may 28 at MUTEK

so here i am. had a busy day yesterday. along with the traveling, getting to montreal late and arriving to my first interview late, nontheless i semed to catch up during the avisions_2 session. i must say that during the set by the fun years, during the avisions_2 showcase, was to put it in a single term: mesmerizing! the sounds were nice and smooth but very assertive in tone. these guys came to MUTEK to give the audience a performance they would not forget. the visuals at this performance must have been made with software and hardware hot off the lab. the visuals, at times coming from a closed circuit video signal from a camera on stage, and at times also from pre recorded footage. nontheless these visuals were unlike anything i have seen in my years as a video artist.

the fun years during avisions_2 at monument nacional

later in the evening as i left the monument nacional for metropolis where fun fun fun awaited everybody. the session nocturne_2, sub-titled the bass exponential, included artists appleblim/UK, deadbeat/CA, moderat/DE and mala/UK. once again modeselektor, now collaborating with apparat to perform as moderat. this was hard electrodub and hardcore dubstep at its cleanest and purest form. as one guy in the audience i was talking to put it: its just hard music! this performance blew everybodys mind and spirit away for the rest of the night. after these guys were done i was pretty much done for the night. i stuck around but i must say that nothing else mattered after moderat.

moderat during nocturne_2 at metropolis

tonight i am looking forward to a couple of performances that for sure look to be memorable. one is part of the a_visions session: artificiel. these guys, from canada, are really taking their work and MUTEK to a different level of event. they are going beyond the use of technology in the traditional sense. in their interview they spoke about going back to the root of it all: hardware. by incorporating new media and physical hardware, they are taking steps to redirect the experience of their audiences.
another are the guys from the nortec collective out of tijuana: bostich and fussible. these guys are taking they material and this new media deal into yet another direction and back to the roots as well if you will. by incorporating folk norteno music into their new and techi-edged sounds really redirects the spectator into what one would not expect at a new media festival or happening.
more to come...

05.29.2009. - 13:48

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