Fukk I love going to an electronica gig, its wicked. It is like a whole new atmosphere. what a lot of kids dont understand that yes they do play off a computer, but a whole lot of fukking around with different noises and tunes has been going on. The "DJ's" if you can call them that I dont really respect are the ones up there just spinning the record that someone else has created just for the fukk of it...Thats just really boring. But I lOVE it. Like Shapeshifters last gig in Welli, before heading to Melbs...that was just fukking brilliance on brilliance...fukking the mc'ing and everything. BEST FUKKING GIG. Even though I have thrashed their album so much that it is nearly see through and been to about 4 of their gigs before this one...I still loved it and had a wicked time, either they have a good thing going on...or this is true love.
BUt I think the real talent lies at a hip hop gig to tell you the truth. Only have I realised the detail, the time effort and dosh that goes into this after living with two hip hop DJ's. Its carzy at a hip hop gig, so much fun & hype to stir ones soul.
Really though, I think if you like the music, you take a little time to see whats going on behind the scenes.
That is all.

I can understand how tanked up to the eyeballs on drugs, Djs can seem entertaining, but otherwise they bore the fuck out of me. I don't think dance culture was designed to be performance based otherwise djs would have turntables hanging around their necks and be wearing tracksuits (I miss the 80s). A good inbetween act are bands like Shapeshifter and the Blackseeds, still live bands with great on stage prescence, but also great to dance to even if not toasted. Djs need to fuck off and take all their white pant hos with them, or wear their turntables around their necks :)

now there's an open mind....

Wow, I like a lollipop, e and a strobe light every now and then. Sugar coated or not, rock n roll is Rock-n-Fucking-Roll. Same principles, bunch of people, loudness and letting go of bullshit for a few hours. SHRUG. Who really gives?
xxx Lucy

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She'd be a pretty good DJ who could make playing records or using a computer look so good that you'd spend the whole time watching them rather than dancing or whatever.

people dont give a fuck about the DJ unless they are wasted. wasted people tend to give a fuck about things that they normally wouldnt.

The whole dance scene relies on drugs, without them it wouldnt survive. people may argue different, but the fact of the matter is - when there are no drugs around the dance scene suffers. Which proves the majority of the people who attend dont really give a fuck about the music or the DJ, they are just there to be stimulated by noise and visuals that will accompany and enhance their buzz. Ok fair enough if thats what you like to do, but dont try to say "its all abouty the music maaaan" fuck off! if its about the music then you will be playing it when you are 50 right? hahahaha!
raving is a phase for teenagers, i would feel old at a rave and im mid 20's i mean really how many 30-40 year old people do you see wearing the tightness and carring the glowsticks.

Yeah manamana I agree.

Its pretty hard to make a static ground based inanimate object ROCK (the turntables), that’s why they invented those fucken cool?! portable pianos that Im sure ZZ Top use (fuck they were cool) ahhahaha.
Anyway some people can do it, I mean Elton Johns live shows back in the 70’s actually did rock, that guy used to climb all over that pianola.
Anyway a bit closer to home, Luke (The pianist from Paselode) maybe cant move around too much behind such a big set up, but he defiantly makes those keys look cool, and he interacts with the crowd which is highly important.
Stage persona is such an important thing to me, I love those bands that ‘ham’ it up, the ones that have thought through an idea and are then trying to express that.
People like David Bowie, Marilyn Manson (although he stole the Ziggy idea), Ozzy Osbourne, Kiss are masters at this. This is entertainment, the creation of something bigger then the musician. You aren’t just hearing the music (you can listen to their C.D. at home) you are seeing something completely novel.

When you go to a ‘Rave’ its got a real kinda hollow vibe to it, I mean its kinda like your on your ‘buzz’ (whatever that may be) and your in your ‘zone’……….It’s a real ‘me’ kinda culture, quite self-centred. To me it just seems a little fake, i.e. you go to the ‘dance party’ to complement the drugs your on, not to enjoy the musicianship or showmanship. You could take some acid and get stuck in the Toilets of that $35 gig and still have just as much fun talking to the toilet paper, i.e. your gonna have a great time no matter what you do or see.

In saying this I have seen a few electronic acts which were great showmen/women– Minuit and D.J Spooky were and are amazing. Spooky plays a double bass while hes turn-tableing and the lead singer from Minuit is just plain dynamite.

// “wear their turntables around their necks,” -- fuck even I’d pay $35 to see that.

hmm .. I'm playing another gig and for this time around I don't think I'm gonna bring my computer. (other than my C64. . ) - besides probably humming out my mixer to high hell it's gonna make me rely on automation and backing more than I'd like.

the big problem is, for a large proportion of electronic artists (probably speaking non-dnb / house / whatever), the computer is their instrument. One big thing with sequencing is you can do things a person (other than a concert pianist with 8 arms) can't normally do - translating this live can be one helluva thing to undertake. (sorry for being so obvious)

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