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Artist: Daemonia Nymphe
Title: Live At La Nuit des Fées
Format: DVD
Label: Prikosnovenie (@)
Rated: *****
Daemonia Nymphe, in my humble opinion, are one of the most enchanting bands of the whole Prikosnovenie catalog. They have a mystery halo and their self made instruments which reproduce antique Greek models make sound their music even more involving. This DVD catches them live at the 2009 edition of La Nuit Des Dees festival where they performed eleven tracks. I don't know if you ever saw a photo of their act but I assure you that they are worth your time: try to imagine three white witches wearing masks dancing smoothly while percussing their tiny bells (or performing like on "Divined by Trophonios") or playing ancient strings instruments while three guys on the background beat hardly their drums, play a percussive string instrument (sorry but I don't know its name) and guitar. For 50 minutes you'll be enchanted by sirens' chants and even if you don't understand their language you'll dream of heroes battling while trying to return to their homes, magic spells, angry deities and feasts. The sound and image is great and different cameras have been used, shooting the concert from different angles just to give an extensive live experience. As bonus (along with the Daemonia Nymphe video of "Divine goddess of fertility"), to make you live in full the atmosphere of the La Nuit Des Fees festival, Prikosnovenie shoot a panoramic introduction to the stands and to the people present to the event and also put an extract of the Corde Oblique gig (they perform six tracks where you'll be able to appreciate Riccardo Prencipe's guitar and the soft harmonies of Claudia Sorvillo's vocals) and ten minutes of Djaima with two tracks of their Bulgarian folk (really touchy the atmospheres of "Mamo").


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