Gouveia Art Rock 2009, Portugal, May 2009
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Topic: Gouveia Art Rock 2009, Portugal, May 2009
Posted By: Philip
Subject: Gouveia Art Rock 2009, Portugal, May 2009
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 10:28
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This year's edition of the Gouveia Art Rock festival will take place in the first three days of May.
Now talking about the artists, it can be one of the best editions ever.
Day one:
http://www.gaudela.net/gar/artists/October_Equus.html - October Equus (Espanha)
http://www.gaudela.net/gar/artistas/Gatto_Marte.html - Gatto Marte (Itália) http://www.gaudela.net/gar/artists/Focus.html - Focus (Holanda)
Day two:
http://www.gaudela.net/gar/artistas/KBB.html - KBB (Japăo)
http://www.gaudela.net/gar/artistas/Gordon_Giltrap.html - Gordon Giltrap (Inglaterra)
http://www.gaudela.net/gar/artistas/Volapuk.html - Volapük (França) http://www.gaudela.net/gar/artistas/Stick_Men.html - Stick Men (EUA) feat. Tony Levin Pat Mastelotto & Michael Bernier Day three:
http://www.gaudela.net/gar/artists/Koenji_Hyakkei.html - Koenji Hyakkei (Japăo)
http://www.gaudela.net/gar/artistas/Allens_UoE.html - Daevid Allen's University of Errors (Austrália/EUA)
http://www.gaudela.net/gar/artistas/PFM.html - PFM - Premiata Forneria Marconi (Itália) |
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Posted By: Rochacrimson
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 15:17
Fantastic festival in my country!!!!!!! ------------- Pedro Rocha |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 15:18
| Great lineup! |
Posted By: Owlchops
Date Posted: April 01 2009 at 13:26
| Always looks so interesting over there. |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: April 01 2009 at 13:58
Complete line-up and program:
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Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: May 04 2009 at 09:20
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Another great edition of what I feel is really starting to be the European answer to USA's amazing NearFest. Quick apreciation of the concerts:
October Equus (Spain) - not a big fan of their music, but even if I was, it would probably be dissapointing anyway. Too cold and emotionless, very technical but not perfect, all compositions sounded alike. Not a great start to the festival. The Spanish in the audience seemed to like it, but talk on the outside made it look as they were the only ones - probably a cultural thing. 4/10
Gatto Marte (Italy) - a trio consisting of violin, cello and piano and percussion. Interesting classic-jazzy pieces, often with that "soundtrack" feel to them, not unlike Yann Tiersen or even Aranis. Very pleasent concert, funny at times, but a great display of virtuosity and originality. 7/10
Focus (Holand) - Thijs Van Leer is old. His vocal prowess is simply not the same, but his spirit is unbreakable. Focus produced the first real highlight of the festival, with an electric performance that got everyone in the audience roused up. Classics were not neglected, even if some songs turned out not as good as the original. 8/10
KBB (Japan) - this japanese quartet was completely unknown to me. At first I was a bit skeptical (violin-rock always makes me think of Vanessa Mae), but my fears were unfounded. A great display of virtuosity from all members, but filled with energy and joy. The band completely caught the hearts of the audience. 8/10
Gordon Giltrap (UK) - One man, one chair, one guitar - perfection. Gordon gave an excellent (if a bit short) concert, displaying amazing technique and energy is compositions going from folk to rock to blues, and a great sense of humour to top it all. 9/10
Volapük (France) - an oddity of a band, at times sounding like Magma playing KC's Larks Tongues is Aspic. Their sound and performance were again very skillful (virtuosism seemed to be the word of the day), but not dense at all. The drummer was simply amazing. 7/10
California Guitar Trio (USA) - these Fripp disciples did great on their own songs, but I was really let down by their covers of Tubular Bells and Echoes. The highligh of their concert was the introduction of Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto, who with the aid of the three guitar players opened their concert (and ended CGT's) with a cover of KC's Larks (Part 2, if memory serves me). 7/10
Unfortunately I had to leave earlier, after just two songs by Stick Men, so I couldn't honestly comment on it.
Koenjihyakkei (Japan) - Magma was the word on everyone's lips after this concert, often preceeded by the words better than. The japanese quintet gave a fierce and energetic performance, with every member displaying amazing ability, but none as much as the amazing vocalist Ah. Applauses at the end were short, for the simple reason that everyone rushed outside to get their albums. 8/10
University of Errors (Australia/USA) - Daevid Allen suported by an excellent band (amazing guitar player), doing a lot of space-rock takes and surprisingly great punk covers of Soft Machine and Gong. Absolutely amazing vitality the man has. Albums sold out in a flash. 9/10
Premiata Forneria Marconi (Italy) - We're taking you on a journey through the band, so let's start at the beggining. Everyone was waiting for something from Storia di un Minuto. Instead we got an almost perfect rendition of 21st Century Schizoid Man. Soon after that, hits marched on, my only complaint being the choice of River of Life over Appena Un Po and the decision to play L'Isola di Niente without the wonderful choir sections. Weird thing, I was the only person in the audience to applaud when they announced they were going to play Cyber Alpha from their latest album. The public was actually the weakest link of the concert, with Franz di Cioccio constantly trying to get them involved, but with very few success. 9/10
Overall price: 5 euros/concert. Can't wait for next year.  ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: May 11 2009 at 16:08
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Once again, I couldn't go to Gouveia for this one.
 Hope it will be next year.
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