SARTS The Michigan Daily Monday, October 26, 1992 Page 5 When the Saints come marchlng in by Jill C. Banks The thought of Utah Saints may bring a vision of Mormons in the west, living the "honest," Christian way preached by Brigham Young - Utah Saint. Utah Saints, Jez Willis and Tim Garbutt, are anything but that. These lads from Leeds combined their talent, creating an outrageous mix of house, techno rave, rock, and disco in their EP "Something Good." The ever popular "What Can You Do For Me," which in- cludes the vocals of Annie Lennox, was the first display of their impressive sampling tech- nique. "What we did was we pressed a thousand copies up ourselves," deckman Garbutt said. "We did it on this horrible color vinyl which was a pukey sort of orange and before we knew it, we signed to London records. It all happened so fast, the next thing we know, it goes top ten." "Something Good" was the next song to hit the charts. The DJ duo sampled the vocals of Kate Bush from her track "Cloud-bust- ing." "It is very difficult working with samples," Garbutt said, "because when you take a sample, like the Kate Bush sample, you have to take it how it sounds on the record. You can't pull out strings or vocals. You have to take it how it is. This makes it very dif-' ficult to fit it in your track." The unique aspect of the Utah Saints' work is that they don't use samples from other dance tracks; rather, these mix masters take samples from a variety of music classes, give it a little character by adding their own musical talents, such as keyboards, guitars, and electronic drums, then release a song that is more than just another rave tune. "The most important ingredient for all of our songs is that they need to have a really good homobility factor," Garbutt said. And that, they do. The new album, which is ex- pected to be released in mid- November display the vocals of Willis on some of the tracks. When asked if his voice will be portrayed on the album, Garbutt exclaimed, "I'm happy to be on the decks." The Utah Saints will make their way to the states for the first time as an opening act for The Shamen. "I've never been to the States," Garbutt laughed. "I'm pretty scared. I'm excited, but that's why I'm scared. Some of the distances between gigs that we're doing, traveling most of the time by bus, are bigger than Britain." The duo is expecting a mixed response from the American audi- ence. Some places, such as the west coast and Detroit, will have a better response than others due to the recent development of the rave scene in the States. "I'm bringing records over," Garbutt said, sounding a little more anxious. "They've lined up loads of things for me to do. I'm DJ-ing in some [record] shops and doing some ra- dio shows." The rave scene is dwindling in England and the duo are both nervous and enthusiastic to be coming over to the States where rave is just beginning to flourish. Not only will the Utah Saints' concert be incredibly entertaining, Heavy 'Sleeper' Schraderfinaly directs a winner by Megan Abbott Anyone who has seen "Taxi Driver" knows Paul Schrader is a genius as a screenwriter. Unfortunately, the quality of his directorial achievements have been decidedly mixed, ranging from the quite good ("Blue Collar") to the very bland ("Cat People"). But with his latest venture Schrader has at last reached the greatness he seemed destined for 15 years ago. "Light Sleeper" plummets the audience, Dante-like, into a vision of per- sonal despair as seen through the eyes of John Le Tour (Willem Dafoe), a New York drug-dealer forever trying to go straight. Le Tour works for the enterprising Ann (Susan Sarandon), dealing for a largely upscale clientele of theologizing, impossibly reflective junkies. Ann is attempting to slowly convert her business into a natural cosmetics firm, while Le Tour has vague plans to go "into the music business." Slowly, the audience descends into Le Tour's bleak consciousness as he makes a series of desperate moves to break out of his oppressive melan- Light Sleeper Directed and written by Paul Schrader; with Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, and Dana Delany choly. He reaches out to a former love, Marianne (Dana Delany), who fights his efforts, certain it will send her back to addiction. She tells him she can- not bear to see him; he is a "walking encyclopedia of suicidal fantasies." Soon, circumstances drive him to a point of crisis from which there is no turning back. Schrader gives us a morass of psychological pain here. That is his specialty, after all. But in this film, like none of his others, Schrader's vision pulses with a hypnotic beauty. Images of the emotional weight everyone carries through life resound in "Light Sleeper." Le Tour, at one point, asks a psychic he goes to visit, "What is there that's around me? What do you see? Is it dark?" She responds that there is nothing around him, the darkness is, of course, inside of him. And through the film, Le Tour nearly destroys himself trying to expunge it. The performances Schrader elicits give this film its lush pathos. Dafoe is achingly touching as La Tour. As an actor, Dafoe can be an entertaining ham (as in "Wild at Heart") and a moving Jesus (in "Last Temptation of See SLEEPER, Page 8 Tim Garbutt and Jez Willis aren't from BYU, but they are Utah Saints. it will be a cultural experience for anyone attending. The crowd will include an array of stage divers, ravers dazed out on the dance floor, and possibly some rockers and teeny boppers. Garbutt com- mented on what will be the better aspect of the show, "All the ravers don't understand the stage diving," Garbutt chuckled and continued. "When the people stage dive, the ravers don't know what to do. They move out of the way and the people hit the floor." The Saints themselves will be wearing their keyboards over their shoulders, running around the stage, with a long wire connecting each of them to 9000 pounds worth of equipment. "The key- boards are small and petite. You touch one key on the keyboard and you get the most amazing sort of powerful sounds. It freaks people out." Garbutt concluded. "With regards to what else you'll see from us, I don't know. It'll be in- teresting." UTAH SAINTS open for THE SHAMEN tonight at Industry in Pontiac. Tickets are $10.50. Call 763-TKTS. A . T-SHIRT PRINTERY " A's MULTI-COLOR PRINTING CHAMPS! " STAFF ARTIST SUPPORT. * 2-DAY RUSH SERVICE AVAILABLE. * U-M P.O.#'s ACCEPTED. " LOCATED ACROSS THE BRIDGE FROM GANDY DANCER. * 5% DISCOUNT WITH THIS AD 994-1367 1002 PONTIAC TRAIL ANN ARBOR * MINIMUM ORDER 12 SHIRTS I. 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