Organic was the greatest show, I've ever seen. I thought Nasa See the
light tour would always be my favorite because Aphex and Orbital were
there. But Organic topped it!! This was the greatest line up, every band
except Loop Guru was really outstanding.
I thought the DJ sets (on the main stage) were really weak, I guess I
wished someone like Jeff Mills was spinning. It all seemed to typical, I
was actually surprised that they were playing such old stuff and the
mixing wasn't that great. When I saw the Orb in Phoenix for the last
tour, Alex was spinning for a while and his set was really good. The DJ
that opened up for the Orb (Phx show, last tour), was playing really
great stuff and hard. DJ Lewis was spinning everything from Carl Craig -
Science Fiction to RELOAD records type of techno. Enough about the Djs, I
didn't go there to see them.
Loop Guru was ok, nothing special. As Fresh put it, "The sort of thing
Deep Forest might play if they thought they should make a techno record".
They were the only questionable band there, someone should of got Aphex
or The Advent to play instead.
MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO was great, I thought they did a really good set. The
only disappointment was that there set was kind of short and it should
have been a little louder. It wasn't all electronic, they had a drummer
who did a really good job. I was pretty impressed with them, it was the
first time I had seen them.
UNDERWORLD started with REZ which turned into Cowgirl. I didn't really
like there last CD Dubnobass..., because there were too many vocals on it.
At first, I didn't like the vocals, now I do. Karl Hyde (the singer) was
really entertaining, he was bouncing around, acting kind of crazy. I was
really blown away by Underworld, they were EXCELLENT. Now I know why
everyone in the UK is going nuts over them. We almost drove up to San
Francisco to see them again the next night. I definitely want to see them
again. The highlight of there set was Pearls Girl.
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS were the BOMB! It was a real treat to hear there
new songs, I have been eagerly awaiting a new single or CD by them. I
need a fix, you could say. There remix of Dave Clarke's - No One's
Driving is great, it makes me crave new material even more. I saw them
last year in SF, and they were great but there set was kind of short.
This time it was longer, and nonstop noise and beats. My friend said it
was like being in the middle of a riot. Chemical Beats was the last song
before the encore, the last song started out with the Drumbeat from the
Life is Sweet (remix 1) and the Bassline of Chemical Beats with a Beatles
sample "Love is all"
ORBITAL started there set with a real soundtrackish song, sounded like
something you would hear in a James Bond movie. I saw them once before,
but they were so different this time. They were so good, that they sent
chills down my spine. I didn't get a chance to give the new CD a good
listen before the show, so I didn't know what to expect. Everything they
played was great, I really liked it when they played The Box, it sounded
so cool. I was extreme impressed with them. I didn't really care for their
use of Belinda Carlisle in Halcyon, oh well.
THE ORB were really experimental that night. I just saw them not that
long ago, and thought I knew what to expect. It was nothing like the
other show, completely different. They even played started doing some
drum and bass in parts of this dub song. They didn't play anything off
the last CD, I don't know if he was playing new music from a future
release or just experimenting. We stayed until 6:00 am, I really wanted
to stay until the end of the Orb set, but we were beat.
It was a great event, I hope they do another one. I get so frustrated
reading about all these great shows in Europe, it nice to finally go to
something like this. And an added bonus, a friend taped the show from
KROQ, now I have some Live Chemical Brothers to listen to. To cherish the
event. I don't have any live Underworld, did they play it on the air.
Does anybody have a good recording of it, if they did braodcast it?
B i l l S a m u e l s w l s @ U . A r i z o n a . E D U
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