A couple of excellent pieces in the first half. I enjoyed Marsh Chapel Experiment by Nicole Lizée. An exercise in psychedelic video manipulation accompanied the group. The final section was underpinned by a mashed version of Please Mr. Postman by The Carpenters repeating "Stop, Wait" at irregular intervals. Reminded me of Coldcut and Sonic Youth jamming. The other standout piece was Moonlight on the Bluff by Martin Arnold. A really beautiful piece which inspired me to purchase the CD! Definitely one of the highlights so far.
The second half began with James Rolfe's raW, in which some Bach is filtered through reggae music and The Stars and Stripes. I could certainly get the Bach with snatches of the other music's beat. The final piece, Glorious, was eagerly anticipated by the staff of the LBT, largely because of the appearance of graphic sexual images in the accompanying video. Huddersfield's virtual net curtains were twitching overtime. The film was in the Buñuel style - rather surreal. The accompanying music further reinforced this image: very comical silent movie-eqsue. The graphic bit, when it came (pardon the pun) was comical, rather than shocking! Huddersfield needn't have worried.
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