It was a great night. Saturday 11
November 2017 took place DeathDisco's MiniFest v1 a mini festival featuring 3
bands for the first time ever in Greece: "iamtheshadow" from
Portugal, "Hante." from France, and "Pink Turns Blue" from
Germany. Due to early presale and good promotion, the show had already sold out
resulting to no tickets available at the door.
According to schedule, the show
started with "iamtheshadow", who got on the stage while the venue was
still half-full. The 3-member band from Lisbon, fronted by
singer/guitarist/keyboard player/composer Pedro Code gave a sufficient 1h
performance of their best material. Notably songs performed: "The Winter's
Long", "Hurts and Takes", "Everything in this
Nothingness", "Tongueless" and at the end "There is Nothing
More to See". Their show was mainly built on their frontman, leaving the
other two band members to a subsidiary role. In fact, the bass player was set
rather far away on stage, giving the impression of being unconnected with the
rest of the band. Musically speaking, the band captured their sound relied
heavily on Pedro's characteristic voice, a steady ponderous commanding voice
that easily drives us to the band's musical universe. Available for purchase on
the upstairs spacious merchandising section were: This year's "All Our
Demons" gatefold vinyl album and last year's "Everything in this
Nothingness" debut cd album.
While the venue started to get
fully crowded, Hélène de Thoury (aka "Hante.") appeared on stage,
casually dressed in black and feeling rather comfortable upon our inspecting
eyes. She gave her show exposing her inner emotions, sometimes sensitive other
times outbreaking, singing her emotional lyrics and playing her expressive
synth tunes. Strangely enough, she quickly managed to capture our full
attention all by herself, filling the stage with her presence and lovingly
french finesse. Many songs performed, including my favourite
"Éternité" (...je t’aimerai toujours...) a very representative song
of Hante's repertoire. Available on the merchandising section were: This year's
"Between Hope & Danger" album on both cd and vinyl format, as
well as last year's "No Hard Feelings" 12" vinyl EP.
Finally, it was time for
"Pink Turns Blue" to enter the stage and continue the show. A band
from Germany, with quite a history and discography on their back which sadly
I'm not familiar with. Set as a trio, the band gave a solid compact post-punk
sound, based on well played live drums, accompanied by compact skillfully
executed bass guitar playing, coupled with accurate passionate vocals and
guitars. The band performed their songs almost without gaps in between,
resulting in a condensed satisfying show, followed by an even more sufficient
encore. After all these years, the band proved to be in excellent shape, as
anticipated by their Greek loyal fans.
Soon afterwards, the night
continued with the familiar DeathDisco dj programme, giving the opportunity for
the bands to sign their merchandise and have a drink, while watching the
crowded dancefloor. Also worth to mention, is that after the stage was
gear-cleared, a birthday party took place there, with a large double birthday
cake offered to selected regular DeathDisco fans. As already said, it was a
great night and we 're now looking forward to MiniFest v2!
Review by Stefan Stavrides
Photos by Nick Drivas
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