Igorrr
Metaldays - 2018
Text: Tobias Nilsson Photo: Lunah Lauridsen
Igorrr was a band that had been recommended to us, but of which I really knew nothing. We’d missed out on their performance at Copenhell earlier in the summer, but luckily we were given another chance here at Metaldays, and as you can see, we jumped on it.
Apparently, Igorrr started out as a one-man project by Gautier Serre back in 2005, and not until last year, he expanded his project into a group effort when adding Sylvain Bouvier on drums, and Laurent Lunoir and Laure Le Prunenec on vocals, for his third album, Savage Sinusoid.
Fittingly, it was Serre that entered the stage first, and garnered a good round of applause as he did so. After him came Le Prunenec, who proceeded to open the show with some a capella singing. When the music began, she left the stage again, only returning when it was again time to sing.
Serre and Bouvier looked a bit anonymous, both in attire and position (Serre standing behind a DJ pult), Le Prunenec and Lunoir were a different story altogether, with the former wearing a fancy cocktail dress and the latter wearing… Well, I’m not entirely sure how to describe it. Some form of monster getup, I guess?
It was up to the two vocalists to deliver on the performance as well, and boy, did they ever! Watching Igorrr was like watching an abstract, avantgarde opera ballet of sorts, with Le Prunenec dancing about like a silent movie era ballerina, and Lunoir hulking around the stage like a large, brooding monster - it was all very Beauty and the Beast like, but turned up to 11, and dropped on acid. The multi-facetted music was of course the most fitting backdrop for this one could imagine.
Le Prunenec was also the primo crowd connection of the band, often leading cheers and whatnot, even keeping the spirit going when the rain broke about halfway through the show.
Igorrr had a good sized crowd, a positive view given I had no idea what to expect on this part, and most of them were happily dancing and moshing along to the show.
It was an interesting experience, no doubt about it. The music and performance created images, storylines, and ideas. While being on the point of cinematic, I don’t believe we were supposed to take this as a literal story being told, but rather let the impressions seep in, and have us make our own story as we went along. I was slightly overwhelmed, confused, pretty sure I didn’t get everything going on, but most importantly, I was intrigued. And that’s as good a start as any.
Apparently, Igorrr started out as a one-man project by Gautier Serre back in 2005, and not until last year, he expanded his project into a group effort when adding Sylvain Bouvier on drums, and Laurent Lunoir and Laure Le Prunenec on vocals, for his third album, Savage Sinusoid.
Fittingly, it was Serre that entered the stage first, and garnered a good round of applause as he did so. After him came Le Prunenec, who proceeded to open the show with some a capella singing. When the music began, she left the stage again, only returning when it was again time to sing.
Serre and Bouvier looked a bit anonymous, both in attire and position (Serre standing behind a DJ pult), Le Prunenec and Lunoir were a different story altogether, with the former wearing a fancy cocktail dress and the latter wearing… Well, I’m not entirely sure how to describe it. Some form of monster getup, I guess?
It was up to the two vocalists to deliver on the performance as well, and boy, did they ever! Watching Igorrr was like watching an abstract, avantgarde opera ballet of sorts, with Le Prunenec dancing about like a silent movie era ballerina, and Lunoir hulking around the stage like a large, brooding monster - it was all very Beauty and the Beast like, but turned up to 11, and dropped on acid. The multi-facetted music was of course the most fitting backdrop for this one could imagine.
Le Prunenec was also the primo crowd connection of the band, often leading cheers and whatnot, even keeping the spirit going when the rain broke about halfway through the show.
Igorrr had a good sized crowd, a positive view given I had no idea what to expect on this part, and most of them were happily dancing and moshing along to the show.
It was an interesting experience, no doubt about it. The music and performance created images, storylines, and ideas. While being on the point of cinematic, I don’t believe we were supposed to take this as a literal story being told, but rather let the impressions seep in, and have us make our own story as we went along. I was slightly overwhelmed, confused, pretty sure I didn’t get everything going on, but most importantly, I was intrigued. And that’s as good a start as any.
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