The Mean Fiddler, London 27 April 2003
I’ll be honest: I went for Peaches. Her 93ft East show last year was one of the most bacchanalian gig experiences I’ve had in recent years, a benevolent riot of loud, fired sexuality and abandon. But, truth be told, I’d really enjoyed the lyrical audacity / buffoonery of the few Gonzales tracks I’d heard. Someone summing themselves up as “a combination Joe Stalin-Woody Allen” has to be good for a laugh or two.
But right from the start of this so-called “Pre-retirement” tour show (“Is he or isn’t he?” seemed to be the theme, and perhaps purpose, of the tour title), we could see this wasn’t going to be some drunken orgy of fuzzed-up beats. One by one, the cast appeared: the “well-dressed” nu-vaudeville gentleman known as Taylor Savvy; the white-suited Vegas never-has-been,
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The Barbican, London 27 April 2002
Well, Plaid set the scene well. They lived up to the computer games connection by serving up music that didn’t seem substantial enough to survive as anything worthwhile without their wonderful visuals. The video projection pulses as it tracks around a space filled with cubes stretching off into the distance, some pulsing yellow in time with the zap-gun beeps and beats; iron girders touch across a shimmering backdrop to create spinning clusters
9 July 2001
Kosmische Upstairs @ The Garage, London 23 June 2001