Elektron Musical Instruments

On 5/9/05 2:45 PM, "Sr. Minimo" wrote:

> Last night I saw Autechre perform live here in NYC.
> The first thing I noticed was the red glow of a
> MachineDrum on the left side of their set up. I think
> it was Booth working it (although I'm not certain),
> but he basically was using it non-stop through their
> set. As you can imagine (although I'm sure a lot of
> you already knew this), ae live is pretty amazing. I
> was kind of surprised how "straight up" their music
> was, but really, when you're autechre you don't really
> need to show anybody you know how to slice up beats,
> so it was kind of refreshing to hear them more into a
> simpler set of tracks with tons of  stuff played live
> and their old school melodies running up and down your
> head. 
> Note to Elektron: If you haven't already given Ae all
> your machines to play with for free, then you should
> give them 1 million EU just for showcasing them live
> on stage. 
> Sr.Minimo


Crazy, I've heard from fans that have seen them recently and said it was the
most boring, dull show they ever went to...