Well, with the slightly negative review that someone gave of the New
York show, I wasn't expecting a great show, but it was. This time, Mike
came out first with a small table of equipment. He really never looked
up until he was finished, but the knob-twiddling is all i came to see.
What I heard was a much harder and more abrasive side of Mike .. he
played some things off of Lunatic Harness (notably Lunatic Harness, and
Approaching Menace) The happy-hardcorish version of Brace Yourself
Jason was very cool but a lot of the melody in mike's songs seemed too
low and was covered by all the mad drill'n'bass beats. This wasn't
necessarily a bad thing tho, because tracks like his last (Mr. Angry
remix i believe) made the show. He also played one fairly droney track
(does anyone know what this was?)
Overall, Mike's set was very abrasive and I was loving it. Most
people
didnt dance very much (i was moving as much as I could ;) but
surprisingly they seemed to enjoy it. Some of Mike's new stuff seemed
fairly predictable (beats cut out, a melody or soft beats fades up
slowly and the beats kick back in) but the show was still fun.
I don't know who did the djing but I found it amusing that about 30 secs
of Merzbow was mixed in between sets.
Bjork's set was good (though i had never heard much bjork
before). The
vox certainly weren'y mixed too low, and her peaks made my ears hurt (my
own fault .. i was cursing myself for forgetting earplugs) Mark Bell
and a string octet made her show more enjoyable for me. A track (im
guessing called 'Violently Happy') had everyone dancing and the show
went up from there. She played 2 encores . I don't know what they were
but I enjoyed them immensly. Anyone know them?
Not a perfect show, but I had a lot of fun.
np: mu-ziq - spikehead
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