Wednesday, April 04, 2007

VulgarGrad

The Adelaide Fringe brings about many new and exciting displays of incredibly talented people, not to mention many veterans.

I won't go too much into detail, but essentially it's a month long event where actors and artists from around the globe come and strut their stuff.

If one has to choose an epicentre of the festival, many will indeed point to the East End setup in Rundle Park. Anyway, as Sachiko and I were walking around the area, one 'bouncer' suddenly offered us free entry into an elaborate makeshift tent of steel. Seeing we really had nothing else to do apart from wander the sea of coloured lights, we entered the unknown.

It is here we discovered VulgarGrad. As we walked in and heard the husky, deep tone of the lead singer we were certainly hooked. It's like we were transported via some mysterious force to a gritty Russian club in an area you probably wouldn't want to be in at night.

We enjoyed each moment listening, and enjoying the music.
So much so we actually went back a few days later and paid $5 to get in.

Later research discovers VulgarGrad are a band who specialize in, and I quote, "Russian Criminal Sound". The lead singer is in fact Jacek Koman an actor/singer from Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rougue!

I'm in the process of editing some photo's I took on the night now, however here's one to get your blood pumping. And if that's not enough, here are some video's I took via mobile of the night.




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