Good Lord!!!! My ears will be ringing for the next week.
I was thoroughly impressed and inspired (for a change) by this show. All
three acts added a completely different flavor that all melded together into
a stew of hip hop/glitch heaven.
This was the first time I had heard John Herndons "A Grape Dope" solo
project. Very unique sound scapes collided with intensive live and looped
rhythms that were all being trigger in real time. I like the sound so much I
picked up the record.
RDJ2, who I have also never scene, played a mind-bogglingly eclectic set of
abstract hip hop, soul, funk, 80's and classic rock. The beauty of his set
was how seemless the transitions were considering the musical diversity. I
am a huge hip hop head and I have seen everyone from the Scratch Pickles to
Kid Koala and I must say RDJ2 pull some shit that I doubt I'll every see
again. Bravo!!!!
Prefuse 73 was the only act I had caught before and I had high expectations
from his last performance. Beginning with a wall of white noise Scott
Herron, John Herndon and a DJ (whose name I didn't catch) soon launched into
a barrage of heavily compressed beats, radio dial meandering and the
signature cut up lyrics that have become synonomis with Prefuse's music.
Although he didn't stay on stage long, John's drumming fused nicely into the
mix of tight beats, panning noise, staccoto bass patterns and a Mini Moog
tweeks (which Scott rarely took his hands off). Althought the DJ (anyone?)
didn't seem to be adding a whole lot to the mix, I did notice the subtle
textures and scratches coming in and out of transitions. Once the beats
started hitting, they didn't let up and althought tempos changed (almost too
much) there was an odd sort of continum that formed. All in all I thought
this was a fantastically well rounded performance (equal parts: beauty,
beats and glitch).
If you haven't gotten a chance this tour or have heard other opinions about
this performance I would recommend seeing it for yourself. I must say it was
one of the best shows I've seen all year.
(9 on a scale of 1-10)
-Sean
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