The White Archer is a gumby

[imomus]

I played my little show at the Belleville launch party in the role of The White Archer, my new alter ego. But when I got home and looked at the pictures, I suddenly realised that The White Archer looks like... like... like a gumby. Oh no, my brain hurts!

Right after the Belleville show a bunch of us scooted round the corner to see Anne Laplantine performing at the record store Staalplaat. It was a kind of live Summerisle: Anne played simple guitar parts, kicking a digital delay foot pedal to capture and loop and build phrases, and playing voices, some of them mine, over the top. The results were lovely; what can I say, Anne Laplantine is a genius transported in from the Middle Ages to weave spells of ancient magic with modern technology. One day the whole world will celebrate her; in the meantime it's just you and me. Here's a rough bootleg of some of the concert:

Anne Laplantine live at Staalplaat (4.57MB mono mp3 file, 9.58 minutes)

Comments

Re: Graham Fitkin and Steve Reich

[fufurasu.livejournal.com]

Well, well. I 've been to his concerts several times, as he used to do a lot of stuff around Bath, where I studied, and I met him a couple of times, but only as a babbling fan. I liked his stuff so much I named my iBook (http://fufurasu.org/archives/000220.html) "Fitkin."

"Momus" is a pretty good name for a Mac too.