----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas D. Cox, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 6:42 PM Subject: RE: (313) Timeline (WAS RE: (313) Movement report (for alex :P))
> ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: "Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >"...sake it's MAD MIKE DOING THE NOODLING." > > > >MORE!! MORE!! PLEEEEASE!! > > > >How was his skills? > > mike keys skills were wildly better than i would have thought. the > guy is ill. and he has a pretty funny moustache. he didnt look mad > at all, maybe slightly miffed. Agree 100% with all that. He was definitely a really skilled pianist. I think the gospelly track showcased that the most but it was evident throughout. > >And the other dudes, did they all fit, were they tight > >as a group? What about Dex? Any particular highlights of the set? > > rolando deejayed with them, not dex. That was Santiago Salazar DJing before them, and Dex was the guy on the two CDJs during the live performance. > the others were buzz goree > and suburban knight, one on keys and one on a drum box of some > sort. Rolando, Buzz Goree and Suburban Knight were the other DJs billed, which is where I think the confusion may be coming from, as their names were flashed on the screen throughout. From what I can piece together from Keleigh Casper's "In the Flesh" article in last week's Metro Times with a picture of 10 UR peepz and my dim memory of the dimly lit show, the other keyboardist was "Unknown Soldier". Not sure about the drummer. > the guy on the drums was way hot. Yeah. That was an octopad he was playing I believe. Think it's a Yamaha drum pad. He played that really well! > the other guy on keys > was damn good too. they were really really good. "inspiration" > with the transition acapella over it was hot, as was hi tech > jazz. they dropped a few bits of classic electro (numbers, clear) > in with some of their electro cuts (cant remember the names, > sorry) which was very fun. definitely the best possible way to end > the weekend. >From what I could tell (I could be totally wrong), most of the tracks were coming out of the CD players, with added bits coming from the keyboardists and the octopad. I imagine these were semi-stripped down versions of the tracks to allow the keyboardists a bit more room to play. But this is how 'Numbers' was brought in if nothing else. Dex kinda faded it across while the live bits continued atop it, then he faded back to get back into the other track, 'Return of the Dragons' IIRC. There were a few really amazing moments in this show, but I was in a horrible allergies-gone-wild + too much smoking phlegm evacuation state to really enjoy it with the thickness of the air in there. I had to step outside a few times to avoid fainting. The overall sound was about what I expected. The noodliness got a bit much for me in parts, but the stripped-down bits really hit the nail on the head for me. Ilana Weaver AKA Invincible did a cool rap to an Interstellar Fugitives track (someone told me that's what it was anyway). I'm gonna be totally in the minority when I say it didn't blow me away, but I'm glad I saw it because there were some really memorable bits there. The one thing I think is sort of strange is that in that Metro Times interview, Mad Mike says he didn't want to show off their music at the festival because it goes over better in small spaces, but I think that's precisely where I'd like to hear something that was so much of a 'jam', if that makes any sense. At any rate, I'm sure the more adorring fans can fill in more of the blanks. I'm only really into a couple handfuls of UR tracks *that* much, so I enjoyed it about as much as I thought I would! Those who love UR would definitely love this show. $.02. Tristan ======= http://www.phonopsia.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
