Post by Admin on Jul 19, 2011 10:08:24 GMT -5
Motive Sounds presents -
CTRLALTDELETE, KETAMINE
By David Douglas
The Brickyard, Carlisle. 26th July 2003
Ketamine. A band I‘d heard so much about, and yet heard so little of. “First live appearance in over a year” read the Motive Sounds poster. When I asked around for a demo I found only replies of “Well… They sort of don’t anymore” or “They used to, but I don‘t think they do now”. I was beginning to feel like this was the band that time forgot.
When Ketamine first kick off their set, Greg (guitarist) stands in front of the blue screen set up behind him. The screen flicks through stills of science images that painfully reminded me of sitting through an hour a day of it back at school.
It started to feel a little pretentious, it was all getting too arty. I was really beginning to question why this band were so hyped and so… Hold on, the second song kicked in and before I knew it a rush of belief rammed into my head like a hand gun. This was a band who knew what they were doing. This was fun-with-violence genocide-lovin’ action with a clean streak of art, splendour and intelligence smeared across it. This wasn’t pretention, this was brilliant. The imagery of bombs and spreadsheets and formulas all began to fit in with the music. The calm whistle of the bomb before it explodes, this was Ketamine on stage. Considering it’s been a year since a live performance, they all know how to get things done under pressure. Greg bounced, Alex (bassist) leaped around like a man on speed and Simon (drummer) slammed his way through everything he could find.
Searching on the internet for “Ketamine”, I found someone who managed to sum up their live performance without knowing it: “Ketamine blocks nerve paths without depressing respiratory and circulatory functions, and therefore acts as a safe and reliable anaesthetic. An overdose of Ketamine will knock you out. This is also likely to make you sick to your stomach.”
Sometimes overpowering, yes, but Ketamine feel like a band who have it all together. They blend elements together to make a drug worth taking. Try them. You’ll like them. If they could spike your drink with this music, you’d be listening to it for the rest of your life.
Ctrl Alt Delete. A band that have finally found someone worthy enough to play along-side, have an incredibly warm audience to play to tonight. Maybe it’s because Ketamine had already hooked the attention of the audience but maybe it was because people know what to expect right now from a band that have been so worthy of the talk. They play like the Messiah.
Anyone who has been to one of their gigs before knows that Ctrl Alt Delete have created their own blend of music. A mixture of light and dark, heavy and slow, anger and happiness. Ctrl Alt Delete’s music is a world of contrasts, it reaches to everyone and so everyone is involved.
Tonight the band really shine. Ben evolved from his “Static Guitarist“ image and moved with the music. Laura knew exactly where she was with her set and this is the first time I felt she was really confident to be there. She knew what she was doing. I overheard one guy say “You know what I hate? I hate it when a member of the band sits down”. I think Laura suit’s the position. Calm and resplendent. Chris was spot on the drums as usual. The contrast between the three members fit’s the music, Laura is calm and clever, Chris is crazy and enthusiastic and Ben is serious with a smooth line of responsiveness.
As well as new songs, including “Ben‘s other song“ (I assume the name hasn‘t been confirmed) they played the old favourites “Phosphenes” and “Anger Management”. They flew along incredibly and the songs sounded so much better in a live environment than on the Demo CD.
While they strummed away I couldn’t help being absorbed into the blue screen which played old recordings of Atari games, including Syndicate which stole a few years of my life, and probably still could now. It fitted in with the bands name, obviously, but also something else. It fitted in with Ctrl Alt Delete's ageless music. Like that of Ketamine, the lack of vocals means that you create your own story to the music, and tonight, from both bands, I got one of the greatest stories ever told.
Ctrl Alt Delete and Ketamine have a distinct difference in style and form, but both command the crowd to listen, and listen they will. Take it from me, these two will go far.
CTRLALTDELETE, KETAMINE
By David Douglas
The Brickyard, Carlisle. 26th July 2003
Ketamine. A band I‘d heard so much about, and yet heard so little of. “First live appearance in over a year” read the Motive Sounds poster. When I asked around for a demo I found only replies of “Well… They sort of don’t anymore” or “They used to, but I don‘t think they do now”. I was beginning to feel like this was the band that time forgot.
When Ketamine first kick off their set, Greg (guitarist) stands in front of the blue screen set up behind him. The screen flicks through stills of science images that painfully reminded me of sitting through an hour a day of it back at school.
It started to feel a little pretentious, it was all getting too arty. I was really beginning to question why this band were so hyped and so… Hold on, the second song kicked in and before I knew it a rush of belief rammed into my head like a hand gun. This was a band who knew what they were doing. This was fun-with-violence genocide-lovin’ action with a clean streak of art, splendour and intelligence smeared across it. This wasn’t pretention, this was brilliant. The imagery of bombs and spreadsheets and formulas all began to fit in with the music. The calm whistle of the bomb before it explodes, this was Ketamine on stage. Considering it’s been a year since a live performance, they all know how to get things done under pressure. Greg bounced, Alex (bassist) leaped around like a man on speed and Simon (drummer) slammed his way through everything he could find.
Searching on the internet for “Ketamine”, I found someone who managed to sum up their live performance without knowing it: “Ketamine blocks nerve paths without depressing respiratory and circulatory functions, and therefore acts as a safe and reliable anaesthetic. An overdose of Ketamine will knock you out. This is also likely to make you sick to your stomach.”
Sometimes overpowering, yes, but Ketamine feel like a band who have it all together. They blend elements together to make a drug worth taking. Try them. You’ll like them. If they could spike your drink with this music, you’d be listening to it for the rest of your life.
Ctrl Alt Delete. A band that have finally found someone worthy enough to play along-side, have an incredibly warm audience to play to tonight. Maybe it’s because Ketamine had already hooked the attention of the audience but maybe it was because people know what to expect right now from a band that have been so worthy of the talk. They play like the Messiah.
Anyone who has been to one of their gigs before knows that Ctrl Alt Delete have created their own blend of music. A mixture of light and dark, heavy and slow, anger and happiness. Ctrl Alt Delete’s music is a world of contrasts, it reaches to everyone and so everyone is involved.
Tonight the band really shine. Ben evolved from his “Static Guitarist“ image and moved with the music. Laura knew exactly where she was with her set and this is the first time I felt she was really confident to be there. She knew what she was doing. I overheard one guy say “You know what I hate? I hate it when a member of the band sits down”. I think Laura suit’s the position. Calm and resplendent. Chris was spot on the drums as usual. The contrast between the three members fit’s the music, Laura is calm and clever, Chris is crazy and enthusiastic and Ben is serious with a smooth line of responsiveness.
As well as new songs, including “Ben‘s other song“ (I assume the name hasn‘t been confirmed) they played the old favourites “Phosphenes” and “Anger Management”. They flew along incredibly and the songs sounded so much better in a live environment than on the Demo CD.
While they strummed away I couldn’t help being absorbed into the blue screen which played old recordings of Atari games, including Syndicate which stole a few years of my life, and probably still could now. It fitted in with the bands name, obviously, but also something else. It fitted in with Ctrl Alt Delete's ageless music. Like that of Ketamine, the lack of vocals means that you create your own story to the music, and tonight, from both bands, I got one of the greatest stories ever told.
Ctrl Alt Delete and Ketamine have a distinct difference in style and form, but both command the crowd to listen, and listen they will. Take it from me, these two will go far.