[microsound] laptops live at the ica.

[Andrew Shires <andrew.shires@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ernest Fasanya writes:
> did anyone else see ikeda, nicolai and vainio do their 'laptops
> live' on tuesday at the ica in london?

Yes.

> if so, do you have any idea how the visuals were achieved? 

Nope.  But I thought they were excellent.  Some sort of oscilloscope
principle was involved, I assume, and it seemed to me that the image
had three parts corresponding to each of member the trio, each of
which would react to their music.

> i found it a fascinating, very nicely judged set which managed to be
> both pounding and precise at the same time.

Definitely a successful collaboration, and one I really enjoyed --
best gig I've seen in a while -- but I did feel it leant
disproportionately towards Mika's Panasonic sound.  Mind you, maybe
that's no bad thing since (as usual) there were plenty of people
gobbing during the performance and a quieter set would have been
spoiled.