From: Scott Pactor <scottpactor@yahoo.com>
quoted 1 line 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. <<
If the CD-thing is anything like what Lesser does when he plays with
Matmos, it's a CDr of some stuff (somewhere I read that it was guitar
snippets) which he plays on a Pioneer DJ CD unit--you know, the one with
the big knob on top, and some built-in effects. Spin the knob, and the cd
goes ZIPPER.
quoted 1 line Blectum from Blechdom consisted of two indie-rock
>> Blectum from Blechdom consisted of two indie-rock
looking women(young women), one of whom had a guitar
(or, at times, a banjo) and the other of whom had a
little rythym box. There was quite a lot of singing
...
anybody here in SF Bay Area shed some light on them?<<
They're from Mills College.
http://www.blectum.com/
quoted 1 line I must admit that experiencing Lesser was a bit of
>> I must admit that experiencing Lesser was a bit of
an ordeal. It was kind of like I would imagine an
Atari Teenage Riot concert, but with that CD
scratching technique.
Also, Kit Clayton's in between set spinning was real good.<<
heheheh.
-JimG <skoop@slackers.net>
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