SHOWS          Back to List March 15 – April 1, 2000 Gavin Brown's Enterprise (Report by Momus from his website; Photo by Doug Henders) Apparently they had big hair in this show. "Fischerspooner performed on catwalks, clawing their way around the room and over the audience's heads. There were about eight viking maidens in platinum pigtails singing backup and doing choreographed routines. The lighting was all white neon. Casey Spooner had Adam Ant hair extensions which made him look like someone at an audition for A Flock Of Seagulls, but was also wearing a clash of Flash Gordon flying suit and delicate 19th Century flower prints. Very sci-fi. At a pivotal moment in the show lots of flaps were unzipped by assistants and he was suddenly lit up by a huge cinema spot and wind-machined by a huge fan. It was total Michael Jackson circa Thriller, and the little crowd of media content creators burst into applause and squeals of delight. The whole thing was an odd mixture of performance art, fashion, and retro 80s electronica. It lasted about 20 minutes. In between songs there was a mixture of live and taped conversation between the valkerie girls and Casey. It was banal, stupid, self-deprecating, surreal. Casey tripped at one point, and you weren't sure if it was part of the performance or a genuine accident. Musically, Fischerspooner sound like a really early Mute Records band. It's a clean, somewhat trancey electronic sound. There are songs, although the best is their cover version of Wire's 'The 15th', which is simply glorious (but then it was on 154 too). But music is not the main thing with FS. It's a sensibility thing."