WIGHT GENERATOR
Freak Valley Festival 2014
AWO Gelaende, Netphen-Deuz, Germany
May - 29 - 2014
Day # 2 Wake and Bake Stage
(1200 - 1240)



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A SPACEBANDITMIROBLUESHACKSLORD 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 stonerdoomheavy 70'sbluesrockspacerock, 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 KMH, 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 drivelight 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 34+ C. Brrrr...
May 31st - fantastic sunshine all day long! night temperatures about 89+ 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 FrittenCurrywurstbude (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
Zoom H2 with internal mics (at WAV 1644) - SD card - HD - USB stick - my HD - Audacity (editremaster) - WAV 1644 - TLH8 - FLAC - DIME - YOUR EARS AND MIND...
Recorded by dear LORD DIE first row almost dead center. Quite excellent tape, and as I failed my recording due to broken mic cable troubles, the more happy I am that this
turned out that nice. No disturbing chatters or hollers. A few nice pics by the dear LORD are included as well. All thanks to him...
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Good morning Freak Valley Festival! Time for round #2, but as you might guess, most stoner rock people are long sleepers, or sometimes even a creature that avoids daylight
like vampires. I must admit, I can understand that, because in my time from the 20's and a lot of the 30's, I was just the same. And party all night long, of course.
Somehow that changes when you get a bit older, and you're more focused on the live music and go to sleep early after the last act. Yes, boring old fart...
But sometimes this routine pays off very well, and here's the best example.
There was a second small stage set up for both friday and saturday noon in intend to push away the cobwebs from your glary eyes. From the moment I read that WIGHT would be in for
the early fun, I decided this as a must-be taped show. I've enjoyed WIGHT very much on their gorgeous show at PNF 2012, so would've nice to listen to some new music from them.
Well...all went different. Their drummer Michael got sick with an ear infection and was not able to play. As the band did already some shows with MOS GENERATOR a simple phone call
was made to TONY REED who luckily agreed to jump in on drums duties (though he's usually fronting MG on guitar and vocals). Weird but it worked soooo wonderful fing great!
I reccomend this Jam show as one of the best five performances at Freak Valley Festival 2014! It was just simply MAGIC!
If you're into PsychedelicStoner with a KRAUTy edge, you're invited for this very short trip...SB.
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FULL FREAK VALLEY JAM (3408 min.)

01. Intro by Rene (0038)
02. Jam # 1 (1142)
02. Jam # 2 (1027)
03. Jam # 3 (0619)
04. Jam # 4 (0500)


www.wightism.com
the usual facebookbandcamp sites...


Support the artists, go to their shows, buy all their merchandise (as I did!)!
Do not convert to lossy files, unless for personal use. No lossy net use! Flac rules!
If you spread keep lineagetaper info intact. It's us tapers that give you this recording for free!
If you sell...you might end up as a Frankfurter W�rstchen (for dogs only).



WIGHT GENERATOR (on this date only...)

Rene - Synthesizer, Flying V Fender guitar (WIGHT)
Peter - Flying V Fender bass (WIGHT)
Lazy Phil - Gibson Les Paul
Tony Reed - drums (MOS GENERATOR)


@ you guys Thank you for a real good time!


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