this is the voice of re:mote induction.Monday, March 08, 2004
Adam Johnson @ Miso @13th Note, 6th March 2004 - Johnson has been lined up to play Glasgow’s monthly Miso night a couple of times in the past, but was finally delivered on Saturday night. Support was listed as being Edinburgh based Benbecula signing Operator, but on the night it turned out there were two support bands, so it wasn’t till later when we were able to ascertain who was who.
The first guy sat behind his PC monitor, with one hand propping up his head, while he performed single handedly. The music he performed was pretty straight forward electronica, probably appealing to fans of Benbecula and the like, but no more than wallpaper to the rest of us who felt as bored by his performance as he appeared. This was followed by Operator, who had a load of gear, which seemed to see him concentrate on vocals effects and a beat heavy sound. There were moments where he was certainly more interesting than the previous guy, and on the whole he certainly seemed to be doing more. But personally he just annoyed the hell out of me and couldn’t end his set quick enough.
With the bands the night before and those here I think I was starting to get some kind of performance fatigue coming on. As when Adam Johnson went on after Operator I had little enthusiasm left. The result being that his performance seemed to be okay, and might have even been enjoyable under different circumstances, but ultimately he didn’t seem too much better than the first guy that had been on.
Hopefully Shadow Huntaz tomorrow night won’t disappoint, or I’ll be writing three bad live reviews in a row – good way to get more hate mail!
The first guy sat behind his PC monitor, with one hand propping up his head, while he performed single handedly. The music he performed was pretty straight forward electronica, probably appealing to fans of Benbecula and the like, but no more than wallpaper to the rest of us who felt as bored by his performance as he appeared. This was followed by Operator, who had a load of gear, which seemed to see him concentrate on vocals effects and a beat heavy sound. There were moments where he was certainly more interesting than the previous guy, and on the whole he certainly seemed to be doing more. But personally he just annoyed the hell out of me and couldn’t end his set quick enough.
With the bands the night before and those here I think I was starting to get some kind of performance fatigue coming on. As when Adam Johnson went on after Operator I had little enthusiasm left. The result being that his performance seemed to be okay, and might have even been enjoyable under different circumstances, but ultimately he didn’t seem too much better than the first guy that had been on.
Hopefully Shadow Huntaz tomorrow night won’t disappoint, or I’ll be writing three bad live reviews in a row – good way to get more hate mail!
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