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Went to see Squarepusher and the Sinfonietta orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in London last night. Wow. See http://www.dotcog.com/cmn/sinfonietta/index.htm for more background on the gig. They kicked off with the Sinfonietta playing "Jynweythek" and "hy a Scullyas lyf adhagrow" (Tracks 1 and 14 from Drukqs). They had a 'prepared' piano and their version sounded very close to Aphex's. It was cool, and kindof amusing to see a very serious pianist wearing tails and playing Aphex. Then they played some avant-garde classical stuff (Varese - Ionisation). OK. Mostly persussion. Next up, the Sinfonietta performed "Conc 2 Symmetriac" by Squarepusher (from the Do You Know Squarepusher album). This track is basically just some strange noises. They re-produced it very faithfully, but its not exactly one of his best. I had heard rumours that they were also going to perform "I Wish You Could Talk" from Go Plastic, which would have been much more interesting. But they didn't. Then the man himself appeared, entering stage right, with a top hat and tails over his own inconspicuous clothing. Suddenly a spotlight was on a small wooden desk at the front of the stage, which had a flat screen, keyboard and mouse, and a nice bedside lamp with a frilly shade on it. Squarepusher bowed, placed his top hat on the rack of equipment next to the desk, sat at the desk, and off we went. I didn't catch the track names that they flashed onto the screen, but whatever it was he played they were modified versions anyway. At one point I recognised some of the chords from Tundra, but the arrangement was very different. Basically, we had towering synths, rumbling bass, rapid acid noodling and totally insane breakbeat slicing. This was Squarepusher in his more Aphex-like mode. Not a bass guitar in sight. He sat at the desk, taking the odd sip of wine, and orchestrated the madness. I would have liked to know which bits he was doing live and which were pre-sequenced. (Continued....) |
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I am gutted I can't go to the Liverpool one. |
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(continued from previous...) But whatever, it was amazing. He played for about 15mins, and it was a perfect balance between dramatic chords and unstoppable beats. I was kindof disappointed that he didn't show off his bass playing skills - all we saw him do was sit at a computer - but it was still brilliant. At the end, he stood, put the hat back on, bowed, and wandered off the stage again. Then we had more classical stuff (Georges Antheil, Steve Reich), and an interval in which they played Flex and other warp-related films. But I'll stick to talking about the Warp stuff. After a Steve Reich violin piece, Jamie Lidell bounded onto the stage in a sequined jacket. I hadn't heard any of his stuff before, but he totally blew everyone away. He had three tables of equipment infront of him, and a microphone. From the second he walked onto the stage, he was singing and beat-boxing into the mic, and then recording and looping it as he went along. Hence he would build up a beat and backing by looping his own voice, and then sing over the top and occasionally add a stab of keyboards. He was frantically moving around the whole time, tweaking settings, recording, playing, dancing frenetically. I really have never seen anything like it. Essentially, we were watching someone play a whole studio as if it was a musical instrument. It was very soulful too, the style varied from house to hip hop to drum and bass, but his vocals always added a soulful tinge. He ended with a straight-up soul number. This was a live electonic performance right on the cutting edge. I don't know what his recorded releases are like, maybe it would be hard to capture the same vibe on a recording. But if you get the chance, see him live. (Continued ...) |
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(Contined from above...) After Jamie, we had some more modern-classical stuff (Steve Reich, John Cage), then finally, the Sinfonietta performed "Polygon Window", by the Aphex Twin (of course). This was interesting to watch. They had several drummers at the back, four marimbas (xylophone type things) which played the main melodies, a violinist for the chords, and a pianist. All being held together by a conductor. It was faithful to the original, but different sounding nonetheless, mostly because the marimbas and violin did not have the same presence that the synths have on the real track. The drumming was very accurate, but tended to dominate everything else a bit too much. When you could hear the marimbas though, it was excellent, it sortof brought lots of aspects of the original track to your attention that you hadn't noticed before. And then that was the end. It was a very eclectic gig, but everything was very interesting (including all the classical stuff that I havent described here). The orchestral performances of Aphex and Squarepusher tracks were worth experiencing, but weren't outstanding. But Squarepusher, Lidell, and all the modern-classical stuff was fantastic. All the performers and technicians were on stage at the end, getting a standing ovation from the crowd of over 2500 people. Squarepusher shuffled on from one side of the stage, and looked disarmingly uncomfortable to be the focus of so much applause. He didn't have the top hat and tails anymore, at which point one of the friends I was with recognised him. Turns out he had shared a spliff with him out on the balcony during the interval, without even realising ... |
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Schweet. I'm going to the liverpool one on the 27th with some friends... it's gonna be my girlfriend's first concert too :D |
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I cannot reccomend this gig enough. I went to see the same show. It is a shame that Zazen missed out the Steve Reich and John Cage performances because they were absolutely amazing. All in all it was an amazing gig. Both Squarepusher and Lidell performed amazingly, and i am starting to love Lidell more and more each time i see him. Such a mixture of soul and funk, and excellent visuals. Met Richard and Tom again and had a nice chat with them. Deepspace9mm: Watch out for the Violin Phase by Steve Reich, that is incredible, so beautiful. It is amazing. Zazen: It was a varation on Tundra called 'Tundra 4'. ecnadniarb: Shame mate :( because you are really missing out |
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Is this available in mp3 format somewhere? |
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I really hope so |
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I was at the Warwick one last night, it was amazing, loved the version of polygon window. I really liked the John Cage pieces too and Liddel was hilarious! That was the first time i've seen the Chris Cunningham video Flex, I thought it was one of the best i've seen from him, I would have loved it to have gone on for longer especially with SAWII at the end. |
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Thanks for the awesome review, I can't wait to see him in April. |
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Tnx for the review, wish i had been there, but i kindda get the feeling i've missed out on. Jamie lidell; i've seen him twice, both different shows, once he had this strange orange suit and he popped out some big balloons on his shoulders, one off the greatets shows i've ever seen, his release "muddlin gear" is great, he also releases under super collider with an other artist don't know his name right now, I prefer jamie lidell alone |
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Wow, that sounds ace! I wish they did a few more dates up North though. |
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The other bloke from super_collider is christian vogel. He works solo too, pretty cool but a lot less experimental. |
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thanks sounds cool... i'd love to see squarepusher in a top hat and tails! and course, hear hte music..... does anyone know if there are bootlegs of this on soulseek? |
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excelent review - SP only played for 15 mins? Liddels great - i saw his beatbox act twice and he was totally different each time and absolutely amazing really |
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> does anyone know if there are bootlegs of this on soulseek? someone called MaoaM over on http://forum.watmm.com has some recordings but is looking for somewhere to post them ... |
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Fuckin brilliant. I'm off to the one in basingstoke the morn's night... You've given me something to look forward to// |
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the beatbox act sounds like it was a feedback loop performance,. |
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where can i listen to it ?? THey said it will be on bbc3 radio...anybody knows where to listen ??? |
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I remember when, probably the same sinfonietta orchestra, did Port Rhombus. Has anyone got the mp3? |
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BUMP! |
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I have this gig (Mar12th) recorded. I remember someone saying they would host it but i forget who. So, whoever wants to host it can have it. Can't connect to soulseek/bittorrent but i'm sure we can work something out. 1. aphex - drukqs piano (4:10) 3.82mb 2. edgard varese - ionisation (6:17) 5.75mb 3. sinfonietta - conc 2 symmetriac (1:55) 1.76mb 4. sinfonietta - spushersolo (12:49) 17.6mb 5. antheil - ballet mechanique (16:17) 14.9mb 6. reich - violin phase - sinfonietta (5:35) 5.11mb 7. jamie lidell (27:23) 25.0mb 8. john cage - first construction in metal (8:36) 7.87mb 9. steve reich - six marimbas (15:40) 14.3mb 10. aphex - polygon window (4:14) 3.88mb 11. sinfonietta - aphex polygon window (8:53) 8.14mb 11 files 108mb total |
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ja have the squarepusher live stuff too? |
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4. sinfonietta - spushersolo (12:49) 17.6mb sorry for the the messy tracknames thats pretty much the whole gig |
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would love someone to host this |
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@ maoam could you pop up a record per post ?? Will pay S&H for shure + exchange with other stuff ?? |
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what? |
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Hey, I'll be going to the sinfonietta gig at the Brighton Dome on 26th March. When a read about it on Warp the other day I got extremely excited. I shall be booking tonight if it's not too late. Thanks for your review of the show, now I really wanna go!!! |
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So can we get this from you somehow? |
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Could someone PLEASE host this, i went to the gig on Saturday and i am dying to get this. Perhpas Rudster could host it, puhlease!!??!?!?!?!?!11//!!??1??!!? |
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*bump* |
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I've got a copy if you've not found one yet, M... on SS ( jandjandjandjand ) in the \My Music\sinfonietta2004 dir... |
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i went to the coventry show last weekend. it was truly excellent. will write more about it some other time when i get a chance. been too busy for xlt lately.. |
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Jamie Lidell was cool. I've never seen anything like that before. The Steve Reich stuff seemed to go on forever though... |
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I was at the Festival Hall show too. Loved the whole I thing, especially the Steve Reich pieces, the marimba one was mental. I saw squarepusher standing in the audience at the interval but I didn't get over there in time to talk to him. Liddell was nothing like I expected but it was cool. Squarepusher's track was Tundra 4, I believe that's what it said on the screen. The video during Ballet Mechanique was excellent too. Shame I had to be in a car crash later that night. Well actually the crash was quite fun, I'd do it again. |
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so has this appeared for download or on soulseek yet? |
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I'm setting off in a couple of hours for the liverpool gig. Hyped is not the word. |
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Have fun mate, it is spectacular |
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I went to the Brighton one last night. It was fucking amazing. At the end of the show I got to shake hands with the man, squarepusher. He was very shy and I felt humbled in his presence. Told him it was a great show and told him I was his biggest fan, to which he smiled at. Tried to not wash my hand but accidentaly washed it this morning. Bought his new album at a Warp stall, which is brilliant, I'm loving it. I also got this little promo 5 track disc, which is just as good. If anyone is going to the Liverpool one, it's going to be awsome, Pusher played Tundra 4 at Brighton and it was best thing I've heard for a long time. He also turned the volume up so high that my body was vibrating and people were covering their ears, brilliant. have fun and try and speak to Tom at the end, he was on his own when I spoke to him, lucky me!!!!! |
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i wish i could go to one of these what was teh audience like? i mean what was teh mix of electronic music fans vs/ regular symphony-goers? |
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It was a very ecclectic crwod but the majority of people there were blatant electronic music fans and a few symphony goers. I was sitting in a row with two girls dressed up in eccentric outfits and had UV makeup on. They were excellent. |
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http://www.polishedpoverty.com/audio/Squarepusher/sinfoniet ta%20%202004/ |
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last night was lush i never seen anybodys hand move that fast across a bass |
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Damn, hit reply instead of preview. Anyway, Pan 2 didn't turn out very well. I took them both last night at the Liverpool gig. A guy in the row in front of me was recording the entire thing so no doubt it will appear online shortly. As for the gig itself, very cool. Lowlight was Squarepushers second half. Highlight was the Bluespoon visuals, the Polygon Window track and definately Jamie Lidell. |
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Excellent gig last night... highlight for me was reich's six marimbas. Full version of flex was sweet, Antheil's thing with those leger visuals, too. I guess it was slightly disappointing not to hear any squarepusher apart from his "breezeblock" material, but still nice. P.S. Jamie Lidell is entirely bonkers. |
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im assuming this isnt the same type of show that sp is gonna be putting on in 6 days in boston. anybody know for sure? |
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THANK YOU! squarepusher's solo is fucking amazing!!!! and hedphukkerr, no i this isn't what youll see in boston though squarepusher's solo track sounds like something hed play live |
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thanks alot man for hosting thiz !!! |
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email mike@splask.co.uk and i'll host it |
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