"I'm a five foot two, claustrophobic concert reviewer, which is a pretty ridiculous thing to be if you think about it, and as soon as I got to the Autechre show at the Regency Ballroom on Oct. 9, I told my friend, "I don't think I'm going to like this." The longtime boundary-pushing UK electronic duo have been performing live sets in the dark for eons, but I didn't know that until a week before producers Sean Booth and Rob Brown got to town."
""Please plan on being in one place for the performance and do not move unnecessarily until it has finished when the lights will come back on again," read the flyer, in part. Lights would come back on in an emergency, and attendees in need of assistance should light up their phone and wave it over their head in case. "If you are uncomfortable with the idea of spending 80 minutes in the dark while Autechre play, please see the venue staff before the performance starts.""
A five-foot-two, claustrophobic concertgoer arrived at the Autechre show at the Regency Ballroom on Oct. 9 and immediately felt apprehensive. The longtime UK electronic duo Sean Booth and Rob Brown have performed live sets entirely in darkness; venue notices instructed attendees to remain in place for the roughly 80-minute performance and to signal for help with a phone light in emergencies. Claustrophobia in the dark emerged as an unexpected fear despite recent comfortable experiences at large festivals and nostalgia-driven sets by Underworld, The Prodigy, and the Chemical Brothers. Tour opener Mark Broom performed as an accomplished DJ.
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