Awaken live at Radio Si : the report.

Dear friends, fans and passing smiles,

while some of you enjoy holidays, Awaken made its timid yet tangible return to the live world. It's been three years without playing in front of an audience (last time was a Vietnamese party) and this mini-concert at Radio Si was a refreshing and energetic moment.

It was a synthesizer/voice solo concert, myself only, and even though this light formula has its limits, it was a nice opportunity to give a live angle to the most recent répertoire of Awaken, from 2006 until now.

The program "Comme Sur Des Roulettes" at Radio Si has the particularity of being held mostly by people in wheelchair. Though the themas are slightly oriented toward life of people in wheelchair, this program has the same open mind on the world's cultures than any program that would be seen as "normal" by some high-powers.

The Radio Si team

Last November, I already had the chance to be interviewed by "Comme Sur Des Roulettes" and we made the plan to meet again around some instruments to do some kind of live show in the studio. This edition was special, not because of Awaken, but because it sadly seems to be the last one. Radios are suffering these days in Brussels, due to political things that I try not to want to understand.

But I know the team has what it takes to do something else and make the end of "Comme Sur Des Roulettes" the beginning of something even better. You bet ?

Note the presence of Hello Kitty !

Back to Awaken, I had a lot of fun to play and improvise around the following pieces :


1) Misty Conclusion / The Last Escape Of Lady S (4 Dreams Suite)

2) Beppu Nights

3) The Train Is Leaving Kokura / Xúp Sô-Cô-La / The Train Is Leaving Kokura (conclusion)

4) As A Start: Cà Phê & Pizza / I Know Time Is passing By…

5) Chisel Hotel’s Breakfast / The Collectivists

This mini-concert followed an interview and the airing of the single "Áo Dài Màu Hồng" and was followed by some beers and waffles to illustrate a bunch of philosophical discussions.

Interview time.

Thank you to Radio Si, Comme Sur des Roulettes and you fans who support Awaken any which way. Have a nice month of July and meet you for the next live.

Gilles Snowcat