RE: [microsound] DEMF highlight

[Chris Bissonnette <CBissonnette@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I also had the opportunity to catch some of the DEMF. Overall the festival
catered to the dance floor, but why should I have expected anything else.
Unfortunately I couldn't get anywhere near the Autechre performance but it
sounded typical of their more recent work. Kit Clayton's show sounded great
but as it was stated earlier, not many members of the audience realized that
the performance had started as he wasn't on stage for them to stare at. I
believe the highlight for me had have been Nobukazu Takemura's performance.
I had anticipated a fairly granular sounding, unstructured show, which it
was at moments. But what surprised me was the inclusion of electro beats
interwoven with melodic glitchy textures and sharp rhythms. From what I
understand he was formerly a Drum and Base DJ. I am most familiar with his
release on Thrill Jockey, Scope, which in many ways is far from organized
beats. Needless to say his performance was a pleasant surprise amongst the
lengthy list of techno and house DJs performing there this weekend.

Christopher Bissonnette



-----Original Message-----
From: Experimedia [mailto:experimedia23@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:05 PM
To: Ambient; IDM list; Microsound
Subject: [microsound] DEMF highlight



Im not going to go into much about the actual event seeing most of the sets
I heard were mediocre.  AE was good.  Kit was good.  

The Eyes Only after hours Sunday night was what made the weekend completely
worth my time.  Got to see the electro originator from russia, Dopplerfekt's
first performance in 4 years.  Excellent.  Recorder died half way into the
set though.  Adam X and Heather heart also spun some hard dark electro.
Unidyne also played which was very good as well.  Missed my freinds set,
tangible.  Also ran into Adult.  According to the Speak In Tongues Cleveland
website they were scheduled to play with Twine and Oval late June.
Unfortuneately Adam informed me that this was not true.  Sad.

 



Jeremy Bible at Experimedia Communications - Audio Visual Research and
Design

www.ExperimediaCommunications.com



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