Stockholm____|_____EBM/Darkwave/Synth type club
Club Ultrafoxx http://www.facebook.com/groups/26514831583/
Sat 15 oct2011____|_____
Norwegian.com air. Free WIFI. Frequent flyers Steve and Bastien, delighted and very impressed.
Arlander Express to Stockholm; Clean train, TV screens, pine windowsills, warm, comfy. We concede Sweden’s taxes provide a superior standard of living than UK.
Met Tina and a big dude witha car at station. Lift to quaint looking basement venue below a bustling Irish Bar, close to river, in a touristic area (the old town). Got on the pear ciders within 5min of putting down our gear.
Brief wander down street, winding cobbled streets lined with charming shops, had a laugh at a convention of about 100 Swedes dressed in 1930s clobber, Plus4s, big taches etc. fair play, looked good.
Back at soundcheck…
Premier League is allowed to be shown live on sat afternoon’s (uk3pm) outside UK. Perfect: Man City4-1 Aston Villa! Onscreen behind us onstage.
Went up for an interview on phone in street outside venue. In good spirits.
Swedish meal: Veal, meatballs and jam, mash, beer. Good stuff.
Hotel.
Little evening wander. Calm streets.
Security outside busy venue.
Went in.
A crowd were gathering, defintely a particular scene; Alternative/Gothic/EBM crowd.
Bastien slinked off to gather thoughts, prepare.
meanwhile: Toilets began to slowly flood.
Bastien made friends with Irish barstaff and got free booz. Sat at sounddesk sipping Grant’s.
Place was now buzzing, bustling.
Took to stage around 11pm? not sure.
1.Audiovideo, 2.Play. steve couldn’t hear monitors, stopped gig for a few mins. Kicked in again with 3.HAL, crowd went mad.
Art of viewing, You never knew me
Words Alone set scene for eruption of HolRom
firing on all cylinders out there!
Straight into holiday in hyperspace Fear No Fear,
Circles, Flowers That Fell.
5min chants of encore nonstop
Encore: Rewind to Holiday Romance
Fucking tremendous gig.
Engaging performance from Bastien fully switched on to the songs;
soulful connection to inner landscape of the songs, shamanic projection, inner smile, steady grounded, core engaged.
Sold vinyl and CDs to a lot of drunk swedes.
Staggered a few metres up to insane circular, roundhouse type building overlooking river, descended to enormous club in the catacombs. Wolfgang from Kraftwerk on the decks. How bizarre. Drunken haze…. descended into 1M radius of consiousness. . ….Somehow got back to hotel (with some ‘help’)
Cold air, smells like midwinter.
Hints of the arctic.
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(Sun)day after the night before
Bastien felt very ill, drained. Went for a stroll for a few hrs across city. great views. Fresh/chill, sunny day. Up to the park overlooking the river to the city centre where we looked at archicture from afar.
Shattered.
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