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29. 3. 2004 Munich
Leni Stern

Leni Stern - yes, we heard this name before, somewhere, somehow. Yes, okay, within the Jazzcircles it's no question, who this artist really is. But for the average music consumer, the name ist still not that familiar. Mike Stern, oh yes, he is rather known as a brilliant jazz guitarist. Got me now? Yes, Leni Stern is Mike's wife, - born in Munich, but thanks to Mike living in Big Apple for ages. But the last thing she wants, is to live from Mikes name. And honestly, she doesn't need to. Leni has got her own name during many years of musical presence. Not only a first class musician, but also a perfect performer with a lot of charme and charisma. One guitar and a big bass is enough to get the vibe flowing. Her music is sensitive, impressing and overwhelming. She understands to combine sentimental melodies with a jazz coat. Absolute highpoint is the song "Icecold Water". A piece you don't forget that easely, once you heard it. Her backcatalogue includes 7-8 Cd's already, and everything she still needs is the well deserved attention of the public. Hey Leni, next time, you come to our hometown, I wanna see you at least in a 500 seater....
Wishing you all the best.....

                                                                                               


26. 3. 2004 Munich
Monster Magnet


You find some more pictures of Dave  H E R E

Finally, I got it... Twice i missed out on this band already due to holydays or whatsoever. But this time I'm here and there....even my hangover from the night before ain't very comfortable. It's showtime Boys! - But to mention one thing first. - Dave Wyndorf is Monster Magnet, and Monster Magnet are Dave Wyndorf. Everybody else in the band is more or less necessary equipment. Sorry boys, but that's a fact. Aged 45 and not even 5.2  feet tall this little dwarf is an actually an oldie in the business and he follows his perfect recepie. he combines traditionell hardrock with punk and gives it a modern touch. The calculation goes off. Dave has already privileged himself with songs like "Power Trip". And with a maximum of body encouragement he#s celebrating his success strategy, - hard, no compromise and insane. he screams, he crawls on the floor, Quasimodo from Notredame is just missing the backpack  nothing else. But the surprising fact is, that this man has got such a sexual aura and charisma, that he could stay up there all alone on stage, and we fans would still get the impression not to miss out on anything. He fills the stage, blows our minds off and cleans the floor. he beats a record by beeing the rock frontman with the most ground contact during a set. The question is, - does Dave just wanna hide his height by performing down under, or does he simply feel better on the bottom. God damn, the guy knows exactly to get all womens attention thanx to his sexual flair and metamorphosis aura. Good heaven, Brad Pitt go to sleep, you are nothing against Mr. Monster Magnet. And I bet every pants of mine, this marquee the sade knows this very well. 
the music is electric, impressing and very tense. Space Lord's got the bonus of a five dimensional recognising value. The sound goes hand in hand with the aggression. And the aggression wins the battle. Or is it just the rape on an innocent Beauty. He beats her up, he rapes her, he's stomping on her, squeezing and ripping her into 1000 pieces. The neck is breaking, the body squashed, and the audiance wants more and more of it. It looks like he's doing it, but he reached the top and goes beyond. Dave is finished, but happy to have rapped again 1.500 fans, inclusivly his guitar which goes to the fans in several sections. There is only a little thing  missing in my opinion..... The hymn itself, which would have been a suitable final.... "See You In Hell"


                                                                                          


25. 3. 2004 Innsbruck/Austria
Habib Koite

...in the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lions sleeps...... no, not quite, but therefore in Innsbruck at the Treibhaus, not sleeping but with an african timbre. Habib Koite - Superstar  is presenting himself and his band not for the first time over here. though I doubt it, that anybody down there in his homecountry Mali actually knows him that well. Because according to Habib, he is spending 3 quarter of the year outside Mali anyway. At least he's trying to get the african cultural vibe over to the rest of the world by offering strange exotic sounds or even more exotic instruments. Don't ask me what these are called, - Zulu, jungle-drums meets ebony castreted longleg-congohorn. No, seriously, they are called - N'Goni, Balofon and Kora. Or is it those brownish suits with the funny patterns, which doesn't really fit to the golden Rolex watch of the bass playing black giant. But we don't wanna advert any swiss quality products here, but rather describe a senegal cultural heritage. Okay, it's from Mali. I mean, quite a few years ago, the Senegal went unfaithful and placed itself on the westcoast of Africe and left Mali somewhere inbetween. But despite all this violent reign of terror in this country, the music of the Sudan-blackies is everything else than aggressiv. It's flowin' like sand down a dune in the sahara desert, changing it's shape again and again and finally get back into the polposition. Only sometimes, the sandstorm shoots beyond it's goal, thanx to a so called finger- or  mouth drum, which is tortured  this little desertflee, as if he's dancing around a cannibal -cookingpan. Cheers! -

however, we are not suffering from a loss of taste, and we really enjoy the african gourmet meal. The recepie is perfect. Harmony is perfectly tuned with melody-structures, also produced by a monsterous xylophone, which is beaten up by the granddaddy of the Mali delegation.Following the strategy, - never loose control, he does his well diserved break now and then, while the rest of the gang is celebrating an african raindance. No, we don't get wet, only drunk by "Cigarette A Bana" (Habibs biggest hit in Westafrica) and some chilled beers. The whole performance is underlined by a great bassline, which is handled somehow from downside up irregular, untypical twisted. But lefthanded howsoever, most important thing is, that our Zulu Goliath ain't gonna mix up the C with the D string. don't worry, he won't do it, because the whole monster is built the other way round. No joke and fit or a patent right. However, the melody is tuning the music.. and the rhythm the set. We are introduced into the black african cultural secret containing Timbuktu in a Baru dialect, accomanioned by the senegal raindance.The lion ain't sleeping, like I said in the beginning and last but not least my sweetheart is asking himself why the fashionstyle in Mali goes for such wide baggy trousers, especially between the legs.....