RIO 3: Guapo, Mats-Morgan, Present, Magma

Hello,

A few changes on the website. Photos are now here:
http://www.traversesmag.org/modules/smartsection/category.php?categoryid=25

Sylvie
http://traversesmag.org
http://ethnotempos.org


Edited by sylvsteph - July 30 2007 at 12:47

victor77 wrote: I would add   French TV Lars Hollmer Art Zoyd Ruins Miriodor Simon Steensland Djam Karet Brainville Zaar/Sotos Hamster Theatre The Muffins Charming Hostess (uhhh, why not?)

Unfortunately,  one member of ZAAR/SOTOS, Yan Hazera, has died on November 2006. It was really a shame. They have three great albums. Too bad for the future of our music. RIP.

Trouserpress wrote: That's a fine selection you've got there! If SMM, or indeed any Samla/Zamla incarnation were playing then I would sell my own kidneys to be there! I'm not so sure about Godspeed You, though. I wouldn't really class them as RIO, and I don't think they'd be such a comfortable fit. Are they even still together anyway?

chamberry wrote: Wow!  That sounded like a wonderful night! I'll start saving up some money for next years (It's close to impossible, but I'm still going to try)

Sean Trane wrote: Martin,   Do you have any other piccies of the park and grounds?

I'd like to hear what groups do you suggest for RIO FESTIVAL 2008.
I suggest:

MIRIODOR
UNIVERS ZERO
ART ZOYD
ARANIS
SAMMLA MAMMAS MANNA
DOCTOR NERVE
LARVAL
GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR
VOLAPUK
MIASMA & THE CAROUSEL OF HH
PANZERPAPPA
JOHN ZORN
HENRY COW (if possible)
MAGMA (performing "LA TRILOGIE" this time, definitely with a horn section)

What do you think?


Edited by artimid - May 06 2007 at 04:26

Martin,

Salut Brian, maybe you were so overwhelmed by the Magma concert, that you missed the announcement that 2008 will see the second edition of the RIO festival.

Edited by Alucard - May 08 2007 at 10:14

It was known from the beginning that the 3rd day was going to be the best day.

Guapo: Fantastic, excellent performance. Very dynamic and impressive playing from all the musicians. I had great expectations about them and they rewarded me. The "Black Oni" piece was the highlight. Also, their new song sounded very promising for the future. Nice public conference too. They were very friendly.

Mats/Morgan: I wanted to save my energy for Present and Magma, so I stayed only for 20-30 minutes. I had only listened a few samples from them and I didn't like them much.Still, I have to say that they were extremely skillful musicians, especially the drummer.

Present: Only the first piece was enough to make me travel into another planet.... "Jack the Ripper", from the legendary album of Univers Zero, "Heresie". Astonishing performance and there's more to come. "Limping little girl", "Ceux D'en Bas (suite)" from "No 6" and of course "Promenade au fond d'un canal". I think they played also a piece from the forthcoming album which was fantastic.
Present was the highlight of the festival for me. Let's make a prayer and hope that Roger's Trigaux health will improve.

Finally, Magma: Magma the legend. The adrenaline was at extremely high levels when they got on the stage. Kohntarkosz is an excellent piece, but somehow, I couldn't listen to it. The sound was really bad. The musicians were giving their best on the stage, but I could not be pleased because of the awful sound! The singers seemed to be annoyed  too and were making signals to the sound engineer to do something... I think "Emehnteht-Re" followed and afterwards "Hhai", "Zombies" and a very very long piece which I didn't recognize. The sound at this stage, had a slight improvement.  In the end, Christian Vander sang an amazing ballad, which was the highlight of their performance (along with hhai). In conclusion, I know that Magma did their best but unfortunately, the result was unfair due to the big problems on the sound. It's ok though, I was happy that  finally I managed to see them live.