Performance (a selection)

Musique Perdue

Live @ A Performance Affair, Brussels, Friday September 7 2018
Guitar, Casting & Wax Joris Van de Moortel
Featuring;
on Drums Krist Torfs
on Bass Kris Delacourt
Text transcription Sam Steverlynck
Music Transcription Thomas de Prins
Casting & Wax Jan Van den Bosch

 

 
 
Guitar echoes Distortion Drum solo Audience is slowly approaching Drums swell crowd starts filming Plastic is unrolled Joris' head taped Drums continue to indicate the rhythm Joris goes on the ground Is being casted Plays guitar on his back This is the closest I can ever get playing in a rock band Audience swells The guy next to me is writing down the musical notes Arms and guitar of Joris are casted Joris flat on the ground, his arm motionless, he lets the plaster dry Joris does signs, the plaster is almost dry The crowd is getting bigger The rhythm of the drum is like a trance The mold is taken from Joris' face The guitarist is also being addressed Goes out on the ground Joris pulls off his pants Wax burning on a fire Crowd is getting bigger and bigger Joris pours red wax over his guitar opens a bottle of beer it sprinkles over his pants It starts to smell like beer here the audience seems in a trance Another guy spreads plaster over the face of the bass player Joris has done a white working suit on Takes a piece of wood The bag with the wood falls on the ground Joris breaks a bar Retrieves plastic from a bag Face of drummer is wrapped with plastic Bassist stays on his back until the plaster dries Plaster is taken from his face Joris puts on gloves Another hand of guitarist is being casted More wax on the guitar Drummer loses one of his drumsticks Picks it up again Joris takes tape Guitar is taped
I start to sweat hard Fucking hell !!!! Our score writer remains calm Part of the drum is dismantled Now the drummer has to believe it, plaster on his face Distortion New block wax on the fire Drummer lets the plaster dry on his face Bass player stands up undresses out Smoke comes from the casserole on the fire Smell of boiling wax, also smelled by Joris he walks around with a paint brush Paints the plaster casts Breaks another piece of wood Drummer is still drying The stage is a complete mess Opens another bottle of Jupiler Paints second mask with wax I am starting to feel uncomfortable on this chair A new piece of wax goes into the casserole The crowd is getting bigger Score guy presses a few keys Joris puts clothes on the floor as if there is still a body in it This is intense! Joris pours beer in his gloves, the beer runs over a Wax casting of a hand rests on a guitar Jeans pants are on one of the amplifiers Joris pulls a string, music echoes More distortion wax on the guitar Two musicians remain, Another guy pours plaster with water in a bucket, mixes it with a drill Positions second red hand in wax on the string of the guitar Throws plaster on the hand of Joris I now see the two other musicians among the audience Joris sticks his hand in a trouser leg, filling it up This feels like setting up an état de lieu Another guy places the casting of the hand around a drumstick Recording of previous guitar riff and drum plays in a loop Paints with wax a molded mask Props wax in a trousers leg Lays face on top of white shirt and pants As an empty shell This place is a mess Joris gets the message that he has to finish He holds a micro Is he going to plug it in? Another mask of face ends up on the floor above garment Joris roars something in a micro Obscure singing Stops Beats Distortion Silence Picks up stuff in a garbage bag Turns off amplifiers Applause END
Sam Steverlynck