They were superb -- and certainly not pretending to play with a backup CD. They played about 10 compositions, most of them with an arpeggio line to tie things together with slow and deep bass themes and lots of light effects. "Ambient techno" would not do it justice, really, the Wikipedia page says some have compared this to musique concrete. Given the known problems of the underground stage as a sonic space, it worked really well there but would have been even better outside.
fh ----------------- >Just saw Dopplereffekt Friday in Dallas and I can confirm it's the >more ambient stuff, Infophysix style. Great show, though - but I >suspect many people just don't know WHAT to expect when they play. It >was very, very Detroit! > >On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Patrick Wacher <pwac...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> From reports of other Doppler shows, they tend to play the atmospheric >> tracks as apposed to any of the Dataphysics material. >> >> Anyways, looking forward to hearing some reviews from their 313 performance. >> >> -- >> Patrick Wacher >> >> On Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Williams Graham G wrote: >> >> That doesn't surprise me the last time I saw them play "Live" they used a >> backing cd, they mimicked playing a keyboard for some of the tracks. >> >> G >> >> On 27 May 2012, at 19:15, "Fred Heutte" <ph...@sunlightdata.com> wrote: >> >> The word I'm hearing is that Dopplereffekt got booed at a recent >> show in NY. So this could be interesting, at least. I still play a >> couple tracks from the Infophysix EP and they certainly had an >> impact back in the day. >> >> So, see you at 8:30 and we'll have something to talk about! >> >> fh >> >> >> ----------------- >> >> Pizza papolis 830. >> >> Awesome. >> >> On May 26, 2012, at 7:17 PM, Fred Heutte <ph...@sunlightdata.com> wrote: >> >> I always think of Plaka as the place to go at 6 am :) >> >> I'm kind of curious to see what Dopplereffekt will actually do -- >> Underground stage at 7-8, otherwise I'm open. Denise, how >> about just picking a time and place and let's go with it. >> >> fh >> >> >> ----------------- >> >> I have not been to plaka in YEARS. What time? >> >> On May 26, 2012, at 1:15 PM, Kevin Kennedy <the...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I suggest Plaka..... >> >> On May 26, 2012 11:42 AM, <denisedalph...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 313 dinner Sunday sounds great. Where we meeting? >> >> On May 24, 2012, at 11:22 PM, Fred Heutte <ph...@sunlightdata.com> wrote: >> >> Back again and ready to take it all on, although it's going to be hot >> this weekend and I'm planning to take things back from +4 to +1 >> as a result : ) >> >> Not happy the Tigers aren't in town, but so it goes. >> >> 313 should do a dinner get-together or something... Sunday? >> >> cheers >> >> fh >> >> >
