Laibach yesterday and the WGT.
I saw Laibach presenting Johann Sebastian Bach's Kunst der Fuge yesterday. I wasn't sure what to expect beforehand, it's most easily described as Bach industrialized. After a short intro the four of them sat down at a table to play... chess. Kreuzschach [a type of chess for four players], to be more exact. The concert was pretty good, although I'm not sure whether it was worth 18€. Pictures [once again, bad quality] and a short video:
As for the coming days... these are the concerts of the WGT I'm planning to see for sure:
Friday, 2nd of June:
07:30pm - Witt - Werk II
09:00pm - The Gathering - Parkbühne
10:50pm - Combichrist - Werk II
01:10am - Nitzer Ebb - Agra Halle
Saturday, 3rd of June:
09:00pm - Beinhaus - Moritzbastei
10:20pm - VNV Nation - Agra Halle
11:45pm - Vive la Fete - Agra Halle
Sunday, 4th of June:
06:35pm - Beborn Beton - Kohlrabizirkus
10:50pm - Deine Lakaien - Agra Halle
Monday, 5th of June:
09:30pm - Feindflug - Kohlrabizirkus
10:40pm - And One - Kohlrabizirkus
This isn't the final list of course, I'll add other acts whenever possible. I already have a faint idea about which, but I'm open for your suggestions. Just see the festival's website [or better yet, this .doc] for a full list of bands. Concerts I wanted to go to but I'm sure I'll miss due to overlapping times with other events: Theatre of Tragedy, Mesh & Kirlian Camera. Unfortunately I won't be able to take any pictures at the concerts because cameras were banned from there, but I might drop into the middle-ages market & village one day to poke fun at the scary kids. Speaking of which, they're everywhere suddenly. Hundreds of them began swarming the city center yesterday and it's getting worse as I type. I just hope none of the concerts I want to see will be overstuffed with people.