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         |  rzezniq
             from gorzow (Poland) on 2007-01-29 04:34 [#02040025] Points: 954 Status: Regular
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 | Do you any set when he actually played live? No fake traktor shit. Only set I know is Live @ Orbit, Morley, Leeds
 UK. Sounds nasty, I love it. I`m sick and tired of traktor
 mixed tracks. Same affects, same transisions, same shit
 looping. All I want is live stuff, with mistakes, sounding
 diffrent than on the recod.
 So please tell me that playing shows live isn`t dead!
 And anwser the question why a show played from cds is called
 "Venetian Snares live"??
 
 
 
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         |  tolstoyed
             from the ocean on 2007-01-29 04:38 [#02040026] Points: 50073 Status: Moderator
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 | you can always go hear autechre if you want 'live' stuff. aphex does djing see.
 
 
 
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         |  melack
             from barcielwave on 2007-01-29 04:40 [#02040028] Points: 9099 Status: Regular | Followup to rzezniq: #02040025
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 | cause the snares man is fucking transmiting his life to the sound he is creating via mixing the cds...
 
 
 
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         |  duppy
             from United Kingdom on 2007-01-29 04:43 [#02040032] Points: 158 Status: Regular
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 | live in the flesh. you can see him, hence "LIVE". Live DJ'ing.
 
 
 
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         |  rzezniq
             from gorzow (Poland) on 2007-01-29 04:47 [#02040034] Points: 954 Status: Regular
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 | Dude there were times when he played live from two computers. If you can give 2 dj cd players and pioneer djm
 500 I can do a Venetian snares like mix.
 
 
 
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         |  tolstoyed
             from the ocean on 2007-01-29 04:55 [#02040038] Points: 50073 Status: Moderator
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 | dunno what's the difference between 2 computes and 2 cd players..i mean vsnares could do with anything that plays
 some crazy breaks at 200 bpm.
 
 
 
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         |  rzezniq
             from gorzow (Poland) on 2007-01-29 05:06 [#02040043] Points: 954 Status: Regular | Followup to tolstoyed: #02040038
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 | Difference? Computer is more interactive (ofcourse it depends on the software). Tracks played live (drum machines
 samples,effects,other kinds of stuff) will sound diffrent
 than on the records. Because it is imposible for a human to
 play the same thing twice (if we are not discussing Dj
 traktor, and Live click and play sets). Thats why I like Ae
 stuff, sometimes they play tracks from their records but
 they sound diffrent, they are recreated live.
 
 On words & music from aphex twin he said (asked about live
 shows I think): "Diffrent tracks require diffrent setups,
 and the whole process is fucking complicated...". Fuck yeah,
 traktor cunt.
 
 
 
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         |  tolstoyed
             from the ocean on 2007-01-29 05:22 [#02040048] Points: 50073 Status: Moderator | Followup to rzezniq: #02040043
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 | he plays music for people who come to dance, not people who come to hear frequencies and/or analyze what modifications
 to tracks he's made.
 
 
 
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         |  rzezniq
             from gorzow (Poland) on 2007-01-29 05:29 [#02040050] Points: 954 Status: Regular
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 | Taking your thought even further, why go to concerts? We all have cd, mp3 players and speakers. My room is quite big I
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         |  tolstoyed
             from the ocean on 2007-01-29 05:31 [#02040051] Points: 50073 Status: Moderator
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 | there you go. 
 
 
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         |  rzezniq
             from gorzow (Poland) on 2007-01-29 05:45 [#02040052] Points: 954 Status: Regular | Followup to tolstoyed: #02040051
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 | No, there YOU go. Because I prefer concerts not cd/traktor stuff called live.
 
 
 
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         |  tolstoyed
             from the ocean on 2007-01-29 05:49 [#02040054] Points: 50073 Status: Moderator
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 | well, i said you should stick with autechre in my first post, didn't i?
 also, im sure you get opportunities to see jan jelinek
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         |  rzezniq
             from gorzow (Poland) on 2007-01-29 05:51 [#02040057] Points: 954 Status: Regular
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 | I`ve seen Jan Jelinek @ P?ock in Poland, great LIVE stuff. 
 
 
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         |  Phone
             from Paris (France) on 2007-01-29 06:49 [#02040100] Points: 215 Status: Lurker
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 | Aphex Twin live is amazing! 
 
 
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         |  duppy
             from United Kingdom on 2007-01-29 10:11 [#02040232] Points: 158 Status: Regular
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 | the only down side to Aphex Twin live xperience is that so many people are dancing and having a good time that I find
 it hard to analyze what frequencies and modifications he is
 doing, and when I do figure out what it has just done I
 realize I could have done that in my own house AND would
 have had far more room to throw shapes and bust moves (if I
 wasn't to busy creating technically superior modifictions
 that is).
 
 
 
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         |  jackeroffer
             from Aruba on 2007-01-29 10:36 [#02040270] Points: 1038 Status: Lurker | Followup to tolstoyed: #02040054
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 | why is everybody so defensive with aphex when people knock the fact that hes a lazy fuck sometimes and refuses to play
 live?
 
 the guy gets paid huges sums of money to do whatever the
 fuck he wants.  I think the reason he doesnt play live is
 simply because he doesnt have to, nobody can say "Hey ricard
 do you think you could do a 'live' set this time?' , his
 answer would probably be 'fuck off'
 
 
 
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         |  jackeroffer
             from Aruba on 2007-01-29 10:40 [#02040275] Points: 1038 Status: Lurker
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 | "All I want is live stuff, with mistakes, sounding diffrent than on the recod.
 So please tell me that playing shows live isn`t dead!
 And anwser the question why a show played from cds is
 called
 "Venetian Snares live"??
 "
 
 the reason that its acceptable these days to DJ and not play
 live is because the GIG is up! Most 'live' electronic music
 for the past 7 years,.  at least laptop gigs, are the
 performer hitting 'play' on some sort of wave file player.
 It wasnt until recently that things like ABleton live and
 fast computers made it possible to do a truely live
 electronic show from a laptop only.
 
 so to answer your question... the reason CD dj setups are
 acceptable for a 'live' gig and not just a 'dj' set is
 because there is a very fine live between what is DJing and
 what is live.
 
 it kind of irks me more electronic musicians arent willing
 to bring some hardware or at least something visually
 interactive. Even laptop only shows irritate me. Id much
 rather see someone using a drum machine.
 
 
 
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         |  elusive
             from detroit (United States) on 2007-01-29 12:05 [#02040346] Points: 18369 Status: Lurker | Show recordbag
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 | im about to get live on ur girlie 
 
 
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         |  tolstoyed
             from the ocean on 2007-01-29 12:13 [#02040350] Points: 50073 Status: Moderator
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 | haha and when elusive's done i'll join in. 
 if what aphex does djing is that simple, why more people
 don't do it then? you hear people dj dull, static music that
 doesn't go anywhere..i've heard plenty djs but no one does
 it like mr. james. there.
 
 
 
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         |  hedphukkerr
             from mathbotton (United States) on 2007-01-29 12:50 [#02040380] Points: 8833 Status: Regular | Followup to tolstoyed: #02040350
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 | well he may be lazy, but he's still the aphex twin. 
 
 
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         |  rzezniq
             from gorzow (Poland) on 2007-01-30 10:27 [#02041231] Points: 954 Status: Regular | Followup to duppy: #02040232
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 | "the only down side to Aphex Twin live xperience is that so 
 many people are dancing and having a good time that I find
 it hard to analyze what frequencies and modifications he is
 
 doing, and when I do figure out what it has just done I
 realize I could have done that in my own house AND would
 have had far more room to throw shapes and bust moves (if I
 
 wasn't to busy creating technically superior modifictions
 that is). "
 
 That`s the way I think. People think that Richard is fucking
 amazing because it`s richard. But when you listen to his
 sets closely and you have a basic knowledge about djing and
 you are after traktor`s manual things are not that shiny as
 they appear. In fact I`m quite sure I could draw envelopes
 in time lime to describe what is he doing. Becasue every
 time I hear same tricks, looping, beat repat and other
 traktor tricks. On the other way we can look at Jeff Mills.
 He is playing 3 turntables and creating wonderfull mixes. Oh
 and he has no sync button. That`s a proper Dj show.
 As for masters of Laptops I`m still impressed by monolake
 shows. That`s how proper laptop show should look and sound
 like.
 
 
 
 
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         |  tolstoyed
             from the ocean on 2007-01-30 10:31 [#02041238] Points: 50073 Status: Moderator | Followup to rzezniq: #02041231
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 | it's all about what he plays and how he puts it together not so much about technique!!!!!!! do you  visit gigs to watch
 what dj is doing? or to have fun time and dance??
 
 
 
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         |  rzezniq
             from gorzow (Poland) on 2007-01-30 10:45 [#02041261] Points: 954 Status: Regular
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 | I get your point. But I can dance at home or club. Is trarktor Djing all you expect from a legend? Or is it his
 face, the fact that he is 10m from you? In my case it`s
 music. I don`t care what performer is doing but I do care
 how it sounds like. And I can smell tractor from milles
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         |  tolstoyed
             from the ocean on 2007-01-30 10:51 [#02041269] Points: 50073 Status: Moderator
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 | i expect to hear awesome dance music, that's pretty much it. i like autechre a lot as well and jeff mills, but i can't go
 as crazy to their sets as i can go to aphex's..it's just not
 the same thing. i appreciate both, but i would probably be
 disappointed if i went to aphex's gig to hear some knob
 twidling..i would then have to go to another gig to let it
 all out, and there are very few (i can only think of amon
 tobin atm) dj's that can do a proper dance set.
 
 
 
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         |  vlari
             from beyond the valley of the LOLs on 2007-01-30 11:19 [#02041307] Points: 13915 Status: Regular
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 | when i saw him live he only screamed into the headset and twiddled the eq and flanger, so he didnt exactly do alot
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         |  trewq
             from doodam (Netherlands, The) on 2007-01-31 09:55 [#02041989] Points: 613 Status: Lurker
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 | I think Aphex is the greatest DJ of all time he mixes really difficult music to mix. With Jeff Mills it flows maybe
 smoother but thats because its all the same techno wich just
 flows automaticilly to eachother. Aphex plays records wich
 are deep underground and everytime there is a new set every
 is like what the fuck was that. Thats truelly fresh no dj is
 doing the same thing he dous mixing electro, hiphop, jungle,
 detroit techno and hardcore in the same set
 
 
 
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         |  tolstoyed
             from the ocean on 2007-01-31 10:59 [#02042041] Points: 50073 Status: Moderator
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 | nice to see someone else think that. it's silly to compare mills or aphex as djs as they doing two completly different
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         |  jackeroffer
             from Aruba on 2007-01-31 11:10 [#02042054] Points: 1038 Status: Lurker
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 | "Thats truelly fresh no dj is doing the same thing he dous mixing electro, hiphop,
 jungle,
 detroit techno and hardcore in the same set
 "
 
 so no dj has mixed electro hiphop jungle detrout techo and
 hardcore .........lol (?)
 
 
 
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         |  jackeroffer
             from Aruba on 2007-01-31 11:12 [#02042056] Points: 1038 Status: Lurker
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 | "if what aphex does djing is that simple, why more people don't do it then? you hear people dj dull, static music
 that
 doesn't go anywhere..i've heard plenty djs but no one does
 it like mr. james. there. "
 
 the music he djs sounds extremely dull and static to me. so
 i guess different strokes for different folks then!
 
 
 
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             from Aruba on 2007-01-31 11:13 [#02042057] Points: 1038 Status: Lurker
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 | just to clarify, i love richard d james, i think he's a genius musician. which makes it even more shocking to me
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         |  Indeksical
             from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2007-01-31 11:21 [#02042068] Points: 10672 Status: Lurker | Followup to jackeroffer: #02042057 | Show recordbag
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 | why does a great musician have to be a great DJ? 
 
 
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         |  edgey
             from New York (United States) on 2007-01-31 11:23 [#02042069] Points: 408 Status: Regular
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 | One of the best live shows I've seen (in regards to experimental "IDM" stuff) has been Pan Sonic...  They had
 displayed an oscillator overhead, broadcast onto what looked
 like a sheet, and began to make what seemed to be very
 random and chaotic elements (touching the end of a 1/4"
 plugged into a mixer), with lots of delay, then slowly began
 to adjust the delays into a coherant structure, and after 30
 minutes the whole place was just swaying back and forth to
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         |  ijonspeches
             from 109P/Swift-Tuttle on 2007-01-31 12:02 [#02042100] Points: 8089 Status: Regular | Show recordbag
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 | i liked the altered version of heliosphan in one of his sets
 he should do things like that more often
 
 in general i like most of his live sets i dl
 but some have been whacky :(
 
 
 
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         |  tolstoyed
             from the ocean on 2007-01-31 12:24 [#02042119] Points: 50073 Status: Moderator
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 | "so no dj has mixed electro hiphop jungle detrout techo and hardcore .........lol (?) "
 
 not in one set in order he does it..but i won't go in
 details, as im sure you wouldn't be interested.
 
 "the music he djs sounds extremely dull and static to me.
 so
 i guess different strokes for different folks then! "
 
 his sets are extremly dynamic (the ones i've heard live
 anyway) compared to other people. most dj's play sets in
 same bpm range..starts off with a song and ends couple of
 hours later with basically the same, somewhat, altered
 song..it's ok, but not very intriguing nor danceable..you
 just easily in same rhythm for two hours. unless it's
 vsnares but then you move in same, somewhat higher bpm
 rhythm, but again in same range from start to end.
 
 aphex does it much more dance floor friendly is all im
 saying. unless you like to easily move in repetitive way for
 two hours.
 
 
 
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         |  tolstoyed
             from the ocean on 2007-01-31 12:28 [#02042122] Points: 50073 Status: Moderator | Followup to edgey: #02042069
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 | they're excellent, but their live thing is much closer to noise acts than idm. really good though, specially on loud
 speakers :)
 
 
 
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