From the moment Arstidir stepped on stage doing the Anathema/Anneke van Giersenberg song 'Everawake' with Anneke herself, who was on stage before them, I just felt captivated and spellbound, being subtly taken to a much better place:
A massive well done to the person who filmed the above from Wednesday, of course.
For me, the two highlights of the Arstidir set were 'Lost In You' and the a capella song they did (I'm no expert on Arstidir, as I only discovered them properly a couple of months ago, but what a discovery!). After the band played 'Lost In You' on Thursday, a female voice quite rightly shouted out 'Beautiful!', and I'd go a bit further: 'Sublime!'.
'Lost in You' below is taken from an Arstidir concert from Reykjavik in 2012, but it obviously conveys just how poignant and uplifting this song is:
Love the part when the violins and cello/double bass build up the momentum in the song, when I can sense the catharsis and transcendence of being taken to a much better place.
Of course, I also really enjoyed Anneke van Giersbergen and Pain Of Salvation on Thursday night:
Full credit to Pain Of Salvation frontman Daniel Gildenlów for having the vision to organise such a great event.
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