I've been working on a live project for a while now where we're trying to make
an electronic show that's more like seeing a live band, even though all of us
are 'playing' g4 powerbooks...
we're calling ourselves 'lan party' - the idea is that i'm playing original
music sequenced in live (current project: a composition based on pictures taken
with my sanyo picture phone transduced into sound) or mixing records on my
turntables. that mixer gets fed into my friend papageno's sound board, where it
gets tweaked out on two laptops running max/msp (he also plays analog synth
lines sometimes). he then sends me back the audio, where it's blended with the
original turntable output. the master out is fed into a third guy's laptop,
where he uses the sound to sequence anime clips in jitter.
as of now we've got the music portion sorted. we're working on the video
portion - if the jitter idea ends up looking like crap, we'll probably just run
some pre-made video, but i'd like it to be live if possible.
hopefully we'll begin playing shows in december - we haven't recorded a demo in
a long, long time, and our sound has changed quite a bit since we began working
on it.
oh, and we're still trying to recruit a jitter user. papageno knows it really
well, but he'll be too busy to do the video when we play live.
we live in Gainesville, Florida in case anyone is interested.
-wil m.
--- chthonic <chthonic@chthonicstreams.com> wrote:
quoted 40 lines i know this has been brought up before, but i wanted to throw the
> i know this has been brought up before, but i wanted to throw the
> question into sharper relief.
>
> how much do visuals and/or performer action/interaction mean to
> you as an audience member?
>
> i ask because the increasing amount of music being created on
> laptops inevitably brings up the question of what to do live. the
> most valiant and effective effort i recall was seeing styrofoam open
> for the notwist. in addition to his laptop, he had a keyboard, a
> mixer, some effects, and he sang. i bought his CD right after he
> played.
>
> however, other people i've seen have been pretty boring, and
> though the music has been good, i find myself wishing i was
> elsewhere, listening to their CD. some such artists respond to the
> live challenge by attempting to make small motions or faces that
> let us know something is happening, treating us to unreleased
> material or exclusive "live remixes", or simply playing really loud.
> but to me all these things are miniscule. there isn't much to see,
> to connect with as far as what the artist has put into it. even
> projected visuals can only do so much.
>
> does anybody else care about this? or are you content to go to
> electronic music shows for things like community, higher volume,
> exclusive merchandise, different mixes?
>
> perhaps the problem is attempting to judge electronic music
> performances by "rock show" standards. however, they frequently
> play in the same venues, and are both put up on stage as though
> there's something to see.
>
>
> d.
>
>
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