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Subject: Live PA = psy trance only?!
Original Message Date: 25-Jun-02 @ 03:13 PM - Live PA = psy trance only?!
i was looking a the "world electronic music festival" flyer... 3 days, 5 (or so) stages, with pretty much "the major genres" of electonic music represented:
house
jungle/dnb
trance
goa/psychedelic trance
breaks/beats/hip hop
there are maybe 20-25 acts per "genre"...
and so out of ~100 acts, 6 or so are live PAs -- and they're ALL in the "psy trance" category?!
any idea why? i can see why (say) house doesn't lend itself to live stuff so much -- a lot of it is about processed samples/heavy production/etc.
for instance, i can imagine someone programing a psy trance track from scratch, live -- just start punching in beats on a drum grid, tweaking a few synth parts till they sound proper, etc.... whereas i can't see "live breaks" (sample some vinyl on an MPC, scsi it to your laptop, open up recycle, etc...)
obviously i'm exagerating, but... anyway, i find it interesting/weird/etc., especially since i'd really like to do live stuff. that's not psy trance.
"which genre for live PAs?"...
Message 11/20 26-Jun-02 @ 04:36 AM - RE: Live PA = psy trance only?!
Ape
Message 12/20 26-Jun-02 @ 06:05 AM Edit: 26-Jun-02 | 06:06 AM - RE: Live PA = psy trance only?!
At any rate, the only thing I play under the Mindspawn moniker these days is the odd soundtrackish/noise/dark ambient stuffs, usually at really odd venues or shows.
Long live FLEMs!!!!!!!!!!!
Message 13/20 26-Jun-02 @ 05:35 PM - RE: Live PA = psy trance only?!
It's me and a partner, we use 2 sequencers, a couple of ana mods, and a pair of samplers! Most of the loops are pre-programmed but we each tweak the elements in real time... and I work with a lot of 2 or 4 measure loops so that I can do live cut-ups. Not that anyone cares, just sharing.
e
Message 14/20 27-Jun-02 @ 04:01 AM - RE: Live PA = psy trance only?!
dont see many E'd up junglists...do ya?
I dunno.
Message 15/20 27-Jun-02 @ 04:28 AM - RE: Live PA = psy trance only?!
Yeah, i do see a LOT of e'd up junglists! People are always saying they don't "get" jungle. Then they take "e" and change their tune... Still, I do think it's selling the kids (and the music) short to say it's the drugs.
e
Message 16/20 27-Jun-02 @ 10:03 PM - RE: Live PA = psy trance only?!
Message 17/20 28-Jun-02 @ 09:47 PM - RE: Live PA = psy trance only?!
I don't think there's any proper denying that drugs influence the music and the scene. Whether people like candy kids or not, it's a drug scene.
e
Message 18/20 29-Jun-02 @ 12:48 AM - RE: Live PA = psy trance only?!
Peace
Message 19/20 19-Jul-02 @ 08:19 AM - RE: Live PA = psy trance only?!
As for why trance getts a better rep for live, c'com guys, its called "trance" music for a reason. No other genre impacts the mind like trance. It is in our tribal brain.
Jesse
Message 20/20 19-Jul-02 @ 02:57 PM - RE: Live PA = psy trance only?!
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