In a message dated 10/20/99 2:47:24 PM, gdavis@gis.net writes:
<< i was also at this show at the MCA in chicago.
he pretty much played and mixed tracks from a laptop but it was very great to
hear his music at such a loud volume and truly feel the low frequencies that
he
uses. (home stereos dont normally do his music justice)
and also the performance was at about 3am. so it was great to hear his music
at
that time of the day. >>
i would have to agree that time of day (or night as it was) greatly enhanced
the performance. oval's music has such a cerebral and surreal quality to it
that felt much more appropriate in the wee hours.
i wasn't criticizing the fact that a lot of the tracks seemed pre-recorded.
the sheer volume alone justified the performance, as almost immediately
everything he's done in the past several years made more sense (and i already
really liked his work). i thought it was actually amusing to see people
clapping when a track from "diskont" came on, only because oval never struck
me as a "playing the hits" kind of project. needless to say, i was happy to
hear it too.