11.03.2017 Among The Echoes, Sinestar & Shelter
The Flapper, Birmingham,
11.03.2017
A sold out evening in aid
of the ‘promise dreams’ charity (a charity that aims to fulfil the dreams of
seriously and/or terminally ill children) can only be a good thing. And the
bands delivered beautifully.
One of my favourite bands
Shelter kicked off the evening and they were amazing from start to finish and
out of the three bands of the evening certainly the most ‘obviously synthy’
act.
They performed material
from their two albums ‘Emerge’ and ‘Ascend’ and some of the tracks were
presented in new and exciting remix formats as well. From the word go the
audience was hooked on Shelter and the duo ended their set with the song ‘Beautiful’,
co-written by Erasure’s Andy Bell and their set was just that: beautiful.
4-piece Sinestar from
Bristol had a 10 track set and were difficult to pidgeon hole (always a good
thing in my opinion) and their set was mostly high energy songs but with a
slightly softer voice than one would have expected. They brought many friends/fans
with them who loudly sang along to their music, making the set even more
enjoyable.
Among The Echoes’ very
own Ian Wall (who had a hand in organising the evening) celebrated his 50th
birthday that night and was presented with a certificate that denoted him
owning a piece of the moon and a slideshow containing best wishes from friends
and family preceded the gig.
Berlin resident Thomas
Mueller aka Keller Technik who had remixed the Echoes’ track ‘Medusa’ flew in
from Germany to play with them on stage that night.
Although good they weren’t
quite as much my cup of tea as much as Shelter & Sinestar were but
certainly entertained the crowd.
It was a beautiful
evening with great live acts and a lovely audience.
Well done all
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