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

[brad <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was at this show as well, and extremely frustrated by the lack of respect
for the performances in the lower level of the CHAC.  Richard did a
fantastic set in spite of the surroundings.  I feel that the strong emphasis
on more "dance" oriented electronic music caused the "experiemental/ambient"
venue to become a bit overlooked by some of the festival organizers.  For
those of you in Seattle, I strongly urge you to see, participate and provide
feedback to the organizers as to what you feel was done well and what could
use improvement.

Once again, thanks to Richard for making it to Seattle for his fantastic
performance.

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dale Lloyd [mailto:dkl37@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 4:38 AM
> To: microsound
> Cc: sonicabal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [microsound] Richard Chartier in Seattle (better than Merzbow) ;-
> )
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> Dale Lloyd: http://www.and-oar.org/dalelloyd.html
> and/OAR: http://www.and-oar.org/


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