Hi Brian,
I had to leave last night's show at around midnight (the old pumpkin
thing...); what happened after that point? I assume Autechre came back
on? Did you think they were just being totally ironic when they said at
the
beginning that this would be a "greatest hits" show? I mean, I thought
what they did was fantastic, but nothing seemed to be even remotely a
rendition of something they've recorded. Another question: did they
ever give the www address for where they've posted that Pulsar software
they mentioned? I thought the piece they did using it was especially
good.
Thanks,
Ken
Brian MacDonald wrote:
quoted 74 lines I just got back from seeing Autechre and the Autechrettes (Rob Hall,
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> I just got back from seeing Autechre and the Autechrettes (Rob Hall,
> Russell Haswell, Curtis Roads, etc.) in L.A. as well. (Hi Peter, Yulia,
> and other homies).
>
> Overall, I'm super glad I made the effort to see this show a second time.
> There actually were enough differences between the Seattle and L.A. shows
> to make it worthwhile to catch both.
>
> The El Rey, surprisingly enough, got the sound mix right this time. A
> more crisp, sharp, trebley mix than the one offered at Seattle's Showbox.
> Also, the mega-posh light setup at the El Rey was used to full effect
> (except for the Autechre show, where I guess Rob and Sean asked to not
> have any blinking lights) As a result, the Dj sets and the performances
> had different feels. Things just seemed for crisp, upbeat, and "happy" at
> the L.A. show, whereas the mood seemed a bit darker at the Seattle show.
>
> Curtis Roads was the local opener for this show. Unfortunately, I didn't
> catch the entire set, but his performance (well, actually him and a
> friend) was definitely on the academic side... Stockhausen, Edgar Varese,
> Schoenberg (sp?), Conlon Nancarrow, and perhaps Bruce Gilbert would make
> fair points of reference. I was told he was a professor at UC Santa
> Barbara, and once at MIT(?)... Anyway, he got quite a good reaction at
> the show.
>
> Rob Hall's set was similar to the one in Seattle. Synthy electro dance
> music.. but he played New Order's "The Beach" tonight, whereas he didn't
> in Seattle.
>
> The crowd really dug Russell's set (well, most of the crowd), especially
> during the Torture Garden/Boredoms/grindcore songs. Russell got an insane
> light show.
>
> Autechre did the same main 4 songs... the first two being more lulling and
> pulsing, and the latter two being utter micro-edit mindfucks. But they
> sounded different enough from the Seattle live versions such that I could
> convince myself they were definitely *not* hiding a DAT player playing the
> show underneath their gear. :) Again, maybe it's because I was up front
> at the more bassy Showbox, and I was in the back at the more trebley El
> Rey, but there was more highend and upbeatness during the songs for the
> L.A. show than Seattle -- despite the lack of light shows, and sometimes
> lack of sight of Sean or Rob. (One of them was on his knees out of view
> from the audience for most of the second half, and BOTH were not visible
> for the transition between the 3rd and 4th songs)
>
> The one major similarity was the SCORES of people leaving the floor during
> Autechre's set. (which supplemented some additional entertainment for me
> :) I'd say for either show, around 50% of the floor cleared
> out from start to finish of Ae's set. I have to ask, when Throbbing
> Gristle played L.A. back in 1981, did that many people leave their set in
> such a short amount of time? Has this been happening at all of the
> previous Autechre shows?
>
> I never cared too much for Autechre until now. "Confield", "Peel Sessions
> 2", and the current tour have made me a fan. What they're doing musically
> is more akin to a new instrumental take on early Cabaret Voltaire, early
> Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, Throbbing Gristle, Coil, Nurse With
> Wound, and early Severed Heads, than any of what are popularly considered
> Autechre's contemporaries -- though if so, the closest I could think of
> being Phthalocyanine.
>
> Again, I HIGHLY recommend catching this show when it comes to your town --
> especially if you dig the recent Autechre material.
>
> It's been to great to meet some new people at both shows...(Sally and gang
> in Seattle, Peter and Yulia in L.A.)
>
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