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ATARI TEENAGE RIOT
If rockmusic is all about pissing off your parents or next
door neighbours, then Atari Teenage Riot would be the perfect band to do just
that. It's like the Ramones shouting political slogans over techno from
Dance Hell. To be honest I just expected noise-rock, or let's just say
noise. But to my utter delight I heard a great mix of punk and techno. They
either want to make you run away or jump all over the place screaming. Many
were kicking their legs in the air. But most were too flabbergasted to run
away, they just gaped at the stage. My ears are still
ringing from the German racket, but hey, that's something I hadn't
experienced in a loooong time.
Sadly bandmember Carl Crack wasn't there. According to main
man Alec Empire, Carl Crack was in jail for dope. But that didn't
stop the remaining bandmembers from shouting, jumping and trying to freak out
the audience. The lyrics aren't that difficult. Hell even a three year old kid
could sing along. "One two three Atari Teenage Riot" or what about
"Action! It's time to live it's time to die"? Silly you say. Maybe. But to me
that is pure rock. It's not about saying boo to the business world... Far
from it, rock is about confronting your public and trying to get a
physical reaction from them as well. Atari Teenage Riot graduated with honours at
Lowlands. (by nathalie)
ARAB STRAP
Due to some lousy programming Arab strap was scheduled at the same
time as Suede and Orbital. That was probably the main reason why it
wasn't that crowdy in the Alpha tent. Another reason could be that
Arab strap makes very slow spoken-word music. Dark and trippy. But
apparently not everyone seems to understand that slow can be good as
well. Songs like "Girls of summer", which start very slow and end in
a gigantic climax are beautiful. A nice show but I missed some
passion. Hopefully they do better as they play on the Crossing Border
festival (oct 7) or at Vredenburg (oct 8), where they are support act
for Thindersticks. (by barry)
TINDERSTICKS
Hearing the music of the Tindersticks I pictured myself in a city in Eastern Europe.
A beautiful ancient city and I was walking down the main
street. It was nighttime and very dark; the only light I could see was
something faint in the basement of a club. I decided to go down and when I
entered the club for a moment all I could see was a thick cloud of smoke. The
space was very small, but many people had gathered and they spoke a language I didn’t understand.
Then a band showed up on the tiny stage. The
music they played was totally fitting for this club. It was very melancholic,
even melodramatic if you will.
The sad vocals and the lonesome violin attributed to that
atmosphere. The band was called the Tindersticks. But I was
actually in a tent at freakin’ Lowlands with literally thousands of people
around me. And still the music made me feel like I was in that small club
listening to them. It doesn’t seem to matter where the Tindersticks play;
their music speaks for itself. The sound was the best I’ve heard from
all the concerts at Lowlands, all the instruments were clearly audible and
the singer’s beautiful voice seemed to drag all the people into that
nightclub in that Eastern European city. (by joost)
FLAMING LIPS
Just like Cornelius these Americans made
their performance visually exciting, and they too did that with a giant videoscreen but also with a very
charismatic frontman: Wayne Coyne and his desperate vocals. This man greased
himself with fake blood, he was hitting a giant gong and he performed the
Flaming Lips’ weirdo poptunes very graphically and dynamically. The Flaming Lips
were totally fitting at this edition of Lowlands, and they showed some very
exciting dimensions of modern rock. The music they make is original
and is as interesting to see as to hear, and that’s a combination you
don’t see very often in alternative rockmusic. (by joost)
LES RYTHMES DIGITALES
Dancing at the Les Rythmes Digitales show felt like taking a trip
back to the 80's. Back to the music of Nik Kershaw, Human league,
Bananarama etc. Jaques Lu Cont combine this feel with a little modern
juice and the result is a terrific mix of happy, poppy
synthersizer/sample music. The spacey suits and the "robot" moves
make the live show one energetic experience. The crowd went crazy.
One of the best acts on Lowlands'99. (by barry)
THE NOTWIST
Unconventional music. The Notwist combine a rock line-up with funny
samples and sometimes some saxophones. This leads to music which varies from rock to space or even jazz. They played a great set. A lot better since the last time we saw them as support for a lousy
dEUS. Most of the songs were from their latest record "Shrink" but
they played some oldies, like "Puzzle" and "One dark love poem" as
well. They are definitely in my top 10 of Lowlands bands this year.
(by barry)
MASTERS OF REALITY
1999 will be the year of the third coming of this
psychedelic rockoutfit.
In 1988 the world saw their legendary self-titled debut.
Since then groovemeister Chris Goss and his band only released two
albums, one live-recording and 'Sunrise on the Suffer Bus'.
A few months back they released Welcome to the Western Lodge
in which the psychedelic sounds of Sunrise.. have mostly disappeared
in favour of the bluesier debut-album.
Their show at the Lowlands 1999 was one of the highlights of
this festival. Intense but with humour, groovy but tough, the
Masters of Reality with the charismatic Chris Goss as main man, freed
all the gods of rock 'n' roll.
Four or five songs from their debut, a few from Sunrise...
and a handful of tracks off Welcome to the Western Lodge gave the
the audience an exciting summary of their work. Check 'm out and don't be
afraid: it's only rock 'n ' roll, though the free CD's Chris
Goss throws in the audience can hit you hard. (by jan peter)
KASHMIR
Kashmir was one of the surprices on the Pinkpop festival earlier this
year and that's probably the reason they earned their place on the
Lowlands festival. And they earned it alright! A terrific show with
dreamy popsongs and melodic outburst. A modern "easy rider" trip in
music. Possibly you've heard their single "Mom in love, daddy in
space", otherwise buy it. And when you are at the record shop why
don't you buy their album "the good life" as well. One of the best
acts on Lowlands '99. (by barry)
BIS
The 3 youngsters of Bis came all the way from Glasgow to
entertain Lowlands with some disco-pop songs. There were a
lot of changes in the setup of the band using keyboards and
guitar by different bandmembers. They played very energetic
and the crowd went wild. Sci-Fi Steve and his younger
brother John Disco were really doing their best to whip up
the audience and it worked quite well.
In the beginning Manda Rin had some trouble to reach the sound level
when she sang her first song but after the sound technician adjusted the
levels her clear sharp voice supported the music like you can hear on
their latest album 'Social Dancing'. And even a security guy couldn't help starting to
dance. Excellent. (by norbert)
DOVER
I had never heard of the Spanish band Dover before. Curious by the
description i read in the lowlands magazine, which called them a
indie-rock band with Sonic youth influences, I decided to go and
check 'em out. At first I really like what I heard. It were indeed
nice fast indie-rock songs but when they time past by all the songs
started to sound the same to me. The same pace in almost every song.
I like a little more variation. So Dover was okay, but not great. (by barry)
DARYLL-ANN
Daryll-Ann appeared for the third time on Lowlands. The new
album 'Happy Traum' had just been released and this would be
the first time the band played some new songs for a bigger
audience. The band was a little nervous in the beginning and
singer Jelle Paulusma mixed up some lyrics on the first song
'Stay'. The performance of the songs was very solid and clear
and they were obviously having a good time. The newer songs
were more quiet but didn't get lost between rock-outs
like 'The Doctor And I' and 'Always Share'. The audience was
surprised when the band played a Byrds cover as an encore.
"This is especially for our fans, thank you for not
forgetting us" Jelle Paulusma said. Well, thank you in
return! (by norbert)
CORNELIUS
The Japanese don’t like focussing on
just one style of music, they also loathe a boring stage presentation.
Japanese music instantly possesses something, which Western music just
lacks; some people describe it as cult, kitsch or camp. Yeah, they throw all
music from the last century together and construct something amazing out of
it. Just like Keigo Oyamada (a.k.a Cornelius) and his gang of three, all
dressed up in the same blue shirt on Friday in the Golf tent. So yes, this
concert was an awe-inspiring event of intense hardrock instrumentals,
kitschy clubpop and a lot of groovy samples. But best of all was the huge
videoscreen, prominently featured on stage. It showed explosions, soccer matches,
cartoons and excerpts from ‘Planet of the Apes’ and all the movements and
other stuff on the screen was exactly matched to the music, it was just
amazing! The crowd’s reaction to the inciting music was frantic.
Cornelius proved himself as an act both perfect to play on a CD at home or to see
live at a festival.
Those ‘kureezi’ Japanese were the surprise of Lowlands this
year! BANZAI! (by joost)
HANDSOME 3SOME
This is a band from Rotterdam playing at Lowlands for the
first time. They played quite early so there weren't many
people. Fortunately for Handsome 3some there were some fans
from Rotterdam supporting them. I really hope they didn't
come all the way to the festival just to see this band, because there's
nothing special about Handsome 3some.
They played some standard guitar songs without any clear
content. The audience was bored and that's not because the
members of Handsome 3some aren't really that handsome. They
were just superfluous. (by norbert)
FOUNTAIN FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE
I guess everybody remembers their fabulous first self-titled album
with singles like "Radiation vibe", "Sink to the bottom" and "Leave
the biker". Although their second album "Utopia parkway" isn't as
good as their first one, there are still some nice songs on it. An
ideal band to open in the biggest tent on saturday when everybody
just woke up after a heavy friday night. These poppy tunes you can
sing along and they make sure you get awake. A good decent show, no
surprices. (by barry)
SCRAM C BABY
We had to rise and shine very early because the band was
about to start at 11 o'clock in the morning. But they
started about 15 minutes later because the light technician
had overslept. Without the lights but with an arsenal of
explosive high quality songs Scram C Baby started their
show. It was the second performance that weekend of drummer
Jeroen Kleijn who also played with Daryll-Ann the day
before. The band from Amsterdam had chosen the right songs
to play in their 45 minutes with especially a lot of songs
of their latest album 'The Happymaker'. They all smiled when
they finished an excellent version of 'The Company' and at
the end of the show singer John Cees Smit
was supported by Carol van Dijk from Bettie Serveert. Scram
C Baby was a high reward after waking up this early. (by norbert)
SOULWAX
Soulwax is getting big in Belgium and the Netherlands. Or even beter,
Soulwax is big over here. Listening to their latest album, "Much
against everyone's advice" you know why. A great album full of
uptempo poprock songs with great melodies. But...for someone who has
seen them severla times, their live show might get a little boring,
because of the same tricks they use each time ("casio" f.e). And
playing "Conversation intercom" twice is as far as i'm concerned not
done. (by barry)
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