The topic says it all: who do you think do the best "legitimate" live sets in electronic dance music?

When I say legitimate live I mean something more than pushing play in ableton live, triggering a few loops, and dancing around. There has to be at least a small element of live arrangement for it to be worth doing. Otherwise I'd rather hear a dj. The house scene seems to be lacking many good lives; the best ones seem to be in the techno/trance scenes. Here are my votes:

SON KITE/MINILOGUE: These guys absolutely blow the dance floor away when they play live. Live arranging, tweaking, voice fx, midi violin to trigger sounds, and all perfect mixed into one seamless whole.

DER DRITTE RAUM: Similiar style and set-up to the Son Kite boys. Two computers running into one mixer, live arranging and creation, and of course a 303 or 2 for the tweaks. The live set posted here a few weeks ago is a bomb!

INFUSION: Everyone who's seen them play live knows how hard they rock. Live arranging from a hard drive full of loops, live synth work, and live vocals. Too bad the vocals suck so hard--terrible pop singing. But when he just does voice FX, the effect is awesome.

MATHEW JONSON: Only one guy, so probably limited in what he can do live, but he triggers all the percussive elements live from an Electron DrumMachine, and actually tunes the hits to the PA system and room! Am interested to see him live.

Who would you add to this list?

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Without a shadow of a doubt:

[b]DARKARMA[/b]: to see this guy live is truely an amazing experience. He's extremely focused and yet has the time to get into the music that he's playing and entertain the crowd. Patrick mainly plays (at least in the couple sets I've heard of his) his own productions/remixes which are just superb. He doesn't play out much, but if you're ever fortunate enough to be down in South Florida when he is, I would tell grandma that she can have dinner with you some other time.

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I don't know about "good" or "legitimate lives" or who we/you are to judge anyone as such.... So lets just break that down to edm acts that aren't merely djs, out of respect and humility.

[b]Rabbit in the moon.[/b] Fucking insane performance x 285,000 I'm not entirely sure about the extent of their on stage production in terms of their setup but its more than just a dj.

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[quote=palmer]I don't know about "good" or "legitimate lives" or who we/you are to judge anyone as such.... [/quote] I think he was trying to say "legitimate live acts".

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yes i didn't mean who has a legitimate life!! :shock:

i just meant who does good live sets that have a substantial live element to them!

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INFUSION: Everyone who's seen them play live knows how hard they rock. Live arranging from a hard drive full of loops, live synth work, and live vocals. Too bad the vocals suck so hard--terrible pop singing. But when he just does voice FX, the effect is awesome.

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I don't think the vocals suck that bad, but overall I agree. Infusion is great live act to see. One of the highlights for me @ WMC 2005 was seeing them & Hernan @ Spin. I hope they come to NYC in the near future. :D

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Grayarea :RightOn:

I've seen these guys a few times, and they put on some great shows. Seems like they get into the music more than the crowd at times, too.

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shem slacker- AMAZING

underworld- although not really in force

new order- if you consider tham to fir the req's of electronic.

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[quote=picklemonkey]Grayarea :RightOn:

I've seen these guys a few times, and they put on some great shows. Seems like they get into the music more than the crowd at times, too.[/quote]

Definitely have to agree. Caught them at the Buzz tent at HFS two weeks ago and they rocked it. Great live vocals to go with some good beats.

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The two i've seen in the last year that blew me away with live pa...and these guys don't just hit a few buttons with albeton, they've been doing it live before Albeton was even around.

Jeremy Caulfield - just a few weeks ago, destroyed the floor running techno loops through that 16 channel mixer.

Sean Oneil aka SomoneElse, Foundsound records

Of the ones mentinoed previously...Grayarea, impressive, but not my thing, and Infusion is annoying pop music, i just don't get the fascination behind their music.

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Chemical Brothers do they count!!! 8)

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havent seen them but i have heard live sets...

orbital 8)

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This was said already but I would have to rabbit in the moon or maybe even hybrid.

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thievery corporation

kraftwerk

everybody else is just a notch below.

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I like Moby.

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I saw Jonathan Lisle playing with a keyboard once :Bingo:

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Matthew Dekay Band

Underworld...an amazing live band, period.

What about Way Out West? Weren?t they doing some of the new stuff live? Or was it just P.A.?s?

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i'm not much of a fan of live electronic performances, but i saw live jean michel jarre once, and i must say, the show was amazing, lights, sound, incredible, i loved it

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[quote=Kinetic]Matthew Dekay Band

Underworld...an amazing live band, period.

What about Way Out West? Weren?t they doing some of the new stuff live? Or was it just P.A.?s?[/quote]

Havent seen many live acts before.

Well, not many, just one, actually .... and that was Underworld back in late 2002 here in Toronto.

They were phenomenal.

One of my favourite nights out EVER.