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<h1>Midwinter 2005</h1>
<h2>Inkubus Sukkubus</h2>
<h3>+ Soul Takers</h3>
<p>Edwards No8, Birmingham, December 30th, 2005</p>
<h3>The Venue</h3>
<p>Edwards No8 is a seriously nice venue, with two floors accessed up long
stairways, and suitably dark decor. The gig was held in the top floor
room, which is a decent sized and well equiped nightclub venue in it's
own right, 'backstage' was a bar in it's own right, albeit out of use.</p>
<p>Navigating round Birmingham to find the place turned out to be a bit of
a nightmare though, it took almost as long to find the place as it did to
drive from Nottingham to Birmingham!</p>
<p>We still arrived in plenty of time, as Soul Takers weren't due to start till
nine. When we got to the top of the stairs we found Candia and Adam, soon
joined by Tony, busily signing CDs at the merchandise stand at the back of
the venue.</p>
<h3>Soul Takers</h3>
<p>I first encountered Soul Takers supporting Inkubus Sukkubus at the Josephs
Well in Leeds back in 2003, and they've clearly come a long way since those
days. They suffered a little in that the sound system was more set up
for guitars than electronic music, but they still turned in a creditable
performance and got a decent reaction from the audience. Their music has
developed into an odd mix of medieval chant coupled with EBM dance beats,
and while it doesn't have anything like the catchiness of Inkubus Sukkubus,
it's an interesting mixture. Later on, after the gig, I blagged a CD off them
for the club back in Leeds, and it has to be said they work very well on
CD.</p>
<h3>Inkubus Sukkubus</h3>
<p>Ok, I know I've said this before, but WOW!!! The setlist has been very
heavily modified, they opened with Underworld, which has long been a personal
favourite of the band, and then stormed into the heavy end of their catalogue,
Belladonna and Aconite's pounding tripple-beat followed hard by their classic
cover of "Paint It Black", complete with jokes from Candia about having
written the track before admiting its true origins. Though as it has now been
revealed on the Supernature Forum that Inkubus Sukkubus actually first formed
in Italy about 1550, perhaps it was Candia who inspired the Stones in the
first place?</p>
<p>The performance was full-on and flat-out, Adam's re-worked bass lines
dominating the venue while Tony played like atrue rock legend. I honestly
don't think there is anything I can say about Candia's glorious singing
that's not been said already, lets just say it was bloody good!</p>
<p>Needless to say the crowd yelled for an encore, and got not only the
two tracks reserved for the purpose, but an entirely unplanned rendition
of the Wytches Chant, sung unaccompanied, right at the end. It rocked!</p>
<h3>Aftermath</h3>
<p>After the gig the band retired backstage for a well earned drink before
chatting to various people, etc. At this point we discovered that Candia
looks very nice in New Rocks. Over Mr Sherlock's fetish for three inch
spike heels a discrete veil will be drawn, save to say that tottering
about a gothic nightclub a hundred miles from home and evntually going
head-first through a door marked "strictly private" and landing in the
club-owners office is not perhaps the best way to obtain a free drink!</p>
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<p></p><br><h3>Let the Magic Begin!</h3>
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<p></p><br><h3>Backstage Aftermath</h3>
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<p>I'm saying nothing...
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<p>Rob, with some of the Soul Takers
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<p>Candia, in New Rocks
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<p>Beware!
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<p>A great night, a fantastic gig, and a brilliant end to what has been a
really great year for Inkubus Sukkubus. Happy New Year to everyone, and
here's a large Jagermeister to a great 2006!</p>
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