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“Was he an animal that music could move him so? He felt as if the way to the unknown nourishment he longed for were coming to light“ (Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis)

It becomes apparent after every gig that it is best not to expect anything in particular from a performance. That way the emotions can get to you with more strength and a certain element of surprise.

Following a brief delay in opening the doors, Autumns a.k.a Christian Donaghey, appeared on stage. With two released albums so far entitled ‘Terrible Tuesday‘ (Downwards) and ‘Das Nichts‘ (Clandestine records), the music of Autumns follows noisy, experimental, coldwave paths.

The show had no visuals and the sound did not have enough depth to become enveloping and replicate the darkness that we can listen to on the albums. The distorted sounds were quite thin and the music was not as evocative as it should have been.

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