you're right, it must have been the videos and his clicks in tandem!
hahahaha
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Samuels" <w_technoir@yahoo.com>
To: "rebecca263" <rebecca263@netzero.net>; <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: [idm] the future of "idm"
quoted 59 lines --- rebecca263 <rebecca263@netzero.net> wrote:
> --- rebecca263 <rebecca263@netzero.net> wrote:
> > saw lexaunculpt recently, and i don't know what he's
> > been doing elsewhere, but he sure isn't copying
> > autechre in performance!
>
> In Performance??? You mean the highly riveting mouse
> clicking between Lexaunculpt & Autechre are different?
>
> > (although the boys of autechre are very sweet,
> > they're a different stripe altogether!) great live
> > show, very "microvise" as we're all discussing jazz!
> > hehheh
>
> Great Live Show?? I didn't think you could really do a
> whole hell of a lot of "live" improvisation with
> laptops. At one Lexaunculpt show, Alex had someone
> else on stage clicking the mouse for him so he could
> hang in the audience.
>
> Sorry to be picky, clicking a mouse doesn't really
> make for "great live shows" IMHO. Seeing someone
> using gear is a hell of a lot more interesting.
> However, if the music is vastly different from the
> originals that would be nice hearing (not watching).
>
> When I saw QBurns Abstract Message he was doing a hell
> of a lot more then clicking a mouse. He had a
> turntable and sampled stuff + manipulated it, played
> some keyboards, and looked like he was having fun up
> there. Now I didn't care for the music he was making,
> but it was entertaining to watching him.
>
> This post reflects the "live aspect", NOT the music.
> I like both Autechre & Lexaunculpt work.
>
>
> In a similar discussion I had with a friend, he said
> he didn't want to pay to see djs anymore. That he
> prefered seeing "live". Well if "live" means watching
> someone click a mouse, I'll take a dj over that
> anyday!
>
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