HW: Litmus Gig

[Colin J Allen]

Luckily, Simon's head is remarkably solid.

Colin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Lee" <nick.lee2 at VIRGIN.NET>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: HW: Litmus Gig


> Can't really add a lot more, suffice to say that despite Martin's
> failing voice and falling cymbal stands on Simon's head this was a fine
> show.  Shame about the poor turnout, there must be plenty more spacerock
> fans in the Cambridge area - where were you all?
>
> Nick
>
>
> >
> >         "Litmus, playing to a tiny crowd, took a while to
> > warm up, and sounded vocally shot, with the keyboard (actual
> > keyboard, rather than synth, sequencers, theremins, etc.)
> > parts again lost in the otherwise good mix. Intense lights in
> > this small venue, and very loud; smoke machines the final
> > ingredient in a cauldron of high-energy audio alteration. By
> > the time they finished, playing like demons and impossible to
> > stay still to; just a pity it wasn't like that from the get-go.
> >
> >         "Tracklist: Intro/ ?The Projection/ Destroy the
> > Mothership/ The Tempest/ You Are Here/ Sonic Light/ Under the
> > Sign/ Infinity Drive/ Twinstar. No encore. `Projection', if
> > that's its name, is new and seemingly not quite finished, but
> > has a good core; `Mothership' stood out for its usual
> > intensity and attack; `Tempest' was lots shorter than usual
> > and is still looking for a direction unfortunately. Not a
> > happily- completed song this one. Electric version of `You
> > Are Here' new to me, a free break after the verse which
> > really signalled the beginning of the performance. After
> > that, no looking back. Top band. Nice to see them good as I
> > always hope they'll be."
> >
> >         Yours all,
>