This
was the first visit by the fairly new Japanese band, Kikagaku Moyo, to Europe
and I was so happy they were coming to Denmark. I own all three of their
records and really like the chilled stoney, sitar, 60’s vibe with some Japanese
influences. Sue and I arrived early and there was not a lot of people but by
the time Moon Mountain started, the people were streaming in at a steady rate.
They started at like 9:40 and played about 40mins, I think. They are a trio
with a female vocalist who also played a small drum kit and other percussion
items. She had a cool voice and used some different effects at times. The young
bald man in the middle seem to run the show with sampled beats and effects but
also playing some lead and regular synths as well. On the far right was the
guitar player who I though was not very adventurous most of the time but
sometimes he showed some flair and even did some live looped guitar. Sometimes
the reminded me a bit of an old Danish band called Alive with Worms, Sue also
though Cocteau Twins (I never heard them). The two techno songs were the least
interesting but the ones the crowd was most into! A very young crowd… The band had an 12” EP for sale. According to
their set list Back Door and That’s Right were new songs.
Set List: Back Door, Down to the
Wire, happy Child, Breaker, That’s Right, Find the Sun, Reach You.
Kikagaku Moyo started off with a
short 4min piece with two guitars and sitar all sitting on the stage or chairs
(see video) and then the drummer and bass player came out for the rest of the
show. There were some songs that I did not recognize so they might be new. They
played half of the record Forest of Lost Children and it was heavier live than
on the studio album. The concert was cool and I loved the vibe they have with
the drummer and Tomo doing a lot of vocals together (the drummer, I think is the
one that has the more feminine voice). The only played maybe 55mins and left
the stage but the people were not going to let them go and they did two encore
songs. That I did not expect. Cool concert…
Set List: 3x, Tree Smoke, Street
Of Balovtta, Kodama, Smoke and Mirrors, Guy, Dawn, Two encore songs: ? ?
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