Last night (Sunday 2 Mar) got to see Autechre at The Concorde in Brighton.
I hadn't realized when I bought tickets that it was an all-day event,
starting at 2pm and consequently panicked when I looked at the ticket
later. So missed some of the earlier DJ's and got there to see some DJ just
before Autechre (couldn't tell who. Maybe they should play some sort of ID
jingle between tracks :))
Autechre were on for about an hour playing a surprisingly mellow set. As
the recent discussion on Autechre/Frank Lloyd Wright architecture went, I
agreed that there were parallels, particularly the "angular" nature of the
music. Last night's performance was anything but pointy though. Not quite
spherical songs, but more hexagonal maybe. Or octagonal. Didn't recognize
any of the tracks but then I'm not enough of a trainspotter I'm afraid. A
small venue with a few people dancing and a good light show. A lot of
casualties lying on the floor who had been in attendance too long. The show
wasn't particularly bass driven either, which comes as a surprise for the
Concorde as a venue. In face one track they seemed to just sweep the EQ
from bass to treble through the duration of the track.
Followed up be another DJ, likewise anonymous (at least to me).
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