The concert hall of the Barbican has about 1800 seats and was sold out.Īt this concert i was sitting right in front of the mixing desk and had a perfect view. The architect supposedly committed suicide, jumping from one of the two Barbican Towers, because the architecture of the whole building got harsh criticism after it was finished. In London the concert took place on 10th of October at the Barbican, which is a Building made of concrete that is a city in its own. Sakamoto got a first class ticket (which he deserves), which was not available from Altenburg. It was kind of funny in the end: i got a low-budget airline flight from Altenburg and i arrived in London several hours before the others, who booked from Leipzig, because Mr. The next day i was supposed to drive with the equipment truck from Chemnitz to London! That would have been a 15 hour trip. But i learned this evening that my name wasn’t mentioned on any of the tickets or posters and when i checked the Forma website they wrote about an “on-stage video installation by the artist”. I got very positive feedback from Carsten and Ryuichi about the visuals. Fortunately everything went fine, except of a short dropout of the MIDI communication with the controllers. During the concert i was sitting behind a curtain near to Carsten, in case the patches would stop working.
Carsten was celebrated in his hometown, former Karl-Marx-Stadt, where the mayor held a speech before the concert. The Insen Tour started successfully the next day on 8th of October in the Opernhaus in Chemnitz. Label owner Olaf Bender and his wife prepared a very tasteful buffet of local specialities. The day we arrived we had a dinner at the office of the Raster Noton Label which is located on an old farm a bit outside of Chemnitz. Insen Tour Start - Chemnitz and LondonĪfter one week of rehearsals in Berlin we headed towards Chemnitz for the first concert. The Flash Player and a browser with Javascript support are needed.