DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist's 7" Fury @Hollywood Bowl
Monday, June 25, 2007
Without a doubt, It was one of the best shows I've ever been to at a venue I've never been to. Last night was "high" energy with the Sierra Leone's Refugee All-Stars recreating a vibrant West African percussionist dance party. The stagecraft and colors coordinating with the light panels and instruments were brilliant. They use a musical message to spread love and peace as they have experienced the exact opposite from their own native homes in Sierra Leone. Read their amazing story here. After they finished their set, they bowed out and just the way they all lined up and went to their knees was very humbling, it really felt like they were living in appreciation of their lives. Everyone there was having a great time.
The Brain Placement. The stage revolved to reveal an 8-turntable set-up which made me think of a futuristic hiphop deathstar control room. The set started with a tutorial audio/visual about Vinyl, 45's, the history, and turntable kickback. It was genius; my appreciation for record collecting culture, DJs and all things turntablism went through the roof. They used nothing but 7" recs. The visual of a Jukebox robot destroying flying iPods was nuts! Shadow and Cut went back and forth quickly picking out their boxes of 45s turning the place into an art show with sound. There were all kinds of '50s,'60s,'70s funk furiously jamming out of those speakers with psychadellic visuals, beats and of course the scratch. Hand-eye-ear coordination at its best.
The Hollywood Bowl is such a chill place to hang out under the stars (smog) and listen/see a wide variety of music. Mad props to the lighting & camera crews. Definitely an amazing set up including wireless wrist cameras on Cut and Shadow. KCRW's World Festival, a collaboration with the LA Philharmonic Association, is completely appropriate as is was the case last night. We got there just in time, parked in a great spot, not to mention FREE tickets!DJ Shadow
High Noon
This Time (I'm Gonna Try It My Way)
Erase You ft. Christ James
Cut Chemist
What's The Altitude ft. Hymnal
The Garden
Labels: Concerts, Events, Hollywood Bowl
5 Comments:
you are lucky dude.
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Anonymous, 7:00 PM
oooo i love the hollywood bowl!!!!!!!1 free tickets?! whuuuut?!
i met dj shadow once! but that was before i knew that he was awesome. nice!
I have to kindly disagree with your review of the show. I was there too and I thought that it was really under-rehearsed and disappointing. The best part was the Ode to Prince Paul/3 Feet High set when they slapped together (in real time) live versions of Jenifa, Potholes in my Lawn, Plug Tunin' and more. That was thrilling and the "Passin' Me By" mix was on point, but I thought the rest of the show was pretty weak... and I worship those guys. If you're going to spin records in front of 17,000 people, you have to do a better job than that. Anybody who thinks this was Shadow and Chemist at their best (or even at their most mediocre) doesn't know what they're capable of. Just my 2 cents.
you know, in part I do agree with what you are saying, however I have never seen the two together spin, I also have never seen chemist live (ive hung with him briefly, but he wasn't spinning) and That was the first time I went to the hollywood bowl, and just the lights, and whole H-bowl experience + the visual experience + the camera angles and such + being with a really good friend of mine made it really great. So I melted some of those good vibes onto the actual show perhaps. Either way, I know many wanted them to do more, but I was content and my buddy and I had a really great time. And we really honestly appreciate your two cents. I'm glad that everyone can express their opinions. And I don't know everything about them, but it is good to know there are people out there who are die hard fans (such as yourself). Thanks for reading!
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