Quite a slew of shows in SF this weekend - Had an early start on
Thursday with Art of Noise. Didn't expect much, but they were the
first group I was seriously into, so I had to check it out. Let's
just say I'm glad I got the chance to see them before they break up
for good. Paul Morley ranted a bit, Anne Dudley played decent keys,
and the opera singer was amazing, but their attempts at updating
their sound with d&b didn't quite work for me.
Friday was Lamb. Incredible. The crowd was up for it and the 4 piece
live arrangement responded perfectly. Quite a bit more memorable than
Fear of Fours.
Saturday - Innerzone Orchestra. They've been beset with problems this
tour [poor turnout in Buffalo, Hurricane Floyd keeping people away
from the NY show, and a cancellation in Seattle] but they turned in a
stellar performance. Recloose played a very solid DJ set leading into
the Innerzone trio showing how to make live techno interesting -
yeah, that's it, you actually play instruments and play off each
other. Far more texturally varied than the Paperclip People show last
year. Common Factor also played live and was impressive. A bit more
tech than his records and well worth checking out.
Sunday - Richie Hawtin. Matthew pretty much nailed it. Percussively
dense and kinetic techno with very few other elements effected and
mixed with a 909. When he broke down to 909 solo, mixing patterns on
the fly, the energy was phenomenal.
Joe
At 9:48 AM -0700 10/11/99, Philip Sherburne wrote:
quoted 7 lines So did anyone make it to Carl Craig or Richie Hawtin this weekend (San>So did anyone make it to Carl Craig or Richie Hawtin this weekend (San
>Francisco shows)?
>Anyone want to tell me how good they were so I can feel like even more of a
>loser for missing them?
>
>argh,
>phil