Re: [microsound] mutek just as you're missing it, part 4/4

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So do I want to thank :)

+ David or Tobias! Would you be interested in reviewing the Atom? show? I'm
running the http://atom-heart.com and would like to publish it there.

thanx:::


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ma_hovina > http://ma-hovina.com


at 02.06.2002 13:51 Uhr, Ant Weiss wrote:

> just wanted to add my "thank you" to David and Tobias for exciting,
> well-written and
> informative reports
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "david turgeon" <david.t@xxxxxxxx>
> To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 9:29 AM
> Subject: [microsound] mutek just as you're missing it, part 4/4
> 
> 
>> so, part 4/4, get it?  4/4, mutek...  yeah yeah yeah, that wasn't always
>> the case this year actually, & there was more evidence today in the mutek
>> curatorship of a genuine departure towards new pastures.  the show this
>> afternoon was absolutely essential.  it was so jam-packed with excellent
>> stuff, & at only $8, one missed it at their own risk.  throughout the
> first
>> 3 sets there were visuals by sue costabile (the first set made use of an
>> alorenz patch if i understood well) which actually managed to add to the
> music.
>> 
>> stephan mathieu was back for that show, this time under his full swing
>> guise.  the drones were at it again, though this time it seemed easier to
>> pay attention to the details within, which were quite complex &
>> ever-changing.  the video for this was clever: layerings of coloured
> pixels
>> which were conceptually "in sync" with the music, in that you could see
>> them almost as an illustration of the drones produced by mathieu.  it
>> provided for a good laidback experience.
>> 
>> timeblind had a long & rather complex set which did not let go an inch of
>> silence, except for a short bit when his macintosh quite simply crashed &
>> it took a few minutes for it to reboot.  this little bit of technical
>> frustration aside, the music itself would be hard to describe: it was very
>> rhythmic & somewhat groovy.  lots of interesting high pitched samples,
>> too.  the visuals there were a little weaker though, but that was only
>> until agf entered the stage.
>> 
>> antye greie-fuchs (agf) was a revelation to me, & i think a good part of
>> the audience would agree on that.  her way of putting together her songs
> is
>> very abstract & unsettling.  upon complex layers of drone & glitch sounds,
>> she adds her voice, sometimes singing straight into the mix, sometimes
>> modified, chopped up, frozen or echoed...  whatever this might sound like
>> written, this is an absolutely beautiful & poetic show from start to
>> finish.  very unexpected for me as i had no idea what it could be like
>> before it started, but this woman has such a deep, empathic control over
>> her music, it was impossible not to fall under the spell.  in this set,
> sue
>> costabile provided the most amazing visuals, done with very simple means
>> (layering of projections) & yet exploding with boundless creativity.
>> 
>> it got better still.  vladislav delay appeared & took over the stage.  for
>> a little while he jammed in solo while agf was taking a bit of a rest.  &
>> then she got back on the microphone & sung over delay's ever so sultry
>> beats.  the result was magic, for the most part.  delay was feeling rather
>> crazy, even going so far as to play his own material (_terra_, from _vapaa
>> muurari_, & the rather bombastic _huone_ from a chain reaction 12")
>> underneath agf's seemingly stream-of-consciousness lyrics.  the audience
>> was also treated to a rather PHAT dub tune, an amazing funky track & some
>> more abstract textures only delay is capable of mustering.  the pair
> seemed
>> to have an awesome time playing together & the alchemy was just perfect.
>> 
>> so much music it feels exhausting!  so i went to the metropolis show
>> afterwards, but we might as well say i missed it.  :)  just ask tobias,
>> he'll tell you how it went.  :)  the only peculiar thing i noted was
>> farben: wow, he can be meaner than his records show.  i left as luomo
>> (delay again) was about to begin.  i was too far off in the back to
>> appreciate the sound anyway.
>> 
>> with this, i have now accomplished my mission.  i'm happy to say that this
>> year's mutek was great, in stark contrast with last year's decidedly
>> unexperimental (& for me, deceiving) line-up.  this year i think all the
>> visitors got to have fun & discover plenty of new names.  the more
>> experimental shows attracted a large & captive audience.  with this kind
> of
>> attitude from mutek, things bode well for the future.
>> 
>> wheew, ending on such a happy note, one will think i've been paid to write
>> that stuff.  the truth, though you may never know it, is much, much more
>> sinister.
>> 
>> have a nice day
>> ~ david
>> 
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