very interesting! thanks for posting.
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 2:20 AM, Alan Marshall <admars32@???>wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I'm a long time lurker, very infrequent poster, but thought I'd post that I
> went to the Southbank Centre last night to see Fred Frith perform with Mike
> Patton as part of Ornette Coleman's "Meltdown".
>
> I wasn't sure what to expect, and it was kind of hard to describe! Frith
> was sat with guitar on lap strings up to the ceiling most of the time,
> Patton behind a table with his various electronic tools. Frith had a table
> with a violin bow, pebbles, and various other things he used to play the
> guitar.
>
> The first 10 mins or so I found it hard to get into, but the 2nd 20 mins or
> so I started to really enjoy, with Frith kind of playing the guitar like
> you'd play bongos! I'm sure there's a better way of explaining it, and I'm
> sorry for the "dumbing down" (one of the reasons I rarely post ;) )
>
> Patton played with what I assume is a Kaoss pad, did very little "singing"
> and dashed between the table and speakers, but he wasn't as animated as
> normal for him, I guess concentrating on the equipment more than than the
> way he normally hurls himself round the stage when using his voice.
>
> then the 3rd part of the set Shlomo, a human beat boxer joined them. I had
> seen him on TV on Jools Holland a few years, and he was good then, but he
> really added a much needed energy and "gel" to the performance. without him,
> I though it seemed like Patton and Frith were both performing on the same
> stage, but not together, with Shlomo there, it really created a more united
> group, so I ended up really enjoying it. I didn't enjoy it as much as
> Moonchild at the Barbican a couple of years ago, or when Patton joined Zorn
> etc for the Derek Bailey tribute the night before, but glad I went none the
> less.
>
> It was sad to see that despite the concert selling out, there were quite a
> few empty sets, and people were leaving throughout the performance, funnily
> enough the last time I remember seeing that happen so much in a gig was when
> Mr Bungle played London and just played tracks from Disco Volante not long
> after its release!
>
> After the recent Faith No More reunion, maybe a lot of people that couldn't
> get tickets for FNM at Brixton went, I guess there's still a lot of people
> that see Patton's name and just want to hear Epic :(
>
> Al
>
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