TOUNDRA
Freak Valley Festival Vol. 5
AWO Gelaende, Netphen-Deuz, Germany
May - 28 - 2016
Day # 1 - Act # 5 (21:00 -> 22:00)

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A BLUESHACKS, MIRO, RACKHIR, LORD DIE and SPACEBANDIT taping cooperation
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This is a Spacebandit, so you're in there!
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Rec. Info:
OKM2R -> ZoomH2n (@ WAV 16/44) -> MemoryCard -> HD -> Audacity (edit/remaster) -> WAV 16/44 -> TLH8 -> FLAC -> DIME -> YOUR EARS AND MIND...so far away in outer space...
Recorded by yours truly at first row dead center right of Lord Die. Very fine recording only a bit marred by the uneven stage sound and a few hollers here and there.
Besides some pushing and kicking from behind (the later the evening...) one of the truly most bizarre things ever experienced at a concert happened during this show.
A young couple was attempting and concluding for several minutes to make love on me and my friend the Lord's back! Of course almost full clothed!
While we mostly just felt what was going on the action was witnessed in disbelieve by both Miro and Mr. Blueshacks just a step back from us...Truly weird!
A few pics (from the show) posters ect. are included...

FREAK VALLEY FESTIVAL 2016:

Admission fee: 69 Euros in advance
Attendence: 2500 people from all over the world. Sold out since November 2015
Catering: A variety of food booths, breakfast tent on the campground (which was 3 kms UP away), prices slightly above last year. A slice of Pizza at 2.50, other food more expensive.
Some beer booths, a cocktail bar and - to my personal surprise - a small winery slot with "Met" (which I only discovered the last evening, so no chance to get full advantage of it).
Security: Very low, very mellow. Almost no controls at the gate, if you didn't try to roll a barrel of alcolhol into it...
Loos: Acceptable quality both on the festival and on the campground. This is something that makes a difference, if you're staying for three nights...
Weather conditions: Exceptional fine on thursday, some rain during the night, fine again on friday as well as the saturday until 19:45 (probably) when a massive rainfall (no, it was
buckets of rain washing over you) for 90+ minutes went down. Nice for the plants to be removed from those wild bushes pissers, but defintely not fine for tapers...
Crowd behavior: That's kind of serious thing to me. The later the day, the more rule and ruthless and agressive against others a few drunken assholes (please stay at the campground,
if you're already filled up) were. A real strange thing also happened to me and the Lord...never experienced that on during TOUNDRA...


Personal thanks...
To the crew at Freak Valley Festival...again another fine job done. Thank you.
To the reliable taping crew, friends Reinhard and Dietmar at the campground for the nice pavillion (who had gone for good, but survived 4 Burg Herzberg Festivals) and company.
Always been a pleasure and will be...forever...


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Despite the afore mentioned weirdness this show was truly one of the real highlights of lovely Freak Valley Festival 2016. Formed in Madrid, Espana in 2007 the four piece ensemble
has released four full length albums of finest instrumental postrock/psychstoner so far. These mere 60 minutes giving proof that they can transform their music from studio tracks
very well on stage and take themselves and their audience into outer orbits of pure joyful sounds. Lighten one up for this, it's all worth doing. SB.
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FULL SHOW (59:22 min.)

01. Excerpt from Soundcheck (2:34)
02. Volker's intro -> Strelka (8:03)
03. Marte (5:07)
04. Magreb (10:40)
05. Kitsume (8:34)
06. Requiem (5:22)
07. Rio Oro (6:25)
08. Cielo negro (6:34)
09. Bizancio (6:00)

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Do not convert to lossy files, unless for personal use only. No lossy net use! Flac rules!
If you spread keep lineage/taper info intact. It's us tapers that give you this recording for free!
If you sell (this recording)...get lost in the villages of Lost Angeles...

TOUNDRA are...

Alberto Tocados (bass, synths)
Alex P�rez (drums )
David Pa�os �Mac�n� (guitar )
Esteban Gir�n (guitar)

Uploaded to DIME by Spacebandit 2016/06/07

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