One of the best laptop performances I've ever seen was FRANCISCO Lopez's (no relation to J.Lo)performance in PA about 3 years ago. He siomply played for about 20 min. Had no visuals, didn't do anything. In fact he turned out the house lights. So, everyone just listened in the dark. It was truly beautiful!
--Chad
http://www.twinesound.com
--- Jeff/Ninja Tune <jeff@ninjatune.net> wrote:
quoted 47 lines I've seen some people absolutely rock it with a lap-top and I've seen some
>I've seen some people absolutely rock it with a lap-top and I've seen some
>people fail miserably with a large band. Artists just need to think about
>how their presenting their material and look for the appropriate space to
>present in. If you're boring to watch then put together some good visuals to
>compliment the experience, or pay attention to enviroment and present it in
>a non-club space. One of my favorite experimental performers is Franciso
>Lopez. Each time I've seen him the audience has been blind-folded and made
>to sit down. Makes for an amazing listening experience. I'm sure he's boring
>as hell to watch. I can't deal with people who put no effort into
>performance.
>
>Jeff
>
>
>
>> From: wallace winfrey <wally@booyaka.com>
>> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 12:32:45 -0600 (MDT)
>> To: idm@hyperreal.org
>> Subject: Re: [idm] mutek 2003, the good, the ugly and the Very good...
>>
>> On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Jeff/Ninja Tune wrote:
>>
>>> Cobblestone Jazz should be burned at the stake. It's 2003...improvised piano
>>> noodles over generic house with a vocoder really shouldn't be at a festival
>>> of experimental music (or really anywhere for that matter...).
>>
>> I disagree. I thought they were way engaged with their music, and although
>> I tend to have an automatic visceral reaction to house, I thought their
>> stuff was really good. In fact, a lot of the experimental stuff I saw was
>> complete crap. At least they weren't using laptops. With few exceptions, I
>> think the laptop aesthetic had to be the single most boring and preditable
>> element at Mutek.
>>
>> YMMV...
>>
>> w
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