Thought I'd post a review of this gig, in case anyone's interested :O)
Norwich Waterfront, 8-1, # 7.50, November 28 1996
Uppers
* Aphex Twin: a stormer of a gig, and funny too. When he started, I spent
three minutes looking for him on stage, before spotting him lying down,
behind the DJ kit, in classic 'teenage schoolgirl on sitcom' pose- lying on
his front, kicking his heels. I spent the gig deciding whether to risk
dancing to his hard, fast set (highlights: Laughable Butane Bob [extended],
Girl/Boy, 'the Pirelli tune' [Joyrex J5?], Didgeridoo) and watch him from the
side of the stage. The set was about 50 minutes in total, but I'm afraid I'm
not enough of a spotter to give a comprehensive tracklist.
* Teddies: There were also these hilarious flourescent human-size teddy bears
with Aphex Twin masks moving around the audience.
* Luke Vi(e)bert: (was this misspelt on the flyer then? Doh!) An interesting
IDM/electro djing set, which didn't get a lot of people dancing but then, I
enjoyed it.
Downers
* No merchandising: I wanted a t-shirt, dammit!
* Teddies: some drunk-looking people seemed to be maltreating these comic
icons. A bit sad really.
* Weatherall: I'm probably in the minority here, but I didn't enjoy his
2-hour-ish set of Dave Clarke- style techno. On the other hand, a couple of
people I left with thought he was excellent/ok and maybe I wasn't in the
mood. One for the chemical underground, perhaps.
* Rain: well, it was raining on the way back.
* Sore throat: not really anyone else's fault either.
I didn't see Broadcast, so no comment. On balance, worth it for the Twin
alone, and probably I'd have been even happier at a gig with mu-ziq playing
as well. Still, that's what you get for living in the sticks.
Paul Mison pmison@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/pmison/ orbital homepage and more
ps Anyone going to Orbital et al at Alexandra Palace on NYE? email me
privately if you don't mind doing a net meetup. Cheers.