just got back from london, they were two amazing gigs!! (
again I might add. They are really on a roll this tour).
For some reason (either me fucking up while purchasing the ticket online, or maybe roundhouse made an error) on thursday my ticket was for the circle which is the upstairs area, rather than the main space. So I got seperated from m.g. and janie. But after a while I actually came to enjoy my high vantage point at the back cause it gave an unusual perspective of the stage + crowd. And it did seem really crowded down there too so I was thankful for having all the space I needed to dance around
Second night we got there earlier so me, joris and marc made it up to the front (couple rows down), where we eventually spotted crazysugarboy and the polish crew (sorry guys, forgot your names). Steve was around but we'd lost sight of him after entering the venue. Sadly Janie had to bail out earlier in the afternoon because she was feeling ill.
I thought Karl, Rick and Darren all looked very into it for both gigs, even though I could see Rick sometimes getting annoyed at the machines when they weren't doing his bidding. Even so when there were any problems they managed to get out of it without any noticeable trouble. I find it always interesting to watch how they (try to) communicate on stage. Rick is very much in charge all the time giving hand signals to Karl ("stop/start singing now ok?") and counting on his fingers to Darren when a song is taking a new turn, with Darren in turn doing his best to sync up his laptop with Ableton Live to the main songs. It's obvious they are actually improvising and doing a true LIVE set which is still a pretty unique thing esp with all the equipment they have on stage when compared to most dance acts who perform with just one or two laptops and a midi controller.