I it was my first chance to see them too..and I was glad we had the
opportunity to bring both groups down to the festival..you were right in
your suspicions, however that there were considersble sound problems ,
especially for the Dynamic boys..and poor Ben had to lean over the decks to
try and hear a stage monitor on the ground...also a bit of popping on the
mixer wasn't helping much, but they made the best of a shaky situation, and
I was completely impressed with them. Cinematic Orchestra did a wonderful
job ...completely blew me away and the crowd really seemed to be digging it
-philippa
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quoted 6 lines From: Jeff Shoemaker <cache@texas.net>
>From: Jeff Shoemaker <cache@texas.net>
>To: txraves@onramp.net, idm@hyperreal.org
>Cc: patricks@texas.net
>Subject: (idm) SXSW friday: Ninja Tune + Skint
>Date: Sat, Mar 18, 2000, 2:46 PM
>quoted 40 lines got to the place just as Ninja's Dynamic Syncopation got started with a
> got to the place just as Ninja's Dynamic Syncopation got started with a
> loose-flying 2x4 set of hip-hop. i assume that the tracks were mostly
> theirs, but i'm not certain at all. they seemed to be having considerable
> monitoring problems, which led to some less-than-perfect mixing, but it was
> all very fun and groovy and they certainly seemed to be enjoying themselves.
>
> next was Cinematic Orchestra. now, as a Ninja fan i'm a bit ashamed to say
> that i'm not terribly familiar with their music (or DS for that matter),
> but i certainly didn't expect the awesome ass-whooping that was given to
> me. the band (and i do mean BAND) consisted of a drummer, sampler,
> keys/sax guy, turntablist and bassist. they simply blew me away with their
> tightness and consideration in their playing. this was no "acid jazz"-type
> wankery. it was a polished jazz quintet that absolutely ROCKED with lots
> of thoughtful segues and drops. i'm still recovering from the rhythm section.
>
> next was the Skint boys. i'm even less familiar with them, but they
> quickly showed what they were about: party music. the sets (General
> Midfield, Cut La Rock, and some other guy) all kinda bleed together in
> memory, but they certainly had Velvet up and moving with some
> modestly-tempoed dance music (around 110 and slowly rising as the night
> went on; for a while at the beginning everything seemed to have a
> positively weird 1989 feel to it). Cut La Roc showed of some pretty neat
> tricks with a few of the tracks but mostly seemed to stay pretty musch in
> the pocket with his mixing.
>
> overall a fun night. Cinematic Orchestra was definitely the high point for
> the night. i would have loved to walk on over to Spiro's to see Carl Craig
> play, but apparently the cover for non-wristbanders was astronomical :(
>
> -jeff
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