Re: [microsound] PowerBore

[Andrei <andrei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Christopher Murphy wrote:

> Last year I was fortunate enough to witness two concerts by one Markus Popp
> (Oval, you'll recall, was a trio). He is one of the most physical and
> gestural laptop performers you could imagine. He 'played' his machines like
> a violinist plays their machine (for want of a better noun). His sense of
> gesture was almost theatrical and proved extremely entertaining. He offered
> the audience a great deal and his music certainly sounded raw.
>
> While I enjoyed the irony of watching Mr Popp do some crazy moves - anyone
> who's met him will know he's hardly Mr Conversation - I'm not convinced that
> his gesticulations, or lack of, added or subtracted anything to the music
> itself.

You're being sarcastic, right ?

Andrei