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From:
Alan Michael Parry
Date:
Sun, 9 Jan 1994 17:25:14 -0500 (EST)
Subject:
"Live Techno" Wired 2.01
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"With many of the major techno amd ambient acts on tour this month - Such as Orb, Aphex Twin, and Moby - the controversy over what constitutes a `live' performance has heated up. It has always been tacitly accepted at rave that `live' peformances would consist of the artists dancing around unplugged synthesizers. After all, the point of raves was not to watch some rock star on stage. But now, with techno acts `playing' conventional venues and selling US$20 tickets, audiences are demanding something more than DAT. But techno is a studio-born beast, and probably the best we can hope for is some originqal live mixing." Theres also a review of the Warp AI comp... _______ (__,-, \ / /\ \ f l u i d /,_) \ \ (/ \\ brit@bach.udel.edu \) flu'id (floo'-)