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A promising bill, a wonderful venue. This couldn't go wrong, even if they wanted it. Arriving a few minutes after Frankie Sparo began to play, I got a seat on the low balcony right above the band. The perfect way to experience this music. Frankie Sparo created a dark and loungy atmosphere with his slow songs. Sometimes it was only his throaty voice and his guitar (reminding me a bit of Molasses), sometimes the band added some electronics, backing vocals, and strings. Great starter. The main course of the evening was A Silver Mt. Zion, the side project from three Godspeed You Black Emperor! members. Much more classical-orientated than the mothership, it was a pure listening concert. Piano, guitar, double-bass, two violins, cello, and sporadic vocals provided such beautiful songs and atmospheres that shivers fairly often appeared on my spine. The audience was really quiet, and any cheering was really out of place anyway. The silence provided the chance for ASMZ to play their songs with all the little dynamics present for everyone. The first four tracks of the album were played in the same order, but the new arrangements for some parts made the songs sometimes a completely new experience to listen to. For instance, the abandonce of drums in 'Sit in the Middle of Three Galloping Dogs' was strange, but the guitar treatment by Efrim was so intense and violent that the drums weren't missed. His Neil Young vocals in 'Movie (Never Made)' were even less on-key than on the record, but it never felt out of place. The whole performance had an intensity I only experienced at Motorpsycho and GYBE! concerts, and these were people who really wanted to get the message through. Before a new song, called 'Faces, Mountains', Efrim said he dedicated it to the small, but still present resistance throughout the world, and if the force of that resistance has only half the force of ASMZ during that song, the revolution will be easily achieved. Another dedication was for "everyone who ever loved a dog more than any other living being on the world", a tribute to Efrim's deceased dog Wanda, a song titled 'For Wanda'. Pure emotion, and people who didn't feel anything during that song are not sane. Musically, it isn't that much different from GYBE! (Think GYBE! without the loud parts), but the one remark I have to make is that the guitar parts don't compliment the string parts as brilliantly as in GYBE!. The guitar seemed a bit out of place at some points, making it a little less accessible with its noise. But this is just a matter of personal opinion, there were lots of people who thought otherwise. The most beautiful albumtrack '13 Angels' was the rightful encore (first time they played it live, and the beginning of the song was not that smooth). A perfect conclusion to an astonishing concert.
http://www.kindamuzik.net/live/a-silver-mt-zion/a-silver-mt-zion-frankie-sparo-these-hands-could-move/166/
Meer A Silver MT Zion op KindaMuzik: http://www.kindamuzik.net/artiest/a-silver-mt-zion
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