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From:
Guillaume Grenier
To:
idm
Date:
Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:07:04 -0400
Subject:
Re: [idm] thoughts on Mutek?
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On 15/06/2000 01:09, sqrrt said in living color:
quoted 3 lines Yeah, I've been kicking myself in the butt for not going to the Raster-Noton> Yeah, I've been kicking myself in the butt for not going to the Raster-Noton > night. I should've known better but to limit myself to three of the events. > :) I've heard nothing but amazing things about that night.
The Raster-Noton night was very good. My favorite being Noto. Such finely crafted <insert your favorite music-defining buzzword here>. He's very good at... hmm... "managing paths of tension", if you get my drift. Hmm, probably not. Anyway, 'twas good. :)
quoted 7 lines As for Mandell's, it really didn't do much for me. It was a little too... I> As for Mandell's, it really didn't do much for me. It was a little too... I > dunno. I didn't like the fact he HAD to keep the beat there and modify the > pitch to do a transition from one song to the next. Songs that had very > little in common with each other. It really broke the mood up AFAIC. But he > does write very good stuff. You have to admit, though, that it was a little > strange hearing his happy hyper melodic stuff after Delay's amazing > performance and Sutekh's gorgeous minimal techno material.
I also was a bit disappointed with Jake Mandell's set. I don't know his material very well, but I had higher expectations. Vladislav Delay was magical.
quoted 4 lines All'n'all, none of the nights I attended were bad. But I would've preferred> All'n'all, none of the nights I attended were bad. But I would've preferred > a little more physical comfort at Ex-Centris. I'm not sure I appreciate the > Fellini theatre as a live stage. I felt like a sardine sitting on the floor > like that for more than 5 hours. Sound was amazing, though.
Again, I completely agree with that too (both the sound and the ass endurance test that was the Fellini theatre). g. -- Guillaume Grenier - gollum@videotron.ca in space there is no north in space there is no south in space there is no east in space there is no west --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org