16-05-09 Infernal, Deluxe, Blog!
(se nedenfor for dansk)
That was an evening we won't soon forget. So many things were memorable to us and will be so for a long, long time.
First off the planning of the event, the release of the Deluxe Edition and the DVD was a far greater task than we had ever imagined. We had never taken on that kind of project before and were surprised at the effort and amount of work it took. On top of that it all came in the midst of preparing our Summer Tour '09 - and that is no small job either. It meant that the mental preparation for all of it had to happen in very little time.
The first semi-accoustic concert made this evening almost magical for us. The fact that the audience was sitting down, very attentive, made it possible for us to out-live dreams that we had never been able to before. The arrangements and the vibe of it all would be highly inapropriate at a festival or a regular gig for us, but this evening we got to take it down at take our time. We were able to spend a bit more time doing kind of a "Story-teller" type of show.
However much we felt like telling people about how the songs came about, how we felt, why we made this or that choice and so on, we had to keep it somewhat short. - It was a concert. Not a talkshow. And a short one too. :-) But what a performance it was for us. We thoroughly enjoyed it. Fortunately the feedback is telling us that we will be doing more of that sooner or later. Maybe we will even release some of those semi-accoustic editions... We can't wait to interpret more of our material and turn it into completely new expressions. But hey! That was far from the end of the evening.
The essense of the evening was the showing of our new live DVD. We finally got to see our own show - It felt like beeing present right there during our own concert as part of the audience. Terrific! Not in the sense that we just yern to watch ourselves, but more in the sense that we didn't have all the stuff to worry about. No qucik costume-changes or bad sound or technical difficulties. Just the music and the party and the energy.
To all you, who were there: THANX so much for a fabulous evening - you gave us better feedback than we could have dreamed of and we had goose-bumps and everything more than once. Fantastic. Truly amazing.
Oh! And last but not least: Our iShop is open for merchandise shopping. Go get a T-shirt or a poster or the new Deluxe Edition of Electric Cabaret including the DVD.
It really is worth all the hard work, we put into it. It's one to show the grandkids one day...
See Ya!
Paw & Lina :-)
Dette arrangement bliver et af dem vi sent glemmer, fra vores side var der så mange facetter i den aften hvilket gjorde at den vil stå meget klart i vores hukommelse længe!
Først og fremmest havde tilrettelæggelsen af arrangementet, udgivelsen af Live DVD'en og Deluxe Edition'en virkelig trukket tænder ud os allesammen i Infernal lejren. For ikke nok med at alt det arbejde der ligger bag det at udgive en Live DVD var uprøvet territorium for os alle, ja så var (og er) vi igang med at forberede os til vores sommer tour. Så der havde ikke været så meget tid til mental forberedelse som der plejer...
Den første semi akustiske del gjorde at denne aften næsten var magisk for os, for det at have et siddende, Infernal dedikeret og lyttende publikum gjorde at det pludselig blev muligt at udleve nogle drømme vi længe havde gået med (og som ikke rigtig passer ind på en festival f.eks.), nemlig det at lave sådan en slags "Storyteller Night"! - altså en aften hvor man selvfølgelig spiller en masse musik, men hvor der er lige så meget fokus på anekdoter og historier om hvordan og hvorledes musikken i vores verden kommer til, hvilke tanker vi har gjort os undervejs osv. osv., man kan sige en slags "bagom musikken" præsenteret live på scenen.
Dog synes vi slet ikke at der var tid nok til alt det vi gerne ville sige og spille, men det var en god smagsprøve på hvordan sådan en "Storyteller Night" kunne tage sig ud. Og her efterfølgende har responsen været så kraftigt og positiv at vi bestemt kun har fået mere blod på tanden på lave sådan en Storyteller Night engang i nær fremtid og måske endda udgive de semi akustiske versioner en dag!
Og prikken over i'et var selvfølgelig visningen af vores Live DVD som indfriede endnu en lille drøm for os alle, nemlig at opleve vores egen koncert udefra!
Det kan måske virke en smule narcissistisk, men det handler faktisk ikke som udgangs om at se på os selv, men mere det at opleve en koncert uden alle de ting man skal huske igennem en koncert, eventuelle problemer der kunne være opstået inden, under eller efter koncerten osv. osv. Bare kunne læne sig tilbage og nyde de flotte billeder og det fede lydmix!
Så TAK til alle jer der var mødt op og som uden at vide det, hjalp os med at indfri nogle drømme! :-)
Og husk iøvrigt at vores iShop endelig er åbnet, så nu kan I bl.a. købe Plakater og T-shirts, hvilket har været efterspurgt en del!
Ses til sommer!
Paw & Lina :-)
Men hvordan føltes det egentlig at se sig selv på lærredet? (Bortset fra fedt!) Var der der noget hvor I tænkte, "Wow! Det havde jeg ikke forestillet mig!" ?
- Tak, for autografer og en dejlig aften!
Vi ses til sommer :-)