Shame that I wasn't able to make it to the Saturday in the end because it got totally and utterly sold out at the last minute. I was so looking forward to see Incapacitants. Merzbow last night more than made up for that though. He gave me an out of body experience to last me a lifetime. He was incredible.

Amazing festival!

Smegma were a bit of a letdown in my opinion, their set was too structured for my liking and already over before I started to get into it. I liked The Tenses' set on Sunday much better.

I generally didn't enjoy much of the Friday night sets, but Saturday and Sunday more than made up for it.
Incapacitants were AWESOME, a really intense performance.
Airway were AMAZING, pity I didn't have a good view until the encore (in which they got a second drummer and takuya sakaguchi to play with them - I counted 9 people on stage!)
I really enjoyed Dinosaurs With Horns On Sunday, again pity that I couldn't see that much.
Hijokaidan killed all and destroyed everything, a more than PERFECT ending to the weekend. It was really an endurance test to stay up front, with the crowd pushing me from left and right and behind and Jojo occasionally pushing me with his microphone stand from the front. Junko fled more and more to the back of the stage because of people falling over. It was wild. Really a brilliant performance.

a friend of mine helped coordinate this...gotta hit him up for stories now that he's back home.

Big thanks to damofromdublin on youtube for uploading the entire Incapacitants and Hijokaidan performances!!!


Incapacitants live at LAFMS weekend 23/10/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBdru6gydkw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT8SMefotec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ScTWr4DfZk



Hijokaidan live at LAFMS weekend 24/10/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRA8-5UohTk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuP69gOQwSI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWJzct54QMw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeL7rNNzaHU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXQuJpUyepw


Heh, it looks so much more pussy on youtube compared to being there physically. I wish Junko could be heard more clearly, I heard her like she sounds in the video. I was wondering if she could be heard more clearly by people standing further at the back (i.e. not "behind" the PA like I and the person who took this video were)

Airway @ The Lowest Form Of Music LAFMS, London Beaconsfield, 23rd October 2010
http://vimeo.com/16338540

Le Forte Four - Ka-Bella-Binski-Bungo @ The Lowest Form Of Music LAFMS, London Beaconsfield, 22nd October 2010
http://vimeo.com/16116538