GIG REVIEW ::: SCANNER, CHRIS CUTLER & DAAN VANDERWALLE @ THE LUMINAIRE

Current mood: FLOUPY!!
Category: FLOUPY!! Music

THE GIG


So, I was coming back from seeing Scanner, Chris Cutler and Daan Vanderwalle at the Luminaire in Kilburn the other day and in the haze of hometime I picked up a bevy of free magazines to browse on the train home.


The gig had been a strange one.

When at least a third of the crowd is sitting on the floor in a club watching a guy play what appears to be an electric sitar and a woman singing into a Nintendo Wii, you have to worry for whoever washes the sitters clothes...

Yes boss, nightclubs floors are not well known for being clean.


But the seating arrangement did suit the tone of the night..

Yes boss, this was definately the kind of gig you’d imagine The Wire magazine would love. It was intellignet and educated. It was abstract . It was music to sit and listen too..


I’m not so sure where I stand on it.

The Wii folk were interesting and they very efficiently released a CD of the performance by hometime in exchange for you signing onto their mailing list - which was a very fair deal indeed.


The main event that followed was split up into solo sets and collaborations that reflected and built on the works of Stockhausen.

I have to admire the discipline of the performance and the wonder table played by Mr Cutler was truly a sight to behold.

Yes boss, somehow ace percussionist Chris Cutler managed to play a very unique drum kit and effects without you ever hearing much in the way of drum sounds. It was very curious indeed.


Overall I certainly enjoyed the sounds, but left not being sure I’d turn up to see that kind of a show more than once or twice a year.

But like I say, as a night out, it was very pleasant indeed - even though I managed to get told off no fewer than 3 times on the way and way back for smoking (and I wasn’t even in lighting up indoors!!)



FLY BABY FLY!!!!


Anyway, at the end of the evening, I’m walking down the canal on the last leg back here to the Fish Fort and I’m getting quite excited. My walkman has pulled off a good 3 track shuffle and I’m begining to feel in the kind of form that see’s great PG£ Cultural Achievements like the Capture of the Chairs of Pop Power .

Yes boss, I start to ask myself the following questions:

What can I steal from the local popstars??

Do I need any other artefacts to fully take a hold of the gods of pop???

Are any brave and dubiously romantic gestures required to enforce my superiority as the worlds most reluctant to write about music, music writer?????

I scream a little and jog some intervals. I feel lively and in good shape, but I can’t think of much in the way of grand gestures. I mean I have The Chairs - what else do I need???

(Paul Giovanni £rd bathes in the glow of The Chairs of Pop Power)

However, as I cross over the Old Ford Lock, I do feel the need to at least expunge something from my grasp into the rushing water. I need to FLING AND LAUNCH!!! I look at the free magazines in my hand. I pull out The Fly and hurl it wetwards!!!

SPLASH!!!

I feel good. I feel righteous and satisfied. The bad magazine is in the water and I PG£ am warm and dry. It feels like another good day for me and a bad day for the haters...


That was until today when I realised that the reason I can’t find the free CD of the Nintendo Wii bands performance is because I enclosed it within the cover of the copy of The Fly for safekeeping...

So sadly that disc is now most likely twirling in an eddie somewhere around about Southend Pier, rather than spinning on my cd drive...

Which is a shame, ’cause I wanted to hear it again...

Anyway...

Currently listening : The Love Symbol Album By Prince & The New Power Generation Release date: By 13 October, 1992

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	Colossus	Even though the blog ends on a tragic note I must say it's nice to read about you seeming kind of....I dunno...happy? I'll check out Chris Cutter...you checked out Colourmusic yet? Spider xx Posted by Colossus on Friday, March 14, 2008 at 18:16 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	Oh yeah, I'm mostly happy... I haven't checked out Colourmusic yet, but I will... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Friday, March 14, 2008 at 18:53 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	simon	Yes it certainly was a night of strange music my review of the same gig will be up on Monday, and if you ask nicely I may be able to run off a copy of that cd you fed to the Regents canal rats, I hope they think its tasty tasty very very tasty!! Posted by simon on Friday, March 14, 2008 at 20:03 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	I'll look forward to your review... And if you could run me off a copy of that fine CD that would be ace.. I just hope it the fish have been enjoying the tunes..(and that it doesn't become worth £500 in years to come(( Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Friday, March 14, 2008 at 20:08 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Cupid Kinkyboots Fan Club	Here in the more sophisticated part of the world nobody ever sits on the floor during a show. Unless, of course, they like sitting in spit and chewing gum. Or if you like having sombody's butt in your face... Posted by The Cupid Kinkyboots Fan Club on Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 19:51 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	I don't mind having someones butt in my face, but I draw the line at chewing gum... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 20:22 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	simon	Yes indeed as you have already noticed my review of this gig is now up on my blog as I am a little slower in reviewing things than you, but still a good night out. oh and Miss kinky Boots the Luminaire has nice polished floors that don't have gum stuck to them we use a rubbish bin for stuff like that here!! Posted by simon on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 20:16 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	I think the thing I wondered with this one was: Could I not have just heard equivalently good music at home without the expensive drinks and inability to smoke or feel like a criminal.. That they were playing live didn't really add much to the music.. I feel the reason to go out is to have an experience I can't have at home and I wasn't sure I got that on this occasion from the musicians - though I certainly did enjoy the company... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 21:16 [Remove] [Reply to this]

simon

I know what you mean it was a bit sterile and therefore as no one was moving or dancing and just being statues listening it was just like sitting in a room by yourself indulging in the pleasures of your own choice rather than the pleasures on offer in a bar. Posted by simon on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 19:14 [Remove] [Reply to this]