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A show commissioned by the Barbican Centre in London to accompany the exhibition in the art gallery of Game On, exploring the history of computer games. I was invited to curate an evening of music to reflect on these themes within electronic music. Acts that performed on the night were Plaid, Coil, Mouse on Mars and SND.
The original footage was recorded on aMiniDV camcorder, so the quality is rather lacking by contemporary standards, was hand-held for the duration of the show, and stored on two separate tapes, hence a little gap some way into the performance. Having said that, there's little other footage of this performance and feel it's of value historically. And believe me, the challenge of simply importing this footage is just too complex to share here!
A higher quality version of this film is available here:
archive.org/details/coil-barbican
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Barbican Centre London
27 April 2002
Set List
00:00 Anarcadia: All Horned Animals
06:13 Amethyst Deceivers (Version 2)
14:29 Slur
19:59 A Cold Cell
26:53 Cher Interlude
27:22 Sick Mirrors
40:01 An Unearthly Red (live debut)
A show commissioned by the Barbican Centre in London to accompany the exhibition in the art gallery of Game On, exploring the history of computer games. I was invited to curate an evening of music to reflect on these themes within electronic music. Acts that performed on the night were Plaid, Coil, Mouse on Mars and SND.
The original footage was recorded on aMiniDV camcorder, so the quality is rather lacking by contemporary standards, was hand-held for the duration of the show, and stored on two separate tapes, hence a little gap some way into the performance. Having said that, there's little other footage of this performance and feel it's of value historically. And believe me, the challenge of simply importing this footage is just too complex to share here!
A higher quality version of this film is available here:
archive.org/details/coil-barbican
Only Connect: Play
Barbican Centre London
27 April 2002
Set List
00:00 Anarcadia: All Horned Animals
06:13 Amethyst Deceivers (Version 2)
14:29 Slur
19:59 A Cold Cell
26:53 Cher Interlude
27:22 Sick Mirrors
40:01 An Unearthly Red (live debut)
