Emerson V Price

[Mike]

I always refer back to late 1999 / 2000 era... none of the Darrens, excellent shows, great improvisation.... what more do you need?

[ThingInABook]

after listening to some emerson era shows... i noticed that certain parts turned too long and dragged attention out of the songs. they turned boring after some minutes.

i really like how underworld live is now, perhaps pricey's input it's from a dj point of view, like somebody said, rick knows where the blips and blops are and pricey looks how to connect them in a sequence to make the thing sound always energetic. that's what i noticed when i saw uw live 2 years ago: price was always picking and bringing the paper stripes with song parts to the desk.

[Mike]

Have a listen to some of the shows from 2005 / 2006 / 2007.... the songs are great and have a better power, energy... however the mixing of the 'interlude' parts (the bits we think DP has more influence) are often really sloppy... or they use ambient pieces that just sound like a lazy way of building creating atmosphere.

Obviously they are being mixed from an external source, and not sequenced with the main songs, but i have always felt its a shame that they are not sequenced in the same way they used to be from the main desk, they dont appear to be able to strip specific elements from each of them and really mix it properly, they are just blended and beatmatched and at best it has just sounded like a DJ mixing over the top.

Originally Posted by ThingInABook

that's what i noticed when i saw uw live 2 years ago: price was always picking and bringing the paper stripes with song parts to the desk.

Its not a DP influence, they have always done it like that, have a look on EE they are doing it there too.

[King of Snake]

so anybody been to any of the recent shows?
Apparently they're using all Ableton Live now for the liveshow whereas previously the main uw tracks would be sequenced from Logic and DP would mix in his interlude tracks with Ableton.
It seems to me that now they should be able to integrate main tracks and interludes/improvs better again.