Re: [microsound] performan/anti-performance

[Steven Taylor <kung.funk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Brian Whitman wrote:

> While I was there; and I dug, I did not dig too long for the want of a
> focus point. I am very old-fashioned in that regard, but the screens
> (kick-ass as they were!) were much too static to have as the focus point.
> The space was immense, it was beautiful, and the $15 charge definitely
> paid for itself in experience points-- but: you are forced to either sit
> down /stand in one spot (usually bad acoustics/hall mix, visually ho-hum,
> questionable floor) or wander aimlessly (too crowded, disorienting)

I saw Fennesz perform in Oxford a couple of months ago.
It was just this guy who walked up the front and opened his laptop and stood
still for an hour... But it still added a unique touch to the show (even though
he barely moved - apart from the odd violent tweak with the mousepad), his music
has a warm personal feel and it came across better live than on CD (although the
recorded stuff leaves little to be desired...)

So how was the set? The set at Oxford was a mix of the drones of 'plus forty
seven..' with the melodic style of 'Plays'. Culminating in a big dirty tuned
machine dirge.

Steve