Laborintus II:
Friday 18 june, Mike Patton flew specialy over to Amsterdam to perform at Holland Festival.He was going to perform Laborintus II with Nederlands Kamerkoor and later on a Jazz Improv set with Ictus Ensemble musicians.Laborintus II is a music piece by Luciano Berio.
If you went to this show without hearing Laborintus II before, you might got confused a bit due the fact many things we're going on on stage.But you wouldnt expect anything else if you attended the show as a Patton Fan.I listened to Laborintus II before and was in love with the female voices from the start.To give you an idea what the performance was like:Laborintus II is like a Dramatic Opera but without the actors.When there are no actors and your Italian is total crap (there were things said in english) your imagination and emotions could go anywhere from dramatic to "wild".
Mike Patton's part of this performance was a "story teller".he started by talking "slow" somewhere during the show he started shouting in his magephone. He ended his part by talking towards the audience in a "they lived happily ever after" feeling but i'm pretty sure that was not what he was saying.
After this performance (wich i think was about 40/45 min) there was a 15 min break, free drinks.After the break Patton would return to the stage doing something he probably enjoys doing the most, jazz improv with sound effects.He performed together with I.C.P musicians: Han Bemmink (drummer), Ab Baars (Horns), Guus Jansen (piano), Mary Oliver (violin) and Michael Moore (Horns).
The Vita Nouva Sessions:
This set was crazy, each musician was playing his own music part.One of the funny moments during this set was when Han Bemmink was "spanking" his drumset with a towel, to me, he was the man of the show.Encore came unexpected due that the the violin player, Mary Oliver, walked out too early on stage and the crowed cheered for more so she made signs to the guys to come back out, and they did.Mary started with a "solo" and after a while she looked at the guys to see what they were doing and they laughed and all joined in.I think this set lasted for about 45 min.
The night ended with a dj set, music inspired by Italian B movies.
On the screen you could watch a movie, no idea what the movie was called.The crowed was "mixed" you had people attending 'cause they we're familiar with Berio's music and than you had the Patton Fans.Patton fans we're not only from Holland, some flew over from wherever in Europe.
Was nice too see Virginia, Carole, Emil and Christine again. Have not seen Virginia and Christine since ATP 2008. And the last time I met Emil and Carole was @ Rock en Seine, Paris (2009).
