For an artist hailed as an establishment in electronic music, Dosh has a lot of seemingly conventional instruments. Martin Dosh came on stage first, surrounded by his electric piano and drum kit. Mike Lewis took a place between his saxophone and bass guitar, and Jeremy Ylvisaker rounded it out with a vintage Airline guitar. But after a few songs I realized that Dosh’s electronic magic is as much a function of performance as recording. Live, Dosh masterfully stacks and loops instrumental lines and fragments and underlays them with own breakneck drumming. Whether you want to call this electronica is an open question.
Counterintuitively, Dosh’s sound is jazz-like at times, despite the songs being carefully crafted and engineered. This resemblance results not only from a similar vocabulary---rapid drums and fluid saxophone---but from the experimentation in sounds and tempo and improvisation underlying Dosh’s final product. Dosh’s sound is a distillation of years’ experimentation in just how far and fast he can take his music without devolving into incoherence or repetitiveness. The highly refined product may not produce a strong emotional reaction, but the crowd’s consensus was that Dosh succeeded in his experiment.
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Also, I have yet to pay this venue a visit, is it good spot? good people, good vibe, good atmosphere?
... man, i hope i win some tickets…
by Jaz Bonnin-Aldatz on Thu May 17, 2012 at 12.27 am from the entry: It's all good, see Fishbone for free at Fête
Looking forward to the show. Would love to win some tix for my pals.
by MC Breath on Wed May 16, 2012 at 07.40 pm from the entry: It's all good, see Fishbone for free at Fête
I’m dying to see him no better place than FETE!!
by Telly on Tue May 15, 2012 at 02.57 pm from the entry: we'll see you (and Talib Kweli) at Fête!
Sound does matter. Viva Le Fete!
by Auquanetta on Tue May 15, 2012 at 01.13 pm from the entry: we'll see you (and Talib Kweli) at Fête!
YES! i MUST go to this show! i was just strollin down the street the other day and saw the poster! SO stoked they’ll be in town.
by Jaz on Mon May 14, 2012 at 05.30 pm from the entry: It's all good, see Fishbone for free at Fête
Fete Forever!!
by Tabitha on Mon May 14, 2012 at 05.08 pm from the entry: we'll see you (and Talib Kweli) at Fête!
Congratulations and thank you to Fete for bringing talent to Providence! We needed this venue and vibe. Bless.
oh and I’d love to win tickets; its my boyfriends bday:D
by Ellen on Mon May 14, 2012 at 07.23 am from the entry: we'll see you (and Talib Kweli) at Fête!
