Local group Mushroom Cloud is often the pick to open shows for the jammy techno crowd. A trio of guitar, bass, and drums played instrumental funk jams kind of like Eric Krasno's Lettuce or The New Mastersounds. The guitar player had a handle on the tight blaxploitation groove, and the stand in bass player was impressive. Thankfully, they didn't close with an acapella Free Bird.
G-nome Project is billed as a livetronica outfit from Tel Aviv. Funky guitar, nerdy but active bass, high energy propulsive drums, and keys comprised the quartet. It was too much for me to ask for a politically charged, sample based international throwdown. Instead, we viewed a capable house band of rave culture. Good, diverse crowd of dancers and a couple of painters throwing some trippy images to canvas while the music was bumping. Like many international groups, they had a good grasp of dub used to extend some jams. Without vocals, and no inter-song banter, this quartet could have come from Burlington VT, which is not necessarily a bad thing.
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