22-02-2008 Das Ich

Support: Xmh; venue: Bibelot, Dordrecht (Netherlands)
By: Elvira Visser

  The first band was the Dutch band XmH, I certainly did not like the band. Maybe
  just a matter of taste but XmH did not do much to me. Two keyboards on stage
  and a singer, who was walking around and around. Which reminded me a more of
  a hiphop singer performing in front of an audience than a metal singer, touching
  the hands of the crowd and moving all over the stage.

  The headliner of tonight was Das Ich, which is one of Germany’s most famous
  gothic bands. Das Ich was established in 1989 by Stefan Ackermann (arranges:
  vocals, lyrics) and Bruno Kramm (arranges the music). Both of them were on stage
  tonight. Das Ich skilfully mix electronic and industrial elements into an explosive
  cocktail. Not afraid of using modern music technology and trying out new things.
  Symphonic arrangements were combined with themes around German literature and
  philosophy.

  It was quite interesting to see this band on stage. They had some sort of spider
  legs construction on stage onto witch their keyboards were connected, this was
  movable and something different then a regular band on stage. That was not the
  only thing that was standing out, their dressing up was remarkable as well.
  Stefan and Bruno were dressed in red. Stefan had red body paint all over him
  together with red trousers. Bruno had some sort of rope in black and red and
  his two red devil horns made out of his hair.

  Their music is quite surprising and inventive, that, mixed with Stefans theatrical
  poses, it delete “it”makes you want to watch and listen to it. Sadly
  for me I did not know the lyrics and did not fully understand what they were
  singing about, but I did get the “God ist Krank” part. Which was funny
  because they where playing in an old church transformed into a venue. The audience
  was quite tame this evening until a point was reached when feet had left the
  ground and everyone started dancing. You could see the guys on stage having
  a good time as well, although I wondered if Bruno did not become a little caught
  up in his devil role, his eyes were twinkling and that grin on his face…but
  sure proved they had a great time. After a loud applause and encore they finally
  left the stage. I hope that I will see this band again someday, maybe a bit
  more prepared so I can enjoy them even more.

Links:
Das Ich