NADJA (Canada) w/ AIDAN BAKER (Solo) - March 26th (1 Viewer)

[Jasper]

I thought Eammon Bailey's stuff was excellent and Aidan Baker was good as well but i was very disappointed with Nadja. As a live band they just didn't do anything for me at all. The cover of A-Ha at the end was pretty awful as well.

 

[theoootini]

I thought Eammon Bailey's stuff was excellent and Aidan Baker was good as well but i was very disappointed with Nadja. As a live band they just didn't do anything for me at all. The cover of A-Ha at the end was pretty awful as well.

i thought eammon bailey's stuff was a bit busy, some of ideas didn't get a chance to breathe I-I-IMO.

really enjoyed bakers set, but was pretty disappointed with nadja. the drum track really put me off. why even have it? it was so low in the mix anyway...

 

[Jasper]

. the drum track really put me off. why even have it? it was so low in the mix anyway...

Absolutely, couldn't agree more. Made it a bit cheesy in parts.

 

[minka]

loved aidan baker's solo stuff, could have listened to that for hours. gorgeous.

i thought nadja suffered mainly from dodgy sound, i'd really like to hear them somewhere with a better sound system: as it was you couldn't hear half of what was going on a lot of the time and the drum track thing just sounded weedy. also for some reason the sound seemed to get worse as the gig went on.

 

[theoootini]

noticed at one point that baker went to the mic to start singing but it was inaudible so he just sloped back to his pedals...

soundman fell asleep maybe?

 

[thusspokez]

I assumed the drums were intentionally low in the mix. I often find with drum loops like his that if they're too promient they become very boring very quickly. I liked that they were low and being drowned out.

I thought his solo stuff was more interesting but I enjoied both sets.

 

[old]

Aye, rough sounding for Nadja, but drums on minidisc was a bit disappointing. Not a fan of the A-ha cover either.
Pretty amazing value evening for €10. Fair play for keeping the price low.

 

[Gambra]

That's the way they play the whole time (drums on minidisc & vocals buried in the mix and only singing for a few minutes) and it was superbly done at Roadburn. Then again the sound was fantastic there so I can't compare..