(review n pix by mwj)
After the peaks of the Friday night our last day on the Saturday could have just been a mellow after glow. I was certainly still beaming with the memories as I had my breakfast and breakfast beer at the excellent food station set up at the campsite, and it was quite a placid opener for the day when we got into the main hall for 40 Watt Sun. A new project from the former Warning main man Patrick Walker, it is very reminiscent of the Jesu-vibe of mammoth melodic riffs, especially with the pace and solidity of the bass vibe. The vocals are more prominent (and arguably a bit better!) but soon I get the urge to check something with a bit more life and go in search of Dark Buddha Rising.
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Posts tagged Roadburn
Roadburn Festival, Tilburg Holland – Day 3
Roadburn Festival, Tilburg, Holland – Day 2
Up bright and early (in the afternoon) for the second and most anticipated round of the three. Bussed in early enough to have a mooch about to get some food from a cheap but quality snackbar, and of course some fine pint sampling along the strip of bars leading to the venue, we first attempted to catch a bit of Wino (St. Vitus, The Obsessed, etc) and his recent collaborator Conny Ochs doing an acoustic set in Patronaat but as might have been expected for a side project of one of the traditional Roadburn heroes it was packed to the rafters so we moved on. Prompted by our friends from Doom we took the time to wander down to a gallery just round the corner for an exhibition by Michel/Away from Voivod. He had produced all the bands artwork over the years and was great to see the detail in the originals of his surreal future visions, as well as to chat with the man himself there, a soft spoken and friendly guy who is overflowing with talent.
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Roadburn Festival, Tilburg, Holland – Day 1
(review n pix by mwj)
As I’m sure you’ll remember, in my review of my first visit to Roadburn last year I said after the joy of two of their sets how wonderful it would be to get Voivod playing one of their albums in its entirety. Lo and behold, the power of my will triumphed again and not only were they back to play my favourite “Dimension Hatross” but they were also curating a day of the event. That album would be enough to get me here (3000 tickets selling out in 7 minutes permitting), as was Godflesh’s “Streetcleaner” last year, but as time went on gem after gem of salivating prospects were unveiled and for all its relative expense it was a blow out to look forward too.
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Roadburn Festival, Tllburg, Holland
(review n pix mwj)
Godflesh
So, time to ratchet up my any excuse for a birthday celebration a few more notches and off for some cultural exchange visit. This festival has been on for some 15+ years, gathering a collection of ultra heavy, largely down tempo orientated bands but my last trip to Holland was best part of 20 years ago, and there was more than a little trepidation about how much this one would destroy me. But never mind the self inflicted head states, the main draw for me was the offer of a supreme battering courtesy of Godflesh playing their “Streetcleaner” album, an all time fave of mine, in its entirety. Having seen their recent reincarnation events there was still no sense of satisfaction or diminishing returns, a really exciting prospect.
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