I just got back to Canada from London, where I saw the warp lighthouse
party, and tons of other stuff.
First off I'll say that I'm quite dissapointed that people have been so
uptight about the whole thing. I came from the west coast of north america
and using money that's worth about as much as toilet paper and I wouldn't
bitch about the party. There were problems, and some of the music was shit,
but if you like warp/skam/schematic etc. then you SHOULD have enjoyed
yourself. Plus, I think that a lot of the complaints about the show came
from those who didn't show up early and had to wait in a huge line. I was
one of the first through because I showed up about 45mins to an hour early.
I got a beer with no lineup and only waited for about 3 minutes to get
food... If you got in early enough there was certainly room to wander around
and go between buildings.
Now, I tried to wade through the sea of negative replies from the warp
party, and got pretty far... But I noticed that noone mentioned Richard
Devine's set. It was certainly the best thing of the night! So clean, and
complex... A lot of it was new I think. Really awesome stuff. He was playing
with 3 laptops! Although it was a 'laptop set' he actually looked like he
was doing something. If you were expecting something different than the
classic devine, you would've been dissapointed. But it was certainly more
advanced and interesting than his previous work...
I know there has been so much talk of the party so far so I'll be breif and
try and mention only things that haven't been yet...
Did anyone else find the kalidascope footage of people skiing funny? If you
don't know what I'm talking about, it was part of BOC's video. I liked some
of it, including the simple themes, dated editing effects and old
documentary footage stuff.
Plaid surprised me. Not much of a fan normally, but I will buy their new
stuff now. The set was a little long, and I noticed before they played the
last song there was a guy who looked like he was running things telling them
to cut it. They ignored him and he didn't look impressed.
Autechre didn't blow me away, but it was my favorite, second to devine.
Bogdan sucked! Probably because I was kinda worn out and didn't apreciate
slightly chopped d'n'b loops from a sample cd with annoying frequencies at 4
am or whatever it was... Watching some guy hit play on a laptop and hop
around onstage is not my idea of "awesome" "brilliant" or worthy of "best of
the night".
Also, Bjork was backstage. I saw her dancing to Kraftwerk's "Numbers" while
it was playing.
anyways, thanks from reading. Just wanted to throw my two cents in, however
late it has come...
-Matt-
www.konstruktiv.net
"There is absolutely no inevitability
as long as there is a willingness to
contemplate what is happening."
-Marshall McLuhan
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