Comments on: Food/Vladislav Delay/Eyebrow, Union Chapel, Islington, London, 12/11/2009 http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/st/2009/11/foodvladislav-delayeyebrow-union-chapel-islington-london-12112009/ May cause serious brain stimulation Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:05:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: themilkman http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/st/2009/11/foodvladislav-delayeyebrow-union-chapel-islington-london-12112009/comment-page-1/#comment-3446 themilkman Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:21:36 +0000 http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/st/?p=2666#comment-3446 It was really good to finally meet you too. We've had a few near misses in the past and I really can't believe it's taken all that time. In recent times, I've been using an app on my phone which allows me to type a review as things happen and then upload it to Google Documents when I get home so I can finish on the computer. It hasn't always been that quick, but it certainly speeds up the process a lot. I enjoyed all three sets and had never seen any of the acts in the past so just took their sets at face value. I was actually hoping from drum action from Sasu so was quite surprised to see him sticking to electronics, but I guess it was partly for practical reasons. Seeing Lucio so close distracted me a fair bit, which didn't quite work for me. The music could also have dome with being a bit louder I think to be more enveloping. Thomas Strønen was totally amazing to watch up close. Drumming is much more than hitting things as hard as you can and watching him certainly brought that up clearly. I saw Ballamy accompany some "smooth jazz" guy earlier this year and was actually surprised it was the same Ballamy playing in Food, but I guess musicians need different outlets for their work and enjoy different things. Last night was definitely quite gentle but I do like tha aspect in Food so it didn't bother me. Hopefully I'll get to see a more involved set from them sometime. It was really good to finally meet you too. We’ve had a few near misses in the past and I really can’t believe it’s taken all that time. In recent times, I’ve been using an app on my phone which allows me to type a review as things happen and then upload it to Google Documents when I get home so I can finish on the computer. It hasn’t always been that quick, but
it certainly speeds up the process a lot.

I enjoyed all three sets and had never seen any of the acts in the past so just took their sets at face value. I was actually hoping from drum action from Sasu so was quite surprised to see him sticking to electronics, but I guess it was partly for practical reasons. Seeing Lucio so close distracted me a fair bit, which didn’t quite work for me. The music could also have dome with being a bit louder I think to be more enveloping.

Thomas Strønen was totally amazing to watch up close. Drumming is much more than hitting things as hard as you can and watching him certainly brought that up clearly. I saw Ballamy accompany some “smooth jazz” guy earlier this year and was actually surprised it was the same Ballamy playing in Food, but I guess musicians need different outlets for their work and enjoy different things. Last night was definitely quite gentle but I do like tha aspect in Food so it didn’t bother me. Hopefully I’ll get to see a more involved set from them sometime.

]]> By: Colin http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/st/2009/11/foodvladislav-delayeyebrow-union-chapel-islington-london-12112009/comment-page-1/#comment-3445 Colin Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:59:11 +0000 http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/st/?p=2666#comment-3445 Good to meet you finally last night. Good review, you don't hang around! I really enjoyed Vladislav Delay - fascinating to see the interaction/processing of the two of them. My impression of Sasu as Vlad is that he very much does improvise within certain parameters, responding in the moment to the ebb and flow of sound. At least that's what I saw also in his solo set at the Offf festival in Lisbon earlier this year. I found Food a bit disappointing, Strønen is always impressive, but Ballamy's contributions were just a little too melodic, too straightforward. He commented that it was all freely improvised, but I wished for either some kind of preparation or rougher edges. I think the guitarist got stagefright! A shame as he might have provided a necessary wildcard. The duo was much more impressive a couple of years back at the Norwegian centenary concert at the Barbican. Good to meet you finally last night. Good review, you don’t hang around! I really enjoyed Vladislav Delay – fascinating to see the interaction/processing of the two of them. My impression of Sasu as Vlad is that he very much does improvise within certain parameters, responding in the moment to the ebb and flow of sound. At least that’s what I saw also in his solo set at the Offf festival in Lisbon earlier this year.

I found Food a bit disappointing, Strønen is always impressive, but Ballamy’s contributions were just a little too melodic, too straightforward. He commented that it was all freely improvised, but I wished for either some kind of preparation or rougher edges. I think the guitarist got stagefright! A shame as he might have provided a necessary wildcard. The duo was much more impressive a couple of years back at the Norwegian centenary concert at the Barbican.

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