`been playing tetris, for all I know.. But, the guy before him had a few
`toys along with his laptop: some sort of touch-sensitive pad, a small
`keyboard (?) and a toy turntable (plus other stuff?). This guy was really
`getting into it and he was fun to watch and listen to. He had a overhead
`projector that he used to display the algorithm for each "piece" of music.
`I believe he was using Max on his laptop...
your are referring to randy jones aka 2up technologies and member
of *polar. he used a touchtek pad, a laptop running max, a pc1600
slider box, and toy turntable for one piece and that is pretty much
it.
randy is one of more interesting musicans i know. also is one of
the main forces behind the onadime software, which if you like to
create visual pieces is one of the best applications i've seen,
makes xpose look like the kiddie toy it is. if you have every been
to aro.space, it is installed there.
`Lex played a few tunes that I had not heard before... One memorable one
`included the "Fuck tha police" sample from NWA (?). I am not sure if Lex
`uses other hardware besides his computer in the studio, but it would make
`his shows a lot more entertaining if he has a few more things to play with
`on stage... ;)
lex uses different hardware and software in the stuff, but live it
is all max. fuck tha police was done for the comp that
recently came out but wasn't. too bad as lex's take on it is
head's and shoulders above what did make it on the comp.
your right though, laptop rockin isn't the most interesting thing to
watch. regardless, though i had a great time seeing randy and alex
play live (though the opening bastard should have been shot for
making people listen to that noise.)
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