MUTEK musings...

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i'd gladly put my ass throught he pains of ex-centris again if it meant 
avoiding everyone yelling after each song (in the case of clayton's set) or 
being out and out rude by yelling for algorhythm to stop his set so pole 
could do an encore.  i mean, can one get any more rude/unprofessional than 
that?

as for the shows, overall they all were amazing.  i wouldnt've missed a 
night for the world.  by sunday night i was devastated and my hearing 
possibly permanently damaged (although earplugs did help a lot) but it was 
definitely worth the drive up from ohio.

craig.

brief rundown:

architectura:
-taylor deupree: one of my favorite artists and all around great guy, left 
me wanting more (which, luckily i got by seeing him again on wed. and sat.)
-panacea: would've been much more impressive if he had come up with a way of 
better transitioning from track to track.
-soundtrack(aka savvas ysatis): possibly my new favorite min/tech house 
artist.  always loves his output, but live he was even more groovin'

12k:
-richard chatier: perfect balance between silence and sound.  close your 
eyes and get drawn in...  wonderfull
-taylor: again, mind numbingly amazing.  atmosphere wasn't the greatest what 
with all of the talking, but still, stellar performance

raster-noton:
-noto(carsten nicolai):  recognized several tracks from prototypes, but they 
were evenly mixed with some nice improvisational pieces.  as with all of the 
raster guys, great visuals...
-komet(frank bretschneider): possibly my favorite of the evening.  highly 
intense, mesmerizing
-byetone(olaf bender): again, brilliant
-coh(ivan pavlov): although suffering from mac-envy he pulled off a nice, if 
even more experimental sounding set than all the previous raster guys
-signal(carsten, olaf, frank): by this time i think i was so drawn into the 
graphics/sound that there isn't really much i remember other than feeling 
that this evening would live on for quite a while as one of the best live 
performances i'd ever see...

mille-plateaux:
-safety scissors:  wavered from nice koln styled techno to more 
funkier/humorous material, very nice...
-vladislav delay:  what can i say, i love his works, expecially conoco and 
sistol but his live set managed to simply enthrall me.  watching him 
alternatively tap from one foot to another and seeing him really, really get 
into his music just clued me in that he wasn't even aware of us watching, we 
were simply a passenger aboard his own personal journey of sound.  truly 
amazing.  one of the highlights of mutek for me.
-sutekh:  nice set, a few of the tracks were a little too close to his 
periods make sense set, and the crashing laptop was a bummer, but overall a 
nice blend of more noisy experimentalism and minimal techno.
-jake mandell:  as mentioned earlier, his set seemed to be too uneven, he 
bounced from genre to genre and the pitch adjustments were a little on the 
annoying side.  slightly disappointed.

minimalism night:
-thomas jirku:  this may be just me, but this guy didn't belong there.  he 
needs a little more time to perfect his live set.  he had some nice grooves 
going, but none of them seemed to go anywhere, too formulaic.
-thomas brinkmann:  great set for those who are more dance inclined.  i too 
was hoping for a more subdued 'totes rennen' styled minimal performance but 
overall his ability to read and work the crowd was great.
-triple r:  straightforeward no-tricks mixing at it's best.  definitively 
proved that you can throw studio 1 styled minimal tracks and people will 
dance.  possibly my new favorite dj.

~scape night:
-dracka: for having never heard of these guys, i was blown away.  like 
hearing autechre thrown into a grinder with wolfang voight.  lovely 
rhythmical material.  i've got to pick some of this stuff up...
-kit clayton: one of my favorite artists proved yet again how good his live 
set is.  after seeing his set in ohio, i was excited to hear him again and 
wasn't disappointed.  amazing.
-pole:  what can i say, i was simply unimpresed with the pole show.  he 
didn't waver from the same synth sound and the experimental/atmospheric feel 
of his studio stuff was sped up so that he could please the club kids who 
were ther to dance.  from the looks of it most of  his material was 
pre-arranged and all he did was add an effect here or there along with a 
synth line.  i was hoping for much more...


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