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https://www.stickman-records.com/shop/motorpsycho-phanerothyme-2/
I’d always go for the Sony noise-cancelling headphones, watching the clips either on my phone or laptop.
Part 2:
Chariot of the sun
Mona liza Azrael
NOX
Encore:
Death Defying Unicorn medley with Stale Storlokken (incl. at least Hollow Lands, Through the Veil & Mutiny?)
An ELP song ft. their roadie Tos on vocals (what a moment haha!)
Another song with Tos
Burn (Deep Purple cover)
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3h50 show, jesus F christ
So far…
A pacific sonata
Uberpilgrim
The magpie
Greener
Cosmoctopus
The ladder
Mountain
Rock bottom
You lied/walking on the water
Black to comm
-short break- (1h30)
<p style=”text-align: left;”>4 vocal mics on stage and a giant Stale Storlokken-esque mellotron/keys/synths setup. Hmmmmmm… showtime at 9 pm. I’m leaning against the PA btw (“Psychonaut” T-shirt). Feel free to say hi!</p>
The bars and restaurants on the Martelarenplein next to the venue all have a lot of different lighter and stronger beers! We’re in Belgium after all ;-)
Review from Progwereld (Dutch – through Google Translate):
The men of Motorpsycho certainly did not sit still during the pandemic. They released “The All Is One” and “Kingdom Of Oblivion”, a film project was started in collaboration with the Norwegian theater group De Utvalgte, the result of which will be released in the near future, and they wrote the music for a dance performance by Homan Sharifi and his Impure Dance Company: Sacfificing. The latter project is important for this review. Some of the music for that performance already existed, N.O.X. of “The All Is One” turned out to fit wonderfully, but a part also had to be rewritten. Those are, according to the information the band provides with the music, Mona Lisa Azrael and Chariot Of The Sun – To Phaeton On The Occasion Of Sunrise (Theme From An Imagined Movie). In the summer of 2021 the music was recorded in Oslo by Ryan, Sæther and Järmyr, together with producer and former band member Helge “Deathprod” Sten. Reine Fiske was not there, according to the band because international travel was still a problem at that time (Fiske lives in Stockholm), but now he is also marked as 'Best Friend' on the band's website and not as a current band member. The band played the music almost live, only the vocals were added later. You can also hear the live dynamics well in the music. Motorpsycho is not a tame band anyway, but this adds a nice layer. You can immediately hear that in The Ladder, a piece that apparently has nothing to do with the ballet, but was added to the record anyway. It's furious music with a starring role for drummer Järmyr, who I've never heard better drumming before. Sæther adds such a typical Motorpsycho vocal line, accessible and yet completely blown away. The Flower Of Awareness is actually a prelude, two minutes of ambient doodles, the importance of which escapes me. It flows seamlessly into Mona Lisa Azrael, which brings us to the main body of this record. The piece starts with beautiful Mellotron chords and a waltz, which immediately made me think of Epitaph by King Crimson. Very nicely done. After four minutes, the gentlemen put their socks in place a bit and the waltz gives way to a fast 6-quartz and a clearly improvised guitar solo. Handsome guy who can dance to that a little sensible, by the way. Here too Järmyr's strong playing stands out, what a world drummer he is. After ten minutes the piece is actually over, but the guitars are still buzzing for two minutes.
The last piece takes up half of the plate. Chariot Of The Sun – To Phaeton On The Occasion Of Sunrise starts quietly with a rhythm guitar over an electronic arpeggio, a nice resting point after the previous violence. Gradually more melody lines are added, but only after four minutes a theme starts to emerge, aided by dreamy vocals. That sleepy atmosphere lingers for another minute or so, but then the band kicks in. Lots of fanning guitar parts above that characteristic, overdriven bass guitar. And just when you think: “Now something may happen,” then the men transition into a piece with many accents and the music slowly gets wilder. Because yes, the sun is rising, isn't it? The stirring rock is getting fuller and fuller, after 14 minutes you even think you recognize the influences of Yes at its busiest. Then the whole thing collapses and it slowly builds up again to a new climax, until four minutes before the end we are back at the dreamy atmosphere of the beginning. An opus with a head and a tail, what more could you want? That's the beauty of Motorpsycho: at first hearing it looks like a psychedelic space-rock band with the volume knob at 11 and the gaze at infinity, but if you listen more closely you discover new layers, new themes that inevitably arise from the previous. Brilliantly done, beautiful album.
Anyone volunteering to refresh the Stickman homepage every 5 minutes for the upcoming 2 weeks (and let us know when they're up for sale)?
Very nice review from Weirdo Shrine and a really cool short interview with Bent too. So Snah, Bent, Tomas and their partners all live in one big building with separate compartments now? Or is that one of those "We always tell the truth, except when we lie. And we lie a lot"-moments, described at the end of the interview?
From the Stickman newsletter: "In four tracks, Motorpsycho present a summary of their exploits in the past years: blistering prog rock, experimental soundscapes, heavy rock grooves, theatrical breakdowns, and lengthy, epic buildups."
Three songs on the A-side, Ny lang on the B-side is my guess?
Also haha: "We have enough stock for everyone, so there's no need to storm the website right at 11 o'clock!"
Just say hi, I’ll be the dude with the black T-shirt and beard ;-)