[Dancecult-l] liveness

[tobias c. van Veen]

Aphex Twin was notorious for laying down on a psychiatrist's couch with a
DAT playing while two freaks in giant plush teddy bear costumes danced
around stage. _t




> 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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