They use the Elektron Machinedrum + Monomachine, last I heard.
Kate
On Monday, November 21, 2005, at 03:35PM, gretchen anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I enjoyed John Tejada and Justin Maxwell quite a bit this weekend. Anyone
>know what the hardware they are using is? They had identical synth/sampler
>thingys with no laptop in sight.
>
>Gretchen
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>On 11/21/05 12:39 PM, "Fred Heutte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> Notes from a fan . . .
>>
>> I was in San Francisco over the weekend -- primarily to see the
>> Meters, a band which I have a tremendous affinity for. The
>> second record I ever bought (hold on to your socks, kids) in
>> 1969 was "Cissy Strut." When musicians talk about a beat being
>> "in the pocket," this record kind of defines that. The show was
>> at the Fillmore and ran a little late because of technical problems
>> in the first set, but I thoroughly enjoyed it
>>
>> Ziggy Modeliste has emerged as a real showman and really played
>> it up for his hometown crowd (he's lived in the Bay Area for
>> years), Leo Nocentelli played guitar faster and with more charm
>> than anyone has a right to expect, George Porter -- what can
>> I say, the master of funk bass, and Art Neville is looking and
>> sounding great.
>>
>> They're finishing this mini-tour on Friday night at the new Nokia
>> Theater in Times Square. Although obviously things are still in
>> flux I would expect they'll play Mardi Gras and Jazzfest next
>> year in N.O., and maybe do more touring. I'm pretty much
>> not interested in reunion gigs generally, but these guys are worth
>> seeing and they play fiery hot . . .
>>
>> The show ran late so I went over to Club RX (where yrs truly
>> actually played a little at the tenth anniversary of the Mad techno
>> weekly last Friday), but got there too late to hear John Tejada
>> and Justin Maxwell's live set.
>>
>> On to the "Gingerbread Warehouse" -- this place is set up as an
>> art-gallery-warehouse-speakeasy in the industrial area off Cesar
>> Chavez. Tables, chairs, a bar with $3 setups and bring-your-own-
>> brown-bag-baby, which sounds good but I have to say it was
>> rather antiseptic, and the place was only half-full and not very
>> much excitement. Delano Smith was playing when I arrived,
>> pretty OK but not thrilling. Mike Clark started around 2:45
>> and I stayed until he finished at 4:30. The last 45 minutes were
>> pretty darn good and he had at least a few of us out on the floor.
>>
>> I have to say, though, that alcohol has become the focal point
>> of the dance music scene in SF to an unprecedented extent.
>> Don't get me wrong, I like mine as much as anyone, but instead
>> of contributing to party-hearty looseness it just has become a
>> big distraction.
>>
>> So I hope Delano and Mike had a good time, and it was worth
>> it being in SF this weekend with the 75 degree sunny weather
>> no matter what, but I do wish there was more of a crowd ready
>> for serious music action.
>>
>> Fred
>>
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