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1997-09-04 14:39Iain Newtonthe austin powers of techno went to the cmj launch party at roseland, nyc last night - cau

From:: Iain Newton <inewton@kb.com>
To:: IDM <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: 4 Sep 1997 09:39:52 -0500
Subject:: (idm) the austin powers of techno

the austin powers of techno went to the cmj launch party at roseland, nyc last night - caught sneaker pimps (pretty good, not great) and death in vegas (very good, much better than their last date in nyc) - BUT, in between these 2 were the mighty DAFT PUNK - i do not care how "live" it is, i just care how good it is, and, let me tell you, (imho of course) they were fab and groovy - and the place, from where i was standing, was really into it - lots of applause and shouting all the way through and most people seemed to know the songs (yes, they played them all) - they finished with "around the world" and as far as i was concerned it was brilliant - just thought i'd let you know iain

1997-09-05 21:20KaisrSolze@aol.com>went to the cmj launch party at roseland, nyc last night - caught sneaker pimps >(pretty

From:: <KaisrSolze@aol.com>
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Date:: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 17:20:41 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:: Re: (idm) the austin powers of techno

quoted 1 line went to the cmj launch party at roseland, nyc last night - caught sneaker

>went to the cmj launch party at roseland, nyc last night - caught sneaker

pimps

quoted 1 line (pretty good, not great) and death in vegas (very good, much better than

>(pretty good, not great) and death in vegas (very good, much better than

their

quoted 1 line last date in nyc) - BUT, in between these 2 were the mighty DAFT PUNK

>last date in nyc) - BUT, in between these 2 were the mighty DAFT PUNK

Reviews have been written, but i thought I'd throw in 2 cents. The Sneaker Pimps should never leave the studio--her voice just doesn't cut it live, and hearing them for 45 minutes made me realize how lightweight their music really is compared to Tricky or Portishead. The Crystal Method should be put up against a wall and shot. Every track was built around a cheeso voice sample, bad percussion sounds, and annoying other sounds, plus the guys looked like fools pounding their poor keyboards and jumping around. Daft punk was fun, if overly simple, 4/4, repetitive... Still, robotic and funky. Why the audience cheered for their version of mixing, I'll never know, but they are worth seeing. Fluke is cheesy shit, much too midrange, the sound was muddy, but they didn't have bass or high-end in their music. Death in Vegas started off slow and dubby and nice, then got progressively faster, more whomping, and began to sound like the Crystal Method (ugh). Aphex was great. A real assualtive set, which scared all the ravers away, leaving me and pacman and a whole host of aphex obsessives (which I am not, way too expensive). Funny sidenote--I went downstairs, and was greeted by a dj who only had 5 records to spin. They really should have planned this thing better. Last night, I saw We and the X-men (x-ecutioners) live. Wow. I had seen We play a really mellow set in the past, which was quite boring, but they ripped it up last night. Opened with a LOUD version of Magnesium flares, played a few album tracks, then went off into dub, jungle, and assorted other stuff, which got mellower later. Once again, ravers got scared away, but it was really "IDM"-both listenable and danceable. The X-ecutioners were amazing too. If you haven't seen really good scratch djs, go the next time one comes to town, get close to the stage, and prepare yourself. Two disappointments tho'-Cut Chemist didn't show, and Wally+Swingsett weren't able to play. Has anyone heard their album or Wally's solo work? reviews? Sam

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