And getting home from those 14 days, was kind of a knockdown. Pretty tired after 2 weeks of approximately 2-5 hours sleep every night.
So to round up the tour (which is really not over until tomorrow evening where we play Prague) heres some notes on the last couple of shows, and off course also some live music.
04.06.2008 - d:qliq - Luxembourg
After our show in Reims the night before, we chose upon driving the approx 200km to Luxembourg where we had an apartment available, supplied by the d:qliq venue. After a pretty obvious quiet drive with most of us sleeping we did arrive in Luxembourg in the middle of the night and after being confused that the supplied address of the apartment was in fact the address of the Luxembourg ministry of finance, we finally stumbled upon the real address which turned out to be exactly the venue to play the day after : d:qliq and how nice it was, basically a big room on top of the venue. Manu, one of the nice arrangers made sure we got what we need and showed us around, before everyone went to bed.
The day after we obviously had some time off before sound check, so a stroll through the city, some breakfast/lunch and then a couple of beers later, we were ready for soundcheck. d:qliq is one of the very nice venues where everything is about making the mood good for both musicians and people coming to the place, and I might guess the only of its kind in Luxembourg. The fact is that arrangers and people at d:qliq generally made a good effort of making us feel at home, even by kick-starting us with some absinth.
Soundcheck, great vegan dinner at the side restaurant, time to kill in Luxembourg (there was a cycling event.. not that i could care less :-) ), and just hanging about around in our apartment until showtime.
The place wasnt exactly overcrowded, but the people that were there really seemed to enjoy every bit of the show, and for us it was indeed a good show, we enjoyed it a lot and just below here you can listen to two songs from the show, and you can read a review here.
After the show everything just ended up in a party, ultimately ending with us and the arranger Manu and the DJ drinking Absinth till we were dead.. such a 72% absinth kind of hits.
Late Night Venture - Ready For The Knife - Live From d:qliq, Luxembourg
Late Night Venture - Love/Respect Call - Live d:qliq, Luxembourg
Setlist of the night:
- Silent Carriers
- Skylights
- Carousel
- Acorns Fall
- Ready For The Knife
- Sidekick Trip To Mars
- Trapped In Glass
- Love/Respect Call
Tourbus playlist:
Only the silent and calm sounds of people snoring all the way from Reims to Luxembourg
05.06.2006 - Cafe Yeti - Lille
Pretty wasted from the Luxembourg show, we went to Lille to play at Cafe Yeti, a very small place in downtown Lille. However, misunderstandings at the cafe, made it pretty clear that they didnt expect us to come :-) .. told us nicely that we could play if we wanted, but after an hour of discussing, we chose upon heading for Paris straight away instead, taking the night off. And we do apologize if any stopped by. It's first time in the Late Night Venture history ever, that we have cancelled a gig, and looking back i think we kind of regret.
Well the place was extremely small and with only access to a toilet through the stage.. could have been quite different.. "Oh you have to go now, well we just stop playing for how long ?. ok 5 minutes pea break" .-) ..
What we didnt regret, was the fact that we were in Paris later, and had the opportunity to get out in the paris nightlife, getting food, naively try to find the eiffel without a map, and just relax. Once again it was a late night.
Tourbus playlist:
Indietronica mostly.. Album Leaf, Fennesz, Manual, DNTEL, Postal Service, People Press Play, Future 3, Opiate and then when we got near Paris we fired up the metal again and had a bowl of Slayer, Sepultura, Isis, Neurosis and Cult Of Luna.
06.06.2008 - La Scene Bastille - Paris
Last show of the tour. This night in quite a big club in the bastille district of Paris. a very cool venue, which was very nice, friendly and open when we arrived. Everything going pretty smooth with soundcheck and all that. Even gave us some time to go out and have some nice food.
Paris is really the mecca of food, i mean to watch how the culture is build up around having decent products available for everyone, it was a joy to see this and experience this. My Confit de Canard that night were sublime .-)
Playing the show at La Scene was just a nice way to end everything up, big stage, large sound, good fun, and a nice after party with a lot of french people.. We enjoyed a lot. This was just a fine way to end up the tour this far..
just below you can listen to Lazy Star from the show.
Late Night Venture - Lazy Star - Live From La Scene, Paris
Setlist of the night:
- Silent Carriers
- Skylights
- Carousel
- Acorns Fall
- Ready For The Knife
- Lazy Star
- Sidekick Trip To Mars
- Love/Respect Call
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So now its almost over, but not yet, I'm heading for Prague tomorrow to not only have one spectacular show at the Planet Festival , but also to just have some excellent quality time in Prague.
I will post stuff from that as well .. and then we're having a small break until 2nd of july where we play roskilde warm up with Baby Woodrose.
And remember to stop by our Flickr for the last couple of pictures.
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