well, as the earlier fellow mentioned, bad vilbel was not as aesthetically
impressive as i had thought, after listening to ae's rendition. the town
is basically split in half -- the nothern side a rest stop for senior
citizens with the money to burn; the other half a industrial suburb,
dedicated to bottling the spring water which the name of the town implies.
nothing sinister or 'bad vibe'-ish, as the music impressed upon me. i had
visions of a decrepid town with miserable, greenish looking citizens, all
wasted on bad acid. oh well. amber#'s 'montreal' wasn't too far off the
mark.
sunflower was an absolute mess. it's been raining a *lot* in germany these
past weeks, and the festival should have been called 'woodstock iii' or
some such, due to it being held in some poor farmer's sunflower patch. a
lot of warp and skam acts should have shown up, according to the schedule,
but i guess due to the rain they decided to opt out -- including autechre,
unfortunately -- and i don't blame em a bit. this would have been a great
event, with acts like mike paridinas , andy maddocks, freeform, autechre,
and boards of canada. i'd have asked for my money back but i had an
alright time, i suppose, even though the festivaal was held twenty km
northwest of regensburg, itself a good two hour trip away from muenchen. i
had to perform heroic juggling acts to schedule this part of my trip --
wish i'd lived in europe instead of the states.
so, no autechre review. sorry, gang.
hope you're all well.
alex