Ambient/electronica artist Loscil live. guitars? keyboards? nope. a laptop! and knobs.

[NRaleighLiberal]

and a finger touch pad type of thing.

You would have to know what to expect to attend this sort of concert! The sounds he makes are remarkable.

Nice listen for a late night!

[Thor_MN]

1. The genre really doesn't lend itself to live performance

I do occasionally like this type of sound, I hesitate to call it music. Faded in and out, preprogrammed sounds, not really having a melody and the only rhythm being computer generated. I'd give it a 70 - you can listen to it, but you can't dance to it.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. Agree - much more for listening but it was a fascinating watch - I had no idea.

What I love about the arts is the lack of "rules" - it is about personal interpretation. I love ambient and this is one of my favorite types of music - for certain moods, though. I guess dancing has never been an important parameter for me - always been more into jazz, classical, and fringe alternative, ambient, etc.

Though I do love The National, Arcade Fire, Cocteau Twins - really weirdly eclectic tastes...guilty as charged!

[CBGLuthier]

3. Depends on the software one uses. Using Audiomulch it is quite possible

to do this stuff completely live without any real preprogramming. The rhythms do not have to be computer generated at all. Quite a lot of music exists without any defined melody.

I have been doing this kind of stuff in my living room for a decade or more.
Music is what music is, not really just in the ears of the beholder.