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Last night I saw a truly incredibly talented artist - Owen Pallett. Under the alias of Final Fantasy, Owen created a captivating show armed with only a violin and a keyboard (oh and the lovely accompaniment of an overhead projectionist, which added a nice little touch). With this ingredients (minus the overhead projectionist, she was pretty happy just cutting shapes) he used a sampler and a few foot pedals to concoct his songs before our very eyes by looping what he'd already played. I liked it bestest when he sang through his violin.
So, with his cherub smile, he plucked and pounded his way through an impressive set, only to be called back for two encores - we would have had a third, if we'd had the guts to run into his dressing room. It's no wonder that we clapped so hard, he manipulated his violin to forge the kind of orchestral yumminess that only acts like Beirut, Arcade Fire and Patrick Wolf can try to serve up. Oh and wait, he's collaborated with them all. Currently, however, he's apparently doing the orchestra arrangements for Pet Shop Boys and The Rumble Strips.
Afterwards we were speechless; so in awe that we hung around in a courtyard, chain-smoking, waiting to maybe catch a glimpse of him (we did. he smokes.), to the point that we were locked in and, as it turns out, there's a lot more to Union Chapel than just the nave...
I'm still a little speechless to be honest.
Because I don't think you can fully appreciate Owen Pallett's talent without seeing him live, here's a video. It gives an idea of how he builds his songs, however this is a Mariah Carey song and the recording is a little shit.
oh and there was also Cryptacize, who were, yeah, pretty okay:
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p.s. Sorry for all the cooking imagery, maybe I'm hungry.
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i saw him open for bloc party. he's almost too good.
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