< I'm going to have to pipe in and say that I think
Richard Devine's last show here systematically
dismantled what Autechre played last night, then broke
each little piece with a flying suplex. >
The Richard Devine show I am refering to was the one
at O2. I think he has played a show since then. I
have heard several performance by him on CDRS, but I
usually get bored of them after 15 minutes.
< Autechre was alright last night, but I wasn't really
murdered as hard as I expected. I like most of the new
album, I think their older albums like Amber are
pretty crappy, but their set last night just seemed
... enh. >
I think everyone of their albums are pretty solid. Tri
Repetae would probably be my favorite. Amber is pretty
awesome. My least favorite thing they put out would be
Ep7.
quoted 1 line The beats sucked last night.
> The beats sucked last night.
No complaints here.
< If some kid had been up there with turntables
playing records with no beatmatching, and the results
had sounded exactly like that, people would have been
throwing things at his head. >
Hardly ... but hey isn't non beatmatching Djing what
IDM djs are all about. MANY IDM people I have talked
with don't appreciate good dj skills.
< I liked how harsh and almost power-electronics-ish
they'd get, but the experience as a whole was
underwhelming. >
I wasn't overwhelmed but I certainly had a very
enjoyable evening. I thought Autechre was very
intriguing. I missed some of the melodies from past
tunes but it was still a great night, and look forward
to seeing them again next week.
< I thought that DJ set had more interesting
combinations of sound. (This is someone's cue to leap
in and explain to me that I'm obviously just a musical
illiterate who is, unfortunately, not intelligent
enough to appreciate the complexities of trainwrecking
for an hour.) >
Many of the Dj Sets were pretty unspectacular, but I
thought Russell's set was really interesting. I've
never heard anyone go from IDM to grindcore/death
metal, and some of the noise he was playing sounded
like old Skin Chamber/Controlled Bleeding -
"Swallowing Scrap Metal" tunes. Cylob - Industrial
Folk Songs was cool!
I never really have high expectations for djs when I
go to IDM events, so I wasn't disappointed.
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