Live Performance Reviews - Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders) 22/2/12

Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders) 22/2/12

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Topic: Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders) 22/2/12

Posted By: Gallifrey
Subject: Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders) 22/2/12
Date Posted: February 25 2012 at 23:20

This was great. A $15 performance of one of the world's best guitarists with a 80 person audience in a small music store.

This is why I love New Zealand. The concerts are tiny, and personal, we had conversations about how they came up with song names to one guy asking why Tosin wore women's pants in one of his online videos.

The basic idea of the performance was Tosin playing some Animals As Leaders songs with a backing track and answering questions about playing and stuff. And I was front row :D

He only ended up playing 8 songs in the 1.5 hour performance, including Tempting Time and CAFO, two of my favourites. We had a bit of a rave about style, and turns out his secret to tapping is "I just hit it really hard".

Ended with a signing and Ibanez (who sponsored) giving out a few t-shirts (I didn't get one :( ), and Tosin even complimented me paying $26 NZD for Weightless, until I explained that that's normal price here.

A great time, don't think he'll be doing any more of these, but better than just a concert, and cheaper too.

9/10

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Posted By: Ben Enochian
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 09:31

He's a top guy and a super talent.
Really enjoyed watching A.A.L perform a little while back and will be watching them again, supporting Meshuggah.

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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: March 02 2012 at 10:52

Buy the TRAM EP, it's great.

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Posted By: Gallifrey
Date Posted: March 02 2012 at 12:59

It's on my list, he played a bit of one song, sounded quite good.

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Posted By: CloudZero
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 15:09

oOooo that must have been exciting, I would have loved to meet the guy. Seems like a genuine nice person.