Difference between pages "Live 2021-05-07 -- Such Small Hands Live" and "Live 2021-05-08 -- MUSIC for ISOLATION ~ The New Album Release live"

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The thing about live reviews is who to write about. Should one stick with the optics and the performance or should the music of the band be criticized as well? This is somewhat of importance when it comes to this band. Why? Well, the optics are great and also the live performance was fine. Not much to criticize in this regard. A video was shown in the background, in additional to the "normal" stage lightning light bulbs, modern ones that is, were placed on poles all over the stage. Once a track was over a short video was interlude wet the stage for the things to come. Effort went into making this.  
Played in front of a live audience with the people from the Bandcamp live stream "joining" in, the presentation had been black and white to those looking at it from afar. The stage was very minimalist and without any decor. The focus had been set on the two person that make up this band: Rie Takeuchi (baritone saxophone) and Gideon Juckes (tuba).


Such small hands is a project of Melanie Howard and she would also be the sole person to be on the stage. Vaguely illuminated, a guitar in hand, singing about this and that. Look up the genre of the band and you get a certain idea. No it is not about the art of hedgehog juggling. If you just take this and if the would be indeed be fine, then this could have been a good concert.  
The concert starts with an recitation of a piece by Rainer Maria Rilke. After that the music takes off and a stream of calm, sad, accentuated motives, arrangement and music is thrown towards the listener. The two instruments have a certain intensity to them, something that fills the room and is much different from what you would get from strings for instance. No percussion elements appeared as well, which bereft the motives of a clear guiding element. Somehow those sounds created the impression of waves that the listener is somewhat at the mercy at. The performance is haunting and really sucks you in. This minimalist setting and the monochrome presentation create together something special for the distant audience in the stream. Maybe this has been advantage this time, because it was possible to experience the music in a different kind of way. In a way that is hidden to most people; those would suffer from achromatopsia.  


But ...  
The performance lasted for over one hour and thirty minutes, plus a break between the two segments that were played. Three cameras were used. One from above, with both musicians in view, and two others of which one appeared to have been of a high quality, because the quality of its images were stunning.  


The thing with this band is the genre they play in. If you have not looked it up, do it now. Carousel, their 2020 full-length release, was play on stage in its entirety with one additional track. The thing is that the music lacks the same beef as does the Endeligt release by Nortt. The tracks are too short, the motives end abruptly and this has an effect on the music and how it is perceived. At times the music ends too soon and the tracks have this bite-size quality. If you are fine with this aspect, then this will not bother you, but other will think different. Accordingly, this live performance had been a bit of a mixed bag. Well intended, but lacking the proper ingredients to get it done. Of those eighty people that have attended it, this might be a minority opinion. Maybe they were also not bothered by the lack of proper balancing of the instruments. Yes, Mr. nit-picky is here again.  
Sadly, even though it had been a rather long live performance, it still felt too short. The calmness, the intensity of the music, the visual aspect made you long for more.  


The length of the concert had been nearly an hour.  
And no, I was not sitting in my pyjamas and eating ice cream. Sorry to disappoint you.  
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Latest revision as of 18:02, 23 July 2021

Played in front of a live audience with the people from the Bandcamp live stream "joining" in, the presentation had been black and white to those looking at it from afar. The stage was very minimalist and without any decor. The focus had been set on the two person that make up this band: Rie Takeuchi (baritone saxophone) and Gideon Juckes (tuba).

The concert starts with an recitation of a piece by Rainer Maria Rilke. After that the music takes off and a stream of calm, sad, accentuated motives, arrangement and music is thrown towards the listener. The two instruments have a certain intensity to them, something that fills the room and is much different from what you would get from strings for instance. No percussion elements appeared as well, which bereft the motives of a clear guiding element. Somehow those sounds created the impression of waves that the listener is somewhat at the mercy at. The performance is haunting and really sucks you in. This minimalist setting and the monochrome presentation create together something special for the distant audience in the stream. Maybe this has been advantage this time, because it was possible to experience the music in a different kind of way. In a way that is hidden to most people; those would suffer from achromatopsia.

The performance lasted for over one hour and thirty minutes, plus a break between the two segments that were played. Three cameras were used. One from above, with both musicians in view, and two others of which one appeared to have been of a high quality, because the quality of its images were stunning.

Sadly, even though it had been a rather long live performance, it still felt too short. The calmness, the intensity of the music, the visual aspect made you long for more.

And no, I was not sitting in my pyjamas and eating ice cream. Sorry to disappoint you.

2021ExperimentalClassicalMUSIC for ISOLATION2021-05-08

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