In a message dated 97-06-24 01:12:22 EDT, you write:
<< Subj: Re: (idm) circuit bible/dj spooky, etc.
Date: 97-06-24 01:12:22 EDT
From: fafol@appleby.com (freshie)
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To: KaisrSolze@aol.com, idm@hyperreal.com
> Ben Neill went on next, which was decent at points, but mostly boring.
Is
> he actually a good trumpet player when he's playing for real?
> DJ Spooky closed. I had never seen him before, and frankly I was
> disappointed, if not very surprised after all the shit people have talked
> about him. Really boring, didn't go anywhere. The most interesting thing
he
> did was further deconstruct Hendrix's national anthem, but really, what's
the
> point? So here are my questions-did I see him on a bad night? Is he
always
> like this? For those of you who were there, what did you thing of his set?
Yes, DJ Spooky constantly sucks. A friend of mine said best about
him, "You have to actually build something before you can
deconstruct it."
I didn't make it there. But I really try hard to avoid Soundlab
events, and have heard Spooky one too many times.
> Is his music something that grows on you if you hear him spin a few
times?
It gets worse each time.
>>
I don't really like most DJ Spooky myself but his late album "Viral Sonata"
is pretty good ambient as far as ambient goes. I'm not dissing ambient, I
love it,... but I know it's not for everyone.
-AnalogSquare