Ambassador From Everywhere II

The tireless Traianos at Muepe has done it again, with another excellent gig last Sunday night at the Velvet Lounge. Unfortunately, because I had to do the program that night, I missed the main event, which was the duo ii, from Melbourne. Sam, from the Ambient Zone, tells me they were awesome. I did get to see the contributions from Matt Roesner and Greg Taw (Ghost of 29 Megacycles) playing together in what I am told is a regular new collaboration, and Adam Trainer. Matt and Greg work well together, processing acoustic sounds generated from guitar and percussion. Adam Trainer's set seemed to suffer a bit from lack of balance. I was not sure what effect he was trying to achieve, at times, using acoustic guitar, voice, and various effects.

Since the Velvet Lounge is right across the road from RTR, I'm going to check out the feasibility of doing live crosses to these Sunday night gigs. This is for purely selfish motives, because then I won't have to miss out on the main act when I'm doing the program! The only thing that marred the evening was the rather noisy crowd. It is really distracting, even when it is quite a loud gig, to have people trying to out-shout the music. Folks, if you just want to party, go to the Scotto next door, and let people hear the music.

Also had a quick chat with Dave Miller, of Pivot fame, who did a DJ set on the night. Good to see his outfit is doing so well in the UK. I missed Pivot's gig at the Bakery the night before, but, again, Sam from the Ambient Zone said it was great.