I had a good time... and was surrounded by good friends, some of whom I
hadn't seen for years. I know a lot of folks that flew in from out of town
to catch the show. For a large space it felt strangely intimate - and up
near the front, left side of the stage (in the bass trap) there was a large
contingent of midwest folks - including a handful of grizzled old
schoolers... and that's where I spent the whole night... being throttled by
the bass.
As far as I'm aware this was the first public performance using a lot of new
equipment, and from my understanding of things the equipment was designed to
allow absolute control over everything... which is great, but it's probably
pretty damn overwhelming, too. Which might explain my impression that
things were a bit on the conservative side. Hawtin's set at last year's
Mutek seemed a lot more experimental, but they're hard to compare - last
year I was expecting something along the lines of DE909 material and this
year had so much hype attached to it that it's almost impossible to ignore
the anticipation.
There were some technical glitches, but there always are... on the whole a
nice array of material was presented and I think that over the next while,
after the feeling out process is over, we're likely to see and hear things
that we can't imagine yet... Perhaps the Plastikman performances stopped
because there really wasn't anything that could top the spectacle and
experience of the lengendary Fuk shows. Perhaps this new gear means new
possibilities and perhaps we'll soon be seeing and hearing things we've
never imagined. One can only hope.
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