well this is my first post so go easy on me if it's not IDMey enough for
you. ;)
Well, after waiting close to 2 hours to get into the Viper Room to check
out Richies stop in LA for Dex Efx and 909 tour - i must say it was
worth it, and highly recomend the show. you can find the remaining tour
dates here
(
http://www.newzwire.com/newz/2000/music/01/html/01-20-00.html) as well
as info on the Mu-Ziq/Vibert/Cole and Hardfloor dates.
The viper room was an interesting choice for a venue. Once you got
past the annoying stream of guest-listers walking up to the door
delaying your entry with questions like "is the DJ any good tonite?" you
are treated to a small (250 capacity) room with some really tight
sound. this said, the "worst seat" in the house is only about 60 feet
from the stage and the sound was great all over the floor.
The set was 3 hours long, following the structure of the album more or
less with richie jumping in on the 909 and efx box every 30mins or so
breaking it down for the crowd in the plastikman way. funny enough,
everytime he did this he cut a few more patrons loose (i guess not
everyone is a fan of atomic bass and a relentless snare rush). You
won't find much melody there, just a clean calculated assault of beats
that keep the things really energetic. it may be minimal in terms of
variety of instruments, but it sure wasn't slow. Seeing someone being
more experimental with a techno show than creative cross fading (that
boy works hard!) or punching on a laptop was a nice touch too.
After the show my friend said something like "i've never been so
interested in something so repetitive". fair enough, i thought, that's
always been my opinion too.
check it out.
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