Did anyone else on this list (besides Fishead) go to Schizophrenia 3?
I know I'm a month after the fact with this shit, but I haven't read any
other mention of it on this list, and that was seriously one of the best
parties I've ever been to. Abelcain's set was particularly mind-blowing.
In my opinion, it's a shame that Venetian Snares gets so much attention
while Abelcain continues in the shadows. I mean, Aaron is an amazing
producer, and I love his music, and he deserves all the attention he
gets, but Marty's stuff is so much it's equal, and to my ears, deeper. I
mean, really, if you're talking about who's at the top of the chopped up
breakbeats game, it's gonna be Snares and Abelcain. Abelcain's set at S3
was just, fucking jaw-dropping. So deep and layered, but with so much
room to breath at the same time. Phenomenal. Can I get a witness?
While, seriously, everyone who played was just the absolute tops (keep
an eye out for Stagediver (stagediver.radiograffiti.org), this guy is
definitely going places), Mark N was also notably fucking amazing, I
hope more than a few of you out there got a chance to check him out on
his recent tour. He reminded me what an amazing producer Current Value
is when he dropped a couple of his tracks in his set. I also got turned
onto the most excellent Ohio breakcore label, No Use For Talent records,
and got the first release on Detroit's Void Tactical Media, which I
highly recommend: it's J-Stat vs. Split Horizon, some crunchy mid-tempo
breakcore/techno shiznit.
At any rate, audio and video from the sets are starting to show up on
the official site:
http://schizophrenia.c8.com. There was video shot by
multiple people of basically everything and hopefully that'll go up
there. I didn't get a chance to check out Fishead's set because I was in
the midst of collapsing from exhaustion, but he did an ALL-LAPTOP set, I
kid you fucking not. Check his redux set on the Schizo site (we couldn't
record it because the solid-state recorder ran out of room, and the DAT
machine wouldn't turn on cause it was so humid in the space! Seriously,
it kept blinking "DAMP DAMP DAMP" at us, not surprising considering
sweat was dripping from the fucking ceiling by midnight).
Also of note: the Unibomber/Davros Amiga 500 battle from Schizophrenia 2
recently came out on vinyl (double 12" on red vinyl, and sounds great)
from Noizetek, and it is HIGHLY recommended for all fans of 8-bit
breakcore. The sampling on that release is particularly fine. If you've
heard the sets from S2, you know what you're getting, except a little
bit clearer and without Doormouse MCing. And, of course, on red fucking
vinyl.
Anyway, after not reading the IDM list for a couple months, and finally
going back and seeing how everyone was picking over the corpse of
eyeedeeem again, I was surprised that there was nary a mention of
breakcore. IMHO, that's where the energy's at, perhaps not
breakcore-breakcore, but whatever breakcore's currently evolving into.
You might disagree, but if you were at Schizo 3, you'd probably be
feeling the same way as me right about now. Do I hear an amen? AMEN,
BROTHER.
Thanks, Fishead, for writing those reviews of Schizo 1 & 2. Without
them, I probably wouldn't have been quite so motivated to go. If any of
you want to go to one of the best fucking parties you will ever go to,
be sure and travel to the midwest for Schizo 4, whenever the fuck they
decide to have it (and they are definitely havin' another one).
cheers
w
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