Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Starting Point

Yesterday dEUS kicked-off their new tour along small venues across Europe, hawking their upcoming album Vantage Point. Doornroosje in Nijmegen had the honour of being the first of over twenty stages to be taken possession of, which shouldn’t be that much of a problem. My point of reference in this respect was the stunning performance they gave in the Aula Magna, Lisbon, Fall 2005, which is likely to be the most suitable concert location I ever visited.

I soon discovered that wasn’t really fair, for the obvious reason that at this stage the band is still entitled to some degree of imperfection. Plus, during their a two-hour (!) show I’m almost convinced they managed to play every single track of their new album. That’s the spirit!

Some points worth mentioning:

  • The Black Box Revelation, opening for dEUS, prooved once again that Belgians know their way around guitars.
  • “Slow” sounded a little… slow. Wait, make that feebly.
  • Mauro Pawlowski without a beard looks like John Stamos. All bearded he bears a striking resemblance to The Magic Numbers.
  • Mauro knows how to use his voice. Still, he should work on his facial expressions.
  • For us Dutchmen it is rather embarrassing and sometimes awkward when someone speaks Flemish and you don’t understand what’s being said. So Mauro, if what you meant to say was ‘thank you’, then you’re welcome.
  • Mauro Pawlowski is rather intriguing…
dEUS - The Architect (video)
dEUS - Instant Street (track on MySpace)

6 comments:

Choquolage said...

Mauro and Worhtynonsense sitting in a tree....

Anonymous said...

The real The Architect video is on dEUS' YouTube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2CFDsG_oxg

Konditorei said...

He, I really like the album. Let's incorporate Belgium in the kingdom of the Netherlands, so we can steal their guitar rifs and become cool too!

Ruben said...

I saw them yesterday in Melkweg, and I have to say that it was kinda crap. The sound in the Melkweg was terrible, so it wasn't much dEUs' fault. But luckily, the awful sound was compensated by the nice lighting :)

Barbara said...

A true Ulkedoof follower (what's up with the hiatus, btw?) I actually followed Worthynonsense's suggestion and saw them live in that same Aula Magna yesterday.

*sublime*

I have to say I didn't really believe your judgement on Aula Magna at first (went to a concert where everyone just stayed in their seats, it was Boredom Central) but hell yeah - who can remain seated when dEUS is playing?

Nikoleta Kyprianidis said...

real