22.11 The Notwist

Quite possibly one of the slickest and best concerts I've seen all year, everything was spot on from start to finish.

Surprising maybe =0 considering the bad weather and delays earlier in the day that meant that the timetable was runnin 3 hours late heh.

We were lucky that we didn't have the same weather conditions that were present the day after, turning most traffic to a halt on the sunday, and our hall was pretty much half full by the time we hit around 21h.

Unfortunately the support act cancelled just two days before the actual concert, and a replacement could not be found in time for the actual gig, which meant that the notwist started a bit earlier. the notwist singer Markus put on some cool sounding records for about 40 minutes or so before the notwist actually hit the stage to an eager crowd, many who had driven quite far to see this.

I was lucky enough to watch some of the gig from the light technician's desk upstairs and was very impressed not only by the songs but the precision of the light show, every small nuance of the songs were reflected somehow with the light show, something very nice to see. The band played a lot of songs off the new album that definately came over better live for me, and some quality picks from their big album 'neon golden' ... it seems almost impossible to talk about the notwist without mentioning this album ;) and look I've just done it heh

They played a good 1hr 15 minutes or so, not missing a beat between songs.

we have also finally got a proper camera today so expect more photos on here and more specifically on our facebook profile =0 for upcoming events

thanks to all those who came up on a cold and icy saturday to witness a truly great concert, and hope to see you for our upcoming events =) have some great shows for december so hope to see you soon

 

 

18/11 - Never say die tour

The longest day I've had to work yet =0 and totally worth it

Their tour bus arrived at 6am! , the fine folk from alphadoubleplus turned up around 9:30am for a long day of metal and hardcore.

I haven't seen so many merch stands for a while, but with 7 bands playing that was to be expected, soundchecks started mid afternoon, a massive backline of crushing peavey amps =0

Having around 50-60 people around the kufa halls was quite a difference from the concerts i've had until now, all the bands were extremely professional, definately made things very very easy, at one point there was around 12 people on laptops in our backstage =0 quite a sight and probably one of the best adverts for apple too hah

considering it was a tuesday we had a good turnout, a lot of kids showed up, (there was even a kid there from around 4 pm or so that was hanging around listening to soundchecks...now that's dedication =0 .

there was circle pits...even a wall of death on stage during unearth which was a little crazy , and kids climbing up on stage and moshing about, awesome to watch either way =0 and the bands were all on the mark

particular highlight for me was protest the hero who technically blew my ears off, and architects . I had been lucky enough to see most of the other bands before but they definately didn't disapoint,

saw the concerts...bought a shirt ;0

I'll really need a proper camera to put up pictures as the phone camera just isn't good enough for some reason (all the pictures seem to come out grainy)

Notwist tomorrow! , should be quite a few people, definately looking forward to it

good times for the weekend:

www.myspace.com/hitthelights

stay out all night :P

Quentin Lagonza - 14/11

A long week so far, we've had France3 television filming the kulturfabrik for a short 'reportage' that should feature in the next few weeks,

also featured in some interviews =0 be funny to see all of it on tv when it appears heh

tonight we have Quentin Lagonza who will release their first CD, just waiting for them to arrive, I still haven't gotten a proper camera, but hopefully I'll have figured my phone camera out a bit better.

Two big concerts next week, Never say die and then the notwist on the weekend, amidst all this I have to stay on the ball and book things for next year, I'm loving the challenge anyhow =0

As always send me suggestions, I'll update with some photos a bit later


Some suggestions for the weekend

www.myspace.com/delphic

www.myspace.com/carrythetorchmusic

www.myspace.com/therefortomorrow

the disliked - 1/11

first time working a saturday , and it was awesome hah

a fair amount of people i know were there, and quite a lot of people showed up for the event,

when i finally closed up and left at 3am i was tired but happy, really glad that so many people turned up, especially just after halloween, will write more later but for now some photos, unfortunately i have to figure out some settings, so there's white grain on some of them due to the lights , these were all taken before people arrived of course ;p , i didn't get round to taking more pics of the backstage, but i'll do that next time...and maybe with a proper camera too ;0