I liked the A Critical Mass set, though I wandered off to get Coney Island about halfway through so it wasn't earth-shattering. Someone said while they were playing 'you know, one guy could do that as well as 4.' I'd almost say that's a compliment that the sound was unified, because my experience with Ricardo Villalobos Laptop Orchestra is that it's easy to get too much going at once.
I was kind of disappointed with seeing Lusine, because he played a pretty standard techno/tech house set. Maybe a little more atmospheric than other people, but not at all what I listen to Lusine for. Flying Lotus was fantastic. A perfect combination of a natural performer, insane track selection, and a huge crowd well up for it. By the end when he was jamming out the Amen break at 200 bpm -- playing chunks of the break live on a keyboard -- I was done for. And he does what a lot of guys seem not to manage -- look like he's having fun. On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Minto George <mintogeo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > I might come back to Detroit next year since C2 is heading up the direction > of artists to perform, but I was interested how some of the Live performances > went this year? How was A Critical Mass (Ame, Dixon, and Henrik Schwarz?) > > I'm away studying at the moment but back home some of the extended dL family > had a little shindig with a rare performance by the original Plastic Sleeves. > > peep it: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR-CBvhXG9s > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HChiYeB9LQI > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmlYOPfNF8c > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U84GgNcG270 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSEEdzZczqA > > down low music > http://downlowmusic.org >
