Sorry to post so late, I just recently got back from the space.
All told the line up Sunday night included Diagram of Suburban Chaos, Jerry
Abstract, E*Rock, Not Breathing, Lusine, Phonem, Lexaunculpt, Bad Pioneer
and Pippilina, and Fussik. Since I'm Fussik I'll skip the review of my set.
DOSC:
I have to say, Colin was great. This fellow, who is based in Seattle, played
an outstanding set. If we had known who he was and that he was interested in
performing I think we would have looked into putting him in a more prime
spot. Afterwards he gave our booking person, Ari, a cd and this thing is
absolutely solid. His music sounds like it has a strong Funkarma influence.
Very deep, heavy bass lines, with a dark emotive edge to it. Absolutely
wonderful, I highly recommend his work.
Jerry Abstract:
Jerry was 1 of 2 djs we had perform that night. His work is tight--seamless
mixing skills with a wonderful flow. My only regret was that he was not able
to play later. I think it would have been nice to place Jerry and Colin
after E*Rock. However Jerry was on a tight schedule and it wasn't possible.
E*Rock:
Though Erik had a nice performance, I felt his music would have been more
suited to the beginning of the evening. He was a bit too mellow to work well
following Colin and Jerry's set. I felt the energy level waned a bit during
this performance.
Not Breathing:
Incredible set. After a frustrating 30 minute set up sputter, Dave and crew
came on to seriously grab everyone by the balls and rock the 40,000 watt
system. These guys have a seriously dark edge to them. Reminded me quite a
bit of some of the harder hitting Speedy J tracks I have heard.
Lusine:
What can I say? Jeff is amazing. It was a treat working with him and hanging
out over the weekend. His set was so much better than any of his recorded
work that I have heard. This is saying quite a bit considering I love almost
everything he has put out. Unfortunately by the time he went on, most of the
crowd had left. Sadly the majority of the people that were left Sunday night
were people that were not too interested in exploring new musical
directions. Consequently they missed some very good music. Jeff's work was
much harder and beat laden than anything I have heard from him in the past.
I felt that he was exploring some new directions in composition and if this
is a sign of things to come I am one excited camper.
Phonem:
Pretty good performance, but I have to say I wasn't blown away. Elliot is a
great musician, but he really didn't take it to the next level. His newer
music seemed to me to be very similar to what he has been putting out for a
long time. I suppose I was spoiled by all of the innovation that night and
my standards were high.
Lexaunculpt:
Holly mother of god!!! This set was the shit. If any of you have not had a
chance to see Alex perform, for the love of all things beautiful in the
world, do yourself a favor and check this man out. Loud, hard, tight and
crisp. He has seriously grown as a musician, I couldn't believe this was the
same person that randomly happened to come out to phoenix last year and play
on a renegade system. His stage presence was spectacular, and his sound was
fresh. Truly much much more than your typical space bar performance. The
fact that there were just 25-30 people left at the main stage didn't seem to
phase him. he was in a world of his own with his laptop and an incredibly
loud and well tuned system.
Bad Pioneer and Pippilina:
Pip, I know you are on here, and I don't know if I got a chance to properly
thank you. Your game boy melodies were quite a wonderful sunrise treat. The
energy between you and Matty was great. Fabulous presence and such a
wonderful way to wrap up the festival and blow off the steam from the
weekend. Thank you very much!
And to all of you IDMers that came out, thanks for finding me and saying hi.
It was nice to put a face to an email address. I'll definitly keep all of
you posted for future events.
-Chris
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