quoted 2 lines no more comparisons to autechre. it's nonsense at this point...> no more comparisons to autechre. it's nonsense at this point...
> inspired by ae, yes. do they continue to sound like ae? NO.
i second that... i can't wait to hear the
new album.
quoted 10 lines for the gear oriented readers of this list (or other curious> for the gear oriented readers of this list (or other curious
> bi-standers...) you might be interested in the choice of 'tool's used by
> funkstorung.
> virus modular synth
> nord modular (micro) synth
> yamaha ry-30 drum machine
> alesis _forget the name_ sequencer (MMT something??)
> alesis wedge
> some other wedge-like processor (didn't catch the name...)
> mackie (i think) 16 channel mixer
they also had a Nord 2 rack,
and i believe it was a mmt-8, or
mmt-80? something with 8s.
quoted 5 lines everything was completely driven by the alesis sequencer while chris and> everything was completely driven by the alesis sequencer while chris and
> super-wicked drum programming coming out of a rather 'plain' machine.
> incredible, incredible, incredible... basically, they were stepping
> through sequences and noodling around with the effects in real time.
> (while making some adjustments to the nord and virus...)
i had the same exact thoughts..
the absence of a sampler surprised me.
there was a very jammish feel to the whole
thing, and they got an amazing array of
percussive sounds (that were put to good
use in great head-nodding beats) from a,
as you said, pretty plain machine.
it was great to watch, too.. when the
beats would kick in, both heads would
start moving up and down and four hands
would be skittering about, twisting
knobs and moving sliders... they never
stopped moving, and despite the fact
that the crowd was almost entirely
people off the street or nightclubbers
out looking to dance like a retard with
some skimpily-clad rave kitties, f'ng
seemed to hold everyone's attention..
quoted 2 lines from what i gathered (in a whole 2 minutes of broken conversation...)> from what i gathered (in a whole 2 minutes of broken conversation...)
> they seemed like a very friendly bunch of guys.
despite problems with their flight which
got them to the show after or around 12pm,
they were super-ecstatic and smiley, shaking
hands with everyone.
AND NOW!
some funny things i overheard that make me love
my city even more than i already don't:
Bouncer #1: "i don't even know how to say that...
funkstrung? funkastorung? what is that, what
language is that?"
Bouncer #2: "Russian."
Bouncer #1: "no, i think it's..."
Bouncer #2: "No, i know Russian, it's Russian."
and later.. when Funkstorung still hadn't arrived yet..
DJ #1 (sticks his head out of the door and asks Bouncer):
"Seen any germans with keyboards go by here?"
he stuck his head out the door and repeated this no
less than 3 times.
some guy walked up to Mike + Chris right before their
set started and shook their hand and said a few sentences
which i swear had the word "aphex" repeated 2 or 3 times,
but i wasn't close enough to hear the actual content of
that conversation.
,rj../k