[Dancecult-l] liveness

[Rob Lindop]

I wondered if anyone has considered entirely electronic 'live' performance, as popularised by the likes of Orbital and Aphex Twin in the '90s. This is certainly problematic- even though this approach involves a high level of mixing, real-time sound manipulation etc, it still relies heavily on loops and sequencing. Therefore it is a moot as to whether this approach can be seen as truly live- what do people think about this?
I'm currently researching my PhD on psy-trance and one of the things that I'm interested in is why 'live' sets seem to take preference over DJ sets, even though the former are not 'live' in the traditional sense of the word. Some of the big name producers such as Simon Posford (Hallucinogen) and Merv Pepler  (Eat Static) tend to view dj'ing as not particularly creatively fulfilling and something that 'pays the bills'- whereas live performance is much more pleasing.  There does seems to be more focus on the producer within psy-trance- partly as a result of CD's being the preferred format for the music. Consequently, nearly everything is released on artist albums and compilations, so there is no 12" vinyl 'culture'. This is quite unusual for such a dancefloor-orientated style of EDM- any thoughts on this?

Rob 
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