2017/10/16 16:42:22
craigb
I was once approached by a midget wearing a fishbowl on his head at a trade show in Irkutsk for folding chairs made out of recyclable spaghetti and footballs.  I immediately determined the ancestry of his brown seaweed ankle bracelet from my vast experience in archaeological Askimet meditation, most of which took place in a secret outdoor cafe nestled between the French coast and a bean-bag manufacturing plant.  I should note that there is something very questionable with the semi-white, Brazilian hot chocolate that the waitress, Sully, serves...  My initial guess as a bourgeois connoisseur of fancy mauve-tinged fruits and subtle kidney-colored vegetables leaned towards an inefficiency in the temperature of the base liquid. I also found it disturbing when flakes of her Easter Island meets Coney Island tattoos would fall into the canary minestrone and ultra-chrome soup.  In any event, back to Nepal where I met with a frog pudding doctor selling yo-yo's from a spinning tea cup.  Since we had both seen the same documentary about left-handed tobacco beetles that favor the color marble blue, there was instant rapport.  We talked for hours about the seven alternate endings to Shakespeare's "Transformation of Bleu Cheese and Ferret Gravy" that was never published.  You should have seen the multitude of sonically-infused, ozone-depleted seashells that made up the better part of the entrance to the famous Omnibus dining hall!  Invigorating to say the least.
2017/10/16 17:14:55
craigb
Damn... Forgot "Hi,"
2017/10/16 17:47:40
bayoubill
Let me know when you have dinner near my neighborhood cuz I want to be there
2017/10/16 17:52:38
sharke
I've seen this video a number of times during the years and I've never been able to get a solid answer regarding where the footage is from, exactly what it depicts and how accurate the audio is when he's playing. People will say "of course that's him playing, he's a genius" but  I'm not sure. A piece like that has a lot going on, and regardless of the complexity or ingenuity of the equipment he's using, he still only has ten fingers with which to play notes. I mean there are parts of that audio you can see he's definitely not playing with his fingers (e.g. a harp like run at 4:08), so what exactly is he doing here? Is he playing some parts along with a recording? Are there other sequenced parts which are triggered as he's playing? Is he just miming along to a finished recording? Too many questions.....
2017/10/16 17:55:31
craigb
Sharke calls Milli Vangelis? 
2017/10/16 17:58:46
sharke
More like Villi Vangelli
2017/10/16 18:03:05
jamesg1213
I imagine all those foot pedals are the key, he's turning those on and off like crazy under the desk, bringing different sounds in and out.
2017/10/16 20:24:08
craigb

2017/10/17 01:02:21
Jeff Evans
I think the squiggles on the boxes themselves represent the sounds. (the displays are also indicating the sounds) Because he is rotating those bars and selecting the buttons below and the sounds change.  As there are 12 there it seems he is addressing at least 12 synth sections.  From the top at least.  The pedals are obviously addressing more sounds underneath.
 
What he is holding on the clipboard in his hand I think might represent the score.
 
What is interesting though is those two large white boxes to his right next to what looks like a Korg Radius synth. Not sure what they are. Could be an advanced version of the Zyklus maybe still not sure.  They don't seem to be doing much during this performance though.  The RADAR system also seems idle as well.  This performance looks totally live to me. 
 
And yes despite the technology he is still a great musician and player too.
2017/10/17 06:24:59
craigb
I bet Pedro probably likes Merzbow! 
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