Front 242
Visited the Alternative Party in Kaapelitehdas yesterday.
Both to see what the allegedly steampunk-infused occasion was all about, and to see Front 242 on their very first gig in Finland.
The party wasn’t really a party, at least around nine o’clock. It mainly consisted of people hunched over laptops, a couple of salesfolks at booths and an art exhibit. And a bar. Which was much appreciated.
Appreciated since the gig was late (and obviously beer in good company never hurt anyone).
In the age of bands having agreed timeslots in infamously late-playing Helsinki venues, the seventy minutes delay before the Belgian headliners took to the stage was quite annoying. As I’m a complete F242-virgin, the music was all pretty much unknown. The songs varied from lame to energetic, but all in all the hour and some change was good fun. Not least due to the good use of video backgrounds, some relevant to the lyrics, some utterly unhinged.
The upper image is from the concert, and sadly showcases the shortcomings of phone cameras in suboptimal conditions. The lower picture is of a surrealist printer, an aging HP machine that did not print anything, but played the national anthem of soviet union at the user’s request.
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