[microsound] re: Transmissions Festival in Chicago

[Jim Warchol <jwarchol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

well, i promised a review and here it is...

I got there a bit late just as Sutekh was winding down his set. i 
really liked what i heard of it - it seemed a bit dubby and moodier 
than the recorded stuff I've heard. Kit Clayton came on next, and did 
a really nice MAX/MSP set - almost beatless, very granular and noisy. 
Very cool. Tojiko Noriko followed, and did a really interesting set 
that featured what seemed like (thought I couldn't see her too well) 
live sampling (using field recordings) and vocals. She came off as 
very shy and Bjork-like! Hecker was next. He did one long moody piece 
that slowly morphed and changed. I was sitting in front of a speaker, 
and was happy that his set drowned out the 4/4 techno that was 
bleeding in from the club downstairs. Another very nice set. 
Dettinger followed with a straight ahead 4/4 set (and the only 
non-Powerbook set of the night). I personally didn't care much for it 
- it's just not my thing. Lastly, Monolake came on. Really good set - 
played stuff off the last record. We weren't able to stay for all of 
it since I still had to drive 1.5 hours to get home, but really liked 
his set as well.

> I don't know many people who could afford to go to many of the shows.
> Ticket prices were truly ridiculous. Shame on both the promoters and the
> artists.  You'd think with big money sponsors like 'The WIRE' and 'C74'
> things would be alittle better ;)

It was $28 per ticket for this show only. But for 6 artists that I 
respect, I really didn't have a problem with it. I heard Richard 
Chartier's and Pita's sets from the night before were really good 
too. I thought the organizers did a really good job, especially 
considering they had to deal with the noise and people traffic from 
the other club below.

-jim
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