my opinion:
the knitting factory has SICK SOUND. good lord.
that said:
datach'i - i do not like his cd much, did not like the sound of his live
performance much. but it did seem well received. what did impress me,
though, was his setup. very minimal, and from what i could tell, no
laptop (not that there is anything wrong, but he was doing some stuff that
i would have guessed was laptop rockin). the music sounded very detached
- like a few layers of stuff just kinda stuffed together. plus, it went
too much on the drill n bass side for me, and well.. i guess hes compared
to squarepusher, and im not a squarepusher fan (aside from most of "feed
me weird things" and a few remixes)-- so take my opinion for what its
worth.
kid606 - not the best i have seen him to be honest, but still pretty damn
fine! my only complaint is that his music gets very jarring at points,
which is wonderful :) -- but IMO also warrents shorter performances (1 hr
15 min did seem a tad long, but i was also tired as hell and cranky). what
i REALLY liked was his more techno/house flavored stuff, his mildly
revised mix of the locust (as in the punk band, not mark van hoen... the
revision was removing the locust portions of the mix and letting the rest
stand on its own -- worked i think), a few of the more noise/droney bits,
and well.. just a whole bunch more. mr 606 will do some mighty fine
things in the future.. so for those of you kids who dislike him (for
whatever reason) -- he covers so much ground he might step upon your style
and likes at somepoint -- so dont close off too too much.
pluramon - i liked the dark, droney, layered guitar stuff he did a lot!
very nice, and easy to space out to and get lost within. the heavier
stuff was better at the time for my ears.. was even an odd point where the
music reminded me of mellower neurosis of all things..
good show, cant wait for more like this!
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