[marc]

Gentlemen, you really triggered my curiosity regarding that Lux Aeterna recording. I am 100% unfamiliar with Dime/Motortrades though. Is there any way for me to get a hand on it? @Spacebandit, thanks for the recording/sharing effort!

[marc]

Probably just a matter of feasability with 2nd guitar currently being a revolving door. I really enjoyed the stuff Kristoffer contributed, but I think Reine fits the character of the band better and I hope he's not too busy with Dungen and able to stick around for a bit. They usually rehearse during sound check, so there might be some gems popping up on the remaining dates.

[marc]

Dream home

August

Starhammer

S.T.G

Ship of Fools

Feel

A Pacific Sonata

Triggerman

Bartok

Lux Aeterna

The Wheel (Massive!!!)

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The Tower

2:15

Bit of a mixed evening, to be honest. The crowd was in the mood and the band as well, but somehow the magic didn't happen (for me). Sound was very good and well-balanced most of the time. They started off strong, but after Feel they ran a bit out of steam it appeared. Pacific Sonata is a beautiful song, but does not carry such a long jam. Triggerman was a nice choice, but also lacked a bit of energy. Bartok is a solid rocker, but there already was quite a lot of mid-tempo riffing at that point and i had hoped for something else. Well, the new song reminded me a bit of Court of the Crimson King with that bombastic chorus. The song structure was a bit messy with many different parts and harmonies…too much for my ears to judge after one listen. Which leads to the definite highlight of the evening: The Wheel. Wow! With the first notes it was as if you switched on the room. There suddenly was magic going on 😀 Brilliant, massive version! Clocking in at 2 hours after the main set, I hoped that maybe they go for something epic like un chien. Tower was solid, but didn't do much for me. All in all, not a bad, yet a weird concert….setlist-wise/mood-wise. I dont think they were in a particular bad mood, but for some reason they didn't get 100% into it and didn't make the jams take off to celestial heights as usual.

Side note: Bent sported a nice Melvins-Shirt.

[marc]

Nice set! Looking forward to tonight. Hoping for a new tune tonite and maybe one of the Tower songs be replaced with a classic. Either way, glad to see them back at this beautiful venue.

[marc]

Beatpol coming closer. One year and three days after my last attendance (Leipzig)….guess I am ready!

[marc]

Nice! California is a weird encore Still no spoilers of the new material…interesting

[marc]

The Alchemyst also came to my mind quickly. But of course many more.

I agree with the melodies,the big choruses that stick with you forever. Songs where I cannot imagine that there ever was a time they didn't yet exist. It sounds weird since there is no real range of notes coming out of a drumkit, but Geb was a very melodic player and his style was i think essential for that urgency. There i said it…i thought i was over it haha

[marc]

If there is anything i miss, it would be the harmonic interplay between bass and guitar which elevates the essential classics to extraordinary heights. Of course there is top-notch material on recent albums, but i find many of the newer songs to be too focused on classic riffing, soloing, proggy time signatures. What i always loved most about the band was that special Snah-kind of guitar playing on the verge between riffing and strumming, which leaves Bent just enough space to add melody, harmonic shifts or sheer sonic force.

[marc]

So, received it today and currently spinning for the second time. I am pretty surprised. I had expected a rather conventional, mainly instrumental jazz effort. Instead, full band-lineup, some horns, synths and lots of vocals. Also some rather poppy moments. When they try to "rock", it doesn't do much for me…simply no match to the original massive sounds. Still, it works well as a smooth jazzy indie-pop album with some experiments sprinkled in between.

[marc]

also received numbers 1,3 and 5 today. beautifully looking and sounding from the parts I listened to as of yet.

Speaking of RW5, I also wondered that they didn't decide on stretching the long songs on seperate discs in order to be able to crossfade when using 2 turntables. On the other hand, who would really do that in the end? DJs who were looking forward to rocking lacuna or un chien at the next indie-disco must be really disappointed

actually, it adds some nice quirky experience to it. Impro fades out, you turn the record, impro fades in, "ah, that's where they left off", what was I thinking! :STG:

[marc]

great show indeed, nice seeing them in a pure form – as a trio and with rather stripped-down equipment. that taurus-substitute looks like something straight out of toys'r'us

[marc]

i would give it a shot when plans grow more precise. just had a look at the first tribute. it covers all albums until trust us. so maybe it would be nice to focus on the releases from let them eat cake on…and to avoid having everyone pick raisins from the nineties

[marc]

There are basically only two songs I truly despise and, unfortunately, didn't manage to change my mind about…

Ratcatcher…..Eggplant is lacking that unique MP-feel in general IMO, some good stuff on it, but that song is a total train wreck

Spin, Spin, Spin……I love love love the more hippiesque efforts of the lads (cake/phan/cult), I know it's a cover song, but to me it is just super-generic composition / lyrical effort. Glad they made up for it with the Maypole, which is brilliant. In that genre it apparently is a very thin line wether a song works or fails.

[marc]

aah, beatpol…nice that there are still things one can rely on, like the good old "one tour Leipzig, next Dresden"-cycle

[marc]

Thanks, nice find! I saw them the same summer season at Highfield Festival, same setup with horns and more or less identical setlist – my very first MP show. Good times!

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