On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, nils wrote:
quoted 10 lines In Detroit, the ads for Friday's show (doors at 9PM) list Trans Am at the> > In Detroit, the ads for Friday's show (doors at 9PM) list Trans Am at the
> > top and Pan sonic underneath (along with "Laddio Balacko Plus DJ On").
> > Anyone know what or who Laddio Balacko is? I get the feeling that I should
> > be very, very afraid...
>
> In Boston (earlier tonite) the order was LB then
> PS then TA.
>
> Interesting audience. A lot of young hipsters.
> Pretensious arty types.
Though it wasn't you average art rock crowd. I'd say it was more
"nerd-punk", but maybe I need to get out more often.
quoted 7 lines Extremely loud show. With earplugs I almost went> Extremely loud show. With earplugs I almost went
> deaf. Side benefit: some nice body vibrations,
> esp. with PS. At times I felt my colon moving in
> new and distinctive ways. They did a good job
> with the sound, though. You could get a hint of
> what was happening in the treble without too much
> painful screeching.
It was loudest show I'd ever been too and the first time I had to buy ear
plugs at a show. But despite that, it was a great show. The vibrations
were so strong that I probably would have enjoyed the show even if I was
deaf. Anyway...nils described the show pretty we so I won't go into more
detail, but liked the fact that they weren't too freeform since I think
some their less beat oriented stuff is boring.
quoted 11 lines PS a bit disappointing. Seemed caught between> PS a bit disappointing. Seemed caught between
> their newer 4-on-the-floor techno beats and their
> older super-sparse click-and-whir abstraction.
> They mostly set up loops with their weird analog
> tone generators, about 8 bars long, then added on
> other loops to achieve polyrhythm and texture.
> Heavy use of delay. A lot of 4/4 and some 8/8 and
> some nice expansion to 9 and 11 later on. There
> were some nice transitions between pieces,
> surprises galore there. But otherwise lots of
> loops, I was hoping for more free-form playing.