Nosaj Thing + Fever Ray @ Henry Fonda

10-07-09

My concert buddies, Meg, Gabu chan, and I went to Henry Fonda to see Fever Ray on this Wednesday. If you know the Knife, the vocalist Karin Elisabeth Dreijer Andersson formed this band, Fever Ray as her solo band in 2009. She got very characteristic voice and unique sounds that she holds a lot of fans. And this night was obviously sold out.

I am always curious the opening band as well to find out what's new, and who's hot for me. And Gabu chan sent me the YouTube link of Nosaj Thing. It was the opening band for Fever Ray. And this guy is pretty pretty good.

I checked the songs before I went to the show, and as soon as his show started I was surprised he was an Asian guy. Since Fever Ray is from Sweden, Nosaj Thing is also Swedish too. (His name sounds Swedish too, no? lol)

But all the music he mixes and plays sound sooo good. It sounds so pure, and beautiful.

And I got a special bonus to myself. I found out Nosaj Thing is my friend's friend and I have hung out with him for a few times... I didn't know he creates music like this but I am very happy to find out a friend with a great talent is in a circle of my life. :)

今週の水曜日、ヘンリーフォンダにてFever Ray と　Nosaj Thingを観に行って来ました。
The Knifeをご存知の方はお分かりかと思われますが、このボーカル、Karin Elisabeth Dreijer Andersson がソロデビューし、ソロバンド名がFever Rayです。彼女の歌声にとても特徴があり、私はそれに魅了されて観に行った訳ですが、Fever Rayよりも興奮したのが彼女の前座、Nosaj Thing. いつも前座もチェックするのが私の楽しみで、良いバンドを発見できるので、興奮します。

で、今回の前座、Nosaj Thingを見た時、ちょっと驚いたのが、Fever Rayはスウェーデンだし、名前からしてスウェーデンとかなのかなーなんて思ってたら、なんとアジア人。しかもなんかちょっと友達に似てる．．．んー、まさかねー．．．って思いながら見てました。彼が作る音、、、綺麗で、ピュアで、なんか切ないところもある。めぐっぺと二人でこちらのほうに夢中になりましたw　ごめんね、FeverRay.私はThe Knifeの方が好きだ．．．。

で、後日彼を知ってそうな友達にまさかと思いつつ、訊いてみたら、やはりNosaj Thingは私の友達の友達, Jasonだった！あのおとなしい彼がNosaj Thingだったとは、超驚きだし、嬉しい。こんなすごい才能を持つ人が私の友達の輪の中に入っているということは素晴らしいことです。今度は彼のショーを観に行きたいです。

The song above is "Aquarium" by Nosaj Thing.

Myspace: Nosaj Thing
Myspace: Fever Ray


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