tosh-

aren't those two also using some sort of 'secret box' that i believe is an
actual synthesizer or drum machine or something?

i know they brought one to beat street last spring, but were too,
er...distracted, to ever use it.




On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Tosh Cooey wrote:

> After the weekend in London for the Richie/Ricardo spectacle I have a 
> question:
>
> What exactly does "live" mean?
>
> Can the word "live" be replaced by "Playing their own music"?
>
> I ask because during the course of the show there were moments when Richie 
> would
> put on a record, grab a loop from the record and let that play while Ricardo
> programmed live beats or just plain strange bloobly noises and then Richie 
> would
> go to work doing things with effects and the foot controller or even just
> noodling about with Abelton LIVE...
>
> For large stretches of time not a record was playing.  Is that any more or 
> less
> live than somebody playing a "live" set from Abelton?
>
> It's really unfortunate that Fabric sequesters the DJs because to watch them
> performing would be a lot of fun for the crowd I think.
>
> Tosh
> --
> McIntosh Cooey - Twelve Hundred Group LLC - http://www.1200group.com/
>
>

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