Luciano has given himself- and possibly invented- the all time highest ranking of DJ superstardom... that of LIVE conductor. The Looch, as some-people-I-know-that-love-techno call him, has rallied the baddest boys of Cadenza Records, assigned them colours to play by and produced one of the most interesting live electronic projects we’ve seen since LIVE became the new IT artist act. And to clarify; live is playing and making sounds off the cuff in front of the audience whilst working them into a frenzy they won’t forget. Yes. Not fiddling with a drum kick plug-in and Traktor Scratch ‘Ahem!’... but don’t mind me!
Æther is basically Luciano’s insane brainchild synchronising light, colour, percussion, instruments on Ableton Live and team of cutting-their-own-edge visual artists to create an electronic audio visual extravaganza. A cracking line up in its own right; Mirko Loko, Gregorythme, Laps, Lee Van Dowski and Reboot, with Luciano at the helm, will be performing their exclusive debut at the Creamfields festival in Warrington, just outside Manchester, this Bank Holiday Weekend. The show is conceptual, groundbreaking, and from the odd news snippets and Youtube clips poking their way around cyber clubland; it’s a well rehearsed and technologically disciplined show.
If it lives up to the hype, Æther should be the orgasmic culmination of every single button on the box being pushed- and being pushed out with soul-shifting symmetry and enough boom boom to remind you should be dancing to it. This is all about the latest and greatest electronic gear available, being pushed to the limit. And behold: our very first electronic orchestra has arrived! I’m sure we’re shortly going to be spammed with a slew of terrible imitations, but Æther is the bad boy we need to witness!
I haven’t had the pleasure of seeing The Looch live myself, but his weird tainted artistry has wooed me even more and I’m definitely going to make it my mission to see this composition live in action! Apparently Luciano’s music education started at the age of 2, so his headspace is surely thinking about development in ways beyond the ‘band at 12, decks at 16’ generation- if only we could all have been born a musical prodigy eh? The term ‘AEther’ itself originally stands for the ‘personification of the upper sky’ or something spiritually as such, so expect to be taken on a bit of a space bound journey indeed!
The future of Electronica has just been rewired- and goes live in 5, 4, 3...
Little Lexi x
