25 Mar 09 Moments with Schiller (DVD)

Sehnsucht LIVE order via Amazon.de arrived yesterday @ spacemusic studios Rotterdam. Dinner late @ night so why not watch the show at the same time…? Together with the concert: the first movie is about 8 minutes and introduces us to the Schiller crew and gives an impression from behind the scenes. Now we’re watching this DVD in upscaled mode so actually DVD’s look great on the 42 inch LCD screen. However, this introduction was made with some sort of noisy portable photocam or something…. creative filtering perhaps, in short: not the best way to introduce the viewer like this as the introduction clip is even kind of disturbing,quality wise spoken, to watch and enjoy. Ah well, let’s skip this one, the concerts begins…..

Instrumental start: “Sehnsucht LIVE” has begun, warm sounds, great mix, lowwwww bass - nice and cosy atmosphere, not too big stage, just great. Very eye-catching: the lighting during the show is superb! (background information andf explanation on dvd 2) ‘Der Tag’ featuring Jette von Roth sounds wonderful and certainly sets the tone: Schiller music is a sound adventure, it goes deep, it goes wild from time to time, it sticks in the head, in the soul. It’s music like music should be like. Jette is a great LIVE performer! What’s obvious is the quality of her voice / the mix as you hardly hear this is all performed LIVE….. What we experience with this DVD could have been an intense mixed studio session. Amazingly well done, a piece of art.

Guest star Ben Becker as the story teller - perhaps a bit exaggerated when it comes to low frequencies….. we prefer the studio version sort of speak, better for the woofers, then again a LIVE act is OK to be a bit cheesy right? Ben is doing very well and the synthy pads behind him are just fanatastic! Synchronisation at a professional top level.

Kim Sanders is a great live performer too - her voice immediately grabs the audience. Mysterious, groovy, soulful, touching. Kim feels at home on stage as well as in the studio. Lounge, trance, pop, ambient, Kim can do anything we suppose. “Forever” is a very catchy live act that simply needs to be on this DVD, and…. she’s coming back later during this show.

Jaël comes up….she is a romantic surprise. The second song she does is called “I need you”. In one word: wow! Super woman. Hahahaha! Very lovely with style, wonderful performance with an absolutely moving-till-tears-if-you-don’t-watch-out tone. On her bare feet. “Put your arms around me”. She simply does it! Relaxation as an interlude for the second part of the show…..

Wake-up call. “Irrlicht” is about the pure Schiller world of sounds - sweeping and intriguing. We can’t deny that the band members of Schiller adore making music as there’s so much of true and honest interaction between them during performing. The cameras are cathing these moments beautifully.

Jette von Roth for the second time on stagewith two tracks. “Sleepy Storm” ….never heard and felt the line “on the way with bow and arrow….” so good and intense! Play it loud! We’d like to describe it as ‘Unheimisch und jetzt ein sturm der Liebe”. This is Schiller at his best if you ask us.

Rumba time! Kim Sanders surprises us once again. “Dancing with Loneliness” is so very nice and loungy. Perfect timing for a small change of scenery, later we will lift off again….After the first track she asks the public: “You want me to let you love me…?” - “This one is called <Let me love you> and it’s a new track”. Now this song will stick in your head for days and nights we assure you.We feel it’s only fair to warn you. Sing it here! Kim, we love you…!!!!

“Nachtflug” enters out livingroom with a very clear and warm vocal chord, wow! Acoustics (guitar, drums, percussion) go together perfectly well with the samples and keyboards, straight from an unmade movie….. Dolby Digital 5.1 entertainment in extremely hi-quality; movies soundtrack production companies and studios can learn from Schiller, can someone please write that down?

Time for us to hug the Schiller band and guests Jette von Roth, Ben Becker, Kim Sanders, Jaël and September. Many thanks for a great LIVE event in the genre we certainly support and adore - call it electro pop, call it dance, call it ambientdance, we think the Schiller act is what more and more people are looking for : electronics with a lot of l-o-v-e- love. “Sehnsucht LIVE” DVD artwork is wonderfully designed, the integrated book with tons of information and great photos looks and smells fantastic. All content packed in a very steady and shock-proof box, a treasure in your collection…..

Coincidence: while we were writing this review for you, Schiller contacted us via Myspace. And we quote: Big thanks for the support and yes please…play Schiller on the podcast!

Coming up: review part 2. (DVD two) “Sehnsucht LIVE”.

Sites to visit

http://schillermusic.com
http://myspace.com/schillermusic
http://schiller-tv.com

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