this is the voice of re:mote induction.Monday, December 15, 2003
information wants to be free
sonntag / 07.12.03 / sunday / december 7th:
01 - 20:30 - pure + m:l:p [austria/france - sinewave-acoustics and tinkering static - special-videos]
-given the running of the last few nights we weren't really in a hurry to turn up for doors opening. while i was curious about pure, he has quite a varied release history, it was really cruelty campaign that was the first band we were quite keen to see. so we aimed to arrive later, having dinner in the same restaurant as the night before, and coincidentally, though at the time we didn't realise, cruelty campaign was at the next table.
-we turned up at the venue approximately at 21:30, time that des esseintes should have been starting, however it was like the previous nights - not a lot happening. so that when the first band went on after us arriving it was still the first band. pure sat at one corner of the stage, with a lap top open. i wasn't sure who m:l:p was, but i'm guessing it was the girl stood with another lap top at the side, where the visual artists were set up for the weekend. he performed the music, covering a range of his sounds, building from the more ambient, through soundscape/sine towards the more active territory. presumably having concentrated on the more beat heavy material with his performance on the other floor the night before.
- i was glad that i hadn't missed this set after all, because on the whole i quite liked his set. in terms of stage presence he didn't make a big impact, though the visuals, which i unfortunatly can't remember much about now, worked well. [there was a constant stream of visuals throughout the weekend, some obviously band orientated, some short films, and some just filler, so it became difficult at times to remember what was what, and what was when.]
02 - 21:30 - des esseintes [sweden - apocalyptic industrial]
-i didn't really know anything about des esseintes, they are not a band i am familiar with, though one of our group said they were a megapatera side project and he was really keen to see them. on stage it was a guy and a girl, and they were set up with a table full of gear. they produced dark ambient, grindy kind of material, what a lot of folk refer to as roughly cold meat industry type sound. for me the label CMI can be hit and miss, but for the most part this set worked quite well. not mind blowing by any means, but certainly enjoyable enough.
-at various stages before/after bands the organisers would add other things. there had been a couple of spoken words (one guy in front of the stage talking in german with some lame beats from a drum pad) and the previous nights suspension. with the end of des esseintes set an american/canadian (wasn't quite sure which), took to the stage, and seemed to convince the guy from des esseintes to provide some sound for at least part of his spoken word. he then went on about information countdowns, whether information really wants to be free, or whether we have enough information already. this kind of worked to a degree, though verged on cheesy. at the end of this piece des esseintes left the state, and the speaker went on to rant a little. unfortunately like most of the weekend's propaganda there was a certain aimlessness, quoting familiar information, and in such a style that was intended to be ironic, but just seemed to fall a little flat.
03 - 22:30 - cruelty campaign [usa - industrial radio plays]
- i was bemused to find that we had been sitting at the next table from cruelty campaign for pizza earlier in the night, how odd. almost as much as i was bemused to find that cruelty campaign on this occasion was just one guy when i was expecting two. how odd. the visuals were clearly set up for his set, coming up with the band name and description. like the sound there was a certain stray effect to the imagery, capturing abstract scenes and moods. i recognised a couple of piece from the distressed signals album, though suspect there were probably more pieces that were different enough. despite having been looking forward to this set, there was something which just didn't click for me with the performance. which i suspect was more of a mood/venue/instance kind of thing, subjectively i enjoyed what i was hearing, but just didn't seem to get as much out of it as i hoped, which was a pity.
04 - 23:30 - bad sector [italy - extraterrestrial radio signals meats oldskool electro beats - special videoshow]
-undoubtedly bad sector were one of the performances i was most looking forward to, and he didn't disappoint! set up behind a load of gear, he clearly had something set up which reacted to hand motions, which gave a really dramatic sense to his set. sweeping gestures and abrupt stops causing equally sweeping pads and bass. starting off his set had a certain impact, which wasn't entirely what i was hoping for, but striking enough. but as he built it up bad sector really kicked in, really giving the punch and depth i was hoping for. visuals gave images of hands appropriately, mixed with binary foetuses and the like, thematically matching the ideas of information and identity to tie it into the weekend. bad sector was the highlight of the night, and definitely one of the most memorable of the weekend.
05 - 00:45 - error [latvia - noisy deconstructions]
-given the timing of the trains and the fact that we weren't familiar with error it is likely that we would have called it a night after bad sector and gone for the last train of the night at 1.30. however things of course ran on and it was more like 2am by the time error came on. with the fact that trains started again about 4.30am and the idea that it was cold outside and the bands at this rate would finish in time for trains starting, we decided to stay.
-with that error was one guy and a laptop playing grinding repetitive rhythmic noise. it was pretty one dimensional, as was the almost plain text graphics that went with his set. he chundered along quite happily, despite the fact that he did seem to experience some problems. but in the end there was very little of interest from error live.
06 - 01:45 - einleitungszeit/sangredans [cz/sk - harsh noise-performance - outro]
-the last performance was old school industrial noise. lots of clanking, smacking sheet metal with hammers, using a grinder to send up sparks, shouting through filters to create a general noise. sound wise it was ok, not really challenging, not really something we hadn't heard before. yeah, it was ok, not really remarkable or memorable for finishing a weekend long festival though. with them done, we pottered about some until we could get a train and filtered back to the hotel for about 5am.
sonntag / 07.12.03 / sunday / december 7th:
01 - 20:30 - pure + m:l:p [austria/france - sinewave-acoustics and tinkering static - special-videos]
-given the running of the last few nights we weren't really in a hurry to turn up for doors opening. while i was curious about pure, he has quite a varied release history, it was really cruelty campaign that was the first band we were quite keen to see. so we aimed to arrive later, having dinner in the same restaurant as the night before, and coincidentally, though at the time we didn't realise, cruelty campaign was at the next table.
-we turned up at the venue approximately at 21:30, time that des esseintes should have been starting, however it was like the previous nights - not a lot happening. so that when the first band went on after us arriving it was still the first band. pure sat at one corner of the stage, with a lap top open. i wasn't sure who m:l:p was, but i'm guessing it was the girl stood with another lap top at the side, where the visual artists were set up for the weekend. he performed the music, covering a range of his sounds, building from the more ambient, through soundscape/sine towards the more active territory. presumably having concentrated on the more beat heavy material with his performance on the other floor the night before.
- i was glad that i hadn't missed this set after all, because on the whole i quite liked his set. in terms of stage presence he didn't make a big impact, though the visuals, which i unfortunatly can't remember much about now, worked well. [there was a constant stream of visuals throughout the weekend, some obviously band orientated, some short films, and some just filler, so it became difficult at times to remember what was what, and what was when.]
02 - 21:30 - des esseintes [sweden - apocalyptic industrial]
-i didn't really know anything about des esseintes, they are not a band i am familiar with, though one of our group said they were a megapatera side project and he was really keen to see them. on stage it was a guy and a girl, and they were set up with a table full of gear. they produced dark ambient, grindy kind of material, what a lot of folk refer to as roughly cold meat industry type sound. for me the label CMI can be hit and miss, but for the most part this set worked quite well. not mind blowing by any means, but certainly enjoyable enough.
-at various stages before/after bands the organisers would add other things. there had been a couple of spoken words (one guy in front of the stage talking in german with some lame beats from a drum pad) and the previous nights suspension. with the end of des esseintes set an american/canadian (wasn't quite sure which), took to the stage, and seemed to convince the guy from des esseintes to provide some sound for at least part of his spoken word. he then went on about information countdowns, whether information really wants to be free, or whether we have enough information already. this kind of worked to a degree, though verged on cheesy. at the end of this piece des esseintes left the state, and the speaker went on to rant a little. unfortunately like most of the weekend's propaganda there was a certain aimlessness, quoting familiar information, and in such a style that was intended to be ironic, but just seemed to fall a little flat.
03 - 22:30 - cruelty campaign [usa - industrial radio plays]
- i was bemused to find that we had been sitting at the next table from cruelty campaign for pizza earlier in the night, how odd. almost as much as i was bemused to find that cruelty campaign on this occasion was just one guy when i was expecting two. how odd. the visuals were clearly set up for his set, coming up with the band name and description. like the sound there was a certain stray effect to the imagery, capturing abstract scenes and moods. i recognised a couple of piece from the distressed signals album, though suspect there were probably more pieces that were different enough. despite having been looking forward to this set, there was something which just didn't click for me with the performance. which i suspect was more of a mood/venue/instance kind of thing, subjectively i enjoyed what i was hearing, but just didn't seem to get as much out of it as i hoped, which was a pity.
04 - 23:30 - bad sector [italy - extraterrestrial radio signals meats oldskool electro beats - special videoshow]
-undoubtedly bad sector were one of the performances i was most looking forward to, and he didn't disappoint! set up behind a load of gear, he clearly had something set up which reacted to hand motions, which gave a really dramatic sense to his set. sweeping gestures and abrupt stops causing equally sweeping pads and bass. starting off his set had a certain impact, which wasn't entirely what i was hoping for, but striking enough. but as he built it up bad sector really kicked in, really giving the punch and depth i was hoping for. visuals gave images of hands appropriately, mixed with binary foetuses and the like, thematically matching the ideas of information and identity to tie it into the weekend. bad sector was the highlight of the night, and definitely one of the most memorable of the weekend.
05 - 00:45 - error [latvia - noisy deconstructions]
-given the timing of the trains and the fact that we weren't familiar with error it is likely that we would have called it a night after bad sector and gone for the last train of the night at 1.30. however things of course ran on and it was more like 2am by the time error came on. with the fact that trains started again about 4.30am and the idea that it was cold outside and the bands at this rate would finish in time for trains starting, we decided to stay.
-with that error was one guy and a laptop playing grinding repetitive rhythmic noise. it was pretty one dimensional, as was the almost plain text graphics that went with his set. he chundered along quite happily, despite the fact that he did seem to experience some problems. but in the end there was very little of interest from error live.
06 - 01:45 - einleitungszeit/sangredans [cz/sk - harsh noise-performance - outro]
-the last performance was old school industrial noise. lots of clanking, smacking sheet metal with hammers, using a grinder to send up sparks, shouting through filters to create a general noise. sound wise it was ok, not really challenging, not really something we hadn't heard before. yeah, it was ok, not really remarkable or memorable for finishing a weekend long festival though. with them done, we pottered about some until we could get a train and filtered back to the hotel for about 5am.
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