12-10-2007 IAMX

Support: Khoiba; Frankfurt (Germany)
By: Nina Mende

  IAMX is on tour right now, he will even play in the USA in November, and I got
  to see him on this tour. I have seen IAMX before, last year, and I was so amazed
  by Chris Corner’s (the singer) style, voice and way of performance, I just had
  to go to see him again this year.
  They played at O25 in Frankfurt. It was quite full, many people were already
  waiting outside before the doors opened, but it was not sold out, as far as
  I know.

  Their opening act was Khoiba from the Czech Republic. One girl as singer and
  two guys playing guitar, bass, doing the programming and so on. They played
  for only about 40 minutes and sounded a lot like Björk.
  They played:
  Taste it
  Mellowdrama
  Me and my victory
  Trace errant
  Pathetic
  Tortourism

  Up next was supposed to be IAMX, but the beamer broke down so we had to wait
  an hour before they could start. That is enough time to tell you about IAMX:
  IAMX is the solo musical project of Chris Corner from Sneaker Pimps. Berlin’s
  IAMX is an event – a full-on aural and visual attack with the dynamic and inimitable
  and just gorgeous Chris Corner. I guess you could put it into the indie/electronic
  genre, very melodic and captivating. Chris has repeatedly said that IAMX is
  very different from his actual, real-life personality and is a kind of quasi
  “act”. He captivates you in no time and you will become addicted.
  That is guaranteed!!! His style is just gorgeous, let me try to describe it
  to you. He wore these high boots that you know from these old pilgrims witch
  hunt/halloween movies, you know, these black ones with the heels. Then he wore
  tight dark pants, (tuck inside of the boots of course) and a nice black shirt,
  a broad glittery yellow belt and a cylinder-like hat with a yellow feather.
  Underneath his left eye he had these big glitter dots, really cute. All in the
  colors of the latest album “The Alternative” which are black and yellow.
  Gorgeous. All yellow was also the female keyboarder and backing vocalist. She
  wore a really short yellow dress, gorgeous make-up and hair-do. Further did
  Chris have a bass player and a drummer on stage with him. They performed for
  about an hour with so much energy and power, the sweat was running.He has not
  only the looks but also a very gorgeous voice!!! The crowd was amazed, cheering
  very loud and very much, singing and dancing along. The band was playing with
  the crowd, getting close to them and animating them to clap and jump and just
  act along. They played an encore which was way too short for me, but oh well,
  I will see them again soon. Fact is, I have to get the album now!!!! I can’t
  live without it anymore and waiting for the next show is getting harder. I AM
  amazed of IAMX. Just gorgeous, and as I said, it’s guaranteed to get addicted
  to Chris