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Hangar Stage
DIORAMA was founded by Torben Wendt between 1994 and 1996.His long-time friend Felix Marc soon joined him as a co-producer and keyboard player. Some time later, bass player Bernard le Sigue and guitarist Sash Fiddler, who were fellow students of Torben and Felix, gradually grew into the line-up and last but not least drummer Marquess became a member of the band. Unfortunately Bernard le Sigue left the Band in October 2006.
Music & Performance
The “show” already started with the line check before the gig which came up with a little surprise. Felix came on the stage to test the microphones and while he was doing that, he suddenly sang “Meeeeeera Lunaaaaaaaa”, and on the second mic he did the same but it was more intense and opera like. At first the crowd was surprised but not for long and Felix was rewarded with a big applause for his little vocal performance. After the check he left the stage and it was finally time for the show to start.
I guess a good description for DIORAMA’s music is playful Electronic / Dark Wave filled with melancholy meaningful lyrics. The setlist contained seven tracks. Most of the songs were taken from ‘A different life’, the current album, like the first song of the set ‘Burning out’ or ‘Kein Mord’, but they also played the song ‘Belle?’ from the very first album ‘Pale’ in a re-arranged version and the all-time favourite ‘Advance’ or to speak with Torben’s words “our most unknown song”.
The Hangar was filled to the four walls when DIORAMA entered the stage. The boys delivered an incredible performance Torben rarely stood still during the gig and was always moving up and down the stage and jumping or screaming at the crowd; same with Sash “The man with the Kilt” who really rocked the house. His interaction with Torben on stage was really awesome. While we are speaking of Torben; I’ve never seen such an emotional performance before! He lived through various emotional states during the gig. One could clearly recognize that from his mimics and gestures. The crowd really celebrated them - especially some people located in the first row (including me) who also attracted the attention of the photographers.
At the end of the gig when Torben looked across the crowd and realized how many people were there, he smiled. It was an absolutely stunning and powerful gig and the whole band rocked the Hangar - which was by the way filled up much more than during the shows of some following bands. The only bad thing with this gig: it was way too short!
Setlist
01. Burning out
02. Synthesize me
03. The Girls
04. Belle?
05. Kein Mord
06. Advance
07. Why
Rating
Music: 10
Performance: 10
Sound: 10
Light: 10
Total: 10
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