Mutek Review part 2

My highlights were

Seth Troxler- Seth brought the dimension of deepness and sexuality that sometimes gets missed at mutek. This one had the girls having a blast.

Barem- I walked into barem's set never having heard of him. people were going off at this fairly early event. Def will be checking this guy out again.

Sleeparchive- he looked german to the bone, and like he doesnt get much sleep at all.. no wonder he has to archive it. He was a maestro in his own wunderkind manner. His focus was palpable.

Ben Shemie- Middle Clouds: Family A, B, C”. (Shemie + his laptop and his band of 4 violinists put on a moving musical film score esque performance.

Jeremy Caulfield- Drop Kick in the face set. The guy blew me away. I was so up for this set and actually expected to be torn a new one. Every few months I try to check what this canuck is up to, always impressed. I kept looking back at my friend who is an old techno soul and we were vibing off jpc like kids watching star wars for the first time. You are very lucky to have a friend like this! After I found out that mike huckaby sold him his first collection of techno it all started to make sense- throw in a childhood in hong kong and this futurist has the underpinnings of a great.

Deadbeat- my first time seeing him live outside of the digi sections. Seems like a very nice fellow. I wasn't expecting much as the nocturne 4 second room was pretty sub stellar. This guy obviously loves audio and paints gorgeous pictures with it.

--- I missed murcof and most of the AV sets. This starts me on a rant actually. Everyone I spoke with whom attended all of the A/Visions listed the Murcof/Hecker/C Fennesz events as the highlights of the weekend.

Last year I paid for the full mutek ticket at 180$... not only that but I had to pay full price for the A/V sessions. This year I bought my tickets singly. I meant to talk to the ticket people to try to get some comps to the A/V sessions as last year I felt I was screwed having to pay double. Good for mutek organizers for getting it right this time and giving people a true full access ticket this time.