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The stereotype of "live" electronic music has long been about a DJ standing around spinning records or staring at a laptop. So when a DJ like D:Fuse really sticks his neck out, bringing with him scads of live-band experience and pulling all the stops for a top-notch show, you have to take notice.
"When you're out gigging for 10 years, you really start to get a feel for performance in a lot of ways - technically and aesthetically - on what works in front of crowds and what doesn't," D:Fuse says. "And that's what I always brought to the turntables."
The Austin, Texas - based DJ, producer and instrumentalist's approach, both on past mix discs and in the club, has always been a progressive one that's found him simultaneously DJing and playing percussion. But for People_3: Both Sides of the Picture (Moist, 2005) - the latest double-CD installment of the People series - he ramped up his efforts. The ambitious recording of his three-piece band's live debut at club Mighty in San Francisco this past summer involved a multi-instrumentalist, an MC and D:Fuse's...