Orb live at DEMF down in the concrete ampitheater on Hart Plaza in
Detroit. It was insane -- they had enough bass that it felt as though
everyone got lifted off the risers by the standing wave in the air inside
the bowl. And I saw a dozen people in that bowl and only the Orb really
got the bass going.
On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 12:39 PM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 21 lines when i saw them in minneapolis (at Prince's former club, First Avenue,> when i saw them in minneapolis (at Prince's former club, First Avenue,
> smallish place)
> it was just alex on his cdjs/turntable(s) and fehlmann on a mac book
>
> alex played some edited versions of their classic tracks, like LFC and the
> like, and he mixed in some other bits, samples, and cut in huge bass booms
> over several sections, it was really tastefully done and gave the tracks
> alot more impact, but it wasnt like anything mindblowingly new
> then fehlmann periodically improvised/added tempo synced
> beats/percussion/etc on top of it
> they played a couple misc tracks from throguhout their catalog, had a
> really really great visual show, and alex did some mixing stunts and
> generally looked like he was having a good time
> all and all i thought it was a good show, very good flow to it, sounded
> good and fit alot of material into the two hours they played
> also tickets were like $20 or $25 so, i thought that was pretty reasonable
> i would def go see them again if they ever come to minneapolis, it was just
> a nice relaxing show without people spilling drinks on your and poking
> their cigarettes into your new shirt
> etc
>