Right. I think I´m ready to do a little live review of this gig. Now, going into this, I was only familliar with the Headspace album.
Haken I hadn´t heard. I thought, well, Haken are probably the headline act, So I´ll just watch Headspace and then split.
Boy was I wrong. Haken was first on the bill and they utterly, and totally blew me away technically, melodywise and soundwise. Every single musician was on top of his game here, especially the drummer, both guitarists and keyboardist.
Big, lush arrangements on the songs, with a great singer who more than holds his own live. Definetely going to check out their both cd´s Special mention goes out to the keyboardplayer for his Super Mario break in one of the songs...you must hear it to believe it!
Headspace had some startup problems soundwise, but absolutely proved to be able to perform their album ´I am anonymous´ in a live setting. Wilson owns the stage from the moment he sets foot on it. He captivates his audiance and proves once again, to be one of the finest lead vocalists out there in Progland. He´s able to do it all, powerhouse as well as making the athmosphere very intimate with little jokes here and there. There was even a small blind girl at the front of the stage totally enjoying the show.... The entire band just played out of their skins and I predict a bright future for this band if they should continue and record a next release.
3 Shouts from me!