Sounds briliant man. I can't wait until next Friday for the Glasgow gig.
i've never seen him live before! :)
I hope he includes Tetra-Sync. Its just such a genius track. If he does I'll
be one of those 'standing in the middle gawping' people.
philip
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Sim" <pmxds@nottingham.ac.uk>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 1:36 PM
Subject: [idm] Squarepusher in Nottingham
Woo! That was pretty awesome!
I've not been completely sold on the last couple of albums, but live, he
makes everything else look obsolete. Mashed up beats, crazy bass, flashing
lights, lots of sweaty ravers getting messy (apart from a couple of people
standing stock still in the middle of the floor trying to juggle a cigarette
and a beer while stroking their chins), a tumpin' system, some tunes you
don't recognize, some you do (A Journey to Reedham and Come On My Selector
in the encore - cool). The man himself was flipping between playing bass
along with the tunes, playing bass solo (I hadn't realized before /quite/
what an awesome slapmeister he is), controlling sequencers, telling us to
"fuckin' ave it", and gesticulating like the Sign Zone on fast forward. All
very good.
Casetteboy were fairly entertaining support too - I wouldn't buy their
records, but as a one off it was pretty damn funny. And the support DJ was
fairly kickin' too.
The only quibbles: 1) wasn't there supposed to be a live jam, too? Did it
happen in the ten minutes after we left or something? 2) Stealth really
isn't designed for live shows - the man himself was hidden from view by a
speaker stack for about half the audience and 3) no Do You Know
Squarepusher.
Right, now to recover my hearing in time for Melt Banana tonight...
David
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