This was a big market and music day with lots of kids activities as well about 25mins from our house. IT is a lovely place and they have these large glamping houses and camping area, two big pools and smaller pools, a restaurant and bar. ‘
The music stage was set up right next to the 2nd pool. A guy named João played some acoustic songs, mostly covers but he does them very well. We had seen him play here at the Christmas Market last year. There was another duo also playing most covers.. Sadly, everything as far as music was running really late so Idiotheque, the headline act, did not get a sound check. This delayed things a lot as they had to get the sound ok for this 8 piece band to play well. They were due to play at 21 but did not get started til after 2120…
Anyway, it had been a year, almost to the date, that I had seen them last, not counting that they rehearse in my studio every week and I see them there. They have a new guitar player, Guy, and this was his 2nd gig. He was awesome and fit in well. Sound was rough for the first songs and they just sort of jammed for the first 15mins while the sound guy tried to get things sorted. Eventually, they kicked things off but not with the song they had planned! They sounded great. Wow.. I was impressed and the grooves were good. They debuted a new song called Destination. I had heard them play it in the studio. It has a nice African feel to it. Tom had an outrageous costume as did Adriana, the female singer. Other guys not really dressed up much. Loved Guy´s psychedelic jacket though! It was a great set about 75mins, I guess. A lot of people dancing and having a great time and they were super well received. For sure not another band playing all original Afro-funk music in this part of the world, anywhere near as good as these guys….
Check them out on bandcamp… They are still working on their first album..
https://idiothequelive.bandcamp.com/
