Cafe Neustadt, with Guillaume/Chris/Tim and a bunch of new material. First live performance of the G/C/T constellation, but we've been rehearsing steadily for months, and we're pretty happy with a bunch of new songs, as well as some reinterpretations of songs we've been playing for a while. This may well be our last Cafe Neustadt gig, since Guillaume is moving to London in February.
Private party.
This festival is one of Dresden's best-kept musical secrets. We played a one-hour set on a sunny Sunday afternoon, through great sound, with a real piano, and for a very friendly crowd. We hope to be invited back next year. Recordings of this set can be found on Soundcloud.
Debo's first gig as a married man, as we say goodbye to our friends at Cafe Neustadt until autumn.
It's only with great reluctance that I move this into "The Past", because we had such a great time that night.
First performance of the new four-piece Pangaea Trio. The new guy is Chris Spataro on drums, who blends right in both musically and personally. We've been rehearsing as a four-piece since mid-December, and every rehearsal is a thrill. Plus we've got a couple of brand new songs. Guillaume brought them both in, but only one of them is borderline unplayable. Is Guillaume losing his mojo? Come to Cafe Neustadt Saturday and find out! Also, this is Debo's last gig as a single man.
Just the trio this time. No cover! No smoking! Great menu! Probably some of your friends will be there! Come hang out!
Debo and Per and I sang "Happy Birthday" for Guillaume. Other than that it was pretty good.
Combined concert with Debo's other band Dhun, with a special guest appearance from Subhendu Gosh
For the opening of a show of photography and sculpture by Manfred Paul and Sebastian Paul
With help from Per Widlund, who also sang the Bill Withers classic "Ain't No Sunshine"
With guest appearances from Annette Hannemann and Per Widlund. Place was packed. It was great. Per and Annette rocked the house. After Cafe Neustadt closed, Annette and her mom and her son and I (Tim) stumbled back to Annette's place, and stayed up until 5AM drinking Prosecco. Which seemed like a good idea at the time.
Acoustically a nightmare, but the vibes were good. All three of us worked there at one time or another, and it was great to see everybody. Per Widlund, who works there still, sat in on a few, and sounded great as always.
A full-on foodie extravaganza, with live music. Per Widlund played trumpet on a couple. It was a great evening.
Combined concert with Dhun, Debo's other band, in which he plays sitar. Rashi Tiwari sang a couple. Dhun was rocking. The Jaipur folks were great. Peter Pappritz took some really nice photos, some of which are here.
Place was packed. Debut performances of three songs. Big fun.
A warm summer evening with the windows open wide and a bunch of friends in attendance. We had a blast.
Happy birthday, Marcus!
Our very first gig. Big thank you to Dan White for letting us borrow big chunks of his sound rig.