first person to mention
a poor live act)
to combat dissappointing shows i try to remind myself of this point: "the
best studio musicians usually suck live." and amon tobin is certainly a
genius in the studio
In a message dated 11/25/02 6:54:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, kewu@telus.net
writes:
quoted 27 lines What happened to Amon Tobin? I used to listen to his tracks and enjoy the> What happened to Amon Tobin? I used to listen to his tracks and enjoy the
> jazzy/arabic/dnb fusion he has managed to pull off so well. However, just
> recently, I saw him perform live and all of my opinions of him changed. The
> show (at the Commodore Theatre in Vancouver, BC) opened with Bonobo doing a
> decent performance of some of his tracks. Didn't sound like anything
> special or unique but he pulled it off nicely. Followed by him was Prefuse,
> and let me tell you he absolutely ROCKED it. Using his MPC to punch out
> beats live to some of (imo) his best tracks, doing live tweaks, sequencing,
> etc, he kept me well entertained and hyped for the entire set. I was
> expecting the same from Amon Tobin. This is what I was made to expect when
> I saw "Amon Tobin LIVE" on the flyer. I can't even tell you how
> dissappointed me and my compadred were. First of all, when Amon came on,
> they turned the system up around 15-20DB so that even in the VERY back of
> the enormous ballroom it was uncomfortably loud. Second of all, he wasn't
> really doing anything more live than any dj does when mixing a set. He had
> records with time code mixing tracks on his laptop (or at least he was
> doing his best at mixing). Last, but not least, and this is the part that
> made me walk out after 15 minutes..... HE WASN'T EVEN PLAYING ANY OF HIS
> OWN TRACKS!!! WTF? Two of the five tracks I stayed to hear were
> squarepusher tracks that have come out in the last year. I mean, sure, it
> was cool to hear a couple of Squarepusher tracks on a nice system, but
> please! That's just ridiculous! After myself and a couple of friends
> rushed to the front of the stage to yell at him, telling him to play his
> own tracks, he finally mixed one in. Unfortanately, by that point we were
> so disillusioned and deaf that we just opted to leave.
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