The Kaleidoscope Project |
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| The Kaleidoscope Project Launch Party @ The MezzBar
29th November 2008
Review by Sy Dillingham |
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The Kaleidoscope Project Launch Party was an interesting idea for local music and promised to be an exciting night. With a line up including members of various local bands (Raw promoter/LiveRiot bassist Chris Martin, The Saved lead singer Rik Dillon and bassist Liam Sampson, Sevenday Weekend keyboard player Dale Simpson, and Everything For Nothing guitarist Joe Dale) the very well attended Mezz Bar crowd were not to be disappointed.
A club style singer started the proceedings to show this kaleidoscope contained all colours of the musical spectrum, although some of the heckling was a shade bluer than it should have been! "Super Group" line ups do not always live up to expectation and more often than not slip into mediocrity. However on this occasion the Kaleidoscope Project songs without doubt surpassed the offerings of their mother bands.
With influences such as The Charlatans, Kasabian, New Order, a brief foray into electronica and even 70's prog rock, they provided an impressive wholly original sound. Chris Martin showed his musical versatility, this time as a drummer, not being afraid to deviate away from traditional rock drumming patterns although sometimes understandably rusty, a bizarrely face painted Joe Dale showed some inspired moments during his guitar solos, and Dale Simpsons’ electro keyboards and wonderful swirling Hammond Organ was a welcome relief from the hundreds of undistinguishable guitar only bands there seems to be around.
The set was interspersed by three quality acoustic performances from the talented Elliot Morris, the delightful Andrea Ferguson and the assured Dean Reid. This proved to be wise move as it created a nice contrast in between each song and really gave the event a feeling of unpredictability. This was typified when the Salvation Army choir even entered the affray to help sing out the closing track to bring the event to a climatic conclusion. Overall, the band maybe lacked some togetherness that only really comes with regular gigs but their individual experience showed through by pulling off a testing but very exciting original show. The only real disappointment was that it all seemed to be over rather too quickly, but as they say – It’s always best to leave them wanting more. It appears the Kaleidoscope crew have hit on a unique and successful formula and I hope they repeat the event soon. It would be great to see them back bigger and bolder on a larger stage.
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