Amon Tobin @ Commodore

[sidekick]

got there JUST as he was starting up at around 11:30. place was pretty busy.

crazy crazy sound. he had the 5.1 surround sound going on. no matter where you turned (as long as you were standing in the middle of the dance floor) the sound was just perfect. the bass was so awesome it was constantly tickling my nose.

he played a lot of DnB, had the crowd going crazy at some parts, with some triphoppy stuff stuck near the middle of his set. lots of cool stuff i hadn't heard before.

my one complaint is that it should've gone longer. for the ammount you paid it would been nice if the show had gone until at least 2am (it ended at 1:30am).

props to the Jazz Fest for bringing this guy out. definitly, a cool idea.

what??? dnb at the jazz fest????

Originally Posted by Sidekick

got there JUST as he was starting up at around 11:30. place was pretty busy.

crazy crazy sound. he had the 5.1 surround sound going on. no matter where you turned (as long as you were standing in the middle of the dance floor) the sound was just perfect. the bass was so awesome it was constantly tickling my nose.

he played a lot of DnB, had the crowd going crazy at some parts, with some triphoppy stuff stuck near the middle of his set. lots of cool stuff i hadn't heard before.

my one complaint is that it should've gone longer. for the ammount you paid it would been nice if the show had gone until at least 2am (it ended at 1:30am).

props to the Jazz Fest for bringing this guy out. definitly, a cool idea.

[sidekick]

it's not the kind of DnB you're thinking of; none of it was anything you'd hear at the met really. i guess the jazz fest was all about being on the cutting edge of music and he does do a lot of jazzy downtempo stuff.

[matéo]

oops started a thread to late.

Yeah this was a sick show. When he played Pendulum - the Masochist the whole commodore went rampant it was cool.

another thing we noticed is how pish posh that crowd was. Never have I heard a crowd clap like they were at the US open to drum n bass music. Who claps for djs anyway?

[sidekick]

^haha. what about the people clapping and stomping their feet?

"now we all join hands and we circle around, then we stop turn around give your partner a swing..."

[matéo]

HAHAH yeah.

Anything is better then shhhing though.

[angst]

Amon Tobin has played the Jazz Festival for the last 3 yers, maybe even more. He always puts on a very diverse show that covers alot of ground.

[SEAN!]

i was there but i dionmt remember much except that it was so loud that next time i need to bring earplugs cuz then the music sounds better.

[dabbler]

good sound at the commodore? i call BULLSHIT. i've never once heard the sound be anything better than 'Decent' not even for reprasent. and most definitely not the last two times i've seen amon. 5.1? they actually installed that? cause that's not the commodore's system that's for sure.

[sidekick]

^they set it up for his show. you call bullshit? okay, fine buddy. but it was there.

[dabbler]

you have any idea the kind of work it would take to install a soundsytem like that 'temorarily'. it wouldn't be worth the effort.

[sidekick]

it was the jazz festival so maybe they had a larger budget. and there was a different speaker set-up then there normally is at commodore, and it sounded different.

but really, i don't actually care if you don't believe it. it was still cool.

[Average]

Evertime iv been ther the sound has been dope I love it ther.

[TrixX]

Originally Posted by dabbler

you have any idea the kind of work it would take to install a soundsytem like that 'temorarily'. it wouldn't be worth the effort.

a friend of mine went and apparently amon had something to do with the set up of the sound! he thinks it was worth the effort!

[dabbler]

aactually i'm just mad that they would do that for that show, and royally fuck everything up with their own fucking sound for adam f and craze. i hate the commodore sound staff, they fucking SUCK *super pissed*

[sidekick]

they probably did it because Amon bugged them about it...since it IS part of his tour, and also because it was the jazz festival and not just another show.

[dabbler]

dude, not even for the BIGGEST acts have they ever done stuff like that.
like roni size... i'm sorry but he's WAAAY bigger than amon tobin, and the sound was just 'Meh'
so lame that they finally do that, and i can only assume temporarily for that one show

[sidekick]

^i told you before it was just for his show! it's part of his tour!

[starbright]

Originally Posted by dabbler

dude, not even for the BIGGEST acts have they ever done stuff like that.
like roni size... i'm sorry but he's WAAAY bigger than amon tobin, and the sound was just 'Meh'
so lame that they finally do that, and i can only assume temporarily for that one show

the show wasn't 5.1 from what i recall. HOWEVER i think it would be more appropriate and realistic for music by amon tobin than roni size.

my review:
thanks to really good company, food, drink, and music i enjoyed amon tobin thoroughly, even though it was all final scratch.
oh - and the opening duo were weak.

[dabbler]

Originally Posted by Sidekick

^i told you before it was just for his show! it's part of his tour!

uhhh, yeah i got that. that's what makes me mad.

[dj_soo]

i've been to shows at the commodore that sound good...

I think it depends on which sound guy is in charge... the crochety old sound dude who's used to mixing for live bands has no idea how to make it sound good for DJ/electronic acts...

And I thought the craze/adam f show was because of a faulty mixer or something?

[dabbler]

faulty everything, every speaker in the entire place sucked