APHEX TWIN IN TORONTO, CANADA
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Either I'm the only Aphex Twin fan in Toronto, or the only Aphex Twin fan
who was satisfied by yesterday's concert. It was unfortunately only a
single 1 hour dj set. There were no lights, and he just sat on stage in the
dark, fiddling with records and twittling knobs. Fortunately, after the
beginning (consisting of detroit style techno) he started getting into the
harder and more aggressive idm. Much of it sounded vaguely familiar in
similar RDJ style. A lot of it may have been some of his extensive
unreleased material (or so the rumour goes). Unfortunately, due to the
error of the management at the Warehouse (where the show took place) the
soundmixing was terrible. It was too quite, and the bass was too quiet.
Aside from miscellaneous ravers, and a few goths, the place was packed with
12 year old bjork fans, and shitty guys with too much attitude. Like
previous concerts, during RDJ's set, most people just stood there
motionless, not quite sure what do say or do... and at the end of his set,
everybody was motioning to get him off the stage. A truely disappointing
reaction, but what can you expect? Fortunately, to piss the little shits
off, I spent the entire set violently dancing infront of the right side of
the stage, with a few Skinny Puppy fans. The surrounding people were scared
of us (acid freaks!) and backed away giving us a nice space. But other than
that moment, and RDJ's set, I wasn't too happy with the concert. I'm not
really a fan of Bjork (as a matter of fact, I haven't even really heard
anything she's ever done, aside from her guest appearance on the 808 State
album) but it wasn't that bad a night.
Any possibility of a REAL RDJ tour soon? I want to see him play live!
Anybody see a guy screaming "FUCK WITH MY MIND RICHARD" at the show last
night? That was me! The white guy with the afro.
Concert rating 7/10
Blister rating 9/10 (when I got home, my feet looked like chopped liver,
lots of dancing!)
Wish RDJ the best of luck for a better audience in the rest of his tour.
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