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2006-05-01 16:41Philip OrrSaw these guys last night for the finale of the triptych festival (Barrowlands, Glasgow).

From:: Philip Orr <orr.philip@gmail.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Mon, 1 May 2006 17:41:30 +0100
Subject:: [idm] Glasgow: AFX / The Bug / Wolf Eyes

Saw these guys last night for the finale of the triptych festival (Barrowlands, Glasgow). I have to say I was disapointed by the 'phex. He was basically sitting behind his laptop doing a bit of a mash-up DJ set, which I half expected. I hoped he would do something original and great, with something other than a laptop (especailly since releasing drukqs), but no. I was also a bit disapointed by the noise group Wolf Eyes, but at least they were doing something properly live. It seemed to lack something though, some structure (even noise should have a bit of one I feel). I think others who were there would disagree with me about this act though. I think quite a lot of people were impressed. For me, the star act was The Bug (Kevin Martin). It was an absolutely fantastic performance of kind of dub step with two live vocalists. Very dub, very fast, very cool. I totally recommend people see this guy. What did the rest of you think? There must be some folk here who went! Philip

2006-05-01 18:14Alan LockettIs The Bug really doing dubstep now or is that tag being used really loosely now? I saw hi

From:: Alan Lockett <Alan.R.Lockett@bristol.ac.uk>
To:: Philip Orr <orr.philip@gmail.com>, <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Mon, 01 May 2006 19:14:31 +0100
Subject:: Re: [idm] Glasgow: AFX / The Bug / Wolf Eyes
Reply to:: [idm] Glasgow: AFX / The Bug / Wolf Eyes

Is The Bug really doing dubstep now or is that tag being used really loosely now? I saw him a couple of years ago and it was breakcore-dancehall ragga-tech-noise mayhem. Way too maximal to be what I understand as dubstep, which tends to keep itself on a leash to create tension, where Bug just let the sound loose to perpetrate aural savagery. Pretty full-on, admittedly. alan --On 01 May 2006 17:41 +0100 Philip Orr <orr.philip@gmail.com> wrote:

quoted 21 lines Saw these guys last night for the finale of the triptych festival

> Saw these guys last night for the finale of the triptych festival > (Barrowlands, Glasgow). > > I have to say I was disapointed by the 'phex. He was basically sitting > behind his laptop doing a bit of a mash-up DJ set, which I half expected. > I hoped he would do something original and great, with something other > than a laptop (especailly since releasing drukqs), but no. > > I was also a bit disapointed by the noise group Wolf Eyes, but at least > they were doing something properly live. It seemed to lack something > though, some structure (even noise should have a bit of one I feel). I > think others who were there would disagree with me about this act though. > I think quite a lot of people were impressed. > > For me, the star act was The Bug (Kevin Martin). It was an absolutely > fantastic performance of kind of dub step with two live vocalists. Very > dub, very fast, very cool. I totally recommend people see this guy. > > What did the rest of you think? There must be some folk here who went! > > Philip

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2006-05-01 21:22Philip Orryou're right; its just my limited musical genre vocabulary at work i'm afraid. your descri

From:: Philip Orr <orr.philip@gmail.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Mon, 1 May 2006 22:22:23 +0100
Subject:: Re: [idm] Glasgow: AFX / The Bug / Wolf Eyes

you're right; its just my limited musical genre vocabulary at work i'm afraid. your description is far better! phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Lockett" <Alan.R.Lockett@bristol.ac.uk> To: "Philip Orr" <orr.philip@gmail.com>; <idm@hyperreal.org> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [idm] Glasgow: AFX / The Bug / Wolf Eyes

quoted 42 lines Is The Bug really doing dubstep now or is that tag being used really

> > Is The Bug really doing dubstep now or is that tag being used really > loosely now? > I saw him a couple of years ago and it was breakcore-dancehall > ragga-tech-noise mayhem. Way too maximal to be what I understand as > dubstep, which tends to keep itself on a leash to create tension, where > Bug just let the sound loose to perpetrate aural savagery. > Pretty full-on, admittedly. > > alan > > --On 01 May 2006 17:41 +0100 Philip Orr <orr.philip@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Saw these guys last night for the finale of the triptych festival >> (Barrowlands, Glasgow). >> >> I have to say I was disapointed by the 'phex. He was basically sitting >> behind his laptop doing a bit of a mash-up DJ set, which I half expected. >> I hoped he would do something original and great, with something other >> than a laptop (especailly since releasing drukqs), but no. >> >> I was also a bit disapointed by the noise group Wolf Eyes, but at least >> they were doing something properly live. It seemed to lack something >> though, some structure (even noise should have a bit of one I feel). I >> think others who were there would disagree with me about this act though. >> I think quite a lot of people were impressed. >> >> For me, the star act was The Bug (Kevin Martin). It was an absolutely >> fantastic performance of kind of dub step with two live vocalists. Very >> dub, very fast, very cool. I totally recommend people see this guy. >> >> What did the rest of you think? There must be some folk here who went! >> >> Philip > > > > ---------------------- > Alan Lockett (Senior Language Co-ordinator - EFL) > Language Centre, University of Bristol, > 30-32 Tyndall's Park Road, Bristol, BS8 1PY, UK > tel: +44 (0)117 3310914 e-mail: Alan.R.Lockett@bristol.ac.uk

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