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Sizzling floating therapy at Motorpsycho. This was not a concert, but a space mission. The only goal that the show of the Norwegian trio Motorpsycho seemed to have on Sunday in a sold-out TivoliVredenburg was: to swing all spectators as far as possible outside the atmosphere. What felt like an endless journey towards weightlessness turned out to be an unparalleled rock show that lasted no less than two hours and fifty minutes. In short: mission accomplished. Motorpsycho has been in existence for thirty years. During that time, the excentrics from Trondheim released dozens of records on which they played at least as many styles. What started as grunge-like alto-metal gradually changed into dream pop, hip-rock, country, jazz, etc. In recent years the band has been floating in a multi-colored bubble of psychedelic (prog) rock. The average length of the songs grew exponentially, the number of tracks per record fell drastically: The Crucible, which was released this year, only has three. Live singer-bassist Bent Sæther and guitarist Hans Magnus Ryan turn out to be explorers who descend improvisingly into the deepest corners of their own notes and deliberately get lost there. Almost every song they derail halfway through, to completely turn it inside out, and then see where it ends. In this way the band explores the oeuvre down to the very fringes, from hard to ultra-soft. This sizzling floating therapy, that is what the psychonauts – as the Motor psycho fans tend to call themselves – have come to for. After almost three hours of booming guitar roar and intense near silence, they all landed nicely on their feet again. Rock Motorpsycho Heard: 19/5, TivoliVredenburg Utrecht Frank Provoost
Great review of the concert here (in Dutch):
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/05/21/zinderende-zweeftherapie-bij-motorpsycho-a3960890
Fueled by Motörhead, Clutch, Spidergawd, early Peppers, Soulwax, 7Zuma7, Randy Rhoads and Mahogany Rush, check out this lovely recent EP
Paradiso is very much alive. I believe that the last time MP played the main venue was in 2010, HMF tour
One of the things I fail to understand is how continued (economic) growth in the long run could ever be consistent with the fact that our planet does not increase in size.
Unless from evolutionary perspective we accept that sooner or later our species will collapse.
What's striking to me is that there does not seem to be a single country that substantially explores this problem, let alone substantially transitions into the new balance that would be required. Yes, plenty of great initiatives on climate adaptation, plastic soup, eating animals, poverty reduction, sustainable entrepreneurship, etc., but in the end most likely futile as long as economic growth is perceived an axiom we cannot do without.
I'd be interested in Norman & Punj's views on this. Is any of us here familiar with the concept of doughnut economics?
Meanwhile, lets's not forget why we are here, so please do continue the much more interesting discussion on how Rush is inspired by Motorpsycho
One of the best books I have ever read is the Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein. As far as possible, it has made me understand the state of the world as it currently is, based on recent history and including the development of modern day geopolitics.
Probably not a coincidence but fun to mention anyway: 577 backers!
Weirdo Canyon Dispatch with bits of MP:
http://roadburn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/WCD-2018-Friday.pdf
http://roadburn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/WCD-2018-Saturday.pdf
The Roadburn show was absolutely magical. The guys played the main stage which is a huge venue, capacity about 3000. Even though it was still early and beautifully sunny & hot outside, there must have been over 1500 inside for MP and they were just into it. People from all over the world, coming to this special festival, and on that day being exposed to Motorpsycho. Young, middle aged, older, men, women, girls, boys, a wonderfully mixed crowd. It was a joy to see Motorpsycho perform and the response they got. Front rows to way back & balconies. Imagine that during the quieter parts you could hear a pin drop. With 1500 people present! A thing I had never experienced so strongly as during this festival. No better proof I think of how passionate and respectful Roadburners are about music and particularly about what they witnessed during MPs show.
