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Brussels lives up to its reputation! Too bad though something strange happened…!? And again they break out new selections…wow!
Schlachthof is an amazing venue! This was my fourth Motorpsycho show at this hall and I still get amazed! Every club with that capacity should be built like it! It enables ca. 90% of the audience to have an almost unobstructed view of the stage in a super-deluxe widescreen way (kinda like Patronaat in Haarlem and probably many other of those modern dutch halls — but with much more HEART!). As a result of this architechture the reception of the music is sublime at Schlachthof!
The band enters the stage at 20:30 and means serious from the first number on! Space galore with early highlights being a Grateful Dead-ified “Satan” including nice noodling and great bass work by Bent as well as featuring the mandatory second verse of “The other one”. “Satan” goes right into a great “Mountain” with Snah going wild on the keys! A much hotter version than the day before they actually resume the song today in all its glory.
“Year Zero” is powerful! Then they play the whole new single — in order!
Yet more space to follow (“Arne H” grows with each jammed out version) and then Bent says this is something they have played only once in 1997 — and they break out an amazing version of “Timothy’s monster” which they totally nail (incl. the vocals)! Without a break “Un chien d’espace” follows, heavily evoking the “AADAP”-era! This is another 25 min version with a fairly different keys-jam and slightly different build up durig the “The faster we go”-part.
The first encure is unusually song orientated by starting with a heavy Oya-tease!
“STG” is a great jam: They begin to jam upon the regular outro and slowly find their way into the rocking beginning! Beautiful! After 145 min, just when eveybody thinks we cannot stand any longer they come back and give the 20 min “Gullible”-suite!
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I have the feeling to have seen some of the best shows they did for a long time, definitely better than the last two tours! Love the space!
Not wanting to come home from THIS!
Hello to everyone!
See some of you in Leipzig!
Alex
My god, what a space show! Well into the concert I really lost track of songs, albums, parts, transitions, timings, versions — everything! It was basically one giant space jam and one could hold on to only a few cornerstones here and there. One of these being of course the intro to “Un chien”, which only told us we were going even deeper into space. This version clocked in 25 minutes and featured Snah on droning keys for the majority of the spooky and paranoid jam before they went into a more coventional “The faster we go”-part with Bent giving the tempo on guitar and increasing it to lightspeed with mechanic precision! Snah also played really sweet keys on “Trapdoor” and in “Mountain” of course. “Mountain” lasted 11 minutes and was a bit anticlimatic with its blues rock approach but a juicy jam anyway (Bent on vocals). “Gullible” was INCREDIBLE and it makes happy! Unbelievably psychedelic! Great sound and lights. Venue not sold out but well filled (between 1.000 and 1.200 people). Total playtime 130 min only (due to the support).
I want to say high to everyone I met yesterday (or didn’t meet). See you all again tonight in Bremen!
Alex
Complete setlist:
W.B.A.T.
MOUNTAIN (Snah on keys)
Visitant
I.C.U.
Starhammer
Diana
Un Chien d’espace (Snah keys, Bent moog)
Cornucopia (feat. The other one?) ->
Greener
Gullible’s travails
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Arnie Hassle ->
Shrug and fistful
X3
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Come on in
Bent told Akane that they have 100 songs rehearsed and ready to perform.
THANKS to TvdR for the sms report!
