Electronic/Dance Acts/DJs

[Space Shanty]

Chemical Brothers, Leftfield, Underworld and Prodigy could all return at this rate.

No complaints from me if that's the case.
Chems do throw in the odd dud show in truth, but more often than not it's good

Edited December 1, 2014 by Space Shanty

[jonodillieono]

Isn't it only one of the chemical brothere touring for the time being or something?

[Krazypinkminx]

Oh wow I hope so. love chemicals

[krisskross]

Isn't it only one of the chemical brothere touring for the time being or something?

Yeah, its more of a Chemical Brother live tour. The new albums been recorded by both but only one touring.

[WS_Jack_III]

Isn't it only one of the chemical brothere touring for the time being or something?

my mate said something about this but i can't find any news on it.

edit: ah here it is, http://buggedoutweekender.net/?p=33

Wonder if it will make a big difference to the live shows

Edited December 1, 2014 by III

[DJL]

my mate said something about this but i can't find any news on it.

edit: ah here it is, http://buggedoutweekender.net/?p=33

Wonder if it will make a big difference to the live shows

Not sure how i might feel about this. Part of me would be wondering if it is different, is it lacking something and if it isn't how much of their show really is live. The other part of me would just think, f**k it , there are pretty lights and chems tunes playing

[ghostdancer1]

of the times i've seen them, it could well have been 1 of them there for all i was aware, it's hard enough to see people on stage, let alone distinguish exactly what bits they're doing live, especially without the camera on them/overhead.

as long as there's Chems tunes and their usual great visuals, then it'll be a good show.

[Memory Man]

it won't make any difference to the live show, i think a lot of it is pre recorded - how can it not be really? they've been working with a new live video / art guy to make the show as good as ever, i think i've read!

i mean they probably trigger the songs starting and ending and how they sync with the light show but i don't reckon a right lot else to be honest.

Tom Rowlands has been doing some production and remixing on his own on Erol Alkan's Phantasy label which i presume was a precursor to the new CB's stuff. He is the more active one. TBH the one that isn't touring (ed) a right prick on twitter i had to stop following him lol.

Edited December 2, 2014 by Memory Man

[EZYSEY]

it won't make any difference to the live show, i think a lot of it is pre recorded - how can it not be really? they've been working with a new live video / art guy to make the show as good as ever, i think i've read!

i mean they probably trigger the songs starting and ending and how they sync with the light show but i don't reckon a right lot else to be honest.

Tom Rowlands has been doing some production and remixing on his own on Erol Alkan's Phantasy label which i presume was a precursor to the new CB's stuff. He is the more active one. TBH the one that isn't touring (ed) a right prick on twitter i had to stop following him lol.

I wouldn't say any of it was pre-recorded. My guess is each sound element/sample will be looped and assigned to a pad then they'd just trigger it when they need to. Gives them some freedom to tweak and suite for a live performance then.

Never seen the Chems but seen Prodigy and Orbital and Glasto so this will add to the list of dance legends seen at Glasto if they do play.

[WS_Jack_III]

it won't make any difference to the live show, i think a lot of it is pre recorded - how can it not be really? they've been working with a new live video / art guy to make the show as good as ever, i think i've read!

i mean they probably trigger the songs starting and ending and how they sync with the light show but i don't reckon a right lot else to be honest.

Tom Rowlands has been doing some production and remixing on his own on Erol Alkan's Phantasy label which i presume was a precursor to the new CB's stuff. He is the more active one. TBH the one that isn't touring (ed) a right prick on twitter i had to stop following him lol.

i agree about Ed on Twitter. I'm sure they are still working with the same art guy.

They will put hours into getting the live shows ready and of course they will have the clips ready for a show but they do manipulate them on the fly. So much work goes into live electronic music, it annoys me when people assume they just press play and stand about twiddling knobs and pushing faders for show.

[Memory Man]

oh yeah sorry it is their existing video guy

[marketh]

it won't make any difference to the live show, i think a lot of it is pre recorded - how can it not be really? they've been working with a new live video / art guy to make the show as good as ever, i think i've read!

i mean they probably trigger the songs starting and ending and how they sync with the light show but i don't reckon a right lot else to be honest.

Tom Rowlands has been doing some production and remixing on his own on Erol Alkan's Phantasy label which i presume was a precursor to the new CB's stuff. He is the more active one. TBH the one that isn't touring (ed) a right prick on twitter i had to stop following him lol.

The stuff Tom has released on Phantasy has been amazing, hopefully the new Chems stuff is along the same vein.

Speaking of Phantasy, hopefully Erol is back at Glasto this year, been very much missed the last couple.

Edited December 2, 2014 by marketh

[Mardy]

They will put hours into getting the live shows ready and of course they will have the clips ready for a show but they do manipulate them on the fly. So much work goes into live electronic music, it annoys me when people assume they just press play and stand about twiddling knobs and pushing faders for show.

I've stood up for electronic performances for years, argued very very hard that it's not just a bloke pushing a button, but it's really hard to defend stuff like this.

[Winslow Leach]

i agree about Ed on Twitter. I'm sure they are still working with the same art guy.

They will put hours into getting the live shows ready and of course they will have the clips ready for a show but they do manipulate them on the fly. So much work goes into live electronic music, it annoys me when people assume they just press play and stand about twiddling knobs and pushing faders for show.

Exactly. For an act with a sound as big and as dense as The Chemical Brothers, of course some work is going to go in before the show, but that's like complaining that Arcade Fire didn't tune their instruments during their set.

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

I would imagine the live show is largely just a whole series of midi-triggers linked into Ableton? The audiovisual side of things will be all sorted long in advance but I would think the live audio part of it is just them hitting play on various different elements of the track - then with various helpful fx units they can manipulate each element as part of the 'performance'

I'm a huge fan of theirs to be honest and would absolutely love to see them playing in 2015.

[Time Being]

So where would Chemical Brothers fit into everything - Other Stage headliner?

[WS_Jack_III]

Exactly. For an act with a sound as big and as dense as The Chemical Brothers, of course some work is going to go in before the show, but that's like complaining that Arcade Fire didn't tune their instruments during their set.

What I'm getting at is that the same amount of time and practice will go into their show as say Arcade Fire but lots of people assume they just turn up and 'push the button' and don't do much else. They need to know their queues and musical knowledge just the same.

[dentalplan]

Chemical Brothers seem to have leaked that there's a Faithless set at one of the festivals they're doing.

Dunno if that means it's a PA set or a live set or what but it might be worth knowing.

[marketh]

Nevermind that, get Mr Oizo at Glasto!

[jonodillieono]

Really got into Faithless again recently, I'd love to see a live set

[Bisque]

Nevermind that, get Mr Oizo at Glasto!

Thought the same!

[DJL]

Nevermind that, get Mr Oizo at Glasto!

I'd take that and vitalic live (though no idea when/where the latter would play)

[DJL]

The stuff Tom has released on Phantasy has been amazing, hopefully the new Chems stuff is along the same vein.

Speaking of Phantasy, hopefully Erol is back at Glasto this year, been very much missed the last couple.

I've heard 'The musics coming through me' and 'nothing but pleasure', anything else you'd recommend?

[WS_Jack_III]

I've heard 'The musics coming through me' and 'nothing but pleasure', anything else you'd recommend?

those are both awesome.

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

I would love to see Oizo doing something that Glastonbury, also would be keen to see Etienne De Crecy showing up doing a live set, I know he is touring a new live show next year so could be worth keeping an eye on.