on 17/6/03 11:59 am the person going by the name nethed at
nethed@ninjatune.net spake :
quoted 2 lines just wondering if anyone's made it to any of these> just wondering if anyone's made it to any of these
> gigs that lee scratch perry is curating...
I was down at the Tortoise/Coldcut gig, and it was good, but Lee's madness
is starting to wear a bit thing, the venue wasn't right for the kind of
interaction they were getting later, and overall I don't think his presence
added much to the night. I'm intrigued to know how much of the artistic
curation was really down to 'scratch' and how much it was a branding
exercise.
Apparently Tricky was pretty shit last night, glad I turned down the ticket
I got offered and got on with my work. I'm going to see Macy Gray and Lee
Scratch Perry next week, should be, um, interesting.
quoted 4 lines i went last week and i gotta say im much more into> i went last week and i gotta say im much more into
> seeing live music than hearing dj's or watching
> someone twiddle knobs or type onto their keyboards
> for an evening.
I enjoy the live music aspect a lot, but a serious question from the back of
this : what makes Coldcut any more 'live' that someone playing a laptop set?
I'm playing devils advocate here but all that set up is essentially just
multiple a/v sources being mixed live. This is what a lot of laptop
performers are doing, it just doesn't have the visual feedback through video
projection. They are still triggering and mixing it live a lot of the time.
Coldcut could up their lead and be triggering the drums from a midi
precussion kit, and be getting final scratch midi synced to allow them to
sync and play video like it was vinyl [ or use the vinyl video stuff which
has been mentioned here before ;-) ] . Course that costs a lot of money in
tech an a lot of time in rigging software.
Thoroughly enjoyed the Coldcut set, and I know they put a lot into it and
it's not as easy as it looks, but really want to know why that is 'live' and
not 'know twiddling'.
I'm totally with you on the live stuff. I've got a thing for going to gigs
and watching drummers, dunno why Guess I'm a rhythm person. But I also go to
and enjoy laptop sets [really enjoyed the Adaadat vs NewBleep night at 269 a
couple of weeks ago, for instance] and get a thrill for that.
I think it's horses for courses. Some people want a live performance to be
more than hearing the music performed as the create sees fit. Others want to
be able to hear it like it was a classical music performance. I must say
that I'm much more into the laptop performance type thing in a seated
environment where people don't talk over the music, the sound systems are
generally better, and you can get on with listening.
quoted 1 line awaiting the hurl of abuse that's about to follow...> awaiting the hurl of abuse that's about to follow...
LOL.
_muff._ xo
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