Haha, I was talking to a guy at work, and there was another festival on last week, with Paul van Dyke and INFECTED MUSHROOM. He looked in at IM and said it was some crazy hard sh!t. If I had known they were going, I might have went.
I live in Perth, south west coast of Australia. We have a lot of people (1.3 million), but being the most isolated large city in the world, not all bands touring Oz come here (stupid Gary Numan), as it costs too much. But yeah, this year, lots of people are coming, like the Prodigy in February.
But it sounds like you had an awesome time afterwards, whereas all I did was sober up and went home. I'm still tossing up whether to go and see Underworld/De La Soul/Adam Freeland/Faithless in early Jan.
I can't disagree that all of those are better then Abakus' album, but I wouldn't consider them downtempo.
Are You Shpongled? is psybient, Lifeforms ambient/classic trance, Chillout ambient house, Music IDM and I'm waiting until I buy Concentration before I listen. Moon Safari is sorta close, but I don't consider it downtempo, ambient pop maybe?
I think of downtempo as a genre, which is hard to describe. Sorry.
Firstly, the Orb played about half of Adventures, starting with Pulsating Brain with a beat, then Star 7 8 9, Little Fluffy Clouds, and bits of Perpetual Dawn. No U.F.Orb or Orbus Terrarum, but they threw in a hilarious Looney Tunes sample. They had a rapper and a drummer, along with Paterson and Felhmann (I think?) which really added a sense of spontaneity to their performance. Only problems was the lack of Towers of Dub and Perpetual Dawn (the full song), and the fact they were only on for an hour.
Sasha wasn't too bad, but I didn't recognise any songs, and was also too busy dancing to pay too much attention.
Kraftwerk were unbelievable. I managed to get to the front near the start of their 90 minute set, and spend ages trying to get their video guy to give me a thumbs up :P. But their audio/video sync was fantastic, they played most of their hits, and after an hour, they left, and these weird moving robots were brought out for "We Are The Robots". I also nearly shat myself when they played "Autobahn" and "The Model". Only problem was their weak encore, "Aerodynamik" and something else. Considering they didn't play "Neon Lights" or "Europe Endless", I thought they would have been better encore songs. But still great.
If either the Orb or Kraftwerk come to a town near you, GO SEE THEM! And bring on Underworld and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds in January!
I listened to it a lot as well, but I still consider it to be the best classic house CD I've heard, but you are probably right, not quite good enough for the list.
I agree with you somewhat, the drumming was fresh to the mainstream at the time, but other bands did it way before then. Even then, it would have mainly influenced the Motorik sound, big deal.
Well, since I was talking about how the Beatles did not particularly influence anything other then the mainstream, and not how brilliant they were, this new song doesn't really fit into the argument. It wasn't released then, so it has no bearings on what I'm trying to say.
And there seems to be some sort of assumption that I hate the Beatles. They are good for what they are; simple pop music. They aren't the best band ever, they aren't the second coming of Jesus, and most importantly, they aren't a blanket of influence over every single genre of music as most Beatles lovers seem to think they are.
Screw Sasha, I mainly want to see Kraftwerk. I'll see Sasha if it doesn't clash with The Orb or Kraftwerk. It's a 10 hour festival.
There's another festival in early January, with Underworld, De La Soul, Faithless, Benny Benassi, Ferry Corsten, Cut Copy, Cosmic Gate and Salmonella Dub. Might check out that one as well.
Mr Numan's made a resurgence, and he isn't that old (50 odd)?
I'll have to go see them, but the main prob is don't know anyone that likes EDM. I'll have to dig up someone I guess.
Haha, I was talking to a guy at work, and there was another festival on last week, with Paul van Dyke and INFECTED MUSHROOM. He looked in at IM and said it was some crazy hard sh!t. If I had known they were going, I might have went.
I live in Perth, south west coast of Australia. We have a lot of people (1.3 million), but being the most isolated large city in the world, not all bands touring Oz come here (stupid Gary Numan), as it costs too much. But yeah, this year, lots of people are coming, like the Prodigy in February.
But it sounds like you had an awesome time afterwards, whereas all I did was sober up and went home. I'm still tossing up whether to go and see Underworld/De La Soul/Adam Freeland/Faithless in early Jan.
Last time I checked, it was on discogs, and it wasn't actually that expensive.
I can't disagree that all of those are better then Abakus' album, but I wouldn't consider them downtempo.
Are You Shpongled? is psybient, Lifeforms ambient/classic trance, Chillout ambient house, Music IDM and I'm waiting until I buy Concentration before I listen. Moon Safari is sorta close, but I don't consider it downtempo, ambient pop maybe?
I think of downtempo as a genre, which is hard to describe. Sorry.
I guess you are right, it is technically psybient, although I personally don;t think it is 'psy' enough next to Bluetech, Entheogenic and Shpongle.
I personally feel it's probably the best downtempo album of all time, but that isn't exactly a hard thing to accomplish.
I've actually had it on CD for ages now, and I've listened to CD 1 once, and CD 2 zero times. Maybe tomorry...
It was freakin' incredible!
Firstly, the Orb played about half of Adventures, starting with Pulsating Brain with a beat, then Star 7 8 9, Little Fluffy Clouds, and bits of Perpetual Dawn. No U.F.Orb or Orbus Terrarum, but they threw in a hilarious Looney Tunes sample. They had a rapper and a drummer, along with Paterson and Felhmann (I think?) which really added a sense of spontaneity to their performance. Only problems was the lack of Towers of Dub and Perpetual Dawn (the full song), and the fact they were only on for an hour.
Sasha wasn't too bad, but I didn't recognise any songs, and was also too busy dancing to pay too much attention.
Kraftwerk were unbelievable. I managed to get to the front near the start of their 90 minute set, and spend ages trying to get their video guy to give me a thumbs up :P. But their audio/video sync was fantastic, they played most of their hits, and after an hour, they left, and these weird moving robots were brought out for "We Are The Robots". I also nearly shat myself when they played "Autobahn" and "The Model". Only problem was their weak encore, "Aerodynamik" and something else. Considering they didn't play "Neon Lights" or "Europe Endless", I thought they would have been better encore songs. But still great.
If either the Orb or Kraftwerk come to a town near you, GO SEE THEM! And bring on Underworld and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds in January!
Nice, Infected Mushroom, should be gravy.
Luckily they the main ones I want to see (Kraftwerk and The Orb) are on at different times.
I listened to it a lot as well, but I still consider it to be the best classic house CD I've heard, but you are probably right, not quite good enough for the list.
You are welcome to fly over the the south west coast of Australia. :P
I agree with you somewhat, the drumming was fresh to the mainstream at the time, but other bands did it way before then. Even then, it would have mainly influenced the Motorik sound, big deal.
Well, since I was talking about how the Beatles did not particularly influence anything other then the mainstream, and not how brilliant they were, this new song doesn't really fit into the argument. It wasn't released then, so it has no bearings on what I'm trying to say.
And there seems to be some sort of assumption that I hate the Beatles. They are good for what they are; simple pop music. They aren't the best band ever, they aren't the second coming of Jesus, and most importantly, they aren't a blanket of influence over every single genre of music as most Beatles lovers seem to think they are.
Screw Sasha, I mainly want to see Kraftwerk. I'll see Sasha if it doesn't clash with The Orb or Kraftwerk. It's a 10 hour festival.
There's another festival in early January, with Underworld, De La Soul, Faithless, Benny Benassi, Ferry Corsten, Cut Copy, Cosmic Gate and Salmonella Dub. Might check out that one as well.
How terrible, I'm the first to vote Orb.
And Sasha in the lead....
No matter, I'm seeing both on Sunday!
Don't like to brag but BAM! Throw in ATB, Felix Da Housecat and Kraftwerk in as well. :D