I think here are a number of factors which come into play
in regards to how interesting a live idm show will be. This is
a style of music which is often difficult to recreate in a live
context, therefore a large number of artists will use pre-made
clips of their music when playing live. Another thing to
consider is context, meaning that these are not rock shows
where the lead singer stops to talk to the audience while the
band tunes up for the next song, but partys where the live
PAs are competing with DJs who can effortlessly chain together
records.
It would be nice if some idm artists would look at more
conventional acts like Orbital and take notes, because
even though I personally find their music a little bland,
their live sets are still interesting to watch.
But I wouldn't want to generalize and say that all idm acts
only use laptops live, as people like Solvent, Kevin Blechdom,
and David Kristian all seem to incorporate a lot of live playing
into their sets.
I would definately drive a long way to see Squarepusher play
his bass or Mike Paradinas look busy over a stack of
keyboards.
Hopefully, this will not turn into a big mess.
Anne :)
John Counts <polycyclicism@yahoo.com> wrote:
Now listen, I don't want to revive that whole mess
about whether or not "live" electronica is boring or
great or whatever. That was one serious bomb of a
thread. At first, I was excited that Mu-Ziq,
Squarepusher, and others were on an American tour.
But, Jesus, it seems as though Squarepusher live just
destroys skulls with processed feedback and drops
verbatim clips from Go Plastic and such. The new
Mu-Ziq...well, parts of it are fucking great:
particularly "Meinheld" and "AEC Merlin." However,
part of me is sad that Paradinas isn't bringing
something fresh like he did with Lunatic Harness or
even Full Sunken Breaks. The bulk of Bilious Paths is
the same Cubase/Hyperprism/Audiomulch inventory check
of plug-ins with a few glimmers of the melodic
signature of Mike P. Anyway, can someone convince me
that it would be worth the drive, money, and effort? I
really want to have faith here. Respond freely to
anything I said.
Counts
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