Well, it's not Morbid Angel or Hate Eternal seeing who can be the fastest drummer or anything, >> but some of us folks here happen to think he's fascinating live. Definitely in the top five of >> my favourite musicians of the last five years, should I ever be so silly as to make such a >> list. I shouldn't join the Electroacoustic list if I were you ;)
## WELL, WELL. I SAW HIM WITH SACHIKO M. IT WAS INTERESTING FOR ABOUT 5-10 MINS. THE SOUNDS WOULD CHANGE WHEN YOU MOVED YOUR HEAD, IT WAS INTERESTING & DIFFERENT. BUT WHEN THE PERFORMANCE GOES FOR ABOUT 40+ MINS OF "oooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooo oooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooo oooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo", IT DOES BECOME BORING. I WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY FOR THE "OOOoooooOOOO" TO TURN INTO A "OOOOOeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeee" FOR A LEAST A MINUTE.... ;) BUT IT STAYED THE SAME. YOU COULD SEE OTHER PEOPLE GETTING RESTLESS TOO.... I LIKE SACHIKO, & OTHER MINIMALIST STUFF, BUT IT WENT ON TOO LONG WITH NO CHANGE. BUT MY RESTLESSNESS COULD BE DUE TO THE FACT THAT OTOMO YOSHIHIDE WAS DUE TO COME ON AFTER THEM (MY FAV JAPANESE SOUND ARTIST)!!! ;) I HAPPEN TO MAKE STUFF LIKE THAT MYSELF, DRONES & MINIMAL MANIPULATIONS, SO I'M NOT SOME METAL-HEAD SLAGGING OFF MINIMAL/EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONIC MUSIC.... I LOVE MY DEATH METAL, BUT ALSO EVERY OTHER STYLE OF MUSIC (EXCLUDING THE POP TECHNO ON THE RADIO).
As for the live bit, yes, Nakamura is a bit boring to "watch" live.
## I DON'T MIND IT NOT BEING VISUALLY INTERESTING, THAT'S FINE BY ME.... ANYWAY, JUST THOUGHT I'D LET A LITTLE MORE INFO FOR MY COMMENT (HAD A FEELING I MIGHT GET SOME FLACK... :) THANKS ANDREW ##