Open Mic: We recently posted the question “What Electronic Music Track Changed Your Life?“, and were amazed by the variety of responses we received – and by how many readers felt that their lives have been changed by a single piece of music.
Hearing music that you love performed live, though, can be even more powerful.
Part of it may be because of the volume of a live sound system. Another part is the thrill of seeing great musicians perform live. And a huge part of it is the excitement of experiencing a show with dozens, hundreds or even thousands of people.
So – what’s the best electronic music concert that you’ve ever seen? Was it one of your favorite artists or were there other things about the show that made it great?
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Coil : NYC 2001
Honorable mention:
Synapscape
Imminent
Skinny Puppy (B tour for TGWOTR…set list was better)
I wish I could add Download to that list. I missed TEOSP tour in 1996, because I was ironically on vacation in Canada with the fam fam.
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Tucson 2006 Steve Roach around 5 hours of invention and bliss-took about a year to come down off that
Sun Ra 1974 Stables East Lansing Mi Ra did a mini moog solo ( performed on a prototype model “B” ) that shook the rafters, sounded like it was beamed at us directly from deep space, and had the Arkestra members grinning like kids and high fiving each other
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Opulent Temple @ Burning Man
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I just got back from ATP festival in Minehead, UK. Saw Caribou Vibrations Ensemble headline there on Sunday – probably the best thing I’ve ever seen on a stage.
Caribou + James Holden on a badass looking modular synth + Four Tet + Marshall Alan of the Sun Ra Arkestra, all on stage together = 1 1/2 hours of solid bouncing up and down.
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Kraftwerk
Emerson Lake and Powell
Negativland
Those are my faves.
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Nasa’s See the Light tour in San Fran, 93… Aphex Twin, Orbital, Vapourspave, Young American Primative, Moby, Djs Jonah (spacetime continuum), Dj Tim (Utah Saints, Jeno and Dj Alex… kind of orchestrated insanity… and being that everything felt so new back then, a total game changer for me.
Someone recorded Aphex Twin’s set from that night… super awesome. I still remember the girl screaming right next to us “He’s not there, He’s not there!” (she was having a great time…) you can kinda hear her at around 12:30…
I’ve archived it on my site… http://www.smallcircles.net.
cheers….
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Daft Punk Alive 2007 tour in Toronto. Changed my life. Now my basement is full of synths and I spend time on websites like this.
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all these children and their cute little dub step and rave… try Kraftwerk in 1981, in santa monica, ca. first time in the u.s. the new computer world album… a truly new sound at the time!
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Autechre Quaristice Tour
Jarre Oxygene 30th anniversary
Scotch Egg Gameboy Set
Prodigy Jilted Tour
Kraftwerk
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