On February 22nd 2006 at Yo-talo, Tampere, Finland
Somehow the whole concept of Finnish
electropop alured me until yesterday. I got a track (
Tokio) from a friend a while back, probably because I went to Japan last year, but my
project kept me from listening to it. Basically, I was awestruck after hearing it.
I went to
Regina's homepage and saw that they were going to play at Tampere the next day. With the tickets at only 2 euros, I had no choice but to go and see them. This all just after hearing
one track. I don't normally even see that many bands live or anything. Later I found three more tracks from their homepage, so I didn't have to totally unprepared to the show.
They opened with Tokio, which I loved, and finished with
Salakuvaaja (the encore). Somewhere in between they also played a cover of a
Kauko Röyhkä song that made me wish I was also listening to Röyhkä and knew which song it was.
The background visuals were absolutely beautiful. Great ASCII art and nice editing of video material. The visuals fitted the music perfectly. Maybe not so suprisingly, the weakest part of the show was the singing. Still, I don't expect a live performance to be 100% in tune, so no worries there.
A great performance from a band that has been playing live for just about a year.
If you like electropop (such bands as
Freezepop,
Ladytron,
Cherry Bikini and
Goldfrapp, perhaps) and happen to live in Finland (or Russia), I strongly suggest you make your way to the nearest Regina show.
The next (announced) performances by Regina:
24.02.2006 // Soundscape, Pietari, Venäjä [+
Boys of Scandinavia]
25.02.2006 // Kuningasklubi, Tavastia, Helsinki [+
The Embassy]
25.03.2006 // Ämy-klubi, Hälläpyörä, Hämeenlinna [+Mind Lift]
12.05.2006 // Valotalo, Yo-talo, Tampere [+
Tigerbombs]
The homepage of Regina.