As audiences are prone to reflect the shows they are attending, the Decibel Festival crowd at Demdike Stare and Andy Stott was filled with the more experimental seeking fans, those in all black or all white, eyes wide, hair cut expressively in abstract shapes. Demdike Stare, a.k.a. Miles Whittaker, was a satisfying onslaught of noise that worked like scenes in a horror film. Each song had a definite end, although the beginning was usually not so clear cut. On screen images of b-film queens and psychedelic desert encounters played, spliced together, distorted, and repeated for maximum impact. As each score came to an end a new film started up – focusing on colors, eyes blinking down at us, grainy film skipping. He was followed by Andy Stott – who played new sounding music that reflects a great deal of the work you may have heard on his collaborative work as HATE. Cyber tribal beats filled up the space with luscious dancing energy – which was then continued as both Stott and Whittaker returned to the stage as Millie & Andrea took control of the floor.Demdike Stare:
Andy Stott:
Millie + Andrea:
Both Friday and Saturday's Decibel Festival festivities were stacked top to bottom with incredibly good sets, at pretty much every venue in the greater Seattle area. And somehow this year, the festival organizers have done an incredible job at giving each set an incredible sense of creative continu…
Saturday night is the night for dancing - Decibel Festival fans have known that for 10 years. You'll dance every other night of the festival too, no doubt. But Saturday is where you can bank on the fact that you will work up a sweat on the dance floor and at one point consider buying drinks for eve…
For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2012. You can see what our listeners voted for as their Top Albums of 2012 here.
