A friend of mine, who had never seen them live (and had only heard Cichlisuite and Incanabula, I think) reports that the SF show was "less like music and more like a religious experience," and "like a gigantic wall of sound meticulously controlled to semi-exact ends."
Can't wait for DC!
- john
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From: Mark Fleschler [mailto:mark@bleego.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 12:00 AM
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: [idm] authechre in SF last saturday
The SF show was a monster. They jumped right into it after Rob Hall
stepped down (FINALLY) after the lights went off. Massive beats,
delicious bass and amazing layers upon layers of sounds and tones.
Melodies and synths were bestrewn in the mix but the surprising aspect
of it all was just how amazingly rhythmic and danceable the whole set
was. Their use of bass lines and tone has really improved over the
last 5 years. Very nuanced and quite stunning how well blended the
transitions from track to track, movement to movement were. Last I saw
them was at Coachella in 99 and while this set was shorter and less
varied musically, it was far far superior.
I am really dying to get a copy of either the SF set or at least one of
the shows recorded from the board. The bass was to die for (there was
one part about 15 mins in where everything was cut out except a wall of
bass tone that rumbled the bowels of everyone in the room). I really
hope this style is indicative of their upcoming studio output. They
really are having a revival of some fashion. Best album and live show
in years. Fucking ace.
-Mark
Anatomist wrote:
quoted 56 lines I like that review just fine... post more often..> I like that review just fine... post more often..
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> Ah.. the 'grind couple phenomenom' ... there must be a term for them,
> maybe that's it .. they seem to turn up at the most inappropriate gigs
> :)
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> cheers
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> On 07/04/2008, Ben Morse <benbmorse@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> SF Saturday night. I had heard about the "no light" performances of the past
>> and wasn't expecting or hoping for it. Yet, there it was. I must say, it
>> worked wonderfully. I was a little bored at first standing near the back
>> away from the speakers and in the light of the bar, so I tried a better
>> spot. I must recommend standing in the dark in the midst of the crowd and
>> square to the speakers. Strangely, there was copious personal space in the
>> front, more than I'm used to (can't say for sure if it will be/was like this
>> at other shows).
>>
>> The set seemed like a wide sample from most of thier later releases. I
>> picked up on a few themes from quaristice tracks but nothing straight from
>> the record. The beginning of the set featured a slower-paced heavy beat and
>> bass (earthquake simulator) selection and the tempo varied widely and
>> often. Mid-late set was full blown noisiness with the stumbling rhythms
>> that we all fell in love with.
>>
>> After 30 minutes of visual sensory deprivation and frantic grasping for the
>> rhythm, the brain gives up and the crowd started to look like a zombie flick
>> on mute. I like to call it the "slouch" dance for lack of a better term;
>> head-hanging swagger with the occasional violent flailing (plus that one
>> couple who weirdly find it appropriate to booty-grind) indicating that
>> everyone is quite lost in the soundwaves. I took along a friend from Isreal
>> who was a stranger to Autechre but not to electronic music. Afterward he
>> seemed shaken and described it as "amazing.. evil" and "an intense
>> experience I will never forget." I don't know if hearing a recording will
>> do it any justice, but if someone does have it, post it somewhere.
>>
>> Final opinion: go if you have never been. They still sound fresh to me,
>> however, it won't be like the "good old days" of Autechre.
>>
>>
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