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Re: Orbital reform - Tour 2009
the thing that orbital HAD, was that they actually played their gear in front of us. it took a mountain of synths and drum machines and sample products to make that sound, and it was fun to see all that commotion. there is something to be said for a person(s) who loads up all kinds of shit and brings it to the show, and actually RUNS a sequencer. sometimes the sequences line up, other times it's a trainwreck. anyone who attempts to sync 5 synthesizers and a sampler and a couple of drum machines knows the issues of sync. it's a bitch. shit, just try to sync up two laptops with a single MIDI click, it's often times worthless.
Orbital was probably the best electronic show i've ever seen. I was young enough, high enough, and the venue was small enough. If you get the chance, do it...even if they do play that horrible bunch of samples through halcyon. shame... that's one of the most beautiful techno tracks ever, and they had to go and fuck it all up.
that said, maybe it's all over....
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