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2000-09-15 15:03doronI saw lesser open up for matmos in ny a good year or so back and i was also quite impresse

From:: doron <doron_g@hotmail.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 15:03:14 GMT
Subject:: [idm] lesser: cd turntablism pioneer

I saw lesser open up for matmos in ny a good year or so back and i was also quite impressed. previously i had only heard a 7" of his which kinda underwhelmed me (no idea what his output sounds like these days). live was another story. if i understand it correctly he burns a bunch of cds of his tracks and then just rocks them out on a nice cd dj-deck sprinkling in some live electronics in if memory serves.... on paper this doesnt sound like it'd be all that great but it works VERY nicely. he's one of the only 'electronic' folks i can think of that you really walk away with a sense that they are actually doing something on stage... its a very visceral experience not unlike watching turntablists do their thing. i also havent really heard anything else quite like it. (cd turntablism informed by glitch? a markus popp and the invisible scratch pickles love child?) i wonder how he'd go over with folks at something like a DMC event. i'd also be very curious to hear his studio output these days... for me listening to things like kid koala and those comps on bomb records (while brilliant) never really give you anywhere near the same satisfaction of watching it done live. i wonder if this problem would exist listening to lesser at home.... even so, how many people can you say messing around with this type of music sound better live than they do on your stereo? that alone should tell you that something's going on ever there... Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 21:02:50 -0700 (PDT) To: idm@hyperreal.org From: Scott Pactor <scottpactor@yahoo.com>

quoted 6 lines I checked out the Tigerbomb show in SF last weekend.

>I checked out the Tigerbomb show in SF last weekend. >While I was there I saw Lesser and Blectum from >Blechdom. Can anybody explain to me the technique >that Lesser uses when he "scratches" CD's like a DJ >scratching records? I've never heard anything quite >like it.

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2000-09-15 15:33Kent williamsYou can REALLY rock the newer CD decks. The new Pioneers have a cute feature -- you can lo

From:: Kent williams <kent@avalon.net>
To:: doron <doron_g@hotmail.com>
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Date:: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 10:33:19 -0500 (CDT)
Subject:: Re: [idm] lesser: cd turntablism pioneer
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You can REALLY rock the newer CD decks. The new Pioneers have a cute feature -- you can lock a seamless loop, hit the loop adjust button, then spin the jog wheel counter-clockwise until it's looping one CD frame. Then hit loop exit and it starts playing again at loop start. It's a very autechre-esque effect, like the way they murder "Chariots of Fire" on the first track of the Coachella bootleg ... kent williams -- kent@avalon.net http://www.mp3.com/chaircrusher -- tunes http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=chaircrusher -- mix --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

[idm] lesser: cd turntablism pioneer