Band: Deine Lakaien
Venue: X-Tra, Limmatstrasse 118, CH-8031 Zürich
Time: June 10, 2012 - 8.30 pm
Entrance fee: 10 500 HUF
I'm leaving the borders of Budapest with this post. Not literally, or at least not yet. My last destination was a concert in Zürich, Switzerland, some 16 hours away by train from the last show I wrote about. It's been about 10 days now since the concert - the approaching summer is all to blame. And no, I'm not lying on a beach, I'm just showing my hatred towards the horribly hot weather by refusing to do any work.
Back to topics that can so easily overtake weather just by being far more interesting. The concert. It was rather an outstanding performance done by two musicians, who have existed since 1986 under the name Deine Lakaien. Since then, they have worked with many musicians, at the same time releasing a big number of albums, singles, compilations, etc., the last being the album Indicator.
This year, the duo, comprised of two extraordinary musicians - pianist Ernst Horn and vocalist Alexander Veljanov, prepared a short acoustic tour, although it was not the first of that kind to come from Deine Lakaien. Those who are familiar with the band will recall the wonderful acoustic rendition of their music, which they released in 1995 as a live recording under a simple name - Acoustic.
From the first moment when Ernst started playing, up to the long awaited instant in which Veljanov started singing, and all the way throughout the first part of the show, I kept thinking that I could in no way describe the feeling the duo spread across their audience. It was not a simple concert given by a band. It was a breathtaking performance done by, strangely enough, only a piano and voice. However, just as Veljanov combined different techniques in his singing, Ernst produced different sounds by using drumsticks and a glass on the strings of his piano. Apart from constantly astonishing the fans, Horn and Veljanov also made them laugh. During the song Fighting the Green, Veljanov mixed up the verses and turned around shyly, whily Horn tried to hide his chuckle.
Then, just as I thought that they couldn't possibly get the audience to fall in love with them even more, the song Dark Star started. Now, this song has not been my favourite, not even close, and not even now. But it was the Star of that tour. Coincidentally or not, it was also the last song before the first encore, leaving the audience fully in awe, clapping for almost 10 minutes - even after the amazing duo got back on stage. They literally had to ask the audience to quiet down so that the show may continue. Later, another enchore ensued, closing the evening with the ever loved song, Love Me to the End. Yes, we will.
Setlist: Where You Are, 2nd Sun, Who'll Save the World, The Game, Follow Me, One Night, A Fish Called Prince, The Mirror Men, Return, Gone, Without Your Words, Fighting the Green, Vivre, Over and Done, Away, Blue Heart, Dark Star // Bei Nacht // Wunderbar, Love Me to the End.
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| Alexander Veljanov |
Back to topics that can so easily overtake weather just by being far more interesting. The concert. It was rather an outstanding performance done by two musicians, who have existed since 1986 under the name Deine Lakaien. Since then, they have worked with many musicians, at the same time releasing a big number of albums, singles, compilations, etc., the last being the album Indicator.
This year, the duo, comprised of two extraordinary musicians - pianist Ernst Horn and vocalist Alexander Veljanov, prepared a short acoustic tour, although it was not the first of that kind to come from Deine Lakaien. Those who are familiar with the band will recall the wonderful acoustic rendition of their music, which they released in 1995 as a live recording under a simple name - Acoustic.
From the first moment when Ernst started playing, up to the long awaited instant in which Veljanov started singing, and all the way throughout the first part of the show, I kept thinking that I could in no way describe the feeling the duo spread across their audience. It was not a simple concert given by a band. It was a breathtaking performance done by, strangely enough, only a piano and voice. However, just as Veljanov combined different techniques in his singing, Ernst produced different sounds by using drumsticks and a glass on the strings of his piano. Apart from constantly astonishing the fans, Horn and Veljanov also made them laugh. During the song Fighting the Green, Veljanov mixed up the verses and turned around shyly, whily Horn tried to hide his chuckle.
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| Ernst Horn and Alexander Veljanov |
Then, just as I thought that they couldn't possibly get the audience to fall in love with them even more, the song Dark Star started. Now, this song has not been my favourite, not even close, and not even now. But it was the Star of that tour. Coincidentally or not, it was also the last song before the first encore, leaving the audience fully in awe, clapping for almost 10 minutes - even after the amazing duo got back on stage. They literally had to ask the audience to quiet down so that the show may continue. Later, another enchore ensued, closing the evening with the ever loved song, Love Me to the End. Yes, we will.
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| Alexander Veljanov |
Setlist: Where You Are, 2nd Sun, Who'll Save the World, The Game, Follow Me, One Night, A Fish Called Prince, The Mirror Men, Return, Gone, Without Your Words, Fighting the Green, Vivre, Over and Done, Away, Blue Heart, Dark Star // Bei Nacht // Wunderbar, Love Me to the End.
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