Street Culture: Soundwave!
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- Clan of Xymox, Sieben + support - 2007-03-30
15th April, fairly sunny and pleasurable day. After a nice way of traveling, provided by our PKP, I got off at a typically comunist railway station in Opole, where Soundwave was to take place and three concerts: Irfan, Sieben (Matt Howden) and OF The Wand And The Moon within this event.
After having reached my destination, I was pleasantly surprised by the size of a concert hall, which turned out to be small and atmospheric. I am not an enthusiast of big concerts, where fans push and shove and literally crash themselves, which usually results in leaving the area black and blue all over, puffing and trying to breathe as though a dying asthmatic person.
The first act that appeared onstage was Irfan; the songs were announced in quasi-English, yet this fact was not of any distrubance to anyone, even on the contrary - it was enriching the whole with a certain hint of peculiar charm.
A wonderful vocalist, with an exquisite smile and even more outstandingly beautiful voice was trying to enchant the audience. unfortunately, only to a certain degree did she succeed, as some part of people was talking loud, whereas the other was eliciting closely unspecified sounds. Those who were standing near the stage were astonished, let the mesmerizing vocals lead them. The manner of playing the old instruments really appealed to me, whihc was by all means a surprise nowadays, when all music is substantially played by means of computers. The whole combined with an extraordinary play on lights comprised a feast for eyes, as well.
The group did not have stage fright; however, their contact with the audience was rather mediocre... Most probably due to a language bareer.
When the band finished their set, I noticed that they started posing to the photographs with their fans which I found quite an asset of theirs.
I did not even note the fact that right afterwards people left the hall, leaving there only a couple of techinicians, me and Dobermann and then... Matt Howden came onstage to soundcheck. Owing to our leaving there, we were given opportunity to hear and see how that genius was preparing for his show, which was - at least in my case - rather an interesting experience. Matt is a perfectionst in every single inch, every detail had to be seen to thoroughly.
After having reached my destination, I was pleasantly surprised by the size of a concert hall, which turned out to be small and atmospheric. I am not an enthusiast of big concerts, where fans push and shove and literally crash themselves, which usually results in leaving the area black and blue all over, puffing and trying to breathe as though a dying asthmatic person.
The first act that appeared onstage was Irfan; the songs were announced in quasi-English, yet this fact was not of any distrubance to anyone, even on the contrary - it was enriching the whole with a certain hint of peculiar charm.
A wonderful vocalist, with an exquisite smile and even more outstandingly beautiful voice was trying to enchant the audience. unfortunately, only to a certain degree did she succeed, as some part of people was talking loud, whereas the other was eliciting closely unspecified sounds. Those who were standing near the stage were astonished, let the mesmerizing vocals lead them. The manner of playing the old instruments really appealed to me, whihc was by all means a surprise nowadays, when all music is substantially played by means of computers. The whole combined with an extraordinary play on lights comprised a feast for eyes, as well.
The group did not have stage fright; however, their contact with the audience was rather mediocre... Most probably due to a language bareer.
When the band finished their set, I noticed that they started posing to the photographs with their fans which I found quite an asset of theirs.
I did not even note the fact that right afterwards people left the hall, leaving there only a couple of techinicians, me and Dobermann and then... Matt Howden came onstage to soundcheck. Owing to our leaving there, we were given opportunity to hear and see how that genius was preparing for his show, which was - at least in my case - rather an interesting experience. Matt is a perfectionst in every single inch, every detail had to be seen to thoroughly.
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