the bar by which all 'live' electronic preformances should be judged is, imho,
underworld's 'everything everything' dvd. while i never had the pleasure of
actually seeing underworld play live, the sort of multimedia stadium shows they
did (or do - i don't know if they've preformed live since darren emerson left -
not that he did much in the first place).
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<dtnl@digitonal.com> wrote:
quoted 93 lines listen to geoff - he speaks the truth.
> listen to geoff - he speaks the truth.
>
> this shit is always about the vibe of the place. our best shows have been
> in places receptive to what we're doing, and suitable for our music, with a
> clear sound system and an up for it audience. and this goes for whether we
> were a full band or just me and a laptop playing off traktor. no amount of
> gimmiks, visuals, costumes, cute singers or otherwise is going to make a
> damn bit of difference.
>
> that is all.
>
> andy.:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "cutups" <cutup@andythepooh.com>
> To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 2:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [idm] laptop shows
>
>
> > In my experience, it really depends on the audience
> > more than the performer. I've seen highly "performance"
> > based shows that were horrible, as well as shows that
> > were nothing but music being played back that were great.
> >
> > It seems like kids who would specifically be into "idm"
> > skew towards some kind of performance.
> >
> > But personally i just want to hear something i haven't
> > heard before, played on a good soundsystem. If
> > performance works for the artist, than thats good too.
> >
> > - geoff
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "chthonic" <chthonic@chthonicstreams.com>
> > To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 6:14 PM
> > Subject: [idm] laptop shows
> >
> >
> > > 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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