i think we will see the whole live electronic music situation become really
exciting over the next few years.
now that people are learning to use more interactive types of software (i.e.
MAX, supercollider, lisa, etc etc), live electronic music is becoming more
interesting and more live. instead of someone just playing tracks from their
laptop.
regardless its always wonderful to hear the electronic music you love on a
really loud system. that is one reason for more live performances.
i hope we will be seeing more live electronic performances that are really
creative and spontaneous. i dont think we should have the mentality of seeing a
performance anymore though. we shouldnt expect to see lots of fancy lights and
glam and glitter and entertainment and dancing (although thats always nice).
i recently saw jim orourke do a duet with ikue mori in NY. it was one of the
best live electronic shows that ive ever been to.
and for those that saw funkstorung last year, it goes to show that people can
put on a good live show. although part of an artists preparation and craft
should be (if they want to play live) to put together a really solid live show.
anyways enough of that.
later,
greg davis
autumn records
http://www.amug.org/~jkdavis/autumn
Chris Fahey wrote:
quoted 34 lines Amen to that. There's going to have to be a paradigm shift
> > Amen to that. There's going to have to be a paradigm shift
> > in the way that live IDM shows are performed.
>
> Word.
>
> As far as I'm concerned, if the artist cannot demonstrate real-time
> virtuosic skill, if they don't have an interesting stage show (I'm not
> talking lasers), or if they don't have some kind of charismatic, hypnotic
> stage personality, then there's no point in going to see them live on stage
> (you know, the rawk format) at all. It's like going to see a composer write
> music on paper or watching someone paint.
>
> It's even a bit degrading sometimes to go see an artist I like, only to see
> them spin records or move a mouse around. I feel like a rawk hero worshipper
> of the lowest kind. Of course, many listmembers would likely pay to be in
> the same room as Aphex Twin even if he did not perform at all. I won't.
>
> EXCEPTION 1: Seeing *underground* artists do experimental live shows whose
> format violates my above rules is okay -- since usually I'm not familiar
> with their work, and live shows can help give me an idea of what the artist
> is all about, while also supporting the scene and their artistic
> development. The formality of the 'concert' format is great for encouraging
> discourse about the music itself, which is not likely if the music was
> played as background music.
>
> EXCEPTION 2: Banging dance events where the artist's presence is irrelevant
> to the fact that the "scene" and sound system are so thrilling that
> attention to a stage or an artist is pointless.
>
> -Cf
>
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