Kid Koala & Four Tet @ Temple Bar Music Centre, 12th November
My first proper concert here in Dublin (if you don't take the typical Irish musicians at the local pub into concideration), and I must say that I was positively surpised! Not that I didn't think it was gonna be any good, I just didn't have any axpectations at all, since I had only lived in Dublin 1 week at the given date.
First of all, I believe a short review of Temple Bar Music Centre is in place. The venue is small for a concert hall, but big for a club. It looks like a concert hall, but has the atmosphere of a club. I guess that's why I liked the place so much. Not surprisingly, the people there on the night were friendly and openminded, and the beer was reasonably priced for that type of venue. I would guess that this place feels somewhat different when other concerts are held there, but that's for me to find out later. The location is also convenient, In the Centre of Temple Bar, which the name suggests. This is definitely a place I will go to frequently, as long as they keep up the good work with booking interesting acts.
So, on to the night in question. Not having too much knowledge about the artists (Kid Koala & Four Tet) besides knowing that Kid Koala was a scratch-DJ of a certain caliber, whilst Four Tet is an electronic act with jazzy influences and a love for the quirky sounds, I had an open, yet curious mind when arriving. Two local DJ's started the show with a nice, though somewhat bland mix of hip hop and funk. Both Cypress Hill, ODB, James Brown + many more artists were spun, and they did some nice live acappella mash-ups. The sound quality messed up their act a bit though, and the crackling noises were almost painful at times. However, my fears of a night ruined by poor sound quality quickly vanished when one of the main attractions, and my main reason for going, showed up.
Kid Koala quickly drew the attention of a somewhat distractred crowd, with his unique technique of using the record players as instruments, and actually "scratching in tune"! He played around with different styles, from blues to hip-hop to metal, all very elegantly, but the stand-out moment of the night was for my part when he played Slayer - South of Heaven - close to the end. impeccable techinque, great selection of music. all in all a fantastic perormance. If only it lasted longer...
The Next headliner entered the stage shortly after; Four Tet was set to play a "lap-top concert", which can be great, but also boring of not done with feeling. However, the concert was great and the crowd, including me, loved it. Too bad I don't know the names of any songs he played (note to self: buy more Four Tet). He did abuse the effect button on his Pioneer 600 mixer though, but it fitted nicely in with the rest of his musical landscape, and all in all it was a surprisingly good session.
This night will certainly be remembered for a long time, and it was a great first musical nightlife-experience for me here in Dublin!
First of all, I believe a short review of Temple Bar Music Centre is in place. The venue is small for a concert hall, but big for a club. It looks like a concert hall, but has the atmosphere of a club. I guess that's why I liked the place so much. Not surprisingly, the people there on the night were friendly and openminded, and the beer was reasonably priced for that type of venue. I would guess that this place feels somewhat different when other concerts are held there, but that's for me to find out later. The location is also convenient, In the Centre of Temple Bar, which the name suggests. This is definitely a place I will go to frequently, as long as they keep up the good work with booking interesting acts.
So, on to the night in question. Not having too much knowledge about the artists (Kid Koala & Four Tet) besides knowing that Kid Koala was a scratch-DJ of a certain caliber, whilst Four Tet is an electronic act with jazzy influences and a love for the quirky sounds, I had an open, yet curious mind when arriving. Two local DJ's started the show with a nice, though somewhat bland mix of hip hop and funk. Both Cypress Hill, ODB, James Brown + many more artists were spun, and they did some nice live acappella mash-ups. The sound quality messed up their act a bit though, and the crackling noises were almost painful at times. However, my fears of a night ruined by poor sound quality quickly vanished when one of the main attractions, and my main reason for going, showed up.
Kid Koala quickly drew the attention of a somewhat distractred crowd, with his unique technique of using the record players as instruments, and actually "scratching in tune"! He played around with different styles, from blues to hip-hop to metal, all very elegantly, but the stand-out moment of the night was for my part when he played Slayer - South of Heaven - close to the end. impeccable techinque, great selection of music. all in all a fantastic perormance. If only it lasted longer...
The Next headliner entered the stage shortly after; Four Tet was set to play a "lap-top concert", which can be great, but also boring of not done with feeling. However, the concert was great and the crowd, including me, loved it. Too bad I don't know the names of any songs he played (note to self: buy more Four Tet). He did abuse the effect button on his Pioneer 600 mixer though, but it fitted nicely in with the rest of his musical landscape, and all in all it was a surprisingly good session.This night will certainly be remembered for a long time, and it was a great first musical nightlife-experience for me here in Dublin!
posted by Kristoffer Sæbøe at 6:33 PM
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