MOTM

Hi everyone,

My brother in law and I made the 2 hour drive from northern NJ down 
to Philly last night to see the Fulton/Reaves and Orbital Decay show 
at The Gatherings Concert series in Philly last night.

The show was in an old 18th century Church in the middle of Philly, 
which is a great venue for this kind of music.  I saw Robert Rich 
there last year (excellent show, by the way!).  Orbital Decay kicked 
off the show, starting at about 8:10 or so, and played a solid 45-50 
minutes, doing an excellent continuously evolving piece.  The gear 
was very cool, Arp Odyssey, MS-20, NED Synclavier(!), Moog Voyager, 
and another that I didn't recognize was on the left side of the stage 
with Terry.  The MOTM racks and sequencer were on the right with 
Scott's Strat.  Both had PC's, but I did not get close enough to see 
what was running.  The Orbital Decay set was excellent - ambient  
space music at its best.  Tons of MS-20 and Arp filter sweeps, and 
the MOTM sequence was very cool!  I really enjoyed their set.  The 
only odd thing, probably due to stage space, was that the guys had 
their backs to us for most of the show.

The Fulton/Reaves Project came on at about 9:30, and played for 
easily over an hour and 15 minutes if not longer.  The did three long 
pieces, each one distinctly different and engaging.  Dave on the left 
side of the stage had a pair of Voyagers, another keyboard that I 
couldn't get close enough to identify, and a bunch of pedals and 
footswitches on the floor that seemed to kick off phrases and 
individual musical "events" that frequently added some really cool 
dramatic accents to the music.  Giles was on the left, and had a Les 
Paul guitar that he play for one piece, a Roland, and I think a 
Voyager as well.  Giles did a lot of melodic leads on the Roland 
synth that were just excellent, and really provided a lot of sonic 
character to the music.  Some of the bass tones and big pads that 
Dave was playing were also just HUGE.  They had a drummer with them 
(I forget his name), playing a Roland electronic set.  In the first 
piece, the drums were way down in the mix, and it caused a bit of a 
balance problem for that part of the set, but they quickly resolved 
it when they started the second piece. 

All in all, it was a really good show!  If they come to your area, go 
to see them!  

Regards,
Phil