I went to see Stereolab at the Corner tonight; it was pretty good. First up were local outfit Midstate Orange, another one of Tim from Lacto-Ovo's projects, only with perhaps more of a Mod/power-pop feel. Then Brisbane live dance-groove outfit Full Fathom Five played; they were OK, if a bit on the generic-dance-music side of things. If you're at a club with a head full of E, you may appreciate them more, but they didn't seem particularly inspiring to me. Ninetynine were up next; they had been dealt an unfairly short timeslot (only 30 minutes), but they rocked, playing about 10 songs off (mostly off their last album and new ones), and playing with terrific energy (as always). Unfortunately, there's no news of them playing again for some time.

Then Stereolab came on and played for one and a half hours, including two encores. On stage, they had the usual guitar/bass/drums, various keyboards (I could make out some red Nord keyboards -- perhaps the classic-retro-keys one -- and a Korg modular synth), and a trombone which Laetitia played. They played a lot of songs off Sound-Dust, as well as some older songs, and finished with a long, psychedelic instrumental, all the more enhanced by the coloured fluids projected on the wall behind them.

Graham was also there (in a brand-new Stereolab tour T-shirt, no less) and will undoubtedly post his take on things once he gets back online.

Posted by: Graham | http:// | Tue Apr 2 15:14:24 2002

30 minutes isn't bad for a band largely unheard of outside of North Fitzroy supporting an international, really. For the short, punchy set, they probably cast a better impression than Full Fathom Five. Fortunately, 99 seem to have the ability to keep their appeal once they get over the Casiotone thing.

Posted by: acb | http://dev.null.org | Tue Apr 2 16:02:23 2002

"Unheard of outside of North Fitzroy"? Ninetynine play most of their gigs on tour; they have small, highly fanatical legions of fans scattered across the world. They've also been around for years. (They once supported The Paradise Motel at the Corner; that's how long.)

Besides, Laura (the ickle Scottish lass with the short black hair) was in Sleater-Kinney for a while, and they're quite well known.

Posted by: acb | http://dev.null.org | Tue Apr 2 16:03:38 2002

Though it was indeed a good set. Though it was a little disappointing that they didn't get to play Baluchistan. (One of Cameron the mad drummer's songs.)

Posted by: Steve | http:// | Thu Jun 13 06:18:03 2002

Is anyone out there experimenting with digital 8 track to multiple amplifiers and speaker systems. Sort of surround sound but vertical as well as horrizontal sound production?

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