Amazing live performance by Ninja Tune Official artist Machinedrum for Resident Advisor There are a few aspects of the latest Machinedrum live show that are notoriously tricky to get right. For starters, the set is based on a concept album, itself so often a creative dead-end. Then theres the presence of a drummer, something that rarely makes sense with club music. And its also important to consider the musics tempo, which regularly exceeds 160 BPM. All of which makes it doubly impressive that the show is killer. At RAs SXSW showcase earlier this year, Travis Stewart, the man behind Machinedrum, and Lane Barrington, his highly talented drummer, moved the music around the districts of Vapour City, the imaginary metropolis that Stewarts latest album is based on. The video projection, created by the visual artist Weirdcore, perfectly complemented Stewarts humid style of footwork and jungle. The show climaxed with Barrington playing standing up, as Stewart thrashed on his guitar at the front of the stage. We invited the pair to record an RA Session last month to try and capture some of that magic. They performed a poised medley, which started with the ambient tones of Vizion, stirred to life with Center Your Love, and brought things home with the glistening SeeSea.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 22:50:00 +0000
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