[from Bergen, Norway] I went from hating this band to
adoring them: a lesson in the value of staying for an entire set – it was more keyboard
hell: they had a whole network of them (4?) with 3 guys managing them - guitar
and drums too – everybody had on those fluorescent plastic sunglasses the kids
like – initial impressions: “like one of those clap bands… ambient electronic…
yawn” – then they started looping in video game sounds and then they started
sounding like The Unicorns (which is a good thing) – and then there was disco
and wah wah – I don’t know enough about electronic music to say but there’s a
certain deep wall of undertone screech they can do that I really like – suddenly
they were The Chemical Brothers and I began to adore them – there were some
authentic pounding club moments but they tended to emphasize the goofy rather
than the intensity but the intensity was there - the interesting thing about
them to me was that they were a mix of an electronic band and a band-band - additionally, the vocals were dissonant with
the music in some ways (kind of an indie rock complaint style) but once I got
up and started watching them it made more sense – they also put on a great
stage show, throwing microphones in a call and response across the stage to
each other… (photo courtesy of http://www.brooklynvegan.com/casiokids-playe/)
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