WO FAT
Freak Valley Festival 2014
AWO Gelaende, Netphen-Deuz, Germany
May - 29 - 2014
Day # 2/ Act # 8



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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 MIRO 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, it's sooooo goood to hear an almost pristine quality tape. All's well and fine here and nothing disturbing
audience noise is audible. A few nice pics are included as well...


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We'll continue our journey through this year's lovely FREAK VALLEY FESTIVAl with the 8th band on this second day. And what a texican prairie tornado did we get! WO FAT were until
then not only by far the LOUDEST act but equal one of the TOP FIVE, in my opinion. Grounded in Dallas in 2003, and now with their 3rd full length album THE CONJURING in its wings
to be released by end of the month, this great trio is the living proof that there's much beyond the tough texican style of Bluesrock oder Southern Rock you might know from acts
like the late great SRV or ZZ-TOP. What you get to listen is about an hour monster performance and demonstration of heavy Psychedelic StonerDoom which just rolled across the audience
like a giant bulldozer! Woah! As I had (luckily) off from taping I had the chance to enjoy their set from close to the stage and was blown away in pure awe of the sheer power!
Well, but before you fall asleep on all my praises, I'd suggest you'll try this for your own. For full listening pleasure and exact reconstruction of the show, turn up your home amp
volume to 11 out of 10, and put in all the low end you have. But don't tell your neighbors I didn't warn you, after their house imploded...Ok, you can blame the german guy who sent
you this...And now, lighten one up, and ENJOY the mighty WO FAT! SB.
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FULL SHOW (58:41 min.)

01. Volker's intro (0:41)
02. Black code -> (10:32)
03. The conjuring (7:59)
04. Read the omens -> (7:32)
05. Bayou juju -> (7:30)
06. Nameless cults -> (9:27)
07. Enter the riffiain -> (5:07)
08. Sleep of the black lotus (9:50)


All tracks written as on original setlist.


http://www.elektrohasch.de
http://www.smallstone.com
the usual facebook/bandcamp sites!

Support this fine band, go to their shows, buy all their merchandise!
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 taper who gibe you this recording!
If you sell, you might end as a bar-b-que for texican prairie hounds...


WO FAT are...

KENT STUMP - guitar, vocals
TIM WILSON - bass
MICHAEL WALTER - drums


@ WO FAT: Thank you very much for a real good time! See you soon!


Uploaded to DIME by Spacebandit 2014/06/19.


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