WOW! Thank you so much for the compliment, and it was our pleasure. I say
'our' because I wasn't just behind this-but the fabulous and lovely Nate De
Yonker was as well.
Thank you Pietro!
Diana
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From: pietro [mailto:pietrobot@home.com]
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 3:00 AM
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Cc: 313@hyperreal.org; minimalism@egroups.com
Subject: [idm] cex cells in DETROIT..
Well, i have to say right off the bat that i was thoroughly
satisfied with this evenings show at the Detroit
Contemporary put on by the lovely Diana Potts. Mike
Dykehouse (Planet-Mu), Bill Van Loo (Chromedecay),
Stars as Eyes (T6), Telfon Tel Aviv (Nothing/Hefty)
and CEX (T6):
I came in right in the middle of Dykhouse's set as he
began to play what seemed to be stretched Boards of
Canada'ish electronics, while he scanned through his
cd player for the next tune. It was quite funny as Mike had
a portable cd-player in use at all times, and he even sang
and made some music with his voice. Quite interesting,
i'll need to definitely seek his material on Planet-Mu, i guess
it comes out sometime soon..
Up next was Bill Van Loo's set. I think this was one of
his best live performances yet, and you could definitely
tell BVL was having a blast with his downtempo minimal
techno textures as a bright white smile filled up the room.
It was a goose-bump moment indeed, what a great set.
Stars As Eyes were next, 2 fellas of which i know one is named
Steve. They've recently released an excellent full length on
the Tigerbeat6 record label called "Freedom Rock", check the
info at
http://www.tigerbeat6.com/ctlg_meow026.html. I am
currently listening to it, and even with all the subtle tweaks and
random textures wrapped around the surface, there's a lot of
room on the inside of this album that your ears pick up on many
of the subtle melodic thrusts. They played a more refined, chilled
out set.
Telfon Tel Aviv came on the stage a little while after as they had
to connect three (yes, three) guitars, three (yes, three) laptops,
a keyboard sound machine, and many wires for their full on
instrumental electronic performance. I sat there (as well as everyone
else) in amazement with the clarity and quality of these three
(yes, three) folks on stage. Crisp digital spurts spewed from their
laptops while they 2 of them played straight guitar, and the other
on the bass-guitar. Telfon Tel Aviv are definitely going to be a
highlight for this year once there release comes out on Hefty.
My eyes and ears will be on "seek out" until it comes out.
Then came Mr. Cex himself on stage, no shirt, and sweat pouring
down his chest. All i really have to say about Ryan's set is that it
was probably the most exciting, the most hilarious, and the most
entertaining show i've never seen before. He rapped in about 80%
of the background tracks, he slammed on the idm scene, he had
the crowd sing along with him outside, he had us singing Pearl Jam's
"Jeremy's", he had us waving our hands in the air, it was quite the
spectacle. I was very impressed with his theories, his thoughts, and
the fact that when it comes down to it, he's really a good human being.
No bullshit, just straight sing along and talk sessions all the way
through. It was an entertaining last couple of hours, and Cex really
did Cell the show this evening, i have to admit.
I am just *really* hoping that Diana has a chance to scan the several
thousand pictures that were taken this evening, as i'm very curious
to see how they turned out.
That's about it for now, so don't forget --see Cex, listen to BVL, seek
Stars as Eyes, keep your ears peeled for Telefon Tela Aviv, and have
fun with Dykehouse.
Pietro. np- Stars As Eyes "Freedom Rock"
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