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Tonight: Quip, Hands & Fingers and RandomNumber. Very good fun.

Worth the flight to Belgium...

oh wait, there was another reason why I came here

But yes, quite good.

I saw Squarepusher last week. He is one of those artists that i can watch/listen live time and time again and still dont get bored. Totally bonkers and it was at the new revamped Dance Factory (where i saw Orbital for the first time - some have the bootleg) in Brum. Although its not called the Dance Factory anymore

i saw underworld last Wednesday

and it was kinky
they played spikee. that was nice

and all sorts of tracks, for 3 hours

yeah i have to say a 3 hour underworld set sounds amazing. i doubt we'll get such a thing on a uk tour as and when one happens, but i'll do my best not to burn you in a jealous rage

hippy dave wrote:yeah i have to say a 3 hour underworld set sounds amazing. i doubt we'll get such a thing on a uk tour as and when one happens, but i'll do my best not to burn you in a jealous rage

psst.
Stimpee went 4 times..
burn him

11 hours of Underworld in 4 days MUHAHAHAHAHA. 2 dutch gigs, 1 in luxembourg then to the 35,000 capacity all nighter ILoveTechno in Gent! wheeee....

Had the complete opposite experience to the Mylo gig I was at last week last night.
I was at the Prodigy
Wall to wall dodgy clothes, bad haircuts and pills of questionable providence etc. Sweaty, smelly ravers making squares and looking like they meant it.
Simon pure techno with no pretensions of art or sophistication
Brilliant

Squarepusher @ Koko, Camden 17 November 2005

I'm still feeling the effects of a loud, intense and rather late evening last night.

I thought the set last night veered from sublime experimental showmanship to baffling, headache-inducing noise. For my first time seeing him, the gig was both more and less than I expected.

It was louder, faster and more skull-rattling than I would have thought, but sadly less melodic and musical than I'd hoped. His great skill in the studio is fusing the mind-blowingly complex beats and percussion with funky and exciting melodies and bass lines. The live show seemed an excuse to push everything to the excess, and I found great sections of it quite alienating. At the same time, he's a very charismatic and entertaining performer, who is clearly a master of the bass guitar, and an extremely accomplished and innovative electronic composer.

The music wasn't particularly danceable, but perhaps it was wrong to expect this. The great majority of the crowd was intent on simply moshing towards the stage - but this was pretty much all you could do. It was like the electronic version of a hardcore metal performace, and even the look of some of the crowd reflected this. Of course, many of them were just off their tits.

So this morning I went to listen to some Squarepusher tunes on my computer and almost immediately felt slightly sick. That has a lot to do with the late finish and the cider, but I get the feeling it will also be a while before I can face any of his harder tunes.

legspin wrote:Sweaty, smelly ravers making squares and looking like they meant it.

Nice!

i've decided i'm not well enough to go see the prodigy on wednesday. i'm gutted

from memory.. which is a bit shakey!!

hayseed dixie
super furry animals x2
the wedding present
felix da housecat (dj)
sigur ros
franz ferdinand

probably missed a few...

and got a few still to come

I heard you chose "franz ferdinand" instead of "squarepusher". that has to be one of your most suspect decisions !

that would indeed be a suspect decision were it true...
i simply couldn't afford to do both and i was only going to see franz ferdinand because my friend wanted someone to go with...
my hands were tied!!

u know someone told me that at the squarepusher gig :p

bet ya franz ferdinand friend was female