actually I'm pretty sure I mentioned this just before or just after it was made public.
there will be a detroit date if I have anything to say about it (and I guess I do, a little) neat idea, but dont be fooled into thinking this is the first time this has been done. -Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tosh Cooey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 7:07 PM Subject: (313) Narodniki - The laptop supergroup > http://www.bartleby.com/65/na/narodnik.html > > I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this, but last Thursday was a performance by > Narodniki in Berlin, which this time consisted of (Left to Right): > > http://www.c4.ca/narodniki.jpg > > Richie Hawtin > Max Loderbauer (Sun Electric) > Luciano > Ricardo Villalobos > Monolake > Zip > Scion/Vainqueur/Substance > Cabane > > All played on their laptops, un-synched, at a tempo of 120 BPM, with the > exception of Monolake who was the conductor, or better the controller, who used > the mixer to determine which artists were being mixed with which and how. Zip > and Ricardo also took a few moments to control. > > The best way to describe it is free-form laptop jazz orchestrated by a > perfectionist. > > You gotta love European arts subsidies. > > Tosh
