CORVUS CORAX und WADOKYO - Wacken Open Air 2013 Live
October 4, 2013 4:17 AM Subscribe
Wielding bagpipes, the largest hurdy-gurdy in the world, and a huge array of other medieval instruments, neo-medievalists Corvus Corax (official site) join with taiko drummers Wadokyo for an incredible sunset performance at 2013's Wacken Open Air festival.
To help you navigate this hour and seven minute set, here's timestamps to where songs start. For the convenience of German speakers, I've set each timestamp at the end of the previous song, before the chatter; for those who kann nicht sprecht deutsch, fear not- there's never more than a few seconds of it. Bad news: I don't know the work of Corvus Corax well, and I'm monolingual myself, so all I can offer are timestamps rather than song titles.
08:50 This timestamp skips the opening, which starts with Wadokyo's drums and then brings out Corvus Corax. You will miss a bit of cool costuming if you start here or later.
12:48
19:06
23:42
26:26
33:15
38:40
44:24 By this point it's starting to get dark enough to be hard to see the awesome costumes and set dressing.
49:30
58:25
thanks to boo_radley for the link
To help you navigate this hour and seven minute set, here's timestamps to where songs start. For the convenience of German speakers, I've set each timestamp at the end of the previous song, before the chatter; for those who kann nicht sprecht deutsch, fear not- there's never more than a few seconds of it. Bad news: I don't know the work of Corvus Corax well, and I'm monolingual myself, so all I can offer are timestamps rather than song titles.
08:50 This timestamp skips the opening, which starts with Wadokyo's drums and then brings out Corvus Corax. You will miss a bit of cool costuming if you start here or later.
12:48
19:06
23:42
26:26
33:15
38:40
44:24 By this point it's starting to get dark enough to be hard to see the awesome costumes and set dressing.
49:30
58:25
thanks to boo_radley for the link
charred, you might want to check out Tanzwut, a metal band that spun off of Corvus Corax and makes frequent use of bagpipes. Their Schattenreiter album is remarkable.
posted by Pope Guilty at 6:05 AM on October 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Pope Guilty at 6:05 AM on October 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
everything is better with . . . bagpipes
One thing I like about Metafilter is that there are people here who dig Rufus Harley.
posted by Herodios at 6:33 AM on October 4, 2013 [3 favorites]
One thing I like about Metafilter is that there are people here who dig Rufus Harley.
posted by Herodios at 6:33 AM on October 4, 2013 [3 favorites]
I like your choice of verb, a lot.
("Wielding" instead of "playing." Indeed.)
posted by seyirci at 6:52 AM on October 4, 2013 [2 favorites]
("Wielding" instead of "playing." Indeed.)
posted by seyirci at 6:52 AM on October 4, 2013 [2 favorites]
neo-medievalists Corvus Corax
Primarch, is that you?
posted by Slackermagee at 7:52 AM on October 4, 2013
Primarch, is that you?
posted by Slackermagee at 7:52 AM on October 4, 2013
That's not even a very big hurdy gurdy... there's one the size of a grand piano at the local arts center in my little backwater New England town.
Also, taiko drums and baseballs bats make good bedfellows. Seems a natural when you think of it.
posted by Slap*Happy at 7:58 AM on October 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
Also, taiko drums and baseballs bats make good bedfellows. Seems a natural when you think of it.
posted by Slap*Happy at 7:58 AM on October 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
It's not that weird until you actually LOOK at those wack looking bagpipes.
Not really that different from what happens with Macedonian pipes and drums.
They use pretty big drums and massive bag-pipes.
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 8:16 AM on October 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
Not really that different from what happens with Macedonian pipes and drums.
They use pretty big drums and massive bag-pipes.
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 8:16 AM on October 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
So many of my favorite things in one place.
posted by snottydick at 8:22 AM on October 4, 2013
posted by snottydick at 8:22 AM on October 4, 2013
I'm not familiar at all with either of these artists. I started watching the video out of curiosity.
I haven't even finished the opening yet, and I have a feeling I'm going to be listening to this entire thing this morning. What an amazing combination. Thank you for this!
posted by evilangela at 8:23 AM on October 4, 2013
I haven't even finished the opening yet, and I have a feeling I'm going to be listening to this entire thing this morning. What an amazing combination. Thank you for this!
posted by evilangela at 8:23 AM on October 4, 2013
Hell yeah Corvus Corax! Probably the only band that can go from German to English to Icelandic. One of the German songs is a drinking tune -- it's basically "he drinks, you drink, she drinks, we all drink!", which really, you know, encapsulated the Medieval Germanicness of it all.
The song at 49:30 is Ragnarok and is one of my favorites:
RAGANAROEK!
The song at 49:30 is Ragnarok and is one of my favorites:
RAGANAROEK!
May brothers fight and slay one another,posted by boo_radley at 8:34 AM on October 4, 2013 [2 favorites]
May sisters' sons kinship break;
Hard is the home, whoredom severe;
Axe-age, sword-age, shields cloven,
Wind-age, wolf-age, ere the world falls;
No men will each other spare.
Ragnarok!
The hall stands shining brighter than the sun!
This is the gold for Gimle
There shall they dwell and a household build
And at long last happiness enjoy
Ragnarok!
Cirque du Soleil costumes + mashup sampling of international sounds made real through human performance + bawdiness + outrageousness (baseball bat on a taiko drum?!) + hip-hop fatigue + magic of bagpipes = strangely cool tunes that are not all that bad.
One thing: Westerners on taiko drums, unless they've been properly trained, look like wind up dolls with a loose spring.
posted by Vibrissae at 8:48 AM on October 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
One thing: Westerners on taiko drums, unless they've been properly trained, look like wind up dolls with a loose spring.
posted by Vibrissae at 8:48 AM on October 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
Now I've listened to the entire performance, and it's fantastic!
Excellent video quality, seems like they have some recurring audio difficulties, but the energy comes through. I can definitely understand presenting this stuff at a metal festival.
08:50 This timestamp skips the opening, which starts with Wadokyo's drums and then brings out Corvus Corax. You will miss a bit of cool costuming if you start here or later
Oh don't do that, don't do that at all! Start at the beginning.
The tonalites are wild. Some of these tunes are tritone city. Frantic!
The tune that starts at 33:15 appears in a very different form on Dances of The Renaissance, a 2-CD compilation of two older records on DG (recorded in 1960 and 1971) that everyone should have. Luten! Hurdi-gurdien! Tabor and bodhráin! Sackbutten! Crumhornen! Ausgezeichnet!!
Thanks for posting this, you've made my morning.
posted by Herodios at 8:48 AM on October 4, 2013
Excellent video quality, seems like they have some recurring audio difficulties, but the energy comes through. I can definitely understand presenting this stuff at a metal festival.
08:50 This timestamp skips the opening, which starts with Wadokyo's drums and then brings out Corvus Corax. You will miss a bit of cool costuming if you start here or later
Oh don't do that, don't do that at all! Start at the beginning.
The tonalites are wild. Some of these tunes are tritone city. Frantic!
The tune that starts at 33:15 appears in a very different form on Dances of The Renaissance, a 2-CD compilation of two older records on DG (recorded in 1960 and 1971) that everyone should have. Luten! Hurdi-gurdien! Tabor and bodhráin! Sackbutten! Crumhornen! Ausgezeichnet!!
Thanks for posting this, you've made my morning.
posted by Herodios at 8:48 AM on October 4, 2013
Awesome, thanks for sharing this!
As an American, I'm so jealous that this is the kind of thing you can see at European metal festivals. While certainly unique, Corvus Corax weren't the only hurdy gurdy weilders at Wacken. For more obscure instrument action, check out Faun (live) and Fejd (live at Hörnerfest) from this year's lineup.
posted by gueneverey at 8:49 AM on October 4, 2013
As an American, I'm so jealous that this is the kind of thing you can see at European metal festivals. While certainly unique, Corvus Corax weren't the only hurdy gurdy weilders at Wacken. For more obscure instrument action, check out Faun (live) and Fejd (live at Hörnerfest) from this year's lineup.
posted by gueneverey at 8:49 AM on October 4, 2013
I'm of the opinion that everything is better with taiko drummers or bagpipes
Truth.
The best concert I ever attended or ever hope to attend was taiko drummers, bagpipes, and a gigantic pile of rusted metal being pounded on by a large percentage of the audience
I got whacked in the nose with a chunk of rebar and it was totally worth it
posted by ook at 8:50 AM on October 4, 2013 [2 favorites]
Truth.
The best concert I ever attended or ever hope to attend was taiko drummers, bagpipes, and a gigantic pile of rusted metal being pounded on by a large percentage of the audience
I got whacked in the nose with a chunk of rebar and it was totally worth it
posted by ook at 8:50 AM on October 4, 2013 [2 favorites]
The best concert I ever attended or ever hope to attend was taiko drummers, bagpipes, and a gigantic pile of rusted metal being pounded on by a large percentage of the audience;
I got whacked in the nose with a chunk of rebar and it was totally worth it
My kind of party.
posted by snottydick at 9:05 AM on October 4, 2013
I got whacked in the nose with a chunk of rebar and it was totally worth it
My kind of party.
posted by snottydick at 9:05 AM on October 4, 2013
Westerners on taiko drums, unless they've been properly trained, look like wind up dolls with a loose spring.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Basically it appears that I will be spending the rest of my day watching the first ten minutes of this video on endless repeat at full volume. That there are six more decaminutes to look forward to after that is just gravy
posted by ook at 9:39 AM on October 4, 2013
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Basically it appears that I will be spending the rest of my day watching the first ten minutes of this video on endless repeat at full volume. That there are six more decaminutes to look forward to after that is just gravy
posted by ook at 9:39 AM on October 4, 2013
fuckit you guys
let's suit up and invade the english coast
posted by boo_radley at 11:07 AM on October 4, 2013
let's suit up and invade the english coast
posted by boo_radley at 11:07 AM on October 4, 2013
Baseball bat + taiko has been done by Kodo, TAIKOPROJECT, and probably others.
(Our group in St. Louis tried it. Turns out a standard baseball bat is not quite right, but close.)
posted by Foosnark at 12:51 PM on October 4, 2013
(Our group in St. Louis tried it. Turns out a standard baseball bat is not quite right, but close.)
posted by Foosnark at 12:51 PM on October 4, 2013
The best concert I ever attended or ever hope to attend was taiko drummers, bagpipes, and a gigantic pile of rusted metal being pounded on by a large percentage of the audience
Holy fucking hell, you saw Tchkung!? I am so incredibly envious. I've had Incite in my car stereo for over a week now.
posted by Pope Guilty at 4:49 PM on October 4, 2013
Holy fucking hell, you saw Tchkung!? I am so incredibly envious. I've had Incite in my car stereo for over a week now.
posted by Pope Guilty at 4:49 PM on October 4, 2013
I did! It was incredible! Not only that I did office temp work with one of the band members for like a month (which is how I got invited to the show in the first place) sorting through a million pages of depositions for the evil side of a class action lawsuit. I know pretty impressive amirite
posted by ook at 5:28 PM on October 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by ook at 5:28 PM on October 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
THAT WAS GREAT!!!
The song at 44:24 is a cover of Amon Amarth's Twilight of the Thunder God
posted by Trinity-Gehenna at 7:37 PM on October 4, 2013 [2 favorites]
The song at 44:24 is a cover of Amon Amarth's Twilight of the Thunder God
posted by Trinity-Gehenna at 7:37 PM on October 4, 2013 [2 favorites]
Nifty! While watching this, I felt like there should have been a caption that said, "What? Finntroll is evolving?!"
posted by ignignokt at 10:39 AM on October 5, 2013
posted by ignignokt at 10:39 AM on October 5, 2013
Yes yes yes. My introduction to CORVUS MOTHERFUCKING CORAX was at the Wave Gothik Treffen in Leipzig some years back.
I thought myself wise in the ways of Dudelsack.
O, but I was a child.
I think they and Current 93 were the two last bands of the evening. Between the two of them I think my brain got restructured a bit. (That, and fact that I was flying on endorphins from being madly in love with my concert companion.) The whole thing lingers in my mind as this riot of colour and noise and amazement and sort of ritualistic chaos... anyway, it was one of the most memorable gigs I've ever witnessed, and it made me a fan forever.
posted by Pallas Athena at 4:33 PM on October 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
I thought myself wise in the ways of Dudelsack.
O, but I was a child.
I think they and Current 93 were the two last bands of the evening. Between the two of them I think my brain got restructured a bit. (That, and fact that I was flying on endorphins from being madly in love with my concert companion.) The whole thing lingers in my mind as this riot of colour and noise and amazement and sort of ritualistic chaos... anyway, it was one of the most memorable gigs I've ever witnessed, and it made me a fan forever.
posted by Pallas Athena at 4:33 PM on October 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
Westerners on taiko drums, unless they've been properly trained, look like wind up dolls with a loose spring.
So do Easterners, actually.
Seriously though, I've loved Corvus Corax since before I can even remember. Metafilter continues to surprise me with the fantastic and obscure things that get their love.
posted by GoingToShopping at 7:32 PM on October 6, 2013
So do Easterners, actually.
Seriously though, I've loved Corvus Corax since before I can even remember. Metafilter continues to surprise me with the fantastic and obscure things that get their love.
posted by GoingToShopping at 7:32 PM on October 6, 2013
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posted by AlexxMZ at 4:53 PM on October 11, 2013 [3 favorites]
Thank you for publishung!
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I recommend another Little vid :)
posted by AlexxMZ at 4:53 PM on October 11, 2013 [3 favorites]
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