Concert: Brasilintime @Paradiso, Amsterdam
General Info
Artist/Group: Brasilintime - Sujinho CD release 
Location: Paradiso, Amsterdam
When: 09 May 2008
Who?
An interesting mix of artists collaborating on a musical experiment. Have a look at the intro..
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Some of the artists:
Madlib
Tony Allen
Ivan “Mamão” Conti
and a whole list of other performers.
Impressive, right?
Well, the group gave a show in Paradiso and I just had to go have a look.
The Show
The warm up session was nice but waaaay too long so when the show finally started after more than an hour, I was really psyched for some action. And boy, the opening was impressive! The setup: three drum kits and a small percussion set in front; in the back two DJs and Madlib behind keyboard and sample kit.
The set was played as a jam session: one large and uninterrupted performance of a number of songs and compositions.
The rest of the show is hard to describe: it’s a mix of extremes. On the one hand, some stuff was really horrible and noisy crap. But on the other hand there was almost Perfection in what was performed. The third element: I experienced what it is to discover something you’ve never heard before. Something you know you won’t be able to understand. Like a caveman looking at a computer, I felt out of my league and I loved it!
What stood out for me was the discipline these guys showed: keeping the different drumming actions in sync (or sometimes willingly out of sync) and the DJs and Madlib doing their different things as layers of sounds, mixing it all up to interesting music, noises and soundscapes.
Conclusion
I was totally exhausted after the concert, mulling over all that I just had experienced. Like I said: some of the music was not that good, some was incredibly great. And some parts were just An Experience and An Education. Some stuff was just Complex Science and I hope to get old enough to really understand in time what I’ve heard this evening.
And I’m gonna get me the DVD asap!
This concert should’ve been programmed for the North Sea Jazz Festival: it’s fresh, it’s experimental and risky and it’s friggin’ great. That’s what the festival should be about.
read hieronymus fox’s review here!
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