Electronic Artists that "perform" instead of "play" their tracks live?

[fanny butter]

That's a really nice groove, and I love the way they just seem to be rocking out with the music rather than having the silly old Jesus pose-style "hey everybody look at me" stage prescence that is oh so common with electronic acts. But I wouldn't call that light show modest

Yeah fair enough about the lights. But all analogue gear and mad beats is super rad.

[Xonetacular]

If your mixing on CDJs or w/e, someone else could easily take your place. Its a balancing act.

I disagree, no resident DJ or opener is going to replace seeing the producer you are paying to see play their own tracks. It's a lot more about seeing the artist and the energy they create just by being there on stage, and I usually see more energy from artists when they are DJing and working a crowd.

[Itchy Gash]

Electronic music is the oddball when it comes to live performances. Some producers stand behind a set of CDJs, while others do something with traktor/serato. But then there are the artists that really perform their songs live, mostly with Ableton, using clips and loops. Deadmau5 is the only artist that I know of that does this. Can you think of anyone else that "performs" their songs instead of playing them?

Thanks.

As for a live stuff goes The prodigy and Lcd sound system but this is prob the best for live performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv1DU...eature=related

Cue fader fox @ 1.33

[DigitalDevil]

I've noticed a lot of people I've seen on ableton seem more disconnected from the crowd and lack the stage presence of people who have significant DJ experience.

I've actually noticed this myself personally for the first time recently, as I went back to toying with my old over the top "Live" setup instead of standard DJing while my DB4 is away. I've found that I really have to focus more on my gear and what I'm doing rather than the music itself, and the result is a very static, unemotional performance.

[Jay Wilde]

saw a guy here locally using a BCR2000 and ableton doing disco/house in looped fashion...

cool in theory, but looks like WAY too much work, lots of "email checking" screen staring, and the tracks built on the fly will never approach the complexity and polish of a properly produced track with all the fx and builds and breakdowns built up...

also a lot of it was pretty rough sounding, clipping, etc. id prefer to hear an artist playing their own tracks/remixes/edits and just enjoy a dj set.

making things complicated just for the sake of complexity is musical masturbation.

[Xonetacular]

saw a guy here locally using a BCR2000 and ableton doing disco/house in looped fashion...

cool in theory, but looks like WAY too much work, lots of "email checking" screen staring, and the tracks built on the fly will never approach the complexity and polish of a properly produced track with all the fx and builds and breakdowns built up...

also a lot of it was pretty rough sounding, clipping, etc. id prefer to hear an artist playing their own tracks/remixes/edits and just enjoy a dj set.

making things complicated just for the sake of complexity is musical masturbation.

My thoughts exactly.

[Sublim&All]

You could take a look at Paul Kalkbrenner, AFAIK he also does everything with Ableton.

Also check his album named Berlin Calling, it's awesome!

[ichitaka]

Not just Paul but his Brother Fritz Kalkbrenner performs also on Ableton Live and theire performances were always very intense. I think it depends on the gerne you are playing.