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Ladytron September 30 2006 Avalon Boston
Stepping into the venue and being immediately enveloped by the sounds of Ladytron is like walking into audio orgasm.
You don't have to be mod, you don't have to be hip, to love the mixture of voices between Mira Aroyo and Helen
Marnie, to let your body be moved by the master manipulations of synthesizers by Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu.
Live, there are three synthesizers onstage, and the drums are filtered live to get the crisp snap sound that creates the
dancing basic beat that the complicated synth rhythms are built and move over. The sounds of Ladytron are eerie,
carefully layered, from the vocal echo play between Aroyo and Marnie to the mingling, hypnotic dalliances from Wu and
Hunt. There is no rush, here: the performers are utterly relaxed, moving their bodies as their instruments-- whether guitar,
bass, synth, or pure voice-- seem to inspire them. The drummer was perhaps the most animated, his movements
purposeful and precise but the most affected by the overall sound as he played. The performance is as stylized as the
performers, androgynous and intellectual but not inaccessible to the new listener.
For a listen and live environment that is both easy and highly involving, mark your calendars for the next Ladytron tour.
Stepping into the venue and being immediately enveloped by the sounds of Ladytron is like walking into audio orgasm.
You don't have to be mod, you don't have to be hip, to love the mixture of voices between Mira Aroyo and Helen
Marnie, to let your body be moved by the master manipulations of synthesizers by Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu.
Live, there are three synthesizers onstage, and the drums are filtered live to get the crisp snap sound that creates the
dancing basic beat that the complicated synth rhythms are built and move over. The sounds of Ladytron are eerie,
carefully layered, from the vocal echo play between Aroyo and Marnie to the mingling, hypnotic dalliances from Wu and
Hunt. There is no rush, here: the performers are utterly relaxed, moving their bodies as their instruments-- whether guitar,
bass, synth, or pure voice-- seem to inspire them. The drummer was perhaps the most animated, his movements
purposeful and precise but the most affected by the overall sound as he played. The performance is as stylized as the
performers, androgynous and intellectual but not inaccessible to the new listener.
For a listen and live environment that is both easy and highly involving, mark your calendars for the next Ladytron tour.