just bar talk about my new band..;)

[Romain / rXg]

Very nice ... Let me know if you come in Enschede :)

On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 12:10 PM, K9 Kai Niggemann <kai at kainiggemann.com>wrote:

> Hi bar,
>
> I gather since this is a bar, this is the right place to lean up against
> it, order an espresso or a cold drink and talk about music.
>
> last night I had my third gig with "The Dorf", a 25 piece
> sound-collective, all in all jazz-big-band, probably describes it best, but
> it's a weird kind of Jazz.
>
> here is an example (recorded, before I joined though, but it features FM
> EInheit of Einstürzende Neubauten):
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww9HF4PyXvI
> ("Beefy Heart")
>
> it's a crazy project. usually 25 people on stage, there are two drummers,
> 10 brass players, up to 4 basses, 4 guitars, there is a keyboard player and
> up to 3 electronics -- it's crazy overkill in everything. to me it feels
> like an anti-market statement -- nobody can pay this band enough so that
> anyone could make a living. but everyone loves it to death...
>
> it may seem silly, but I am so enthused about having played with them
> again, last night we had a 10 piece brass band (on top of the regular band)
> made up from kids from Kinshasa, some of them street children, some have
> seen even worse things. it was a blast...!
>
> Just wanted to share my good mood and the wide grin on my face that you
> only get after you really rocked the house -- 170 people in a sold out show
> that were going wild, even though it was a place with seats...;)
>
> have a great sunday everyone. I'm really sorry that I can't join in
> Wageningen next week!
>
> Kai
>
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Romain
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