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Rating: I had only listened to a few songs by Blonde Redhead before the concert. There was a veil of mystery over them, they were a legend to me. And so, I found no better way than to see them live to get to know them.
The Court of the Agostinians is enclosed by the walls of Sant'Agostino cinema, the Atti Theater, and the Lettimi Musical Institute. Beautiful place, in the heart of authentic Rimini.
Don't ask me about the opening act, I don’t even remember what the two DJ guys were called. But I certainly recall how they made me laugh. Because they had the entire audience (well, almost all) sitting comfortably in chairs, and they were there moving to the rhythm coming out of the console, and not even a light effect, nothing at all. Electronics without lights is a bit like a guitar without strings. But fortunately, they finished soon.
The entrance of Blonde Redhead on stage was without any pretension of adoration. They came out scattered and after long preparations, they started off... with what, don't ask me, I don't know them well. But it was a song in their "new" style, somewhat like My Bloody Valentine. Kazu sang with an angelic and detached voice, perfectly clean and moved swaying to the music, she was a bit too tall for a Japanese. Amedeo seemed to have the same voice as her.
Then at some point, despite the fumes in my mind from Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi, I began to notice that they had a lot of backing tracks, a lot. Voice, bass, guitar, and who knows what else. Certain scenes were pathetic, them standing still, waiting to start the next piece, and the backing track repeating a little tune endlessly. Their goal seemed to be to reproduce the song exactly as they had recorded it in the studio. Impeccable, perfect, without smudges, without deviations. This was mainly due to the backing tracks, which do not leave much room for maneuver. In my humble opinion, live music should be something that is born at the moment and not fully premeditated. The lack of spontaneity is a big flaw. And then the potential of the band, as I could see, is great because damn, these guys can play.
Never give seats to the audience, except when listening to jazz, classical, and similar stuff, because the audience becomes sluggish and lazy, and a concert without a lively and participating audience is somewhat in vain. Only at encore time, while many had left, did the remaining crowd approach the stage also thanks to Kazu’s encouragement, who also spoke a bit in Italian.
My judgment is that of someone ignorant in the subject, it's a first impression judgment. I enjoyed the concert for the atmosphere of their songs, but it certainly could have been better.
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