A young fan observing the group’s soundcheck… At noon Siga & Sekembuke, Otto Lechner & Windhund, as well as guest musicians met at the Lentos Stage in Linz for the sound check. Not having performed together on a stage like this before, some very basic questions needed to be sorted out. Such as the distance to the microphones to be kept. Or, even more basic, how to begin the concert.

Rose, who works in the Linzfest cuisine, kindly took a few minutes from lunchtime stress to translate.

Listen to an audio excerpt of the short yet efficient discussion (mp3, length: 1′13”):

Siga & Sekembuke, Peter Kuthan, Rose, Karl Ritter

The “museum” mentioned at the end is the Akustikon, an institution dedicated to the culture of listening, which was visited by the group, along with other musicians, later in the afternoon.

Fantastic weather in Linz, plenty of people in the festival area, the musicians getting ready for their concert, starting in exactly one hour…!