hoerbar, hamburg
Last night I played at the Hoerbar (hearing bar) in Hamburg. It was an amazing space, and an amazing group of people: approximately ten people work together to organize the performances once a month. The concerts are held in an old movie house with a great sound system. The audience of about 40 are aficionados of sound, everyone seemed to be listening with intense interest in complete darkness, one could hear a pin drop. I had a bit of a technical snafu but overall I was happy with the performance.
Andre and Kera were absolutely wonderful hosts and make fascinating and smart music. They have a map in their living room with dots all over it for places they've played, places they're going to play, and places where they were declined an invitation. Fortunately that last group is very small.
Beforehand, the performers were interviewed at independent Radio FSK in Hamburg, an amazing station with some of the most incredibly articulate and knowledgeable DJ's I've ever met.
Sinebag also played at Heorbar, making very interesting and cute music using found objects and toys and guitar. A bit like F.S. Blumm mixed with Scratch Pet Land: lovely and focused music.
I'm going to be playing at the same show with him tomorrow night (Sunday) at Zentrale Randlage in Berlin. I am very excited about sharing the bill with some of the people like Lucas Abela who uses glass rubbed on his face to make sound, pretty intense. If you're in Berlin, please come! Here's a small sample of my music from the show last night.