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Re: [AH] Negativland on tour...



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
> 
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