I agree - really fun show overall. Although I didn't expect it - even
though I love his work - Chris Clark's set was the high point of the
evening - he fully tested out the system with ultra low bass vibrations
and excellent breaks, all over the place and really got people dancing.
Plaid was nice, but their visuals had an annoying bit where they
projected what looked like months of CNN Iraq War coverage in about 5
minutes ... felt very wrong dancing to CNN, very wrong ... anyway - good
show, lots of people dancing! I was burned out by the time Vibert went
on, he was playing mostly acidy ravey stuff ... sounded good but not
really like what his recorded stuff is like. Anyway all in all, great
show, well worth the price of admission.
dave
StaticBeats wrote:
quoted 26 lines Mmmm... that was a great show !
>Mmmm... that was a great show !
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>The venue (Mezzanine) although in a very bad part of town was dope. Lots of bars, well-lit stage and great views of the performers, nice video displays, terrific sound and a coat check. Reminds me a lot of DNA lounge actually. Bummer the bar lacked *any* beer on tap but oh well... at least they had a listing at the door of who was playing when! How rare is that ?
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>So N.E.D was on first DJing (?) via his laptop and starting off with some ambient type music and then picking up the pace a bit towards the end and actually finishing off with a positively uplifting deep bass rumble.
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>Without even the slightest hint of a pause Chris Clark got right into his set which was fucking fabulous and all over the place. I danced from the moment it started until his set ended. A few of the songs he played were recognizeable but mostly it was stuff I'd never heard. The music was really all over the IDM spectrum making for a very well-rounded set. As others have said on the list - this was a very good performance.
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>Next, (sans any break again) came Plaid and this was my first time seeing them. Oh my, as people have said for years - Plaid put on a great show. Imo - the video guy "Bob" was not very impressive at all. Just the same stuff we've seen at clubs and nothing like the caliber of an Orbital or Chemical Brother's show. Also, the video work was only present during Plaid's set and not during the preceding sets. Regardless, Plaid's set was great and the place was just packed wall to wall with people and would you believe it - here we were at an "IDM" show and people were actually dancing ! Hmmm... maybe it wasnt an IDM show but a Warp Tour at a great venue. Dunno, either way people were nice when I apologized after dancing on their toes :)
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>After Plaid's blinding set came Luke Vibert and I've heard time and time again that his shows really leave something to be desired. I got the impression from other's that he just hit's 'play' on the laptop and lights joint after joint until it's time to go. This however was *not* the case last night. Luke put on a very good show (err.... not really moving or anything) behind his laptop and the music was very well thought out with a great selection of his tracks for a very hard and danceable set.
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>So that's my report. And for you spotters out there I was the looney with the dreads in the red Schematic records shirt dancing in front all night ... Next time come up and say hi !
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