The performance with Zbigniew Karkovski is over.
It was AWESOME to say the least.
It wouldn't be too much to say that all of us went high during the performance, giving Zbig the sound that he wanted (lol)
Zbigniew is really an amazing guy.
I learned so much from him.
Noise music usually meant electronics (at least to me), yet Zbig showed me during the whole week of rehearsals how acoustic instruments can be used to produce the kind of sound he wanted as well.
It's not only about feedback and softwares.
Of course, for the vocals, pedals and ring modulators etc etc played a big part in giving Zbig the texture of sound he wanted.
And if I'm not wrong, he can already hear the sound of the different instruments and the sounds he wants us to produce from the various instruments.
I mean, on the 2nd day of rehearsal, he could already layer the entry of each instrument, knowing which instrument comes after which.
Amazing, really. It shows how tuned his ears are to the texture of sound.
The performance was really relaxed, and not in the least nerve-wrecking.
Cos Zbig gave us the freedom to do whatever we want,
as long as we gave him the texture of sound he wanted,
and the energy he wanted.
So it was loads of improvisation.
Even if I would never do this kind of music,
it was still an eye-opener for me.
And it was really enjoyable.
I really gave it my all, and nearly died "ah"-ing into the mic.
The performance wasn't even 30min, yet I was already panting at the end of it.
(Oh dear. How am I gonna survive a 2hour gig?)
Many funny highlights (lol)
Especially Alfred, who was playing the gongs, when the ropes securing the bigger gong broke and the gong fell to the floor halfway through performance, lol.
Yet he kept going with the small gong and the hihats with the same amount of energy.
And the part where RX was hitting the hihats so hard, it fell off the stand (lol!)
I think watching Noise music live is better than listening to it,
cos feeding off the energy from the performers really made it enjoyable.
Also, many thanks to my Ultimate Ears IEMs which reduced the volume by half for me.
Everyone in the crowd was going deaf (which I think is the point of it all, lol)
It would be fun to try this again.
I guess, it may come in handy next time.
You never know when =)