[Dancecult-l] liveness

[Seb Chan]

rob

my recollections of Aphex Twin 'live' are that it was rarely  
live  . . . . likewise my understanding was that CDs took preference  
over vinyl in psy-trance because of the portability/robust-ness for  
travelling. likewise the earlier use of minidiscs (and previously  
DATs) as a preferred format within the scene.

style-wise it may also be that psy-trance djing has tended, partially  
because of the early use of minidiscs and DATs made end-to-end mixing  
the preferred method of DJing - which is far less interactive than,  
say, mixing jungle/d&b or techno with their fast cuts, loops tracks  
etc (i'm talking late 90s here).

seb chan

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On 27/06/2007, at 4:02 PM, Rob Lindop wrote:

> 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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