In a city which has seen occupation by Spanish, French, and German invaders, a small festival for Japanese music, food, and culture went by seemingly unnoticed.\u00a0 Passers-by within 500m of the stage likely noticed, people playing some night tennis on the nearby courts certainly heard, but it was those in its epicentre who where the focus and who will be left with a lifelong memory.\u00a0 They, we rather, will mark the event in our personal histories to be stored for the long term.\u00a0 It may not have been a life-altering occasion, but it will be at least a great \u201cthat one time\u201d.<\/p>\n
Whether the skies were clear or not isn\u2019t worth remembering.\u00a0 Even though the stage was in a forest park, the lights from the surrounding city washed out any view of the sky.\u00a0 The night was cool, but not cold.\u00a0 That was important to people who didn\u2019t bring coats or sweatshirts.\u00a0 There was onigiri (Japanese rice balls filled with unicorn dreams) for sale.\u00a0 That was paramount for those who love Japanese food.\u00a0 There was also a rainbow assortment of Japanese snacks and candy for sale.\u00a0 And, of course, there was beer, which proved to alter the memory of the event for some.<\/p>\n
Beyond the refreshments, there was the music, which is why most of the attendees had come in the first place.\u00a0 Local DJ Nachtraaf provided music to entertain revellers before and between the bands. \u00a0On a stage large enough to re-enact the Battle of Waterloo, REMNANT started things off, after a welcome and introduction by AVO founder, Francisca Hagen. Dark-coloured electronic tones surrounding a surrealistic guitar sound and a child\u2019s voice are probably the best way to describe Remnant.<\/p>\n
As a shoegaze band, REMNANT<\/a> is probably better suited to a dark basement club that smells of spilt beer and unwashed armpits. Vocalist Marie crooned the lyrics while occasionally providing extra rhythm by ringing several bells which were hung from the microphone.\u00a0 Takmi provided some melody but mostly ambient sounds from his bright red Fender Stratocaster.\u00a0 The majority of the rhythm backing instrumentals came from a laptop.<\/p>\n Some festival-goers danced in front of the stage, but most just took in the haunting, gothic music.\u00a0 Even though\u00a0the music was gloomy, most will remember the happiness of the event. \u00a0Everyone in attendance recognized how special the event was and treated each other like family.\u00a0 Attendee and photographer Arlequin commented, \u201cIt was great to attend because of everyone being super nice and respectful to each other.\u201d\u00a0 Whether you wanted to dance about or just quietly enjoy the music, you did it surrounded by people who love all things Japan as much as you do.<\/p>\n Following REMNANT and a brief interlude by DJ Nachtraaf was Esprit D\u2019Air<\/a>.\u00a0 The faster tempo of this symphonic metal band pulled most people out of their contemplation and out of the seats.\u00a0 Where REMNANT\u2019s music asked the listener to think about their own death and why should they wear any other colour than black; Esprit D\u2019Air asked why you should sit when you could be jumping, and why to stand upright when you could be bent over and banging your head until it leaves your shoulders. The party was on from the first song and raged into the clear night.\u00a0 Those with short memories were reminded the next day about how much fun they had by sore necks. \u00a0J-music fan Remco told AVO, \u201cWe headbanged shoulder to shoulder. It felt like family; it was a fantastic evening with fantastic people.\u201d<\/p>\n When the last encore died away and the band left the stage, everyone who had witnessed the event knew that they had been part of something special, something unique.\u00a0 The bands hung around for pictures and autographs. They likely will remember that evening as much as the fans did. We came for the experience, for friendship, and for a mutual love of music from a small island nation half a world away.\u00a0 We left with memories that will last a lifetime and will bring many back next time.<\/p>\n Setlist REMNANT:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Coma of unknown pleasures (SE) encore<\/em> Setlist Esprit D’Air:<\/strong> In a city which has seen occupation by Spanish, French, and German invaders, a small festival for Japanese music, food, and culture went by seemingly unnoticed.\u00a0 Passers-by within 500m of the stage likely noticed, people playing some night tennis on the nearby courts certainly heard, but it was those in its epicentre who where the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":32480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"0","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"3088","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3064,3088],"tags":[5161],"class_list":["post-32353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avo-magazine-news","category-jpn-music-events","tag-avo-j-music-festival-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32353"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83533,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32353\/revisions\/83533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2. Darkness coming
\n3. The birds (SE)
\n4. Funeral chapel
\n5. Requiem
\n6. Artificial Tears
\n7. Amaranthus
\n8. The end of the world
\n9. Death penatly
\n10. We can’t be die (SE)<\/p>\n
\n11. Witches’Sabbath
\n12. La mer Morte<\/p>\n
\nIgnition
\nGuiding Light
\nGrudge
\nNebulae
\nStarstorm
\nSerafine (DEAD END)
\nThe Beginning (ONE OK ROCK)
\nVersus
\nThe Awakening
\nThe Hunter
\nReminisce
\nRebirth
\nCalling You
\nShizuku<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
![\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\nAs a shoegaze band, REMNANT<\/a> is probably better suited to a dark basement club that smells of spilt beer and unwashed armpits. Vocalist Marie crooned the lyrics while occasionally providing extra rhythm by ringing several bells which were hung from the microphone.\u00a0 Takmi provided some melody but mostly ambient sounds from his bright red Fender Stratocaster.\u00a0 The majority of the rhythm backing instrumentals came from a laptop.<\/p>\nSome festival-goers danced in front of the stage, but most just took in the haunting, gothic music.\u00a0 Even though\u00a0the music was gloomy, most will remember the happiness of the event. \u00a0Everyone in attendance recognized how special the event was and treated each other like family.\u00a0 Attendee and photographer Arlequin commented, \u201cIt was great to attend because of everyone being super nice and respectful to each other.\u201d\u00a0 Whether you wanted to dance about or just quietly enjoy the music, you did it surrounded by people who love all things Japan as much as you do.<\/p>\nFollowing REMNANT and a brief interlude by DJ Nachtraaf was Esprit D\u2019Air<\/a>.\u00a0 The faster tempo of this symphonic metal band pulled most people out of their contemplation and out of the seats.\u00a0 Where REMNANT\u2019s music asked the listener to think about their own death and why should they wear any other colour than black; Esprit D\u2019Air asked why you should sit when you could be jumping, and why to stand upright when you could be bent over and banging your head until it leaves your shoulders. The party was on from the first song and raged into the clear night.\u00a0 Those with short memories were reminded the next day about how much fun they had by sore necks. \u00a0J-music fan Remco told AVO, \u201cWe headbanged shoulder to shoulder. It felt like family; it was a fantastic evening with fantastic people.\u201d<\/p>\n \n \n <\/a>\n \n <\/a>\n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhen the last encore died away and the band left the stage, everyone who had witnessed the event knew that they had been part of something special, something unique.\u00a0 The bands hung around for pictures and autographs. They likely will remember that evening as much as the fans did. We came for the experience, for friendship, and for a mutual love of music from a small island nation half a world away.\u00a0 We left with memories that will last a lifetime and will bring many back next time.<\/p>\nSetlist REMNANT:<\/strong><\/p>\n1. Coma of unknown pleasures (SE)\n2. Darkness coming\n3. The birds (SE)\n4. 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![\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhen the last encore died away and the band left the stage, everyone who had witnessed the event knew that they had been part of something special, something unique.\u00a0 The bands hung around for pictures and autographs. They likely will remember that evening as much as the fans did. We came for the experience, for friendship, and for a mutual love of music from a small island nation half a world away.\u00a0 We left with memories that will last a lifetime and will bring many back next time.<\/p>\nSetlist REMNANT:<\/strong><\/p>\n1. Coma of unknown pleasures (SE)\n2. Darkness coming\n3. The birds (SE)\n4. Funeral chapel\n5. Requiem\n6. Artificial Tears\n7. Amaranthus\n8. The end of the world\n9. Death penatly\n10. We can’t be die (SE)<\/p>\nencore<\/em>\n11. Witches’Sabbath\n12. 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