The return of the One Man Band

Theres a fine line between genius and madness. Take Bob Dylan for example: He plays guitar and harmonica similtaneously and is widely regarded as a genuis. Stick a pair of symbols between his legs and what do you get? - a madman! Now do you see what im on about.

Recently theres been a little renaissance in the "One-man Band" but in a Glitchcore style. Many electronica artists are now assembling their own fantastic hybrid gigging machines made from laptops, midi-controllers, mixers, mics and anything else they need to mash it. Duct-taping the whole lot together and hitting the road.

Take a look at these two videos and make your own mind up. Geniuses or madmen?

quite a large video of Jamie Lidell live at the Royal Festival Hall







Tim Exile demonstrating his stuff on the Native Instruments site (you'll have to click through to get to his demo video)





The jury is out, & wouldn't want to state either way as I love their music too much. Madman or otherwise im still keeping a keen eye on this little gem, could be the start of my own one man band.





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