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quote from hector <Dance music is totaly preprogrammed
most of the time and cannot be played live. Those that
attempt to play live, offer music that is way below
the standard of their vinyl releases thus
dissappointing the audience...>

... you won't mind if i disagreee with you here
hector? :)

i have seen many live techno acts and most of them
have been extraordinary!

take, for instance, underworld (probably the best live
band of this ilk that i've had the pleasure of
seeing). they agree on an opening track before hand
and then improvise the set-listing and the tracks as
they go along. tracks can merge into other tracks,
parts that were never there on the vinyl versions are
added and the whole vibe is like nothing i've ever
seen! no two gigs are ever the same. (nb: for anyone
interested in hearing uw in a live setting they have a
website www.underworldlive.com that has sets of mp3's
from live gigs available to download for free)

then you have people like orbital (who i saw only a
couple of weeks ago!) who most fans would agree are
better live than on record...

you might have heard of pob? (on platipus records) ...
seen them play a blinding live set too!

honourable mentions also go out to spooky, system 7
(who improvise guitar and synths whilst dj-ing),
pychick warriors of gaia, fluke, speedy j, the aloof,
red snapper and many more.

to be honest, i've always enjoyed seeing dance bands
live more than dj's (and that's not to say i haven't
enjoyed some of the dj's too... digweed, richie
hawtin, plump dj's and andrew weatherall have all been
great when i've seen them play out) but i guess i come
from a 'live music' background! ;)

alanx

 

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