MUTEK

[duul _drv <thisoutleague@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

i wanted to throw some comments in here about the mutek festival. it was a 
lot different then I expected, especially the emphasis on minimal techno. I 
was chatting with one of the fellows from cbc, who created the stream for 
the web and he mentioned that mutek was the first minimal techno festival in 
the world and the people from europe were talking and going crazy about the 
festival. yeah canada.
anyway, it was an awesome 5 days, busy but mind blowing in a lot of senses. 
I went for richard chartier, taylor deupree, komet, thomas brinkmann and 
noto. all but brinkmann blew past my expectation and literally plunged my 
mind. awesome sets by all of them. taylor performed three sets and richard 
two during the festival. my favorite was in this quiet store called noize 
where maybe 40 of us gather around, mesmerized by their microscopic sounds. 
brinkmann was too dancefloor for me. I like his more arty projects like his 
remixes of studio 1, concept 1 and the mathematical x100. very little of 
that creativity I thought came out in his performance. kit clayton killed 
me. wow, sheesh. what a surprise. I didn't know his work, but I will 
shortly, after I recover from the many purchases throughout the week.
the locals were also pretty damn good. herri kopter aka jerome m. from oral, 
mateo + pheek, alexandre st. onge(whose performance required an attention 
similar to the composition of francisco lopez and bernhard gunter-beautiful 
abstract film accompanying his audio compositions) were equally as 
impressive as a lot of the artists involved in the festival. I personally 
enjoyed them more then sutekh and jake mandell. I think I am babbling so I 
will stop. mutek was an large stride for the music that I think microsound 
participants endorse and encourage everyone to save their pennies for next 
years event which I believe will be even more impressive. I have one hope 
though for the next festival and that is more abstract composers like 
chartier and deupree, and less minimal techno.
I forgot to mention how good the beer is in montreal and how cheap the food 
is. one could live for 20 dollars for 5 days eating pizza, awesome iranian 
dishes and falafels.
from someone with a sore neck, tired feet and a whole in his wallet but with 
a mark of enjoyment imprinted on his face
s. arden hill
sorry for the length.
and don't forget to check out the user's new installation 'silophone'. check 
out www.mutek.ca for a link to more details




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