this is the voice of re:mote induction.Friday, December 12, 2003
scorn/quoit - i am not sure if mick harris tours much, certainly i'm not especially aware of him doing so. i saw him play as scorn a couple of years ago at maschinenfest in aachen, where he was memorable from his considerable wall of bass. last night he played a gig in edinburgh, combining his scorn and quoit projects. to this end he started slow, down beat, scorn. building up the thick wall of bass, with thick bass pads, and thick bass beats. once he had some thick bass going he started to chug along in a thick bass manner. building this as he went, picking up the pace an increment so the beats were harder/faster. reaching a manic climax at the end of his set, breakbeats flying and crashing. the bass frequencies shifted through his set, so that while the venue's sound system wasn't really up to a full harris we could still get the effect standing where we were - various bodily vibrations and oscillations.
mick harris was of course the performance of the night, david jack was the main support band. a three piece of bass guitar/electronics, live drummer and turntables. for me this was not very interesting at all, tending towards a very traditional feel, with the predictability of each track starting with sampled material before they rocked on. there was a certain toe tapping funkiness to what they were doing, but entirely not for me.
the first band on were giant tank, who were just about to start as we arrived. this is the third time i have seen the edinburgh based band, and each time they have been quite different. this time it was mostly drones, bass heavy and atmospheric, with lots of twitching manipulations. around the middle there was a heavy repetitive drum section, which was quite effective, but went on too long before anything else happened. when it did the trumpet and bass guitars joined in, leading to the climax of three of the members drumming. this was a better performance than the previous time i had seen them, which had been pretty wank, though i think the first time with godflesh and sine wave sound was probably the best.
-another late night, got home at 2.40, with a 6.30 rise. brilliant! especially after the week to date. but its all cool.
mick harris was of course the performance of the night, david jack was the main support band. a three piece of bass guitar/electronics, live drummer and turntables. for me this was not very interesting at all, tending towards a very traditional feel, with the predictability of each track starting with sampled material before they rocked on. there was a certain toe tapping funkiness to what they were doing, but entirely not for me.
the first band on were giant tank, who were just about to start as we arrived. this is the third time i have seen the edinburgh based band, and each time they have been quite different. this time it was mostly drones, bass heavy and atmospheric, with lots of twitching manipulations. around the middle there was a heavy repetitive drum section, which was quite effective, but went on too long before anything else happened. when it did the trumpet and bass guitars joined in, leading to the climax of three of the members drumming. this was a better performance than the previous time i had seen them, which had been pretty wank, though i think the first time with godflesh and sine wave sound was probably the best.
-another late night, got home at 2.40, with a 6.30 rise. brilliant! especially after the week to date. but its all cool.
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