DJ Champion at the Pyramid Cabaret, Nov 14 2009. Steph Willer photo
Review and photos – Champion at the Pyramid Cabaret, Winnipeg, Nov 14 2009
– text by eugene osudar/photos by Steph Willer
beat conductor
maestro of the beats
what shall i write?
i ask a facebook friend
in Germany
who just saw John K Samson
and
posted a clip
from the Hazelwood Yellow Stage
in Frankfurt
Just Your Little Ampersand
Nov 13th
he writes back,
i like those
he likes the hand signals
Maxime Morin
aka DJ Champion
uses
with his
band
me too
i like the pogoing
i like the raving
the crazy
feeling
the dancing
the monstrous
movements
the smiling
s and stylings
& the ampersands
the intensity
of beats
and guitars
grinding
the heavy
into the soaring
the throbbing intensity
the flying
sublime rhyme
of beat
poet
tree
time
this was
is
the best live dance
guitar
band
i’ve seen
in ages
hmmm, have i seen
a dance guitar band
ever!
i’m thinking
i’m blanking
in real/verse
a dream come true,
i’m telling everyone
it’s my dream
my true
my coming
my rapture
guitars
5 of them
and dance
beats
and a vocalist
that fills
you
with breathless
wonder
a tapestry of beats
weaving
notes like awe
like
joy
like frenzy
like
ocean waves
of dancing hair,
heads bopping
and pogoing
and moving
& grooving
glorious ampersands
of tempo
of time
of beat
rhyme
maestro of the beats
the beat conductor
those are Bobby’s feelings
my friend in Germany
studying
and finally seeing shows
he loves music
me too
i love dancing
he loves to watch
the dancers
the movers
& groovers
he says, Maxime’s
like a baseball umpire
hmmm.
can i make that work?
more like the third base coach
going through the signs?
does that work/
i’m trying,
Bobby!
i’m trying
all i do is try
to capture the moment
the perfect
poetry
of music verse
and live performance
the now
the enlightenment
in this multiverse
so sub,
lime
beat poetry
is tempo
is time
is Now
this is
&
that’s poetry
en(light)ment
the now.
the when that happened
and here i am riffing
like last night’s
riffing
guitars
on the groove
of intensity
sail into me
beats &
happenings
take me
on your lapping waves
kiss me
deep
kiss me
hard
hold me
in your breathless
purrings
caress
these immense
illimitable
stirrings
loins
and lions
and fires
of desires
relentless
grooves
time flashed
in furious
motions
of blazing
torrents
of tempestuous
tempo
s
i suppose
i could
write this,
this was the best live show
i’ve seen since
Halloween night
No Means No
and yes
Champion is punk
is pogoing
dance movement
and guitars
and storms
of changes
dance time
come
dance
with Champion.
dare you
not to
dance
the full/on
raging
100 minutes
that flashed
by in what
felt like less
than
an hour
and
more than
a mystery
longing
that’s power
intensity,
blazing
guitars,
Barry Russell
Jean-Luc Huet
Sebas tien Blais-Montpetit
Stephane “Fets” Leclerc
bass guitar
Louis Lalancette
vocals,
Pierce-Philippe Cote
aka
Pilou
dancing on the side of the stage
with the techs
during the first 20 minute
monster dance groove
warm ups!
set list,
L6
Taw
Pabo
Perfect In Between
Sannois
Plastique
Keep On
Resistance
Alive Again
No Heaven
Black Saab
So Big
300 people
300 desires
one huge
fire,
Champion
and his geeeeeeee
strings.
Pyramid
November 14.
