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I got to Prague at 11 am and meet up with my former class mate Monika so we went to her place and chatted. She really didn’t change much. At around two I set off to Palác Akropolis and got in plan that I will sit in some cosy caffee and wait for people who’s coming to the gig. Well, it was raining quite much at that time and there was no caffee nearby so I desperately sit in some pub and took out my Finnish for self-learners and started to read. Not so long after there came two girls who obviously seemed to look like they are attending the gig and after like an hour I finally grab my braveness and went to talk to them if I can join them. I could and we actually had fun time together, chatting about anything from Finland to Japan. I was delightful that I’m not there all alone and they were actually pretty surprised that I chat with them and so on because nobody who they first met in the venue didn’t seem to pay attention to them.
And then was the time to get inside Palác Akropolis, well, I thought I will go to the balcony, it was closed due to construction. It was very small and well I didn’t like the interior as on the photographs. We met some other fans who were nice people and also some Japanese who came just to see them and who follows them all around Europe.
I was standing on the steps to the balcony in the back, it was perfect place for me (since my head was all dizzy) and there weren’t many people, it was 1/3 empty. We’ve waited for the support band so I sat down and relaxed but then…. Sa bir started and I was like SHIT! Quickly searched for my camera to prepare and couldn’t believe that there was no support band after all.
The lights were horrible, mostly red and some green, so ‚perfect‘ for photos, but the gig was AWESOME! I still can hear Sa bir in my ears as if I was there, I remember how everything trembled, how my ears almost hurt because of the loud ‚noise‘ and how amazed I was.
I can barely describe what I felt back then, it was something undescribable. They started to play and I couldn’t grab my breath. And then Kyo stood up on the step in front of him and woah, such a teeny tiny figure standing there. He looked so peaceful, calm, mature, almost like, well I can’t describe. From the entire gig, he made me feel so different about… wel everything. I mean he’s so tiny but his voice is so powerful, so amazing, so different in every single second. Most of the time I watched with my mouth wide open, especially during his acapellas which were unique as always.
The rest of the band were great too but didn’t make such a huge impact on me as he did. Die was all smily especially in the end (well he drunk out a whole bottle of Jägermeister and gave the empty bottle to a fan :D).
They played mostly fast songs, none I would really love to hear but anyway it was CRUEL :D in positive way. During those fastest songs I couldn’t believe it can be even performed, I had to stay perfectly still to be able to perceive them. And when Kyo sang like you know those crying parts (like scream fulfilled with pain) it really hurt, I had to shut my ears up but fortunately it was very brief and rare.
It was very strong experience, not only the gig itself, but also those people around and I got the feeling, that I do want to get to know Japanese people, the country and language. I even realized that how I couldn’t remember the lyrics of the songs before because it’s quite difficult, now I sing them without looking and hear them as if he was singing in my room. I guess now it will be much more easier for me to remember them, especially those which I love like Zakuro, Mushi and Embryo.
And now it’s over. First I got pretty desperate, but now it’s a bit okey, I’m still recovering though. I’d love to have that insight of Kyo, I knew before the gig that it’s going to be special, it was, I only didn’t know how much, in what ways. I dare to speak about it as a life-changing experience, well maybe it was just first step but I felt really different before the gig and now.
And I can’t listen to Uroboros, it hurts, I know sounds stupid, naive, but it does.
Yeah and last note, I had some image in my mind about them, from what I’ve seen on the internet, but the live erased all of those toughts and I do not really believe that Kyo is so desperate and sorrowful, he seems like he knew something more than most of us. Maybe it’s because of the time spent in those budhist temples which makes special ambient around him.

setlist:

Sa Bir

Inconvenient ideal
Vinushka
Obscure
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Stuckman
Audience KILLER LOOP
Dozing green
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Acapella

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Toguro
Glass skin
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Acapella

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Bugaboo
Reiketsu nariseba
Merciless cult
Agitated screams of maggots
Gaika

encore:

The Final
Saku
Clever Sleazoid

And Kyo said "Nashledanou" (goodbye) so hopefully they'll come soon enough, before I'm a grandmother :D