anyone catch smith and hack? I'd really like to catch a live act by them, although some of the errorsmith live stuff I have is somewhat gutwrenching
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LR T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 2:41 PM Subject: RE: (313) plastikman live? the live set at the picnik was ctually Troy Pierce (M-nus/Run Stop Restore) herbert played soem great records On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, LR T wrote: > I will preface this by saying that personally, I loved it but many others > were highly dissapointed and thought it was a "disaster". I totally did not > get that at all. My impressions.... > > Musically I thought it was great. For me it was really special to see him > up there, surrounded by lots o' gear, constantly tweaking knobs and hearing > his tracks come out. Lots of tracks from Closer. You would hear a very > recognizable loop and then he would sort of deconstruct it or add on to it, > making it almost a brand new track yet still retain the same flavor. He > would kind of weave in and out of them. > > The overall performance lacked some "oomph" if that makes sense. The > visuals were sort of dissapointing. They had hyped it up to be this amazing > sound and visual "experience." Supposedly the technical problems were > pretty substantial. He went on about two hours late. There was talk that > he hadn't run through a thorough sound check once everything was set up at > the venue. Who knows? It was a cool venue, great sound, and nice vibe. I > left satisfied. > > Props to the Mutek crew for putting on a great festival. The events all ran > pretty smoothly. One of the highlights was the Piknik Elektronic. An > outdoor party on Sunday afternoon in a beautiful park overlooking the river > and downtown Montreal with suprise sets from Magda and a live PA from > Herbert. All for $5.00 nonetheless! > my .02 > Lara > > > >From: "/0" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <313@hyperreal.org> > >Subject: (313) plastikman live? > >Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 23:53:54 -0400 > > > >well??? > >:) > > > >-Joe > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get fast, reliable Internet access with MSN 9 Dial-up – now 3 months FREE! > http://join.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/ > >
