I've caught Truffaz twice, once with the Ladyland band and once with his
previous group (which is best heard on The Mask compilation) - both drummers
are amazing, though I particularly loved Marc Erbetta and Patrick Muller
(who played his Fender Rhodes through a wah pedal, sigh). There's something
about live breakbeat that I love. I know what you mean about appropriation,
but Truffaz does it organically. People who fail at this are people like Tim
Hagans (Animation/Imagination). 3 weeks time and Truffaz plays here in
London.
SOZISM.SHT - what did you think of the guitarist?
All the best,
Colin.
quoted 14 lines I saw Truffaz at the Knitting Factory in NY a couple of weeks ago and I have> I saw Truffaz at the Knitting Factory in NY a couple of weeks ago and I have
> to say a couple of the tracks they were doing were pretty fucking wicked. I
> am pretty sceptical of the whole
> 'let's-appropriate-youth-culture-to-make-our-same-old-shit-exciting'
> phenomenon (see david bowie, et al) however the drummer and bassist in
> Truffaz' Electric Ladyland Quartet were really fucking amazing. The drummer
> going by the name Captain Planet was just really fucking mind blowing and on
> top of it. He has this routine where he beatboxes through a megaphone with
> a delay strapped to it, looping beats, that was just totally thrilling and
> during the bassist's solo the bassist did a similar thing of banging out
> beats on the body of his upright and loopin them through a delay and playing
> bass over them, really wicked. Cant say too much for Truffaz himself but
> that band is serious fat shit, highly reccomended if you get a chance to
> catch them live.
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