[microsound] Richard Chartier in Seattle (better than Merzbow) ;-)

[Dale Lloyd <dkl37@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I just saw Richard Chartier perform a beautiful, yet uncharacteristicly loud 
and fierce set here in the Jet City.
 
Richard managed to start off his set with much subtle finesse amidst the loud and inconsiderate surroundings, then later, in response to the inappropriate and obnoxious environment, ended it with sheer voluminous power (while always in good 
taste, imho). To be honest, if Merzbow's work sounded like this, perhaps I would listen to 
it more often...  :-)
 
What little I witnessed of this so called "First Annual Electronic Music
Festival" (otherwise known as "Decibel"), was the equivalent of a backwater bar gig full of 
drunken Neanderthals yelling and barking, and doing so in the case of Chartier, because 
they didn't understand minimal electronic music without beats and the usual sample-
based cliches, nor could they understand that people paid money to come and 
actually LISTEN to it.
 
Outside of that, I highly recommmend that people see Chartier's performances when 
he comes to your town because all things considered, his performance tonight was still 
one of the best I've seen in quite a long time. I hope he does come back, but of course, 
performing within a completely different context!
 
Ok, I'm done praising and ranting. Goodnight.
 
Dale
 


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