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Nomad SoundSystem at the Berlin in Lights Festival
Monday, November 05, 2007
Nomad SoundSystem describes its music as sitting on "the cutting edge between electronic dance grooves and passionate Arabic live music." Leonard talks to ensemble members DJ Shazam and Tomoki Ikeda about their sound just before they take the stage at the Berlin in Lights festival.
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I'm a little outraged Leonard doesn't know that Berlin is the new cultural capital of the Europe, maybe the world.
He doesn't know it's the most international city in Germany?
I had the absolute pleasure of being at the Nomad SoundSystem show at Zankel Hall on Monday night. DJ Shazam's comment about visuals distracting people enough so that they don't dance was true. The audience had to be prodded to allow themselves to dance. Their sound definitely urges the listener to dance and express themselves (through clapping, cheering, stomping, dancing). There was even an impromtu bellydance solo from an enthusiastic and skilled audience member who was invited onstage. The band did a nice job of getting the audience involved even though the venue is not so suited to such types of audience participation.
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