Comments on: Battles on the BBC http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/31/battles-on-the-bbc/ Not a real vee Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:14:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: ali http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/31/battles-on-the-bbc/#comment-200899 ali Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:13:59 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/31/battles-on-the-bbc/#comment-200899 Yeah, at the liquid rooms - I think I noticed it most during 'atlas' but it might have been elsewhere too, just trying to sync some of the stuff up and it not quite working and having to go and do it again while the band played on. I think thats spot on with those last few bars, depending on the rest of the song - its funny for being such a 'precise' style of music its different every time. very cool though :) Yeah, at the liquid rooms - I think I noticed it most during ‘atlas’ but it might have been elsewhere too, just trying to sync some of the stuff up and it not quite working and having to go and do it again while the band played on. I think thats spot on with those last few bars, depending on the rest of the song - its funny for being such a ‘precise’ style of music its different every time. very cool though :)

]]> By: doctorvee http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/31/battles-on-the-bbc/#comment-200722 doctorvee Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:21:31 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/31/battles-on-the-bbc/#comment-200722 Yeah, I saw them on Later. It ought to be a cause for national celebration when a band that is actually good gets on Later with Jools Holland. Not the best performance of Atlas, but nonetheless anyone who's never seen Battles before should have found it impressive. Were those problems with the looper thing at the back at the Liquid Room? Can't say I noticed that. Their performance obviously hinges a lot on the technology though, and if it screws up then it compromises the entire performance. I've noticed that particularly with the end of Atlas. Presumably those last few bars are done by recording little two beat-long snippets during the performance, and it's a bit hit and miss. Sometimes it sounds amazing, and other times it doesn't really work at all. Like the third and fourth bars during the Later performance! Yeah, I saw them on Later. It ought to be a cause for national celebration when a band that is actually good gets on Later with Jools Holland. Not the best performance of Atlas, but nonetheless anyone who’s never seen Battles before should have found it impressive.

Were those problems with the looper thing at the back at the Liquid Room? Can’t say I noticed that. Their performance obviously hinges a lot on the technology though, and if it screws up then it compromises the entire performance. I’ve noticed that particularly with the end of Atlas. Presumably those last few bars are done by recording little two beat-long snippets during the performance, and it’s a bit hit and miss. Sometimes it sounds amazing, and other times it doesn’t really work at all. Like the third and fourth bars during the Later performance!

]]> By: ali http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/31/battles-on-the-bbc/#comment-200638 ali Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:50:01 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/31/battles-on-the-bbc/#comment-200638 They were on 'later' as well on Friday, playing Atlas, apparently 'the best track of the decade' according to the bbc! There were definitely technical issues with the delay/looper thing at the back of the stage, though I couldn't see all that well thanks to some smelly guy in a hatebreed hoodie :/ something to do with the timing of loops got out of sync, but it was amazing to see them take it in their stride and correct it. i suppose they must be used to that sort of thing happening when its to be so precise. They were on ‘later’ as well on Friday, playing Atlas, apparently ‘the best track of the decade’ according to the bbc!
There were definitely technical issues with the delay/looper thing at the back of the stage, though I couldn’t see all that well thanks to some smelly guy in a hatebreed hoodie :/ something to do with the timing of loops got out of sync, but it was amazing to see them take it in their stride and correct it. i suppose they must be used to that sort of thing happening when its to be so precise.

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