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I, along with the other Mimesis folks, am helping to throw an electronic music festival this summer. We get to book several performers for an IDM night... we have a moderate budget. So, I have a question for all of you: who do you consider to be the best live performers in the United States and Canada? If you know of anyone who's likely to be touring the US this summer, go ahead and include them, too. Some of our top choices include (in no particular order): Proem Cex Hrvatski Bit Meddler Mr. Projectile Machine Drum/Syndrone L'Usine Telefon Tel Aviv Push Button Objects Matmos We've only seen some of these people live. What do you think of them? Are we overlooking any outstanding performers? Thanks in advance, Ariana ..:Mimesis:.. www.mimeticmusic.com

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> >Proem >Cex >Hrvatski >Bit Meddler >Mr. Projectile >Machine Drum/Syndrone >L'Usine >Telefon Tel Aviv >Push Button Objects >Matmos > >We've only seen some of these people live. What do you think of them? Are >we overlooking any outstanding performers?

Jay Lesser, The Blechdoms, Electric Company, lexaunculpt, E-rock and E-vax, Centuries are a wierd performance electro-type thing here in NYC, but they aren't know very widely yet, f'n great!. As for hype, etc. There's a sort of performance collective called Fischerspooner. I think you'd be hardpressed to find a more extravagant performance, wind machines, dancers, wild costumes and make up, but they're music sounds exactly like bad new wave (with little reinterpretation). They easily have the best show- but that's all there is! Donna Summer _________________________________________________________________ Join the world?s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

In regards to Fischerspooner, yeah, at first glance its all throwback stuff with added visualization.... but after buying and listening to their album, I found their production quality to be extremely high and the tracks very entertaining. I cannot wait to see their show. John Selway is coming to town soon, he released 'Emerge' on his Serotonin label... I hope to get a chance to talk to him about the NY electro/nu-wave scene. VA ----- Original Message ----- From: "donna summer" <donnasummerwfmu@hotmail.com> To: <ariana@mimeticmusic.com>; <idm@hyperreal.org> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [idm] best North American performers? Jay Lesser, The Blechdoms, Electric Company, lexaunculpt, E-rock and E-vax, Centuries are a wierd performance electro-type thing here in NYC, but they aren't know very widely yet, f'n great!. As for hype, etc. There's a sort of performance collective called Fischerspooner. I think you'd be hardpressed to find a more extravagant performance, wind machines, dancers, wild costumes and make up, but they're music sounds exactly like bad new wave (with little reinterpretation). They easily have the best show- but that's all there is! Donna Summer _________________________________________________________________ Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org