WBA - Music Sounds Better With You

Alright. It looked like the preparation had already been done. Then I hear a voice from an announcer... "bla bla bla.. Please welcome The Whitest Boy Alive..!!!". The people went closer to the stage. Lucky me, i've been standing in the front of stage since the beginning of the gigs, so there's no need for me to rush. My friend Oxal is ready with her camera, so am i. We are using Nikon D40 with 55-200mm VR. That's the best lens we have for capturing image that night. It supposed to be a lens with multi range so we can adjust its wide and tele to the stage, but unfortunately we don't have it. A lens with large aperture (small f/number) is a must to ensure a good image is captured in a low light condition. Maximum aperture in this lens is f/4. I hope the VR technology can give us better image in this condition. My new friend, Dimas, is also ready with Canon and alredy handed fix lens 50mm in his hand. he is a journalist from www.jakartaconcerts.com. He also wrote a review about this gigs. Well, let's talk about that later, hehe. Let's go to the stage..

Erlend Oye (vocal and guitar), Marcin Öz (bass), Sebastian Maschat (drums), and Daniel Nentwig (Rhodes & Crumar) are entering the stage and taking their position, setting up their instruments for a little while. Big applause from the crowd and then Erlend greet them. they're playing the first song, Can You Keep a Secret. As i seen in his last performance in Bandung (when Kings Of Convenience performed in 2006 at Bandung), Erlend is so friendly and communicative with the audience. Once he asked us, "Does anybody here come from Bandung? The people from Bandung then scream "Yeahhh".. including me, haha, and so does when he asked the people from Yogya and Jakarta.

I forgot the set list, it's my bad. I was too focus with my camera so i didn't get the song's in sequence manner. But i remember some songs were played that night. They played Inflation, Golden Cage and Fireworks. Fireworks sound special for us because Erlend said that they just made a new arrangement during check sound and it's special for Jakarta's audience and the crowd was listening enthusiastically. I can't describe how the sound was, but it sounds like they put more reggae on the song. And then they played Burning, i think this is the song that audience familiar with. We sing along together, it's so fun when Erlend gave his line to be sung by us.

WBA also played some new songs from their upcoming album. I hope they can release it within next year. I put my camera down for a while when Erlend strummed his guitar that lead them to my fave song, Don't Give Up. Then Marcin and Sebastian followed smoothly with bass and cymbal. Daniel backed up the harmony with his rhodes. It was so nice. The crowd also knew this song so we sing together again.

In the last minutes the band is going crazy. I thought Daniel is a calm guy. But somehow he leave his keyboard to dance around the stage, play around Sebastian's drum, back to his place and O My God.. he stand above his Rhodes and dance there. Hahaha.. It was so exciting. All of my pic were out of focus at that time because i can't stand laughing. Erlend made some unbelievable moves too. He put his guitar, went down from the stage, and he jumped off from the fence into the crowd. He kept dance in the middle of the crowd until Marcin called him.. "Mr. Erlend Oye please come back to the stage.. we need you to finish the song..".. hahaha.. cmiiw that's what i heard.

They also played cover song of Stardust, The Music Sounds Better With You. Erlend introduced his friend within the lyric, "Hey Sebastian, Feels like the drum sounds better with you.." and so on. And the he sing "Hey Jakarta, Feels like the music sounds better with you.." Owwh.. and the crowd so hysteric to heard that.

Finally, The show end after about one and a half hours. It brings so much memory for me.. It was a terrific night. Thank You so much The Whitest Boy Alive. The music sounds better with you.

I dedicate this album to The WBA, the fans, everybody who came to the gigs and all my fiends who cannot come to see them.. For Marcin, Sebastian and Daniel, I'm so sorry if your pics are not as many as Erlend.

See you in the next gigs, Come again to Indonesia..

Update Note:
Here is the setlist.. Thank You Dimas..

1. Can You Keep A Secret? -new song-
2. Courage -new song-
3. Inflation
4. Golden Cage
5. You've Got To Show Me Love (Robin S Cover)
6. Fireworks
7. Done With You
8. -new song- dunno the title
9. Above You
10. Burning
11. Don't Give Up
12. The Music Sounds Better With You (Stardust Cover)
13. Borders