RPWL: True Live Crime [Blu-ray]

У баварских арт-рокеров RPWL выходит очередной концертный BLU-RAY - True Live Crime. Двенадцать песен с объемным звуком Dolby Atmos...
2023 год стал годом релиза "Crime Scene" - одиннадцатый студийный альбом и девятнадцатый общий, вошел в различные чарты после своего выхода и даже достиг 18-го места в немецком альбомном чарте. За этим последовало фантастически длинное европейское турне по восьми странам с множеством распроданных концертных площадок. Концептуально "Crime Scene" логично играл центральную роль на концертах.
Был исполнен весь альбом - естественно, включая несколько дополнительных песен из истории группы, начиная с 1997 года - в сопровождении гармоничного светового шоу с видеоклипами, созданными для соответствующих песен. Выдающееся выступление в Нидерландах было снято на видео: "Poppodium Boerderij в Зоетермеере был идеальной площадкой - отличная сцена, великолепное освещение, голландский храм прога, так сказать. Мы регулярно выступаем там уже более двадцати лет, и у нас сложились долгие и очень дружеские отношения с залом и командой", - говорит вокалист Йоги Ланг.

2023 was the year of the Artrockers from RPWL: ‚Crime Scene‘, the eleventh studio album and the nineteenth overall, entered various charts after its release: it even reached a remarkable 18th place in the German album charts! This was followed by a fantastic long European tour through eight countries with many sold-out venues.

On the last studio longplayer ‚Crime Scene’, the Bavarian Artrock institution focused their attention on the morbid, the perverse, the evil in the good, the abysses of the human behavior spectrum in all its unpredictable diversity, which sometimes comes across as bizarrely disturbingly conclusive, if you want to explore it.

Conceptually, ‚Crime Scene‘ then logically played the central role in the live shows. The entire album was performed – naturally including some extra songs from the band’s history dating back to 1997 – accompanied by a harmonious light show with video clips designed for the respective songs. You could tell how much fun the band had with both the concept and the realization on stage. With RPWL, the live versions are often different to those in the studio, many parts are much more extended and we often jam live.‘ explains guitarist Kalle Wallner.

The outstanding performance in the Netherlands was filmed: ‚The Poppodium Boerderij in Zoetermeer was the perfect location – great stage, great lighting, the Dutch temple of prog, so to speak. We’ve been playing there regularly for over twenty years and have a long and very friendly relationship with the venue and the crew.’ says singer Yogi Lang.

The band around the two remaining founding members Yogi Lang and Kalle Wallner had undergone a rejuvenation in 2022: Even before the production of ‚Crime Scene‘, bassist Markus Grützner joined the band and, together with drummer Marc Turiaux, forms a rhythm section of the highest caliber Keyboarder Butsch Keys and the two singers Caroline von Brünken and Carmen Tannich completed the live line-up. The energy and homogeneity that the seven-piece band radiated live was overwhelming – a veritable firework display of emotionality and musical perfection!

Even after so many years, there is no sign of RPWL being tired – on the contrary: fans can look forward to a recording full of enthusiasm and an excellent performance. It’s safe to say: this is the best RPWL ever!

Треклист:
01. Victim Of Desire
02. Red Rose
03. A Cold Spring Day In ’22
04. Life In A Cage
05. King Of The World
06. Another Life Beyond Control
07. A New World
08. Silenced
09. Unchain The Earth
10. Hole In The Sky
11. The Shadow
12. Roses* (Blu-ray, CD & Streaming only)