BONE MAN (Kiel, Germany)
Freak Valley Festival 2014
AWO Gelaende, Netphen-Deuz, Germany
May - 31 - 2014
Day # 3/ Act # 1



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A SPACEBANDIT/MIRO/BLUESHACKS/LORD DIE taping cooperation
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Freak Valley Notes... by Spacebandit
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Once again the opening of the outdoor festival madness here in Germany started in an industrial area of tiny Netphen near Siegen. As in the two years before, the ROCKFREAKS put on a
fantastic lineup of stoner/doom/heavy 70's/bluesrock/spacerock, whatever your heart fills with joy. Some bands there did exclusive shows, with no further touring in Germany or even in
Europe, so the crowd gathering at Freak Valley consited of music lovers from all over the continent, sometimes even more far away. The sound was very good, and the lawn in front of the
stage as well (more later on that!). But somehow I feel that the spirit of Freak Valley has changed since last year. To be honest: To a more commercial festival. Though it might be good
for the event itself, there's a whole lotta more to make better next year. As me and my friends arrived in pouring rain on thursday noon, we could not get the usual parking lot in front
of the venue, but were forced to park our five station wagons (for comfortable old men's sleep) about a kilometer away. Well, that was nothing troubling, but the walk along a crowded
highspeed road on 50 centimeters (with cars almost NOT speeding down) was really life-risking. OH MY GOD! Even as they put out signs of 30 KM/H, some idiots cruised along me with 100+!
You wanna get killed by the roadside by an asshole who refuses to put the speed down on his car (only for about 500 meters)? I can think of a better way to die...Guess the drivers in that
Siegerland are all crazy. And the police had a chance to collect hundrets of licences...but where did I see our beloved HELPERS...? N.o.w.h.e.r.e !
Oh, hell yeah, that was the thing that I'm seriously PISSED. All other minor annoying things, like the rude kicking crowd during some shows are just "kindergarden"...Just KICK back...
All thanks to my "Psychedelik Stammtisch" crew of Michael, Wolli, Joerg and my dear brother Martin, and of course, to our good friend LORD DIE, who managed to get a secure parking lot
about 150 meters from stage, but for the price of a hip-surgery and a walking stick before...He deserved to get that!
A BIG BUNCH of THANKS to the whole Freak Valley workers for making this festival A REAL GOOD TIME. Thanks also for the well-behaved SECURITY boys and girls (but only from Friday on, where
were you on thursday? Day off?). Last not least, all thanks to the great ANNOUNCER Volker. Great to hear almost the same introduction to all bands!
So...well I need to write this...WEATHER REPORT...

May 29th - heavy rain on the drive/light rain all through the evening. night temperatures about 8+ C.
May 30th - no rain, clouded sky, broke up to the clear moonlight. night temperatures about 3/4+ C. Brrrr...
May 31st - fantastic sunshine all day long! night temperatures about 8/9+ C.

Admission fee: In advance, EARLY BIRD TICKETS, bought last November, 45 Euros.

Catering on Festival ground: Pizzabude (n�h!), a Veggiefood booth (naja...) and a Fritten/Currywurstbude (auch nicht �berragend!).
Two big sized Veltins Bier Booths, and a very crowded Cocktail-Bar...Oh, and of course, a much crowded Coffee-Bar.

Drain: Well, only four wagons to leave off your bladder and bowel remains. Sometimes an EMERGENCY, lifesaving procedere...2 more next year would be fine!
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Ok, Ladies and gentlemen...here's a bit of FREAK VALLEY FESTIVAL 2014...

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Rec Info:
SONY ECM 717 -> ZOOM H2n (at WAV 16/44) -> SDcard -> HD -> Audacity (edit/remaster) -> WAV 16/44 -> TLH8 -> FLAC -> DIME -> YOUR EARS AND MIND...
Recorded by dear friend, "Psychedelik-Stammtisch-Bruder" and taping buddy BLUESHACKS at first row almost dead center. Luckily we decided to bring two different equipments to the Valley,
and as you know that mine jammed a lot due to an unknown cable break, so this recording was luckily saved. Very good recording, but somehow a bit of weird overall sound, as the vocals
were turned up a lot at the end of each song? Thank you mixing guy for your failure on this one...Sorry no cool pics from LORD DIE this time as he and me were resting on a bench and had
a relaxed watch and listen to this act.

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The final show from great FREAK VALLEY 2014! Sorry that it tooke me so long, but as you know, there are always show in between, and there's the dayjob, too. I've decided not to upload
the show from SOLSTAFIR, as it was damaged beyond my view of getting repaired. I'm sorry. Most likely next year will work better for my mics as Burg Herzberg and hopeful�ly a bunch of tapes
from Yellowstock will proove.
Here's a band from the northern shores of the federalistic states of Germany, from a part we call "Schleswig-Holstein", and to be more detailed from the biggest city KIEL. Ok, once a year
a small town called WACKEN comes close, but that's another story. These 3 northern german gents played a sort of music that was a bit different from the typical STONER ROCK presented at
the festival. There's a heavy GARAGE PSYCH ROCK element in their music, epic vocal arrangements and the great FUZZBASS (I like sounds like these!) which made me remembering a cool band
from Australia of the Mid to End 80's: THE MARK OF CAIN! Not that they are similar in their sound, but the driving heavy thumping bass just got me.
They will release their new album "Plastic Wasteland" on August 29th and will tour Germany, the Benelux states and Italy extensively throughout early October! Don't miss a chance to catch
them here or there, meanwhile this may convince you...SB.
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FULL SHOW (38:23 min.)

01. ... -> (4:03)
02. Dead weight (4:44)
03. Closer to the sun (4:35)
04. All eyes on me (4:16)
05. A new breed -> (3:58)
06. Out of phase (6:40)
07. ... (4:42)
08. ... (5:20)

Fill in the holes of the setlist, if you know...


Support this great band, go to their shows, buy all their merchandise!
Do not convert to lossy files, unless for personal use. No lossy net use! Flac rules!
If you spread keep lineage/taper info intact. It's us tapers that give you this recording!
If you sell...you might be soon a real bone man/woman...


BONE MAN are...

MARIAN - guitar, vocals
ARNE - bass
�TZI - drums

Uploaded to DIME by Spacebandit 2014/08/11.