Three points review: Wooden Shjips + Orchestra of Spheres

2013 is almost over and I am introducing a new category: the "three points review". As we are repeating our reviews, i.e. reviewing the same bands over and over, three poignant notes should suffice to give you the quick gist on the gig. Here goes my first one.

1) Packed gig with a lot of beardy middle agers mixed into the hip Berghain gig crowd. Good sound.

2) Orchestra of Spheres were stars and met all expectations and more. Fantastic. Read Kinga's review for details of their last Berlin gig.

3) Wooden Shjips' new songs are great and of the same concept as all albums before - great voice, wonderful bass, doodly guitars. Love.

Quick, late review: Orchestra of Spheres

It didn't take long for the Orchestra of Spheres to turn Urban Spree into a trippy, tribal, space-rock discotheque.
It is always nice to see a band putting an effort and making something a little bit more spectacular out of a live performance. Here, the music seemed to be as important as the visual aspect. All of the members of the New Zealand ensemble were dressed up in wacky, futuristic costumes (my favourite item was a hat made entirely out of cassette tapes).
I guess Sun Ra would have approved.

You will have a chance to see them again soon as they will be supporting Wooden Shjips at Panorama Bar on the 3rd of December.

Competition: Orchestra of Spheres + High Wolf

Another week, another competition. Don't you love it?!

This time, we give you the chance to take yourself and a friend to the sought after experimental electronica gig by Orchestra of Spheres and High Wolf at Urban Spree this Thursday, giving your autumn bones some booty shaking.

Tell us by email to win at thecraze dot de by 9 am Thursday, 7 November 2013, a song or band you like that has got wolves, hounds, or dogs in it. There must be a million out there!

Then, dance the night away to this:

Tomorrow! Saturday! Orchestra of Spheres! Yum!

Oh my, we do slack sometimes, don't we! The lovely ladies at Julie Tippex had to remind me of this one today and I realised it was missing from our preview. Shame on us!

Please meet me tomorrow, Saturday, at West Germany, when Orchestra of Spheres will mesmerise us with their weird and wonderful mash up music. You may feel like you are joining a church when the oddly dressed creatures in this group hit the stage and you feel a trance coming over you. But we promise you: you may be enlightened by the time you leave West Germany but you will not have signed your life away.

See you there!

P.S.: Image this in a small and hot West Germany! Can you afford to miss this? I know the answer.