The Bierkeller
is populated by people with unusual dress sense this evening.
Extreme goth almost, top hats black suits and skimpy evening dresses
make my attire entirely out of place. With the two support acts out
of the way the troupe of Emilie Autumn take to the stage which
has been decorated with cloth & ribbon to resemble an Victorian
Parlour of sorts.
A few songs in to
the set and I have to say that this is without a doubt, the most original act
that I have ever seen. Emilie and five girls perform a show which is
a pure audio visual delight. There is a backing track of original
music and a keyboard & cello on stage that the girls in the band
take turns to play. When they are not playing, the girls dance
around the stage performing a choreographed burlesque routine that
is as original as the music.
Emilie’s voice is
perfect and I did not notice any ‘off key’ moments and as if that is
not enough, she is a skilled keyboard player and a virtuoso violin
player. Both myself and Matt the photographer were in awe of what
this show achieves and that is something so original that if you are
lucky enough to see it, you will never forget the experience.
Take a look at the
excellent photographs from
Crush images
below and visit the Emilie autumn web sites to get a flavour for the
show, but you really must get along to see them live if you can. I
cannot recommend the Emily Autumn live experience strongly enough.
