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Jun. 6th, 2011 08:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
petroniaThere is one item I have not gotten done today, and I really want to leave the office, but if I go home I know I won't work, I'll watch the three episodes of Doctor Who I have saved up.
So
yanno
fuckit XDD;;
MUTEK: wrote a bit on Tumblr regarding the, um, the lighting effects. Will probably post music at some point? The last couple of days/nights seemed to feature a lot of James Holden, including a Piknic set I only caught the tail end of, which is a pity because I have historically failed to experience Holden in any state resembling sober. XD;; I remember I enjoyed myself, and can sort of abstractly reconstruct why, but not to bring up anything dude actually, yanno, played. Also idk I guess I expected Border Community shiz to come across as sorta cheesy, now? I wasn't following his body of work? But it wasn't the same old. Dude had a 3-5AM on the fourth consecutive night slot this round, for starters, and it felt like he was pulling every trick out of the bag to keep the crowd moving - always one trippy track away from a collective sinking into open-mouthed stupor. So there were no trippy tracks, exceptionally given that I classify Holden along one axis simply as "pastoral English psychedelia" (as Superpitcher is "moody German romanticism"). Then the Piknic set was all twinkly pretty microhouse bits... Frankly it turns out Piknic is a more appropriate setting for James Holden, since in person he is a baby deer. Speaking of English pastoral. I mean, my theory is that teh fanz are creepy about Hawtin because he'sblond and kind of a wanker unattainable behind his deck and stroboscopic cage of LEDs (and the pure adrenalin of the music doesn't come with pointers as to how it's meant to be channeled, if that makes sense). Holden is dark-haired and doe-eyed looks incredibly related to Ed Grizzly Bear Droste and displays shy dorky hipster body language, so when he plays outdoors hipster girls weave crowns of wildflowers and laurel leaves for him to wear. I mean like I saw this actually happen. Dude was on the tiny second stage on the tiny green riverbank, basically a lemonade stand, and when the set ended people didn't drift off or even protest, they just stood around smiling at him with dreamy goodwill. One fandude gave him a perfectly ripe strawberry from his picnic basket, then ran away.
Yeah I guess this is what I won't write about on Tumblr, bawling, the fawn-like qualities of techno DJs OTZ|||
I think twinkly microhouse may be making a comeback, actually?!? For the first time in ever I attended Sunday Nocturne and Marc Akufen played as Horror Inc., this has never happened. First Akufen-related set I've wholeheartedly enjoyed from beginning to end. (Oh God please let it make a comeback, it's been a full decade amirite) Other than that I managed to accidentally catch two Gold Panda sets in as many weeks, since he played both Primavera and MUTEK. XD; They were very different, and I still haven't heard the album, so.
EDIT -- Here are some things I have learnt in the past hour:
1) Dominik "Forest Ranger" Eulberg has another album out and WILL BE PLAYING PIKNIC ON JUNE 19. OMG need to buy new headphones, did I mention my Audio-Technicas died in Barcelona, am on baseless earbuds courtesy of Continental Airlines :'(
2) There will be a spinoff Piknic series this year... IN BARCELONA. They are holding it on Montjuïc. Bawling I really should have... taken my whole three weeks in one go...
So
yanno
fuckit XDD;;
MUTEK: wrote a bit on Tumblr regarding the, um, the lighting effects. Will probably post music at some point? The last couple of days/nights seemed to feature a lot of James Holden, including a Piknic set I only caught the tail end of, which is a pity because I have historically failed to experience Holden in any state resembling sober. XD;; I remember I enjoyed myself, and can sort of abstractly reconstruct why, but not to bring up anything dude actually, yanno, played. Also idk I guess I expected Border Community shiz to come across as sorta cheesy, now? I wasn't following his body of work? But it wasn't the same old. Dude had a 3-5AM on the fourth consecutive night slot this round, for starters, and it felt like he was pulling every trick out of the bag to keep the crowd moving - always one trippy track away from a collective sinking into open-mouthed stupor. So there were no trippy tracks, exceptionally given that I classify Holden along one axis simply as "pastoral English psychedelia" (as Superpitcher is "moody German romanticism"). Then the Piknic set was all twinkly pretty microhouse bits... Frankly it turns out Piknic is a more appropriate setting for James Holden, since in person he is a baby deer. Speaking of English pastoral. I mean, my theory is that teh fanz are creepy about Hawtin because he's
Yeah I guess this is what I won't write about on Tumblr, bawling, the fawn-like qualities of techno DJs OTZ|||
I think twinkly microhouse may be making a comeback, actually?!? For the first time in ever I attended Sunday Nocturne and Marc Akufen played as Horror Inc., this has never happened. First Akufen-related set I've wholeheartedly enjoyed from beginning to end. (Oh God please let it make a comeback, it's been a full decade amirite) Other than that I managed to accidentally catch two Gold Panda sets in as many weeks, since he played both Primavera and MUTEK. XD; They were very different, and I still haven't heard the album, so.
EDIT -- Here are some things I have learnt in the past hour:
1) Dominik "Forest Ranger" Eulberg has another album out and WILL BE PLAYING PIKNIC ON JUNE 19. OMG need to buy new headphones, did I mention my Audio-Technicas died in Barcelona, am on baseless earbuds courtesy of Continental Airlines :'(
2) There will be a spinoff Piknic series this year... IN BARCELONA. They are holding it on Montjuïc. Bawling I really should have... taken my whole three weeks in one go...
