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Re: “Live review: Identity Festival”
I should not have called you an old timer. I apologize. I don't know you so that was ignorant on my behalf. I felt that your article was biased but, you're not a reporter you're a critic and that was your opinion. So on that note, I will now bid this conversation adieu!
Re: “Live review: Identity Festival”
I feel embarrassed for Creative Loafing for having this review up. People all over will read this not just people from Charlotte. I read other articles posted about the event in different cities. They all had good things to say. But of course here comes Charlotte trying to make it's name in the scene and Creative Loafing (hopefully unknowingly) sends some "damn kids and their music" old-timer out there complaining about his teeth rattling so we as a city can continue to appear old-fashioned and backwards, which the younger generation that lives here is not at all.
I have a suggestion...
Lets all write our own review of what we experienced and e-mail it to Creative Loafing and hopefully this will be taken down and one of our own reviews of what really went down will be posted up :) UNITE!
P.S. to Mr. Haynes-You may not understand why we are getting so heated about this but many of us have seen this music struggle for so so long and finally it is getting the recognition it deserves and this festival was a huge step for the music, and Charlotte as well, for it being chosen as one of their stops and this is the response to it. This festival meant a lot to a lot of people as a step in a positive direction culturally, and this was a slap in the face.
Re: “Live review: Identity Festival”
..Oh and if you want to hear about what I did like..
Booka Shade and Shadow were my favorite performances. The set-ups were amazing. The sound was first class..and I was surprised with the turn out considering that it was Charlotte on a Tuesday with a scene that the majority of still exists on an underground level and is at the moment in a transitional phase. i.e. the "oldschool" kids having less time to party because of kids, work etc. and a younger freshly "newschool" crowd coming in through the gateway of Dubstep who's EDM musical tastes are, and will continue to expand. As somewhat of an oldschooler myself, I will say that I loved it and I was very impressed.
Re: “Live review: Identity Festival”
...and if I may just school you a little bit more, I wanted to add to your comment about,
"repetitive music isn't quite the same without the lasers and lights"
I, as many EDM lovers, listen to this music in the car/home/gym...all day, every day. There's a different EDM genre for any mood I'm feeling. Techno, House, Trance, Drum&Bass, Breaks, Electro, Dubstep the list goes on and they are all vastly unique....and guess what? No video screens, lasers, or lights, anywhere to be found!
To the untrained ear I'm guessing it does all sound the same. But the same would go for jazz, classical, opera, etc., and I would never make the statement to a die hard jazz fan that it "all sounds the same". It would be ridiculous of me.
We call EDM events "parties" because at a show that's what it's all about. It's about a full-on sensory experience. Hear the music, see the lights, feel the bass, but most importantly just have fun. Dancing, introducing yourself to strangers, talking, laughing, whatever. EDM live is about more than just watching the artists with your arms folded, bobbing your head. It's about having an experience that the music is just one aspect of. DJ's know that it's not just about them as people, it's about their music, it's about the party. That's why Shadow was in a ball turned around for half his set. It looked cool with the video projecting on it, making it appear to be spinning around or looking like the Death Star, it was his way of saying "it's not all about me, I want to show you something cool"...and on that note, props to them for not sparing the expense and going the extra mile to create something unforgettable for the attendees.
As far as something being prerecorded. I'm ok with that. I love to see a good DJ rip up some vinyl but I also understand that this music is about technology and progression. A lot of the musicians are first and foremost producers and that is where they channel their energy and talents, not into learning how to beat-match flawlessly and if they want to present to the crowd some of their artistic creations in a prerecorded set, so be it. I don't go to museums and bitch because the paintings are dry. Art can be appreciated in many forms. Comparing producers to Brittany Spears is once again very ignorant of you because Brittany doesn't write her own lyrics or produce the beats or edit.
Oh and last. This comment killed me...
"Disco Biscuits tried to bring a hippie side to the day, but even their music was soaked in electronic additions and repetition."
What should it have been?? IT'S AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL!
Re: “Live review: Identity Festival”
I'm sorry, but that was the worst review ever. You said something along the lines of how could the crowd choose between Kaskade and Aoki at the end of the night who sound alike?? They are nothing the same besides the fact that they are both electronic. That would be like saying every guitar band sounds same. You don't like EDM, fine. But you are obviously very uneducated about it also, which is why you really have no business writing a review about it. I am not hating on you personally. You don't like it, you are uneducated about it, there's noting wrong with that. It is what it is. But the point is, Creative Loafing should have never put you on the job. I would have rather no review been written at all.
