Keep
it Low Festival:
When
Elektrohasch Records celebrates their 10th anniversary,
you can´t stay at home. So we packed our bags and went to Munich,
we've been looking forward to a day with 15 Bands on 3 Stages.
The
Location is called “Feierwerk”, a really nice place with 3 Stages
and a small outdoor area.
After
our arrival, we got informed that Rotor cancelled their show. Not the
message you want to read, but that bad message had something good in
it, Colour Haze decided to play a second 45 minute long show.
The
first band, Parasol Caravan from Austria, started early at the
“Orange” Stage, but it was a great start into this heavy day.
With their merciless Stoner/Heavy Rock our neck muscles had a 40
minute work out, but this was just the warm up. Read more about
Parasol Caravan in our category “Bands you should know”!
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| Parasol Caravan |
After
this awesome show we needed a short pit stop at the bar. Because of
the overlapping stage times on the 3 stages and the beers, we missed
a lot of Orcus Chylde. A 70s inspired Psych-Prog-Rock band from
Germany. But when Hellroom Projectors started, we've been in
the front row. Ok, this wasn't that hard, because the “Hansa 39”
stage, the biggest one, was not that crowded this early. The Hellroom Projectors are a Stoner Metal band from Switzerland,
with heavy riffs and a dark voice.
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| Hellroom Projectors |
Mother
Engine, are one of the newcomer bands of 2013. Since their camp
site gig at the Stoned from the Underground Festival this year,
they are well known, at least in Germany. We hope to see them soon in
Austria. A lot of stonerheads entered the “Kranhalle” stage to
see Mother Engine and they didn't get disappointed. A
rifftastic instrumental stoner, with great speed changes and low
tones from both drum and bass that felt like a massage to your body.
After
these awesome shows, we decided to take a little brake outside, where
we met old and made new friends. I don´t know how it happened, but
we missed The Machine, shame on us. So whats the next band now?
Colour Haze! The first of two shows they played that day, and it was
amazing, even though Philipp was a little ill, he made a great job.
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| Colour Haze |
Then
we missed My Sleeping Karma, because the “Kranhalle” stage
was so full, they closed it. Btw.: MSK played with David (from The
Machine) on the keyboards.
If
you've ever been at a Truckfighters gig, you know how it is: loud,
hot and with lot of Fuzz in the air.
The
day before we've seen them in Austria supported by Parasol Caravan,
but you never can get enough of their great show. Oskar and Niklas
jumping and running on the stage, it´s a one hour power workup for
both of them and for the crowd, you can´t stand still and just
watch, you have to move till you are dehydrated.
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| Truckfighters |
After
a really short brake we walked to Grandloom. I saw them once in
Austria and knew they are great, but this gig was unexpectedly good!
One reason, why I was positively surprised, was the new drummer.
After the exhausting Truckfighters show, Grandloom was really
perfect! I laid back and enjoyed this awesome instrumental stoner
rock. Sometimes psychedelic, slow and suddenly a hard “Karma to
Burn” wall of sound with breaks in the most unlikely moments.
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| Grandloom |
So,
the last band for this awesome day – how else could it be
– was Colour Haze, for the second time! They started their
set with “She Said” from their latest album and as a surprise
with a guest musician from Austria. Our friend Robert Schossleitner,
drummer from the recently splitted band Been Obscene supported
them on stage with percussions. The rest of the show was amazing,
with a video wall on the back and a great setlist:
- She Said
- Moon
- Slowdown
- Transformation
- Peace, Brothers & Sisters!
- Tempel
- Love
- I Won't Stop
All
in all it was a great day, with lots of music and awesome people. The
only sad thing was that we couldn't see all the bands we wanted to
see, because the stage times overlapped or it was too crowded. But
you know that in advance, when you buy a ticket for a one day
festival with 15 bands on 3 stages.
by Victor
