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Thanks Legion. I love these guys too and have always wanted to see them perform their mayhem. It was NegativeLand that got me back into exploring tape manipulation and collage/plunderphonics. They're masters of their medium (and funny f*ckers, too :) I'll check 'em out when they come to Chapel Hill, NC (that's as close as they get to Charlotte, I guess). - Larry T ----- Original Message ----- From: "Legion" <legion@voicenet.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>; <analogue@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 10:34 AM Subject: [AH] Negativland on tour... > I saw Negativland's current True/False tour last night at the TLA in > Philadelphia. All I can say is if anyone has *ever* had an interest in > Negativland, looping, or audio and video manipulation you will hate > yourself if you do not see this show. > > There was a team of about 8-10 members either running things offstage or > on. they used multiple film projectors, a bank of four radio carts, dual > cd players (playing custom sounds), a turntable (processed at times), > and sprinkled guitar, bass, thermin, synths, and more over the top. > > The stage setup had a TV monitor for an extended talking head bit (which > was 100% coordinated by the band onstange in realtime maniacally > flipping video and audio loops as the video projection told the story). > The background was a huge white screen which they used for projecting > all the stage video as well as three machines from the audience. > > The did a bit of old stuff (the encore was a very clever and fun (and > copyright free!) rendition of their most infamous single), and had a ton > of new stuff broken down into two complete sets for a total of a 2.5 > hour showtime. > > I have been doing tape manipulation and found/noise collage stuff for > years and have never seen a group work so hard in such a coordinated > manner in my life. The sheer magnitude and set up of this show is only > matched by the fact that they are using archaic technology along with > bits and pieces of new stuff to make their point even more entertaining > and true. The final loop segment in set two was an achingly beautiful > reminder of how an artist can capitalize on old technology and turn it > into something unique. > > Did I mention they had a puppet show and chopped up the Sound of Music > into the most perverse song Julie Andrews never uttered? > > Trust me, if you've ever been the least bit curious of what multimedia > manipulation can be in it's rawest and more polished form you do*not* > want to miss this show. Forget the hype of them as media masters, this > show is fun as hell on top of everything else. > > Full info at: http://www.negativland.com/ > > This next part of the tour is not completely solid yet, but will be > starting it on the 3rd of May. > > Wed. May 03 '00 --- NYC --- Irving Plaza > Thu. May 04 '00 --- Washington DC --- 9:30 Club > Fri. May 05 '00 --- Poughkeepsie, NY --- Bard College : Multipurpose > Room > Sat. May 06 '00 --- Boston --- Copley Theater > Mon. May 08 '00 --- Chapel Hill, NC --- Carrboro Arts Center > Wed. May 10 '00 --- Atlanta --- Variety Playhouse > Fri. May 12 '00 --- Clearwater, FL --- Club More > Sun. May 14 '00 --- New Orleans --- Howlin' Wolf > Mon. May 15 '00 --- Houston --- Rice University: Hammond Hall > Tue. May 16 '00 --- Austin --- Stubb's BBQ > Thu. May 18 '00 --- Tulsa --- The Other Side > Sat. May 20 '00 --- Denver --- Bluebird > May '00 --- San Diego --- TBA > Wed. May 24 '00 --- Los Angeles --- El Rey > Sat. May 27 '00 --- San Francisco --- Palace of Fine Arts > May '00 --- Palo Alto --- TBA > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > HELP WANTED PRODUCTIONS - Http://www.voicenet.com/~legion > "Bringing you the best in Organic Electronic music since we started..." > > Home of the Unusual Instrument and Recording Gallery with pictures and > info of Tube recorders, Omnichords, weird guitars, Casios, and more. > > >