Blog - arcorhyme afternoon live at Grand Cru (vol.2): report
arcorhyme afternoon live at Grand Cru (vol.2): report
Today I went to have lunch at Café Après-midi Grand Cru for the 2nd edition of arcorhyme's afternoon free acoustic live show. Once again I got there early and got an excellent seat just near them and the small live space! Yay! Also there were my friends Hase-san and Yumi-chan (both of solange et delphine), and also Chisari-chan (Wonder Mall) who I had invited.
This time, arcorhyme were accompanied for a few songs by a young bassist (only 16) friend of theirs, he was good. The sets went like this:
Set #1 (from 13:00):
Set #2 (from 14:00):
Last time I had requested Rough Sketch from their album "amai hibi ~la douce vie~" and even though they said that it was difficult to play acoustically (it's a rather upbeat song), they were very kind to open their first set with it! I also loved the cover of Yano Akiko. I'll have to check out the original (here's a live version on YouTube).
Takanami-san had also brought some records from his collection (that he has double or triple copies of), which he was selling in a flea-market theme. All were non-Japanese, 60's-ish music. I grabbed The Shocking Blue's "Venus" (7"), Bay City Rollers' "I Only Want To Be With You" (7") and Quincy Jones and his Orchestra "At Newport '61" (12"), all Japanese editions, total ¥1000!
It seems like this afternoon show is going to be a regular monthly thing, as it will repeat again next month on May 18th (Sunday). That one will feature Hase-san accompanying on piano! And next will be their big show on May 24th at Star Pine's Cafe. Can't wait!
Posted on April 20, 2008 at 21:10 | Tweet
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