External Research: The Lexington

Last night I attended an event promoted by Snap Crackle and Pop, the lineup was Helm, Container and Cube.

The night started off with Cube doing an audiovisual experience, he played tracks off his Mac and used an Sm57 for vocals which mainly consisted of sort of spoken word. The visuals behind him were the highlight of the night as they fit perfectly with the mood of the set. They consisted of pictures of Jay-Z doing the illuminati hand sign to pictures of people washing their hands. The visuals matched perfectly with the BPM of the tracks and were very hypnotic.

The next performance was by Container, this set was very straightforward and intense. He was playing part of his tracks off of cassettes and was improvising the rest with hardware.

The final performance was from Helm who was doing live synthesis and improvised playing, his set was very ambient and dark, I think his set should’ve been first as it was underwhelming as the last set.