On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 07:27:13PM +0100, Phil Blake wrote:
I saw Loophead at Glastonbury and was overwhelmed by it! It was basically System 7 playing live whilst Alex Dj'd the Live stuff through the mixer along with the vinyl and what looked like a Kaos effects pad. The result was a fantastic mix of Orb and System 7 stuff, along with the Loophead track they released on badorb.com. Loads of mistakes (including bringing up one channel so loud they blew the speakers at the back) and on a number of occasions you could hear Alex queuing up the records.
:-) yeah, but it was still wicked. I wasn't close enough to see properly (and was off my tits anyway!) but were Hillage and Giraudy grinning like loons all the way through? When they played the Dance Tent on friday (?) they were grinning from ear to ear and looked like they were absolutely LOVING it! :-)
But none of this spoilt it and their set was a major festival highlight for me.
Definitely! I wish I'd got there earlier and seen more of Hallucinogen before them. For some reason I stayed with my mates for zero7 instead of going to see the start of Hallucinogen. Much as I like "simple things" their live show was very disappointing - they could have been miming to the album for all the "live" feel they gave it. Or maybe I was just too eager to see Loopphead to appreciate it properly.
Harry, I saw you there with your camcorder! I was at the front wearing a Bob9 shirt, dont know if you saw me,
I was at the left in front of the record stall, also wearing a TOG9, which my washing machine chewed up when I got home! It did the same to a ninjatune shirt as well. I'm going to kill my landlord... -- "If all these sweet young things were laid end to end, I wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised." - Dorothy Parker on Co-Eds