Well, I've been feeling pretty jaded about this stuf lately. Most of
the time, in my experience, there is someone behind a laptop doing god-
knows-what or messing around with faders or eq on their mixer. That
stuff is not fun to watch. However, I don't have much of a problem
with this if its in a kind of dance oriented atmosphere.
A lof of the time I find that the performer doesn't drop enough of a
hook or beat for dancing to happen. Either that or its just sort of
ambient stuff. In the case of ambient stuff, I can deal with it
sometimes if I have a comfortable place to sit down and its especially
nice if there are some decent visual projections. However, experience
has taught me that I get really tired of those kind of things if I
can't sit down. Maybe its because I'm flat-footed and my feet get sore
easily or maybe its because I'd much rather listen to that kind of
stuff on headphones in the comfort of my room rather than standing
often without breathing space.
But then there is the upside of live IDM. Acts like Matmos and Mouse
on Mars that bring in live instruments to mix with their laptops. For
me, this is the kind of thing I'd like to see more of. There just
always seems to be more energy in these shows. Laptops just have a
very alienating nature. The person HAS to stare directly into their
screen. It's as if they are permanently distracted from the audience
they are performing for. With a guitar or keyboard, most of the time
people don't have to keep their eyes on what their hands are doing, but
I've never seen someone using a laptop like this. And its not even the
case that people playing traditional instruments are always or ever
engaging the audience with their face or otherwise, but its still a lot
different from the laptop performer who might as well be alone in a
room with their laptops.
Which is another thing: interplay. Another thing acts like Matmos and
MoM have going for them. And the sense of spontanaity. Alright...
sorry if that rant wasn't to cohesive, but I hope some of these
thoughts might lead to further exploration in your article.
-Aaron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rafael U." <rafredy@hotmail.com>
Date: Thursday, April 18, 2002 1:03 pm
Subject: [idm] IDM concerts
quoted 29 lines hi, i'm working on an article about IDM, i'm peruvian so i've
> hi, i'm working on an article about IDM, i'm peruvian so i've
> never had the
> chance to be on a live show. that kind of music it's new here,
> there's just
> a few people who kows about it and who listens to it, so there's
> no IDM
> scene around here, and therefore they are no concerts. so if
> anyone could
> describe me how it's a typical live show, considering that most of
> IDM it's
> computer music, i'll be very gratefull. i'll like to know, also,
> how does
> the musicians and the audience seems to behavior, seeing it form a
> sociological perspective.
> thak you again.
> cheers
>
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