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Modified Shorts
April 06, 2007

We just got back from the the first Late Tate... Cybersonica at Tate Britain.

As I said yesterday I was really looking forward to the Trojan Sound System who were pretty loud and deep in what I imagine was their soundcheck at 6.00. But the North Duveens was not built to host a sound system and the acoustics muddied the sound no end so it was taken down a bit for the majority of their set. Which was beautifully augmented by AV duo Dynamite Fishing...

Lovely concept though.... Reggae rattling those Old Masters.

We gave them about 30 minutes whilst having a beer before sloping off to see the "installations", popping our heads into the Future Shorts room and then downstairs.

Room 9, where Future Shorts were based, had a sign warning us that space was limited and people would be turned away if full. Fearing we might miss the Modified Toy Orchestra we went in a good 45 minutes early. And I'm glad we did. We caught a few of the Future Shorts/Future Cinema pieces accompanied by Little Bat and Perico. I can't for the life of me remember the titles of any of the pieces we saw but I'll rifle through the FS website and see if any bells start ringing as they were all excellent, funny and moving.

8.30 rolled around and the Modified Toy Orchestra appeared. Dressed in Kraftwerkesque suits and ties and backed by some great video footage of their own, the MTO got the first whoops and cheers of the evening out of the packed room. Brian Duffy, beautifully described by Zero Tolerance as "Like a nine volt Frankenstein...”, pulled guitar hero shapes clutching primary coloured kids toys and danced a little like Alexei Sayle if you ask me! 30-40 minutes later it was all over and we rolled out via the shop... and I got a copy of Modern Toss 4.

Didn't get anything great photo-wise... The image above is shamelessly blagged off their MySpace page. taken at last years Sonar, I think, and during "I am Hula Barbie, hear me roar"!

... but it was a great night. And free! BTW... song title of the night for me was "Funfair For The Common Man"... If only I had heard the title of the track about the elephant and cockerel mechanical toys' illicit affair. That had a great video.

Categories: Music, Art, London

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