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THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA In Cologne, Germany With Photos! By Daniel Höhr, European Correspondent Wednesday, December 27, 2017 @ 7:24 AM
Amber Galactic, THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA's third studio effort, was definitely my summer album in 2017. This music is tailor-made for playing on long and hot summer evenings with the volume on full blast. This side project by members of SOILWORK, ARCH ENEMY, MEAN STREAK and VON BEMZO play classic rock, radio-compatible AOR in the vein of early 1980s RAINBOW, FOREIGNER, KANSAS, JOURNEY with an occasional dash of SUPERTRAMP and THE EAGLES and all sorts of things that you are sure you have heard somewhere else before but can't really say where.
That THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA's tunes are not just the perfect soundtrack for endless summer days but also a damn hot live act on a cold German December night was an experience made last Friday night. Singer Björn Strind (SOILWORK), guitarist David Andersson (SOILWORK, MEAN STREAK), bassist Sharlee D'Angelo (ARCH ENEMY), keyboardist Richard Larson (VON BENZO) and multi-instrumentalist Sebastian Forslund, who supplied rhythm guitar, percussion and backing vocals, are currently on their first ever European tour and played Cologne's Luxor, which was completely packed with about 400 to 500 people.
There was no support band to warm up the audience – not that anybody needed any warming-up – so without any further ado the house lights went out at about 20:10 hrs, and the crowd was greeted with the band's intro, which consisted of a female voice making an inflight passenger announcement welcoming the passengers on board the flight in a soft Swedish accent. THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA do take their aircraft crew image quite seriously, it seemed. Not only were the two female background singers on the stage wearing flight
His spontaneity was tried halfway through the show when all of a sudden there was no bass and it seemed that the bass amp had blown a fuse or something. While a technician was trying to fix Sharlee D'Angelo's rig, Björn Strind (“Does anyone of you have a spare bass amp wit you?”) and the rest of the band had to entertain the crowd. And they did a fantastic job. Somebody brought Strind a beer from the bar while he was chatting to the audience, then the musicians started a spontaneous jam session on stage and after about ten minutes the problem with the bass amp was fixed. Actually, the bass amp was fine but somebody had accidentally unplugged it. Did I mention that the small stage was a bit crowded? Never mind, this little episode added some extra fun to the show and when THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA resumed their set with “Montreal Midnight Supply”, the party continued better than before with quite a number of people in OBITUARY, DEICIDE, ARCH ENEMY and SOILWORK t-shirts shouting along to THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA's catchy and sometimes slightly cheesy hooks.
If THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA lands anywhere near your town, make sure you get on board.
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