Re: Coldcut @ The Wetlands
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Anders_K=E4llman?= (ninjah@generation.net)
Wed, 10 Sep 97 11:33:21 -0400
>I was there. I made the 4 hour trek from Pennsylvania to NYC. It was
>really worth it. Kid Koala was the man in my opinion. I was talking to
>him after the show for a really long time. Very friendly and down to
>earth. He was telling us that some people on the tour didn't really
>enjoy the show b/c they "could not dance to it". I have to say that I
>was just in awe with my jaw to the floor to what they were doing to those
>1200s. It's true though -- it wasn't really dance floor oriented stuff.
>I was sitting on the left side of the stage most of the night watching
>the graphics people (Hex) do their magic. My brother was actually
>sprawled out on the left side monitor. He kept talking to PC (of DJ
>Food) who also seemed genuinly friendly. He kept showing us the records
>we really liked and the label they were on. Oh yeah, I also picked up
>the DJ Food tape -- it's raw! As far as Coldcut go, the guy without the
>long blonde hair (no hat) didn't really seem into it! It was weird. At
>the end we wanted to take a picture with him and he was sort of
>unfriendly about it. I guess if people always wanted to take pictures
>with me, I might be annoyed with it too...Oh well...
Matt (the guy without the hat) is usually a friendy guy. We had a lot of
gear problems that night so he was a bit frustrated. Jon's computer
crashed mid-way through which is why the mid part of the set was much
more bizarre then it was ment to be. We're still working a few bugs out
of the system and the show keeps getting better everynight. Hopefully
people appreciate the fact that it is completly live (they are remixing
the record each night on there computers) and not just a lot of flash to
hide the fact that it's just an artist pressing play on a DAT. I think we
have succesfully bridged a 'dance' night and 'concert' night together on
this tour via the progression and different elements of performance from
Coldcut, DJ Food, and Kid Koala. Anyway, it was the first time I've seen
the show and I thought it was wicked. On the face to name tip...The woman
(Philippa) working the merch table runs the label with me. I was the one
slightly drunk next to the table rambling on about early hair metal bands
with a writer from Wire magazine. After many hours of debate we concluded
that Slayer's 'Reign In Blood' is possibly one of the best record
ever...errr ya there goes the credibility.
Ninjas