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Rating: Parallel project for Micha Acher of Notwist who, with the contribution of two former members of Lali Puna, entrusts his guitar to the sweet and soothing voice of Stephanie Bohm.
The Morr music tour, a patron of alternative electronic music, brings four different expressions of the German scene around Italy, although at the Naples date, the musical creation of Acher took center stage (the others went almost unnoticed, perhaps because they lack "human" instruments).
They start with "Technicolor," the first track of the only album ("No p. or d."), and already it's clear how the band favors a rock side over the electronic aspect of the compositions when playing live.
Following the beautiful "Misco" (a perfect balance between iciness and sweetness), all eight tracks from the album are presented to the audience, starting with the fiery single "Go check," and concluding with the diluted version of "Solid around," the b-side of the mentioned stunning single.
Bohm gives the impression of not being a great virtuoso on her instrument, but the intertwining dictated by Acher's guitar manages to be both caresses and punches, and the listener is taken on a cathartic and amused journey.
After that great album "Neon Golden" by Notwist, Micha Acher offers us his personal masterpiece. "No p. or d." is to be listened to and listened to again. Once again, Berlin emerges as the neural center of electronic culture, the cradle of the future.
At the end, apart from unsolvable technical problems that plagued the German groups throughout the evening (and which caused the cancellation of the fourth and final musical act and rendered Bohm's voice incomprehensible throughout the concert), after a 45-minute set, one leaves feeling quite satisfied, aware of having participated in the sowing of the roots of music to come.
Is the electronic scene the new frontier of "pop music"? After years in which various musical realities seemed to travel in parallel worlds, genres are now mixing.
But is electronic the music of our future? Who can still say where man ends and machine begins?
In Great Britain, more samplers are sold than electric guitars, and perhaps someone coming back from the future has told us that one day, the guitar disappeared altogether.
Where in rock the notes have run out, who can say what will not be eternally manipulated with a loop? And how many loops and how many scenes and how many cultures will envelop our minds and fragile ears from now to eternity? And is it true that the new John Lennon will be a DJ?
In the meantime, whether it's a nightmare or vision, a passing theater or an immortal work, let us enjoy the latest great actor in chronological order... listen to "Melody a.m." by Rõyksopp and everything you've already written seems already prehistoric.
One last consideration: the 4 Ms John Soda, in addition to being decent musicians, also proved to be pleasant people, and this is fundamental in an environment where it is often forgotten that, in the end, it's only electronic, but I like it...
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