The Canadian musician Owen Pallett brought some dark and independent rock to the Jazzkaar Festival the day before of it’ final concerts. The labyrinthine violin and piano looped in the hall, filling it with his astonishing slayers and voice.<\/p>\n
At first, it\u2019s important to highlight briefly that Pallett has more than one string to his fiddle. He has many talents within music composition, such as the latest one – the shared Oscar<\/strong> nomination with Arcade Fire\u2019s William Butler<\/strong> for writing the\u00a0score for Her<\/em>. He has composed the music for the game Traffic Department 2192<\/em>, two operas and four albums, with a lot of collaborations in between. The last release was in 2014 – In Conflict<\/em>, also performed here in Tallinn. \u201cIn Conflict<\/em> is a pop treasure that\u2019s also a stirring, personal work of art\u201d said the Rolling Stones Magazine.<\/strong><\/p>\n During the concert, he acted as a solo multi instrumentalist with the violin, piano and voice. He played the violin into a loop pedal in order to do multi-phonic looping which is recorded through his violin signal and sent to amplifiers across the stage. His warm and exquisite voice matched with his compelling and accurate skill on the instruments.<\/p>\n After warming up alone, Matt Smith<\/strong> on the bass, and Rob Gordon<\/strong> on the drums, turned up on the stage to accompany his music in a perfect synchrony. Their melodies were turning fairer and darker, in a game of lightning sounds throughout the gig.<\/p>\n Pallett created a relaxed atmosphere the minute he got on stage. Perhaps it was to do with his looks (socks, old pants and a glass of wine) as well as his calm attitude which did not disturbed him to be spontaneous.\u00a0 He asked what song the audience wanted him to play as the last one of the concert. Some requests came up, and it was Independence is no solution. Even when the fire alarm went off at the beginning of this last tune, he just stopped to ask what was that and then kept playing with that sound in the background for a while.<\/p>\n His natural character, his dazzling chords and the stunning performance of the whole band, made Estonians to jump, dance, shout and stamp. It was an enjoyable Friday night!<\/p>\n OWEN PALLETT<\/strong>
April 24th at Vaba Lava
Owen Pallett \u2013 violin, keyboard, vocal
Matt Smith \u2013 bass
Rob Gordon \u2013 drums<\/p>\n"},"yoast_head":"\n