tethia's blog

Lovetown

2012-01-23T23:35:00.000+01:00

Remixes...

2012-01-21T23:46:00.001+01:00

Real World Websites Temporarily Closed

2012-01-19T00:49:00.000+01:00

“This year is going to be a very crucial year for the fate of digital rights and freedoms on the internet. We strongly support the campaign against both the Protect IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act. For that reason our website will be down today in support of the campaign.“Please check out http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet/ if you want to read more/sign the petition.“Thank you.”Peter Gabriel

Enno Morricone - The Mission Main Theme

2012-01-15T01:02:00.000+01:00

Portico Quartet - Steepless

2012-01-08T00:32:00.000+01:00

Portico Quartet - Steepless by RealWorldRecords

There is a remix competition on it!

Gli Autobus di Notte - Luca Carboni

2011-12-05T22:45:00.000+01:00

U2 show in Roma

2011-11-02T23:08:00.000+01:00

8th october 2010 - U2 show, Stadio Olimpico - Roma (Something to remember)

More than a year has passed, trying to stole hours or even minutes to everyday life to tell about an amazing day. U2 were in Roma for their 360° tour, and two days before the show I was contacted by ONE International: they were looking for volunteers. It was a great opportunity to me, infact I already were losing hope to see that show.

ONE is a campaign and advocacy organisation with more than 2 million members around the world, that were co-founded by Bono and other campaigners. They are nonpartisan and work to mobilise public opinion in support of tested and proven programs to fight poverty.

"Meeting at 12 noon at gate a4 on Viale dei Gladiatori. See you then!"
So, I staid at the Stadio Olimpico from 12 noon until the end of the show; it was tiring, but fantastic at the same time.

We were about 20 volunteers, and basically we had to sign up new members .

Of course all the people I met there, they were great fan of U2: so it was funny to me to assist to all the crazy behaviour of them: the same things, I'd have do at a PG show, without PG. I adore U2 music of course, I think they're absolutely great, the best rock band in the world, but I'm not a fan this way :-)

Some shots I took during the soundcheck:

In the evening, the Stadio Olimpico was full!
And we were in the middle of it all!!!

It's time to start!

Lights are still turned on

Running Bono:

During 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For', all people attending to the show did a very beautiful choreography, representing an italian flag, an Irish flag, and the word 'ONE'. Bono appeared sincerely moved.

If one could use only one song for tell about all this show, I think this would be: 'Elevation'

It was all so incredible.........

Breakaway - Pegasus

2011-10-15T22:50:00.000+02:00

The F-Word

2011-10-05T23:32:00.000+02:00

Digging in the Dirt

2011-10-03T23:53:00.001+02:00

Digging in the Dirt

Digitalism - 2 Hearts

2011-10-03T22:44:00.000+02:00

Iarla Ó Lionáird's new album 'Foxlight'

2011-09-17T00:22:00.000+02:00

Download 'Glistening Fields' taken from the new album

Nuovo Cinema Paradiso Theme - Ennio Morricone

2011-09-08T23:41:00.001+02:00

J'y suis jamais allé - Yann Tiersen

2011-09-03T23:33:00.002+02:00

Relampago - Alborada

2011-09-01T23:16:00.000+02:00

White Buffalo [Native American Music]

2011-08-31T23:48:00.000+02:00

Holiday!

2011-07-17T23:38:00.000+02:00

Who will you think that I am? - Ananau remix by tethia

2011-07-13T23:28:00.000+02:00

Biblio

2011-07-04T23:27:00.000+02:00

Peter and Steve

2011-06-01T23:09:00.000+02:00

Photo © Maurizio Vicedomini

Read more about this meeting on Steve Hackett website...

Roma (something to remember)

2011-05-21T23:47:00.003+02:00

Steve Hackett Live

The 13th of May, 2011 - Roma, Teatro Tendastrisce

LINE UP
Steve Hackett (guitar and voice)
Roger King (keyboard)
Gary O'Toole (drum, percussions and voice)
Rob Townsend (sax and flute)
Nick Beggs (bass guitar)
Amanda Lehmann (guitar and backing vocals)

A pair of shots I took before the show:

I've never seen a Steve Hackett show before. It was a wonderful concert, two hours and a half of great music. The Tendastrisce was almost full, and among the public I was able to see members of the PFM, the great italian progressive rock band.

All the musicians were great; Steve introduced the guitarist Amanda Lehmann, that sang Shadow of the Hierophant

Note the beautiful plaits of Nick Beggs, the bass player :-)

They played many beautiful songs both from Steve solo career, and by Genesis.
The fantastic Everyday, and Watcher of the Skies, that was moving to me.

Even Fly on a winshield, and Squonk.

At a certain point he said: if you wish to sing: Carpet Crawlers!

I remember Firth of Fifth.
And a beautiful guitar medley, with Horizons, and a very fleeting reference to Dancing with the Moonlit Knight. Then Blood on the Rooftops. Steve sang only his own songs. Genesis songs were interpreted by the drummer Gary O'Toole, great! His young and very beautiful voice made these songs still alive!

Also a beautiful stick bass guitar solo by Nick Beggs.

I was at the first row of chairs. Toward the end I sat down on the floor, just under the stage, few steps from them: it was fantastic, a real dream!

They said goodbye, and after some minutes they came out again for the encore, that I saw with my elbows on the stage!
Then the drummer played a very intense solo:

...with Steve at his side, in the dark...!

After the show, I staid there for some time to see how they were dismantling the stage.
Rob Townsend came out at this point.

Then, together with other people, I went near the big door where they'd have to go out; there were some bouncers.
The drummer came out before, then Steve. He was so kind to sign autographs for all the people waiting (me included!)
I'd have wanted to compliment to the drummer too, but he had already gone. Drummer, if by chance you are passing by this blog, I want to say to you: you're great! Keep on playing/singing this way!!!

Paola AKA tethia
21 maggio 2011

Some words about the show at Steve Hackett's Official Website

Earth Day 2011 - Roma concert

2011-04-28T23:35:00.001+02:00

The 20th of april there was a beautiful concert here in Roma (Galoppatoio di Villa Borghese), celebrating the Earth Day.
It started with some italian artists, amongst them I liked Roberto Angelini.
While we was waiting for the wonderful Patti Smith, a nice surprise: a videomessage from Peter Gabriel!

I was very happy :-)

When Patti Smith arrived, it was great. She is a living legend! And she sang some from her most known songs, with a great energy:

Ghost dance

Pissing in a river

Wing

Because the night

People have the power

Then Carmen Consoli, that I love very much, with several musicians and a string quartet. So many beautiful songs! All started with a deep sound: the simulation of an atomic bomb explosion about 80 km from here.
Then a song: Eco di Sirene

L'Ultimo Bacio

Then Madre Terra, a 'virtual' duet with Angelique Kidjo in video, it was very moving to me.

I remember also Fiori d'Arancio, and a song in sicilian dialect.
Carmen was very funny and deep at the same time.

Other songs:
In Bianco e Nero, Guarda l'Alba, AAA Cercasi

Venere

Mio zio

Amore di Plastica

A very beautiful concert! Great!!!

Just Another Nervous Wreck - Supertramp

2011-04-19T00:01:00.000+02:00

tethia's new remix at RealWorldRemixed

2011-04-16T23:32:00.000+02:00

Thirst (in memory of good ol' times)
Remix of Salala by Angelique Kidjo feat. Peter Gabriel

Remixes...

2011-04-07T23:13:00.001+02:00

Gone With The Rain - Pegasus

After the Ordeal

2011-04-04T22:25:00.000+02:00

Povera Patria - Franco Battiato

2011-04-03T23:10:00.000+02:00

Orfeo - Carmen Consoli

2011-03-24T23:45:00.000+01:00

Listening to lyrics

2011-03-24T23:40:00.000+01:00

Sei venuto a convincermi
O a biasimarmi per ciò che non ho ancora imparato
Sei venuto a riprendermi Orfeo malato
Dai forza e coraggio al tuo canto eccelso
Portami con te non voltarti
Conducimi alla luce del giorno
Portami con te non lasciarmi
Io sono bendata ma sento già il calore
E' il momento di svegliarmi
E' tempo di rinascere
Sento addosso le tue mani
Ed è un caldo richiamo perche'
Ho bisogno di svegliarmi
Prendermi cura di te
Ritorno alla vita
Ritorno alla vita
Sei venuto a difendermi
a liberarmi imponendo oltremodo la tua ostinazione
Sei venuto a riprendermi
Eroe distratto da voci che inducono in tentazione

Portami con te non ascoltarle
Conducimi alla luce del giorno
Portami con te non lasciarmi
Il varco è vicino ed io sento già il tepore
E' il momento di svegliarmi
E' tempo di rinascere
Sento addosso le tue mani
Ed è un caldo richiamo perchè
Ho bisogno di svegliarmi
E' il momento di svegliarmi
Ritorno alla vita
Ritorno alla vita
Ritorno alla vita
Ritorno alla vita

Orfeo - Carmen Consoli

Daby Tourè and Skip Mc Donald

2011-03-20T00:10:00.000+01:00

Sting - Mariposa Libre

2011-03-17T00:21:00.002+01:00

Peter Gabriel Soundchecks Paris Bercy 22 March 2010 3

2011-03-15T00:11:00.000+01:00

Teresa De Sio - 'E Pazzielle

2011-03-12T23:28:00.000+01:00

Jovanotti - Salvami

2011-03-10T23:03:00.000+01:00

Regiment - Brian Eno & David Byrne

2011-03-05T23:59:00.000+01:00

Eric Clapton - Let It Grow

2011-03-03T00:05:00.000+01:00

TECTONIC - music by earthquakes

2011-02-24T23:26:00.000+01:00

Tectonic: Earthquakes Generate Music in Realtime from Micah Frank on Vimeo.

Lucio Battisti - Dieci Ragazze

2011-02-23T22:47:00.000+01:00

Time - The Alan Parsons Project

2011-02-17T00:05:00.000+01:00

Your eyes are my eyes - Ananau remix by Pegasus - vocals by tethia

2011-02-12T22:30:00.000+01:00

If you wish to do a trip in the thick of a mysterious jungle, please have a listen to Pegasus remix of Ananau, and you won't be disappointed.

Also you can check out his profile at indaba, and at Real World Remixed, where you can listen to some great tracks.

Se non ora, quando?

2011-02-10T23:54:00.000+01:00

Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind [2008]

2011-01-27T22:55:00.000+01:00

Howard Jones - Why Look For The Key (live)

2011-01-24T23:46:00.000+01:00

Ananau - airtone version

2011-01-19T23:38:00.001+01:00

Ananau - airtone version, vocals by tethia

Quexuanau

2011-01-08T22:40:00.001+01:00

Quexuanau - Ambient Ethno version of Ananau by Asaguare, vocals by tethia

Beating heart

2011-01-04T09:57:00.000+01:00

Wikipedia home page it

Remixes...

2010-12-23T23:02:00.000+01:00

The Monkey's Year - Maxwell

Afro Celt Sound System - Amber

2010-12-19T23:11:00.002+01:00

Emmanuel Jal - We Want Peace

2010-12-18T23:12:00.000+01:00

Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings

2010-12-12T23:11:00.002+01:00

Metric "Satellite Mind" remix by rustyjam

2010-12-12T22:58:00.000+01:00

Open Your Eyes - Salman Ahmad with Peter Gabriel

2010-12-09T22:35:00.000+01:00

Salman & Samina Global Wellness Initiative

Ananau A Cappella on ccMixter

2010-11-27T23:56:00.000+01:00

My vocals for Ananau are on ccMixter now:
tethia - Ananau

tethia - Giulia's song (Dashing through the snow)

2010-11-27T23:21:00.000+01:00

Dengue Fever - Sober Driver

2010-11-25T23:33:00.000+01:00

Something to remember....

Indaba Holiday Album Contest

2010-11-17T22:22:00.001+01:00

Here's tethia's submission for this contest. Please have a listen, and vote if you like it!

Giulia's song (Dashing through the snow)

Roberto Benigni - Vieni via con me

2010-11-10T00:24:00.000+01:00

Back to the Future

2010-10-31T22:35:00.000+01:00

After 25 years it's still great!
The Power of Love

Verona (Something to remember)

2010-10-24T14:47:00.001+02:00

Peter Gabriel Live

26th of September, 2010 – Arena di Verona

New Blood Tour

For the second time this year I had the pleasure to be present to a PG show! This time it was in a spectacular location, the ancient Arena di Verona, and that evening was special because of the opportunity to meet two RWR fellow remixers, HaveMercy and idefix.

BEFORE THE CONCERT

Before to start, Peter did a little introduction to the show in italian, explaining how they created a new story using snippets of stories created by others (this is a little bit like remixing, I'd say!)

After this, Ane Brun with her guitar sang a couple of nice songs,

ANE BRUN

then there was a long break, about 15-30 minutes, I thought about technical problems due to video recording, but in Richard Chappell Tour Diary the story is a little bit different.

As in Paris, there were two big screens flanking the stage.
The first part of the concert was all with Scratch my back songs, starting from Heroes, ending with Fade Out, with little musical details different from the record.
Video effects were similar to the Paris ones, but not identical. I liked very much the mirrorball made of light points on the screen/curtain.

MIRRORBALL

The boy in the bubble: same kind of geometrical images, but not identical to Paris. Only for Listening Wind all is exactly the same.
In The book of love cartoon, Peter lift the bridal veil, but discover himself, so he run away.

FLUME

I remember a very intense interpretation for Fade out.
At the end of first part, they played Wallflower. He said this is a little bit different from usual, but without explaining why. Wallflower was very touching. Black and white images of Peter and of a violoncello, with an orange border on the screens.

Great concert!

Part two
San Jacinto
Peter inside the orbit of eagle’s eye, with a mirror, sends a ray of light towards the audience.
Digging in the dirt
Fly larves images. Rethinking about it, and differently from other PG songs, I think I prefer the original version than the orchestral one.
The Drop
It’s the first time I hear it live! Not at the piano but in orchestral version, beautiful, maybe even more beautiful than the original. On the screens the Up’s rag babies are falling down.
Signal to noise
Fantastic. To me it remains his most meaningful song. Long talked introduction about a photovoltaic central in France, little mirrors looking at the sun, and how the world would be if everybody could communicate each other like with cellphones. Ane Brun face, distorted by spectrograms like a Middleage Madonna, is remembering Munch’s Scream, or Waters’one.

SIGNAL TO NOISE

Solsbury Hill maybe a little bit slower than usual?

Red Rain
Red drops on faces (video effect)
Red rain is always fabulous. It was funny to see how technicians produced those effects. There was a sort of scanner on which they applied a red fluid. In The rhythm of the heat (overwhelming song!)
they put mud, so the face on the screen is hidden by it.

THE RHYTHM OF THE HEAT

Mercy street
Confused, disturbing images
Washing of the water
In duet with Melanie, I think this way is really great!

BLOOD OF EDEN

INTRUDER

A “post it” on the screen asking if we want the encore…
It’s time to go down, a little bit closer…

In your eyes
and
Don’t give up
both with Ane Brun, very intense interpretation.

The nest thet sailed the sky
I was quite near to the stage…
He looked at the people with an empatic look. It seemed to me he was sad for not being able to do more, like missing a total fusion as in “Lay your hands” times.

This is more than I can take!
So, the moment has come for us all to go to sleep…

                                                                       Paola AKA tethia
                                                                                      24 ottobre 2010

Voices inside my head

2010-10-04T23:35:00.002+02:00

New New Blood Poster

2010-09-14T00:04:00.000+02:00

Remixes...

2010-09-04T23:32:00.002+02:00

The Mirror - Wildnoise

Ananau

2010-08-29T23:03:00.001+02:00

This summer I discovered this beautiful song.

The version of this song I liked very much was performed by the Inca/Peruvian singer Qary Bastidas, unfortunately I haven't found his cover on the WWW.

Ananau

Ananau (Quechua)
Ananau, ananau nispaniwashkanky
ñuqallapiñam chay ñawiky.
Ananau, ananau nispaniwashkanky
wiñaypaqchum ñuqa qawasqaiky
May runallam kakuchkanky
kaycunallapy waqanaypaq.
Wañuptyqa ñakawanky
manam munanichu chay pasayta.

Traducción (Espagnol)

¡Ay! qué dolor, como duele me estás diciendo.
Sólo sobre mí están tus ojos que son mis ojos.
¡Ay! que dolor, duele mucho me estás diciendo.
Crees que es para creer que yo te estoy viendo.
Que hombre creerás que soy
que en estos lugares estoy llorando.
Si muero me extrañarás
pero yo no quiero que eso pase.

Translation: Spanish » Romanian [Google Translate]

Au! Ce durere, cum doare tu-mi spui.
Numai despre mine este că ochii tăi sunt ochii mei.
Au! că durerea este mare imi spui.
Cred că este de a crede că eu sunt cu ochii la tine.
Cine crede că eu sunt un om
că, în aceste locuri am plâns.
Dacă voi muri mi-e dor de
dar nu vreau să se întâmple asta.

[Posted by joju-ro user on Quechuan Language and Lyrics Forum - Flickr]

A song that was 'remixed' a lot...

2010-07-14T23:25:00.000+02:00

My Favorite Things - The Supremes

All versions list (thanks to Radio tre Rai)

Inter for Emergency

2010-07-12T23:26:00.000+02:00

Dall'8 al 21 luglio weekend inclusi, dalle ore 10 alle 21 (il 14 luglio fino alle ore 17), i tifosi potranno scattare la loro foto ricordo con la Coppa dei Campioni d'Europa e al tempo stesso donare il proprio contributo a favore della costruzione di un Centro pediatrico per offrire assistenza sanitaria ai bambini fino a 14 anni di età a Goma, nella Repubblica Democratica del Congo, in un'area dove la guerra ha portato 500 mila profughi.
Bastano 5 euro per contribuire a questo progetto, 10 se si desidera che la foto venga scattata e stampata da un fotografo professionista a disposizione del pubblico.

INTER FOR EMERGENCY
Dall'8 al 21 luglio
Tutti i giorni, dalle 10 alle 21 - il 14 luglio fino alle ore ore 17
Esposizione della Coppa della Champions League
Sala delle Colonne della Banca Popolare di Milano, via San Paolo 12, Milano

Per sostenere il Centro pediatrico di Emergency a Goma:

Conto corrente bancario intestato a EMERGENCY presso Banca Popolare di Milano n. 63500
IBAN IT37 O 05584 01600 000000063500
BIC BPMIITMM300

http://www.emergency.it/menu.php?A=003&SA=069&P=255&ln=It

I don't remember (David Byrne) + Listening wind (Peter Gabriel)

2010-07-11T23:41:00.000+02:00

Listening Wind/ I Don't Remember by RealWorldRecords

The Human League - Human (2003 Digital Remaster)

2010-07-11T00:02:00.000+02:00

The Voice Project - Peter Gabriel covering Tom Waits' "In The Neighborhood

2010-06-24T22:12:00.000+02:00

Peter Gabriel » Tom Waits from The Voice Project on Vimeo.

Safe Passage

2010-06-24T22:07:00.000+02:00

Safe Passage is a game created by Gisha to inform about the legal and military measures that Israel uses to implement its policy of separation between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

Real World Remixed Online again

2010-06-24T09:36:00.000+02:00

:-)))

Real World Remixed Offline for maintenance

2010-06-23T13:03:00.000+02:00

:-(((

tethia remixed

2010-06-20T22:42:00.000+02:00

@ccMixter, debbizo used Walking_running_flying! in two remixes.

Missing - Everything But The Girl

2010-06-14T23:31:00.000+02:00

Violence (Mother of) at indaba

2010-06-13T15:24:00.000+02:00

David Byrne: How architecture helped music evolve | Video on TED.com

2010-06-12T22:03:00.001+02:00

R.E.M. - Imitation of Life

2010-06-03T00:01:00.000+02:00

Enya - Caribbean Blue

2010-05-31T23:49:00.002+02:00

One International - Hurl Berl

2010-05-31T23:44:00.000+02:00

Hurl Berl

Morcheeba - World Looking In

2010-05-30T23:30:00.000+02:00

La Roux - I'm Not Your Toy

2010-05-25T12:29:00.002+02:00

Spirits Having Flown

2010-05-20T23:15:00.002+02:00

Remixes...

2010-05-16T16:32:00.000+02:00

Monkeying around - Doghouse Riley

Daby Tourè - Mansa (Live)

2010-05-09T01:14:00.000+02:00

tethia on YouTube

2010-05-05T22:53:00.001+02:00

Again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z7istVUeMY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpCY3KmlC7A

Aicha - Khaled

2010-05-03T23:44:00.000+02:00

Les Négresses Vertes

2010-05-02T23:39:00.000+02:00

La Valse

Orane

The fly

2010-05-02T00:06:00.001+02:00

Nikon Small World

2010-04-29T23:33:00.000+02:00

Showcasing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope.

Amazing!

Biblio

2010-04-29T23:25:00.000+02:00

Music, memory and emotion

Deep Forest & Peter Gabriel - While the earth sleeps

2010-04-28T23:47:00.000+02:00

Wikipedia entry

Carmen Consoli & Angelique Kidjo - Madre Terra

2010-04-26T23:54:00.000+02:00

Level 42 - Something about you

2010-04-25T23:38:00.002+02:00

Start of the Bercy concert

2010-04-22T23:44:00.001+02:00

Emergency workers are free!

2010-04-19T23:16:00.000+02:00

Summary of the demonstration in Roma, Piazza San Giovanni

Diego Cugia speech

Il mio nome è mai più

2010-04-18T00:11:00.003+02:00

Bercy (something to remember)

2010-04-15T23:34:00.001+02:00

One evening of last January I was navigating the web. On petergabriel.com website there was a competition, one could win tickets for a date of the New Blood Tour. Some time before, I have been very lucky, because, thanks to Bower &Wilkins website, I won two tickets for Dengue Fever concert at Real World Studios. In that occasion I even met Peter in person... in short, something unrepeatable happened to me.
So, it would be impossible to me to win again... “Oh, well, at least I can dream!” I said to myself, while answering to the little question for the competition.
On the 15th of February, PG assistant sent to me an e-mail, telling that my dream was becoming real (again!).
This is a little story about this real dream.

Peter Gabriel concert
22nd of March 2010 – Palais Omnisport Paris Bercy

h 15: Soundcheck
After some familiar vicissitudes, on sunday the 21st of March I flight from Roma to Paris with a friend, and on monday afternoon we are in queue to assist to the soundcheck of the concert! This was beautiful, very moving and also instructive. Everybody would have to be able to see the setting for a concert at least once in a lifetime, to have an idea of all the work and the effort below! The audience was about one hundred people. Peter, Melanie, Ane Brun, and the whole Radio France Orchestra were rehearsing on the stage. It was nice to see them 'behind the scenes'. Peter was talking to chorus singers, to technicians, to the conductor (Ben Foster) and to the arranger (John Metcalfe). He appeared very, very serious, maybe also a little bit tense.
When we came in, they already were all there; he said hello to us. Every now and then he involved us in a song they were rehearsing. They were singing at low voice, without effort.
Soundcheck tracklist (not in order):
Heroes, Mirrorball, My body is a cage, Dowside up (with Melanie), Listening wind, Don't give up (with Ane Brun), Washing of the water interpreted by Melanie: very beautiful – but I like very much this song!
Peter, on going, said to the audience something like “See you later”. Afterwards, the brass played Flume. At this point, someone said we have to go out.
And when we were going, I heard they were starting to play Sledgehammer!

h 20: The Concert
Wonderful!
One of the best PG concerts I had the fortune and the pleasure to be present at – if not the best!
I've got so many things to tell: musics, sounds, images, surprises and emotions.
At 19:55 Peter appeared on the stage;

talking in French, he introduced Ane Brun. He will talk in French during all the show (while during the soundcheck he was talking in English, but he was addressing mostly to the techicians).
Ane Brun, alone with her guitar, sang two beautiful songs, two folk/romantic ballads.
Behind her there was a big screen, that also worked as a curtain because it could go up and down.
In this way the orchestra could enter the stage in a way few visible by the audience. We were in the first row of the stand at the left of the stage, slightly elevated, and we could observe easily Peter's and orchestra movements.
Ane Brun said thanks to Peter, she said that it was a great honour to sing with him. “Thanks for listening”, and she has gone.

After a some minute interval, the concert started. The entry on stage was exceptional: the screen-curtain elevate, and the orchestra start playing Sledgehammer. I think: “Really strange, as first song...”, public already in raptures, Peter come in triumphant, as marching on those fantastic notes ... after some bars Peter lowers his arm and stop! all stops, it was only a joke. Peter says: “Sledgehammer c'est fait, ce soir nous avons quelque chose different”.
The audience laugh surprised, the scene in effect was almost clownish.
Since this moment, a tracklist starts, comprising all the songs from Scratch my back, without exception and in the same order of the record.
Heroes is intense and moving, Peter is already at 100% with his voice!
There are two big screens at both sides of the stage, that are showing close-up of PG in black and white, or stage/orchestra details. Moreover, on the three screens behind the orchestra one can see various kind of images always related with the theme of any song. Images of the bigger screen (“curtain”) seem electron microscopy photos, like the erytrocytes on the Scratch my back cover.
The boy in the bubble
Very beautiful, geometric images, white lines like ripple marks and a red rectangle.

Mirrorball
To me the most touching in the first part of the concert.
Flume
Very beautiful. Played by Tom Cawley, the pianist. Peter's voice is great.
Listening Wind
I love this song!
On the three big screens far back, a man, a child, and a woman. Looking at them with attention, one can see they aren't photos, but it's a video, in which the three protagonists are practically motionless. Then, the curtain-screen goes down, and it does a body scanning. This setting is very dramatic; the curtain acts as a body-scanner, by framing step by step a section of the body.
Fantastic song, and images totally appropriate with the song's meaning.
The power of the heart
The book of love (Melanie Gabriel and Ane Brun backing vocals)
Splendid cartoon with stylized images of a little man and a little woman, and of the book of love. I hope it will become the official video for this song!
My body is a cage
Après moi
Philadelphia
I think it's going to rain today
Street spirit very, very beautiful.
Peter said that this was the first half of the concert, they will come back in some minute: “A bientôt”.
It was about 21:15.
After a short interval, I start to hear a known, obsessive sound... It's the intro of a song that I know... it's San Jacinto, “my” song!!! in a marvellous orchestral version! The second half of the concert will be like this: all of the most beautiful songs of PG in an orchestral version! To me this is a fantastic surprise, music will be gripping during most of the show, and I will often regret I have to sit down. San Jacinto. A ray of light started from down, lighting his face, that on the screens appear like a totem's owlet. At the end, he used a mirror ro reflect horizontally that ray on the public. San Jacinto. A sort of owl mask on the curtain-screen and Peter like a living totem. Sublime.
Other songs – not in order:
The rhythm of the heat
Wonderful; final percussions by timpani, totally deafening and wonderful. On screens, desert and Africa images.
Digging in the dirt
False start: Peter after few seconds raise his hand, stops the orchestra, and says that “l'ordinateur ne marche plus”! laughters... after a pair of minutes all starts again! Thanks to the technician, and it's again Digging in the dirt: music into the silence! Great song, fantastic arrangement. On the background, images of worms, maybe larves of flesh flies. A silver ball came down from above, it was a camcorder. He framed himself, like he used to do on stage, then the audience, by leaving the camcorder free to oscillate/rotate.
And someone must explain to me why an entire orchestra have to stop if the computer doesn't work! :-)
Downside up
In duet with Melanie

Wallflower
Stupend! on screens, inside some squares (5x5), there are close-up positive/negative of PG in 3 colors, sky blue white black. Peter explained he wrote this song for a young man that was tortured, that he met thanks to Amnesty International.
Darkness
Introduced as a “song about fear”, very beautiful orchestral version
Melanie sang alone Washing of the water, one of the songs I like more; I much liked her interpretation.
Signal to noise
Absolute masterpiece. This time, unlike other concerts I attended to, without the recorded voice of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Images of Peter and of other musicians, distorted by acustic waves or spectrograms. Fantastic matching of images and music, still very appropriated.
Blood of Eden

Very beautiful, final break like in the other live versions.
Don't give up
With Ane Brun, very good.
Solsbury Hill
“Now something more joyful”
Very joyful indeed. Peter was jumping like an elf around the orchestra and the singers, white light everywhere. The audience: bum bum bum!
In the finale the orchestra mixed it with the Ode to Joy!
A little break before the encore.

Music starts again: In your eyes. They are still all behind the curtain, but you can hear a known voice, doing some trill: the screen goes up, and Peter has a mirrorball-cap. Next by him, white-dressed, no doubt, there is Youssou N' Dour!!!
They sing together, and they dance a little bit, like they were two kids.
Audience standing, someone starts to get near the stage.

Then he said: “Quelque chose pour bye bye”.
And they executed The nest that sailed the sky. So beautiful and peaceful! Video of the child inside the nest, sailing the river (from OVO).
It's an instrumental, and so he left the stage. At the end, we hear some little note on the piano. It was dark, but looking at the big screen there were other hands that from the pianist; I said to myself: “I know these hands”! so I looked better and I understood: he played to us another little joke...

He said hello and he left the stage, I saw him in the semi-darkness, embracing some people, friends or relatives, who knows...!

about h 23: after the concert
When all ended, we stayed some minute watching what was happening. Immediately, all was swarming with technicians and workers starting to dismantle all, from screens to chairs of the parterre. still having the passes of the afternoon, we went down, near the stage. There were about 12-15 people chatting, waiting near the barrier. Over it, the huge boucers. I've noticed a beautiful young man that was joking. I looked at him, and I said to my friend: It seems to me he's Daby Tourè!
I went near to him, and I asked with my uncertain English... “Yes” he answered, I shaked his hand “Nice to meet you” smiling, very happy. He was very very kind and did a big smile. His handshake was very energetic and joyful!
We talked a little, he appeared surprised that I came there from Italy. I told him about when I saw him in concert with Peter at Roma (Capannelle) in 2004. I talked about my remixes, he asked to me what was last song I remixed, but my brain was totally fogged at that point, and I wasn't be able to say anything coherent!
In the meantime, they opened the barrier; everybody is entering, and Daby says: “Come in!”; while walking, I think that Peter will be somewhere, back there!
Just some step, a few meters, and one of these boucers start crying in our direction that no, we don't have the VIP pass!!
Damn!!! I think this never would happen in Italy... I don't know if it's good or bad, but...
Daby did a sad face, I shrugged my shoulders and “Say hello to Peter!” I said.
And so we had to go; all the doors being already closed, they took us to the exit...
Well, I was very happy for having met Daby. I much admire him as an artist, and now I know he's a nice person too. Maybe I'll write to him, so I'll be able to say what song I remixed last. My dream is like a mirrorball, a lot of shining faces.
Paola AKA tethia
12 aprile 2010

PS On YouTube Beluga 1968 user posted lots of very beautiful videos of both the soundcheck and the concert, have a look!

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