RE: #TechnoFriday - Lady Starlight and Surgeon Live (Opening set for Lady Gaga)
Lady Gaga is well known from her controversial decisions, so booking a Lady Starlight with a techno warm-up opening set shouldn't shock anybody. A bit more than a year ago I have been on the Trentemoller live, and as a warm-up we had a drone/idm/noise/ambient/modular music liveact. Well, Trentemoller and Lady Gaga are on the completely different artistic levels, but I just want to show a point that we do not live in early 90's anymore, and actually we have a lot of hype around techno in the recent years . Unbelievable how many small coincidences have a huge impact on our lifes. Lady Starlight should be lucky that she opened her mouth back then at the stage, giving props for Surgeon. And also a big up for him for breaking the canvas and going into pop culture without loosing his image.
Good point with Trentemoller. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing him 6 times live and it has been really interesting seeing his sound expand and those cross pollinating of genres. I think what interests me with Gaga/Starlight/Surgeon is how for a moment it was both absurd and organic. Both grinding in the face of pop expectations and totally natural. I think at times there is a cynicism that can develop around techno’s place in the industry and for a brief moment it was completely cut through by this. I love it.
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