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Diorama, they have been working together for over a decade now, and are still going strong. Their latest album ‘A different life’ is a big success again. ‘Synthesize me’ made it to the number 2 of the German alternative charts. ‘A different life’ seems to be slower and more mystical then the last album. The band was formed by Torben Wendt, who is the lead singer in the band. Wendt is also active in Dairy of Dreams. The key player I have seen perform before when Vassi laid eyes on him, when Vassi decided Felix would make a great lead singer, Felix joined Frozen Plasma and the rest is history. But tonight these boys (who seem brothers from a distance), and the rest of the band were in Arnhem.
Music
There is not one genre that can be used when describing Diorama. The slower dark electro beats are mixed with mystical tunes and the guitar, played by Sash Fiddler, and the drums, played by Marquess, will rough everything up a bit. The emotional voices of both Torben and Felix make the music sound complete. This seems like a big mouth full, but Diorama knows how to mix this all together without making the music to massive and heavy. The opener of this evening was ‘Her liquid arms’. During the intro the band walked on stage one by one, already greeted by a loud cheer from the audience. The tracks I have heard from the new album are slower then what I know of Diorama. They impressed me very much, but I was wondering if all these slow, almost ballads, tracks were very suitable for a live performance. During ‘Synthesize me’ the crowd was clapping and cheering, it was quite clear this song was well known.
Performance
As well as Faderhead's gig, the sound was mixed very well. I could hear the different tones and parts in the music without trying to hard. On stage the band was all dressed in black. It looked as if Torben was wearing one of those cyber vests, which look like bullet proof vests, but with nothing underneath. He was really going for it, on stage. His voice sounded very well and singing together with Felix sometimes sounds like there is a strong echo in the microphone. There voices are very much alike. With a lot of red light and smoke, the band created their own different little world on stage and this was enhanced by the way Sash Fiddler would hold his hands up, when he didn’t need to play, over the crowd like he was blessing them. The audience loved the performance and really got sucked into the vibe Diorama was creating. What I think was really cute, it that the entire venue got thanked by the band in Dutch, more then one time. This created a more intimate atmosphere. After over one hour the dancing audience and all the members were soaking in sweat. So almost at the end of the evening Torben walked of stage and he came back a few minutes later with a few water bottles to hand out to the people in front of the stage. The encore ‘Erase me’ was played and the encore also contained the more folky sounds where Marquess switched to acoustic drums. The show was lovely, but I didn’t like the amount of smoke that was used. I know the band cannot fix the heat, but this sure wasn’t helping! What struck me again, about this band is the confidence and emotion they know to show on stage.
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