An electronic music festival - with loud, heavy beats playing and people raving - isn't the first place you'd expect to see Canadian band Austra perform. At Munich's Organic Dance Music Festival, however, the band nonetheless managed to attract quite a big crowd at the Zenith indoor stage.
Playing in an old warehouse against the backdrop of a large black and white projection reading "AUSTRA", the Canadian group presented a set slightly adapted to the electronic, rave nature of the festival. "Beat And The Pulse", for example, included heavier-than-usual beats throughout. Austra's deep keyboard sounds and Katie Stelmanis' incredible, emotional voice felt trance-like, placing the crowd under the Canadians' spell (nice "Spellwork", Austra).
"During the set I felt like I had taken some weird, wonderful drug", Austra fan Emily told us after the set. The Canadians on stage looked like they were high on it as well: focussed on their music, portraying a deep connection with the sounds they were producing.
My highlight of their set was the last song "Hurt Me Now" - Austra portrayed their ability to play deep, yet energetic content in one song.
Austra played:
Darken Her Horse
Painful Like
Forgive Me
The Choke
The Villain
Home
Reconcile
Sleep
What We Done?
Lose It
Beat and the Pulse
Hurt Me Now
Benjamin Brown
Playing in an old warehouse against the backdrop of a large black and white projection reading "AUSTRA", the Canadian group presented a set slightly adapted to the electronic, rave nature of the festival. "Beat And The Pulse", for example, included heavier-than-usual beats throughout. Austra's deep keyboard sounds and Katie Stelmanis' incredible, emotional voice felt trance-like, placing the crowd under the Canadians' spell (nice "Spellwork", Austra).
"During the set I felt like I had taken some weird, wonderful drug", Austra fan Emily told us after the set. The Canadians on stage looked like they were high on it as well: focussed on their music, portraying a deep connection with the sounds they were producing.
My highlight of their set was the last song "Hurt Me Now" - Austra portrayed their ability to play deep, yet energetic content in one song.
Austra played:
Darken Her Horse
Painful Like
Forgive Me
The Choke
The Villain
Home
Reconcile
Sleep
What We Done?
Lose It
Beat and the Pulse
Hurt Me Now
Benjamin Brown