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Hey folks, I was trying to post in the “New music” thread but the posts won’t appear. When I tried to repost it warned me of a double-post. What am I doing wrong? ;-)
I traveled from Berlin to Leuven for this one off show and boy they made it worthwile. So happy to have seen this concert which saw a psychonaut’s fantasies come to life. Fans had flocked to Leuven from across the continent. Het Depot is a great venue. The former cinema still has cinema seating in the back of the venue from which one can witness a concert in genuine wide screen fashion. Motorpsycho played it safe in the first set, not venturing too far into the unknown, just merely flexing their muscles with regular tunes from the current repertoire, injecting the minor new tune “The Ladder” and ending the set with triple Rock punch of “Rock Bottom > You Lied > Black To Comm”. The most beautiful moment of this set was a short but soaring and psychedelic jam inside “Greener”. Having warmed up, they were ready to set sail into epicness in the second set, embarking on a 80 minute trip comprised of just three tunes. This set was quite the experience! Hearing “Unicorn” in the third set was a treat as well. I hope this show heralds the beginning of sets era, i.e. them dividing their concerts into sets because it allows a fan to enjoy the mammoth concerts in a more comfortable manner but also because it offers many opportunities for diverse dramaturgic approaches, as this multi-set show convincingly proves. It was lovely to see the touring family again. Last but not least congratulations to Orange Factory for bearing the underground flag for 25 years!
Thanks for the report! That does sound worthwile indeed. There were reservations about the combination of set-lenght and price for a day ticket but given the enviroment, the setlist and the overall vibe it sounds like a show worth the fairly steep price of admission (for just one band) and certainly an event I would have enjoyed.
Update:
20.08.2022 – NO Trondheim, Pstereo Festival
10.09.2022 – DE Bremen, Hellseatic Festival
23.09.2022 – BE Leuven, Het Depot
13.10.2022 – NO Bø i Telemark, Kroa Bø Jazzklubb
No mention of the show on Kroa's website or Facebook yet…? Source?
My go to summer record 2022 is the latest project by Causa Sui. Beautiful cosmic jazz naturally akin to many of MP's jam modes:
In recent years London has become an epicenter for experimental, visionary jazz. On this unique session, two of the finest exponents of the London jazz scene, Tamar Osborn and Al MacSween, join forces with members of the celebrated Danish psychedelic underground – Jonas Munk, Jakob Skøtt and Martin Rude – to create a heady sonic brew. On this first volume of material there’s everything one could hope for in such a collaboration: sonically it summons the free flowing euphoria of Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders’ work in the late 1960s and early 1970s. But there’s also a focus on rhythmic energy and vitality that calls to mind the grooviest krautrock or electric period Miles Davis, as well as a healthy dose of electronic experiments.
Throughout these five tracks the quintet paints with a colourful palette. Tamar Osborn shifts between baritone sax and flutes. Keyboardist Al MacSween doesn’t just stick with the tried and true electric piano – an instrument which he masters – but showers these tracks in analog synths and effects as well. Add to that the fact that Jonas Munk took a somewhat creative approach when editing and mixing these pieces – with effects boxes wired in, occasionally giving the mix a dubby, ambient atmosphere. Similar to Munk and Skøtt’s main project, Causa Sui, digging into the past becomes a vehicle to open up the future. What the quintet has created in these sessions is something quite unique.
Incidentally Käptn Peng & Die Tentakel von Delphi also performed at Herzberg Festival 2018 in the very slot before Motorpsycho on the same stage. I heard them from afar and liked them enough, but it's also not true Hip Hop, it's jazzy and kinda watered down, perfect summer vibes. Singer is a famous actor. A 90 minute slot for MP at a festival that caters to the general music fan, while certainly too short for us, seems appropriate, it's long enough to demonstrate what's all about and certainly long enough to slip in a few hits if they were so inclined
From what I heard it's supposed to be a single album comprised of regular tracks and one longer track. A pretty classic formula. I like that!
Update: After listening to the recording it seems there was only one encore after all (The Wheel). Jürgen confirmed it. Any other eye-witnesses? Pretty weird, standing pretty far in the back I had experienced it as two encores, with an encore break after "The Waning"…
Concerts visited: 78 between 1996-2022
Locations: many in Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Norway, most notorious city hometown Berlin (17x), most notorious venues Conne Island Leipzig (5x) and Schlachthof Bremen (5x)
Different songs played: many
Song played most often: most likely Hogwash (23), Superstooge (21), The Other Fool (19), STG (18), but that is just a superficial count based on my own textfile with setlist from my shows
Song anticipated most: K9, always
Specials:
> Berlin 1996: My first one. Only went there because the preview in the city mag sounded interesting.
Hooked!!!
> Dresden 1999: The first one I traveled to. My first K9 encore, close to 45 min. Point of no return.
> Hamburg 2000: The first one where I knew the entire catalogue, every song and the first one I taped.
> Leipzig / Berlin 2000: Getting hooked on travelling to see MP, making friends…
> Bielefeld 2001: Listening to the soundcheck where they kinda did The Who's "Live at Leeds"
> Oslo 2003: Tussler tour of Oslo, 4 shows in 4 days in 4 venues
> Rostock 2006: Intimate show with super setlist. Met my soon-to-be girl-friend, a fellow traveling MP fan, on the trip to this show from the previous one in Copenhagen. We are still together today
> Berlin 2008: The first MP show after a while, my first one with Kenneth, an explosion of energy!
> Leipzig 2010: The one with the 21 minute "Arne H" on Roadworks IV
> Bielefeld 2015: I remember the band as extraordinarily telepathic and dialed in. A rare trio show!
> München / Dresden 2022: The biggest difference between two consecutive shows I have yet witnessed.
Great thread! Love reading the specials. But how do you guys count the individual songs seen? Is there a tool or clever way to do it other than manually? Is this something I can do with the help of the database?
Another tour in the books and what a tour it was! When's the next one?
Tour dates 2022 updated:
30.06.2022 – NO Storsalen, Harstad Kulturhus
06.08.2022 – AT Waldhausen, Lake On Fire Festival
07.08.2022 – CH Val de Bagnes, Palp Festival
12.08.2022 – NO Skien, Lundetangen Pub Sommerfest
10.09.2022 – DE Bremen, Hellseatic Festival
23.09.2022 – BE Leuven, Het Depot
Dresdner Neue Nachrichten review (behind paywall but pasted below):
Die norwegische Band Motorpsycho ließ es im Beatpol krachen
25.05.2022, 17:00 Uhr
Die Norweger von Motorpsycho wissen, wie man es gekonnt krachen lässt. „Kingdom of Oblivion“ heißt das neue Album der Norweger von Motorpsycho. Die heftigen Klänge sind alles andere als zum Vergessen, wie ihr Auftritt im Beatpol unter Beweis stellte.
Dresden.„Sind Erwachsene im Raum?“ – mit dieser Leitfrage beschäftigte sich einst Marie Lagarde in ihrer Zeit als Chefin des Internationalen Währungsfonds vor sieben Jahren und darob ein griechisch-französischer Biopic-Thriller auf der Grundlage des Buches vom linken Wirtschaftsprofessor und griechischen Kurzzeitfinanzminister Yanis Varoufakis. Doch der 2019er-Film von Altmeister Costa-Gavras wird wohl nie in deutsche Kinos kommen, denn zu hart werden Schäuble (gespielt von Ulrich Tukur) und die Machenschaften der Euro-Finanzminister inklusive der dubiosen Trojka, um vor allem französische und deutsche Banken zu retten, gegeißelt.
Satter Sound trifft auf Klanggewalt
Am Montagabend waren jedenfalls ausschließlich Erwachsene im Raum, zumindest was den Musikgeschmack anbetrifft. Zu Gast waren die Norweger von Motorpsycho mit ihrer jüngsten Scheibe „Kingdom of Oblivion“, dem 23. Studioalbum. Bent Sæther gründete mit Hans Magnus Ryan die Band 1989 in Trodheim, seither sind sie sich und ihrer Musik treu – das Name und Klang einer Rockcombo so waschecht korrespondieren, ist selten, obwohl er von einem Filmtitel geborgt sein soll.
Sæther ist Doppelhalsbassgitarrist und Leadsänger, Ryan spielt göttlich Leadgitarre und brilliert im wohlversetzten Satzgesang mit seinem Konterpart, der manchmal ein wenig an Progrockzeiten erinnert. Beide sind Jahrgang 1969, also nun im besten Alter – wie ihr Publikum. Seit 2017 sitzt Tomas Järmyr an den Trommelstöcken.
So zelebrieren sie gemeinsam eine wuchtige, kantige, aber immer melodiöse Klanggewalt sinfonischer Dichte, der man sich schwer entziehen und die man auch nicht in die gängigen Schubladen passt. Immer wieder mäandert einer solistisch, manchmal sogar jazzig von dannen, wird eingeholt, um gemeinsam zurückzufinden, um dann die nächste Sphäre einzutauchen.
Die ganze Bühne ist voller Technik, 16 orange Wallet-Augenpaare leuchten immer wieder in verschiedenen Formationen ins Publikum. Vier Fünftel im Publikum sind Herren, Frisur eher sportlich, Modegrundton Schwarz – es war voll, es war laut, es war warm, die einzigartige Beatpolatmosphäre hat sie wieder. Angenehm auch, dass sich heuer die übliche Filmer- oder Knipserei arg in Grenzen hält.
Wider der Erwartung
Nach sechzig Minuten der erste Stimmungswechsel, plötzlich Farbe im Lichtspiel, eine Art goldgelber Sonnenkreis am hinteren Bühnenhorizont und kurzzeitig sanftere Töne – doch dann geht es weiter in rhythmischere Gefilde, jede Erwartung wird immer wieder konterkariert, Motorpsycho bieten keine Songs, sondern Gewitterarien. Und mit „The Waning Pt.1&2“ – eine Ode an die menschliche Dekonstruktionskraft, mit Schwarz-Weiß-Video-Sequenzen hinterlegt – gelingt ihnen der Soundtrack zur dritten Dekade im dritten Jahrtausend.
Dass Motorpsycho schon seit Anfang Mai in zwei Staffeln durch das Land tourt, ist nicht zu bemerken. Der Beatpol war (wie so oft) der einzige Anker im Osten – sieht man mal vom Festsaal in Kreuzberg ab. Das Glücksgefühl der Erwachsenen drückte sich hier nicht durch Grölen oder Kreischen, sondern durch Kopfnicken, Grinsen und Beifall aus.
Ohne Zweifel der bisherige Höhepunkt der Dresdner Konzertsaison für lautere Musik – dem weitere folgen, die man stringent und sofort nutzen sollte.
Von Andreas Herrmann
