Press

11.25.11

The Wild Magazine

http://thewildmagazine.com/blog/live-footage-our-new-life-soundtrack/
posted on September 28th, 2011 by Nicole Casanova
Every now and then a band comes along whose music somehow becomes ubiquitous in everything we are doing, all of the time and everywhere, no matter what. This has happened with Live Footage, an electroacoustic band led by Mike Thies on drums and keyboard, and Topu [...]

06.29.11

“Plays Jay Dee” reviews

http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2011/04/download-live-footage-plays-jay-dee-mixtape
http://heartymagazine.com/news/live-footage-plays-jay-dee
http://shutyourfuckingfaceandlisten.com/joel-frieders
http://iknowtheledge.com/hip-hop/live-footage-plays-jay-dee
http://206up.com/2011/04/26/download-live-footage-plays-jay-dee-live-footage/
http://www.blindiforthekids.com/blind-i/2011/04/video-jay-dilla-1-cello-player-1-drummer-live-footage-plays-jay-dee/
http://blogs.dailyprincetonian.com/intersections/2011/04/22/mixtape-live-footage-jay-dee/

03.09.11

LA Blogotheque

http://www.blogotheque.net/2011/03/04/live-footage-balmorhea-des-villes/
…translated (crudely)
For Willow Be the first album of Live Footage, like Balmorhea two years ago, is primarily a story of pocket. A sober and elegant design that evokes the fusion of elements, ideograms (or other records of Asian origin) to induce a secret, a treatment rather high-end disk claimed as a self-production …
And arguments [...]

01.09.11

European Reviews

http://diekopfhoerer.eu/2010/12/tontrager-der-woche-live-footage-–-willow-be/
http://mephisto976.uni-leipzig.de/musik/playlisten/zeigen/2010/11/25/direkt/18.html
http://www.hoerspielkino.de/musik/playlists/playlist.ref.!content!rbb!rad!programm!sendungen!lost_in_music!playlists!2010!11!101119_2300.html
http://www.cultzine.com/article15005.html
http://insecttv.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/livefootage-willowbe/
http://www.foutraque.com/chronique_disque.php?id=4041
http://www.jetfm.asso.fr/site/mercredi-17-novembre.html
http://www.impattosonoro.it/2010/12/13/recensioni/live-footage-willow-be/
http://www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2010_livefootage.htm
http://www.musicaoltranza.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8512&catid=170&Itemid=471
http://www.liquida.it/video/39d7cecf/live-footage-big-mind/
http://www.freakout-online.com/demo.aspx?iddemo=1114
http://supermizzi.blogspot.com/2010/12/live-footage.html
http://www.subjectivisten.nl/caleidoscoop/2010/11/live-footage-willow-be.html
http://www.comunicazioneinterna.it/dettaglio_ascolti.php?id=1581

06.13.10

Wall Street Journal

Preview for the Mercury Lounge Show - HERE is the link

Live Footage w/ Quitzow, Setting Sun, Siwat
Sunday
Settle in and enjoy a night of warm-spirited music made by talented friends. Cellist Topu Lyo and drummer Mike Thies are Live Footage, which uses loops to augment its live sounds for lovely and occasionally breathtaking electronic pieces. Mr. [...]

06.09.10

Fresh Pulp Artist Spotlight

http://www.frshpulp.com/frsh/2010/06/08/artist-spotlight-3/

The best music is said to be an experience, a perfect depiction of the message the artist is trying to portray. After seeing Live Footage perform live, I can definitely attest to the high level of talent and intricacy within their music.
Live Footage is composed of Mike Thies, a drummer, and Topu Lyo, a cellist. [...]

04.16.10

Drawn Association

http://drawnassociation.net/2009/11/nathan-gray-sound-people-plants/

04.14.10

Wink Magazine

http://wink-mag.com/issue003/index
Page 17

02.02.10

sha V 4.0

www.shashachu.com/
Pics and review from our show at Duboce Park Cafe in San Francisco 1/28/10.

12.28.09

DELI Magazine

http://nyc.thedelimagazine.com/kitchen
 
Live Footage has been wowing crowds for the last year across the tri-state area. They are a cello + drum duo in the vain of Squarepusher meets Debussy or Cinematic Orchestra meets Explosions In The Sky. Limewire’s review about the band says they are “.. an all-encompassing, otherworldly, druggy sound that left me speechless.” You [...]

10.30.09

Limewire music Blog

“creating an all-encompassing, otherworldly, druggy sound that left me speechless. Filmmakers, take note: you’ve got your surrealistsoundtrack composers right here.” -Limewire review of Live Footage CMJ

http://blog.limewire.com/posts/29202-cmj-straggla-setting-sun-quitzow-and-live-footage-at-sidewalk-cafe-nyc-1022/

10.23.09

Breakthru Radio

From our CMJ show at the Sidewalk cafe 10.22.09!
“The pleasing sounds continued next with Live Footage. The duo consists of Topu Lyo (electric cello) and Mike Thies (drums, synth). Topu Lyo and his phenomenal cello skills are captivating. In fact, he played with all four bands during the evening and was intense and mesmerizing the [...]

06.04.09

http://www.yumeandbeyond.com/tag/topu-lyo/

If you love music, like we do, then you’ll love LIVE FOOTAGE. A Brooklyn based band that is by far one of the most unique combinations of musicianship and experimental sounds we have heard in a while. The band made up of Mike Thies (Drums, Keys, loops) and Topu Lyo (Electric Cello) has been making [...]

05.29.09

shashachu.com

Live Footage
May 28th, 2009

Topu Lyo, an old friend of mine, recently sent me a copy of his band’s new self-titled debut CD, Live Footage. (Full disclosure: he sent the CD to me for free and asked me to review it here.) I have to admit that I felt some amount of apprehension before listening [...]

12.16.08

Live Footage of Brooklyn

The only thing getting me through this morning (besides copious amounts of coffee) is Live Footage, the project of cellist Topu Lyo (of Quitzow, Setting Sun and Skidmore Fountain) and drummer Mike Thies. I first saw them perform at coco66 in Greenpoint, and I can liken the experience to slowly being wrapped in blankets inexplicably [...]

12.15.08

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