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Roadrunner's Paradise Club

Berlin, Germany
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05/25/2007
The Magnificent Brotherhood of Eternal Love & the Happiness
Set 1Set: Space -> Lifetime, Kicksville, Can't remember, Soma shop, Camera, A thing called love, Gun or run, My flash on you, Old tattoo, The drifter, No mercy on ravers, Cracker, Last song about you, Better hurry
Encore 1: Mind Garage
Encore 2: Little red rooster, Surrender
CommentBrotherhood's third ever appearance (in little more than a year) at the Roadrunner's finds them sharing a bill with Dota & Die Stadtpiraten, a jazzy Bossa Nova German-Lyrics Singer-Songwriter project lead by Berlin's Kleingeldprinzession Dota. Jan shares duties here with being the regular guitar player of the band. Due to the quieter charakter of Dota's music she plays first though she is the actual headliner of the night. The overwhelming majority of the audience comes to see Dota but a surprisingly large number of the crowd (two thirds) stays for the Brotherhood show and gets turned on! The Hood takes the stage to an excellent sound -- since their last show on this stage the club had improved its equipment -- engaging in a brief jam that leads to "Lifetime". The concert is being build up with slower/mid-tempo numbers up to "Camera" which is introduced by Kiryk with: "...und jetzt kommen wir langsam zu den tanzbaren Nummern". Indeed: the crowd already moving engagedly through the first numbers now shifts to the fith gear by freaking out more wildly and wildly as the band rips through its garage hits with vigilance, originality and tightness! It’s a delight to watch the band play tonight: The Hood exhibits a playfullness and elation in their playing rivaled by very few shows this line up has played since its formation in January, perhaps only equaled by the concert at Basement 17.02.2007. This is proven by broad smiles between the band members, particularly Lars and Jan communicate a lot with each other, obviously enjoying to perfectly nail the rhythm parts and creating a beast of groove! As always when being in a great mood the band peaks on “Old tatto” making this a powerhouse version with rumbling drums that provide the ultimate impetus! “The drifter” features well dosed, comparitively straight and mainstream psychedelic jams not leaving danceable structures – the jam is being boiled down to its essential, transcendental core, which also applies to “Better hurry”. Great playing nonetheless with Kiryk confidently shining on the guitar! “No mercy” follows “The drifter”, a great and frequent coupling in the band’s set that elevates the psychedelic energy of the former’s to the latter. The crowd is of course still freaking out, the entire floor is filled with six rows of frantically dancing people who cheer delightfully within and between the songs. The main set closer “Better hurry”, just little over ten minutes, presents itself with the hottest Kiryk-jam of the night. He delivers his trademark liquid-yet-tight-loose-yet-straight solo leading higher and higher through subtle alterations of the theme while playing many notes at the same time greatly encompassing and transcending the style of his Sixties West Coast ideals! He speeds towards for several minutes before taking it down shortly to adress the people with some “Yeahs” and then he loudly cunts the band with “One two - one two - one two three four” back to highspeed tempo. Eventually during Lars' solo they do the dance, wich is particularly impressive tonight due to the great stage of club, earning cheers from the crowd.Returning for the encore “Mind garage” Kiryk gives commands to the band to let it feature a jam. He proceeds to lead them through a cool but fairly loose alternate version of the tune but when it is time to hit the jam he cuts it off leaving his band mates in a moment of confusion before they go off. The people however strongly demand a second encore so the band reappears and Kiryk asks if they want “a fast one...or a fast one”. There wasn’t a choice anyway as the band blasts off two more garage punk numbers to finish the night and of course the people make good use of their last chance to dance! A picture perfect Dance Concert night convincing all companions but also winning many more new admirers hile emphasizing and justifying the band’s claim on the golden road to unlimited devotion!
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