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I wasn't gonna review this as I did the rephlex show & plaid but fuckit, Warp's magic bus magically broke down I heard so maybe a lot of people were really dissapointed and want to hear about it. I will arrange this in chronological an easy to read list format, for all of you who apparantly hate to read paragraphs, as I recently discovered. The venue was really nice right in the middle of Manhattan, it was 3 stories and a roof. The bottom and top floor had live music, the middle was a chill-out room which was playing the music from the top floor via speakers. The roof was were most of the potheads were, there was also a bar on the roof and a half-pipe that noone was using. Good: Somehow this 18 year olds ID I found who looks nothing like me passed to get me in. Bad: They wouldn't let me bring in my digital camera! I brought it all they way there for you guys. Fucking asshole bouncers. Good: Arriving in time to hear Chris Clark's Diesel Raven live. Bad: Chris Clark hardly did anything but smoke ciggerettes and drink something and occasionally do something on his laptop, most of the time not even looking at the audience. Good: Diesel Raven and Gob Coit were the only tracks I recognized, so we heard at least 8 or so tracks of un- or yet to be released shit. Some of it was fucking crazy, a lot of it kind of hard floor dance music but with really ill industrial rythms and melodies, it was great. Bad: Some of it was shit. His last track was this scratchy ambient track I wasn't really digging that went on for what seemed like more than 10 minutes. Good: DJ came up and played what seemed like a lightly mixed version of Cock/Ver 10 (close to the original with some extra echoes and such). Bad: There is nothing bad about dancing your ass off with 300 other people (about 1/3 of whom were semi-attractive to attractive females) and all shouting in unison "COME ON YOU CUNT, LET'S 'AVE SOME APHEX ACID". Good: Richard Devine stepped up with his 2 laptops. Pl |
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Played a fucking amazing dance set. I have heard stories about Devine being mad live, they were 100% true. Somehow he makes dance music with electronica beats (I think when you see him like dancing at his computer bobbing his head back and forth really intensely and his face getting all scrunched at the really good parts it helps him make the mood). I had heard very little of Devine's music and expected some more avant-garde abrasive type stuff for some reason. Only a little of it was, and even most of that was good. But man did he "tear up" the dance floor. Bad: I had to leave to go to the upstairs floor so I could catch a bit of Jamie Lidell's set, there were only about 15 minutes left, I had never heard his music. Good: I caught Jamie Lidell's set just in time, he was wearing this crazy ass outfit (god I wish they let me bring in my camera), anyway, the part I caught he had an iBook laptop which was kind of out of the way, he only used it occasionally because he had a ton of hardware on the desk in front of him. He also had a mic, and a guy standing next to him, playing the saxaphone. He was playing lots of industrial electronic dance type stuff, there weren't a lot of people in the room compared to downstairs watching devine, so I made my way to the front. He danced a lot himself and when I got up to the front he broke out the mic and put on some CRAZY vocoder effect, like something I'd never heard, not robotic but made everything he said sound like a screech, not a high-pitched or annoying but uh...hard to explain. Then he laid out some hip-hopish electronic beat and starting rapping INSANELY fast, doing all the hip hop hand motions and everything, you couldn't understand a word he said but it really looked like he was really mcing well, and the sound that came out was just nuts, I really can't describe it but it went perfectly with the music he was playing. He put the mic up in front of the saxaphone and that was quite strange. Then he put the mic to his zipper and |
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as he moved his zipper up and down it sounded exactly like a scratch on a record, so basically he was scratching with the beat for a second. Keep in mind none of this was really like hip hop, it was more like a crazy white guy on speed rapping at 300x speed, all of what I just said happened in about 5 minutes, he was sweating profusely (or should I say prefusely, no wait, that comes later =). Everyone cheered alot. Bad: I went downstairs to get my friends and brother who were reluctant to leave devine's room, by the time we got back up Lidell wasn't doing anything anymore with the mic and I wasn't as into what he was playing. Good: Prefuse 73's set upstairs after Lidell. Honestly, I didn't think it was amazing, I was really amped when he played Point to B - off of Vocal Studies, and he played a ton of other stuff I recognized from that album. I think he played stuff from the 92 vs. 02 collection also. The room was totally booked, my brother got right behind prefuse and was like looking over his shoulder at what he was doing, I was trying to get that close but couldn't. It was really good, everyone was bopping their heads to prefuse's exclusive hip-hop style. But it wasn't as intense, maybe I'm not as into his music right now as I once was, dunno. A lot of people who went told me it was their favorite set of the night, so maybe I'm the wrong person to ask. Good: Luke Vibert's hour and a half DJ Set. This was fucking great. He played a ton of old stuff, almost entirely electronicish acid house. I danced the most to his set than any of the others. (good: There were a ton of attractive girls dancing to this too, bad: most of them more than 5 years older than me) My favorite part was when he spun Homewerk, and for at least 20-30 minutes played totally cut up versions of all four tracks of the EP (my favorite being "Acid 2000" which I sung along and danced my ass off to). It sounded at parts like he had four copies of it on four turntables, it was nuts, but I |
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but I'm sure he had 2 copies. He is a great DJ, and I really had a totally different experience listening to that kind of music than I do listening to mp3s of dancish music. Bad: I had to leave after Luke Vibert's set so I didn't get to catch the closing Warp DJs, who I heard from Zeus and other people played some more drukqs and squarepusher - untitled (I heard most of this stuff at rephlex neway, now I just need to see Tom and Rich live). Good: Amazing night, great party. Bad: I just spend a half an hour writing a review of a show for people who probably won't read it or care! Oh aphextwin.nu, why do I love thee? check out the and href="http://www.aphextwin.nu/mb/topic.php3?topic=15138"> --x |
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meant to say: check out the and href="http://www.aphextwin.nu/mb/topic.php3?topic=15138"> Sorry that review didn't turn out so mini after I got started writing it kinda flowed, anyway enjoy.. |
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ack! trying to say: check out my and reviews And read this review, you cunts! |
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I agree Xanatos. But I was definitely one of the people who enjoyed the shit out of Prefuse 73 (I had never heard him before). I actually came for Luke Vibert, and I got to meet him before his set! Great fucking guy, he even let me give him my CD. I dug his set, but there could have been a little more Wagon Christ and a little less fucked up jungle stuff (was there a lot of Plug in there? I'm not familiar with that material). |
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nothing about lfo's dj set? i want to know if he played any brand new lfo tracks. anyway, thanks for the review, i found it very interesting! |
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did zeus toss cd-r's of his demo to all the acts like he said he was going to? |
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again with changing around what i said. I never EVER said i was goin to toss cdrs on stage or anything. Im not a jackass. Alls i said is id like to give it to the artists. There are other ways to do it... like... meeting the artists when they artn playing... And yes, it was a GREAT night. Prefuse was my favortie, luke was awesome (BUT INSANE) and jamie was INSANE. D'ntel was cool, but not exactly my favorite. They had a singer, who also played guitar, a girl accordian player, and a guy doing all the electronics. It was like trip hoppy... Richard Devine was good, but i didnt stay for all of it, as i had to chose between upstairs and downstairs all the time. The dj set at the end was cool. I didnt stay for it all... but they did play some drukqs and squarepusher, which is awesome to listen to on massive speakers! My only bad part of the night was that it ended! =) |
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I thought LFO rocked in NYC!? that was the best it ! I'm sorry ..... |
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ok, ok, sorry - you're right, that was someone else who said you would "toss" the discs on stage, but you DID say that you'd distribute your demos to artists and we (myself included) thought it was a good idea to get their feedback. so, who'd you meet and did you give them copies? if so, did you give them the four track demo you were going to work on? |
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its ok. I just wanted to clear that up. I met Luke Vibert, and talked to him for a few mins, although sacharin talked to him for much longer (hes a HUGE fan). He was really nice and friendly. I gave him a copy of my demo (only 3 tracks) and he asked me about it, like how to pronounce the name, and if it was all mystuff etc. And he put it in his pouch he was carrying. Seriously an awesome guy to talk to. sacharin gave him a cigarette, and we just stood around and talked. Then I also gave a demo to prefuse 73. There were lots of people around, and he was busy, so alls i got to say was "i really loved your performance, and i love Vocal Studies, and could you check out my stuff" and he said sure thing, and shook my hand... kinda like home boy style... you know what i mean, i dont know how to explain it. first you shake, then you lock your hands together... whatever... not important. But yeah, he seemed really cool, just there was too many people there to talk to him like we did with luke. So yep. Thats it. I also just put some of my demos on tables in the lounge area, and they kept getting picked up, so i kept putting em down. So i handed out all my demos. Hopefull they will be listened to and not thrown in the trash! But it was a fun experiance. But most importantly the music ROCKED =) |
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glad to hear you had a fun time and got your demos out! i hope you put your email address on the discs themselves.. |
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Oh yes! thats a MUST! =) |
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you know its funny... people love free stuff when id put the cds down on the table... i would see the people, and theyd look at each other, and then grab at it like "oooo free stuff weeee" hehe so my conclusion. FREE is the best way to reach people :) |
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Sorry I missed it. And Toronto. thanks for the reviews |
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loved the review guys. i promise you a stonking reiview of Mike Dred and Radioactive man next week. They play friday here |
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definatley want to hear how that goes, take pictures like I couldnt! |
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