Black Nail Cabaret/Das Fluff
Electrowerkz,
London - 2 July 2022
"One
of the all time great performances I have seen"
So my day
started off with an ophthalmic visit necessitating drops in my eyes
which caused blurred vision for several hours afterwards, hence I
was not sure if I would be able to travel to the gig. Come late
afternoon my vision returned to normal so I decided to try to get
along. Unusually the gig started very early (doors opened at 6.30
and first act was on at 6.45) so I expected missing at least the
first act but travel issues caused me a further hours delay so by
the time I got there I managed to miss the first three acts, which
was a shame.
So apologies
to Cult With No Name, La Rissa and Die
Arkitekt as I did not manage to catch you perform – I have seen Cult
With No Name several times before and always enjoyed there
performance, and I had good feedback from friends in the crowd about
La Rissa and Die Arkitekt so I am sure I missed out.
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That said that
left two acts Das Fluff and Black Nail Cabaret , both of which I
have seen before and both of which usually give great performances.
Das
Fluff is fronted by the wonderful Dawn Lintern with Christian
on electronics (sporting a rather fetching Theramin). You have to
respect anyone who uses a Theramin live on stage (well at least I
do).
As ever, Dawn
managed to give an excellent vocal performance with lots of audience
engagement and lots of energy on stage. The songs and music were
strong and highly enjoyable, with a very emotional background story
to Suicide Fail. 8/10
Setlist: Lying
Lips, Not Enough, One Day, Nothing, Little Tearaway, Suicide Fail,
Big Fucking Love, Skin on Skin, Dance Til The End
In theory Black Nail Cabaret would seem to be
a very similar act with Emese on vocals and Kriztian on electronics,
but the style of music is very different, perhaps more
sophisticated, and this time delivered with a very stylish
performance from Emese.
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I have had the privilege of seeing Black Nail Cabaret several times (initially with Sophie on keyboards) but this performance was in a giant leap forward. It's hard to explain exactly why, but everything - the music, background videos, Emese's performance and her very strong vocals - all combined, making this one of the all time great performances I have seen (and that includes the likes of Fad Gadget, Erasure, Kraftwerk and Chvrches).
Most of the
tracks they performed were from the latest album Gods Verging
on Sanity, so this was the first time I had the opportunity
to hear these live. I can't wait to see them again. 10/10
Setlist: Black
Lava, My Casual God, La petite mort, Spheres, Maelstrom, Let Me
In, No Gold, To Die In Paris, Bete Noire, Veronica, Unrequited
Love