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Beats Antique is currently in the middle of their "A Thousand Faces" tour, stopping by, on Halloween night, at Mill City Nights in Minneapolis. The show was incredible, thanks to the sold out status, and, the fact that everyone, literally everyone, dressed up in costumes for the occasion. You can say they were in the "spirit" of things.
Opening up was Sorne, who came on stage, announcing, "That's David and Tommy, and I'm Zoe. Together we form Beats Antique." They then proceeded to play from Sorne's album House of Stone, including "Overtones" and "Omnipotent".
As more people shuffled in from the rainy night, singer Morgan Sorne would later dedicated their latest (fake) album, A Thousand Shots (a play off A Thousand Faces) to Bruce Campbell's Bubba Ho-Tep. For their finale, the real Zoe Jakes showed up to help Sorne finish their set.
Ill-Esha was next, a solo DJ using loops and pre-recorded music from her laptop. What sets Ill-Esha apart from other DJs is that she actually sing and produce live vocals, even when she's live generating loops and various vocal tricks. A good example of this is her song "Let Me See", which she duets with ProbCause (as played by her computer), and the Midnight Star's cover song "Midas Touch", which she sings over the pre-programmed music rhythm.
It is interesting to see a lone vocal DJ, to see how brave they are to stand in front. If they mess up, all eyes are on them! There were some problems, but they weren't really an issue: two of Beats Antique's lighting fixture fell in front of the stage, due to the heavy basslines from Ill-Esha's music, and the feedback monitor was too close to Ill-Esha. They were resolved quickly with duct tape and a stage tech came on to move the monitor back a few feet.
Beats Antique's "A Thousand Faces" stage was one of the most impressive production I have ever seen. This stage was custom built by Obscura Digital, using funding from their recent Kickstarter campaign. Let me describe it for you: there are blank canvas villages and a grand central backdrop. The visuals were handled by a projection that had to be special calibrated to display some of the images on the canvas, and they look amazing. The visual artists behind this, at least to me, was the real star of this show.
As for Beats Antique, this is essentially two musicians (David Satori and Sidecar Tommy), who incorporate traditional instruments (horns, guitars, violin, drums) with electronica beats. In addition to those things, they also have a dedicated bellydancer Zoe Jakes, who underwent various costume changes inbetween their set. The costumes were coupled with the various themes throughout the show, sometime Eastern (Thibet, China) and sometime European (Burlesque).
As expected, the band played A Thousand Faces: Act 1 live, even bringing on Sorn to sing his part on "You the Starry Eyed" and their Les Claypool (Primus) collaboration song "Beelzebub".
I think my favorite part of their show was during "Doors of Destiny", they had a large inflated bear attacking the audience. Everyone had that "What the F***" moment when the thing showed up. Check out the wonderful costumes in the crowd!
At the end of the set, cheerleaders with black and white outfits and wigs came on stage to help close out the finale. Encore, had the band coming back on with foam medusa headgear.
"Are you ready to hear more music?" After a roaring "YES!", Satori asked again, "Are you ready to be turned into stone?". Again, "YES!" With that, the band continued on until 1:30am, closing out an epic Halloween party. I can tell you that none of the audience last night were making it into work this morning.
Beats Antique is currently on tour in support of A Thousand Faces: Act 1. If the (now) five sold-out shows in a roll are any indication, you definitely need to get your tickets sooner than later.
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SORNE
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As more people shuffled in from the rainy night, singer Morgan Sorne would later dedicated their latest (fake) album, A Thousand Shots (a play off A Thousand Faces) to Bruce Campbell's Bubba Ho-Tep. For their finale, the real Zoe Jakes showed up to help Sorne finish their set.
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ILL-ESHA
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It is interesting to see a lone vocal DJ, to see how brave they are to stand in front. If they mess up, all eyes are on them! There were some problems, but they weren't really an issue: two of Beats Antique's lighting fixture fell in front of the stage, due to the heavy basslines from Ill-Esha's music, and the feedback monitor was too close to Ill-Esha. They were resolved quickly with duct tape and a stage tech came on to move the monitor back a few feet.
Beats Antique's "A Thousand Faces" stage was one of the most impressive production I have ever seen. This stage was custom built by Obscura Digital, using funding from their recent Kickstarter campaign. Let me describe it for you: there are blank canvas villages and a grand central backdrop. The visuals were handled by a projection that had to be special calibrated to display some of the images on the canvas, and they look amazing. The visual artists behind this, at least to me, was the real star of this show.
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Zoe Jakes
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As expected, the band played A Thousand Faces: Act 1 live, even bringing on Sorn to sing his part on "You the Starry Eyed" and their Les Claypool (Primus) collaboration song "Beelzebub".
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Inflated Bear
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At the end of the set, cheerleaders with black and white outfits and wigs came on stage to help close out the finale. Encore, had the band coming back on with foam medusa headgear.
"Are you ready to hear more music?" After a roaring "YES!", Satori asked again, "Are you ready to be turned into stone?". Again, "YES!" With that, the band continued on until 1:30am, closing out an epic Halloween party. I can tell you that none of the audience last night were making it into work this morning.
Beats Antique is currently on tour in support of A Thousand Faces: Act 1. If the (now) five sold-out shows in a roll are any indication, you definitely need to get your tickets sooner than later.
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Beats Antique at Mill City Nights, Minneapolis (10/31/13) |
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