This weekend (October 14th and 15th) PRESS PLAY ON TAPE performed two gigs as support for the Danish widely known band Mew in Scandinavian Congress Center in Århus and in KB Hallen in Copenhagen. The first concert had an audience of 2800 people and the latter around 3800 people so this is by far the largest audience we have played for.

Dressed as prime nerds (oh yeah, look at the pictures below) we entered the stage and must have baffled the entire audience consisting of 14-year old Mew-fan girls to mid 50s former C64 owners (we found out ). After Commando kicked off the set people really received it openmindedly which was very nice. Many people not even familiar with the music approached us after the concerts and flattered us... Also there were quite large amounts of people already knowing the C64 and its music---some of them knew us already but quite some didn't and their surprise must have been among the greatest

Afterwards we met people in the merchandise shop and had lots of conversation with all sorts of enthusiastic people. It is a bit funny when well-known celebrities come and thank you and buy your music

A warm thanks from us must go to Mew for letting us play before them and have this enormous experience with a huge crowd in front of us. Also Blue Foundation must get a huge greeting for mutual support and help. Let's hope we can meet again sometime

Oh, and not to forget: Also a huge round of applause to the catering team in Århus. They treated us as kings and served us even blue M&Ms!

Mew med Press Play On Tape og Blue Foundation
Scandinavian Congress Center, Århus Live

...Inden det blev Mews tur var der dog to andre aktører på banen som opvarmning.

Press Play On Tape
Aftenen startede med et temmelig underholdende indslag i form af konceptbandet Press Play On Tape, der spiller melodier fra gamle commodore 64 spil i egne arrangementer. Titler som ”Outrun” og ”Monkey Island” lyder sikkert som skøn nostalgi hos dem, der var drenge i 80’erne. Et logisk covernummer i form af forbillederne Kraftwerks ”Das Model” blev det da også til. Musikken var præget af en fyldig guitarlyd, der desværre mudrede meget og ikke levnede plads til detaljerne fra de to keyboards. Bandet leverede vel selv den bedste karakteristik, med udtalelsen ”vi er Danmarks vildeste konceptband – nørdernes svar på Nik & Jay”. Computerdrengene var et meget charmerende bekendtskab, med en klar målgruppe. (***---)

Af Rasmus Ardahl, GAFFA.dk

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Larger versions are available upon request.

Thanks to Trine for taking the photos!

Commando Ghosts'n Goblins Arkanoid Comic Bakery

Warhawk Phantom of the Asteroid Das Gamer Monkey Island

Read about our other concerts and see many more pictures here: