Re: [Berlin] 28.11.09 - Arena - Dopplereffekt, Luisine...
i don't post much because people talk so much shit, but this got me pissed enough to give my 2 cents.
let me be very clear: i'm not a big dopplereffekt fan and i didn't have high expectations about what this kind of show would be like in a club venue.
1. my good friend is the sound guy who did dopplereffekt's soundcheck at arena - he plugged their gear directly into DI-boxes then into the mixer.
there were no laptops or other boxes. and as far as i know, nor have they used anything like that. can somebody prove otherwise? pics?
2. they use a heavy amount of pre-sequenced material, but there is also a certain amount of live performance happening... some keyboard accompaniment and sound shaping. the sound guy can vouch for this. (fyi - they bring one korg triton and the other is rented. the triton probably has the MOSS expansion board so they can get the virtual analog modeling)
they bring 2 dvd's of original video material with them as well.
3. this probably falls under the category of performance art. maybe that's why i was a bit skeptical. but after hearing their sonic soundscapes in this kind of venue, i was pleasantly surprised. i loved hearing it loud!!
i think it's disrespectful to trash performers with a long and interesting career who bring challenging and somewhat unorthodox material into a club setting.
4. speaking as a live performer for over 12 years, do you know how much preparation it takes to make all that video material? to make all that music over the years? to have that kind of composure and motivation to do something different?
i'd like to see y'all try to pull off anything close to this.
it's like those people you overhear in museums looking at some monotone painting that cost a million dollars: "oh i could have done that!"
well guess what? you didn't - and such things bubble up and appear as a result of a long context of artistic production. some of it has to do with knowing the right people or being in the right place at the right time.
but trashing gerald donald seems absolutely retarded. the sound was good, the video was kitschy and cute (yeah, i'm a sucker for silly science-fetishes) and their austere stage presence matches their sound perfectly.
and finally - this speaks for itself:
Aliases: Arpanet, Glass Domain, Heinrich Mueller, Intellitronic, Japanese Telecom
In Groups: Abstract Thought, Der Zyklus, Dopplereffekt, Drexciya, Elecktroids, Flexitone, L.A.M., Zerkalo