*** – February 21, 2003 – Silent Warmth, St. Anna’s Church, Jelgava, Latvia
004 – March 29, 2003 – Counterfeit 2 Party, Jelgava, Latvia
005 – April 5, 2003 – Acoustic Evening at Lelde’s Place, Jelgava, Latvia
006 – May 9, 2003 – “Sprādziens”, Rainis Park, Jelgava, Latvia
*** – July 18, 2003 – Silent Warmth, Madona, Latvia
007 – August 20 (?), 2003 – Concert in the Garden, Jelgava, Latvia
008 – August 21, 2003 – JRF Festival (the New Rock Music Festival), Jelgava, Latvia
009 – October 19, 2003 – “G-spot”Anniversary, Nākotne, Latvia (1st gig with Juris Tipa)
010 – November 22, 2003 – “Fernfahrertraum” Single Release Party, LLU Students’ Theatre, Jelgava, Latvia
*** – February 21, 2003 – Silent Warmth, St. Anna’s Church, Jelgava, Latvia
An audio-visual project in collaboration between Penguin Video and STandART. Video projection series Things We Associate With Warmth were shown on the big screen in St. Anna’s church. Dj Wickiss played ambient music. The aim of the event was to create both physical and emotional warmth. On this winter day, café Meho and friends helped make warm tea. The water was boiled in the church kitchen. A local newspaper called the event “Tea For Soul”. It was also a diploma project of Kalvis Kluburs, Indulis Dzenītis and Paulis Grīnhofs, music management students of Riga Dome Choir School.
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004 – March 29, 2003 – Counterfeit 2 Party, Jelgava, Latvia
Another event during the night of switching to summer time. Another event when the morning came earlier. Every guest was asked to bring along a horseshoe of any kind. Several new records were premiered at the event, for example, the new De/Vision album Devolution, the yet-unreleased Camouflage single Me & You, the yet-unreleased Martin L. Gore’s new album Counterfeit2. The event was opened by a STandART performance, again with a different lineup: Kalvis Kluburs (vocals, bass guitar), Modris Matisāns (guitar), Kaspars “Kņazs” Stāmers (synthesizer), Dj Momentz (samples), Guna Pantele (violin). The drummer from Modris’ main band Z. I. P. Code – Māris Krūmiņš – helped out on the drums. The songs were mostly based on improvisation, though. This was the first time when Das Lied Vom Einsamen Mädchen was played apart from Kalvis’ and Modris’ German exams. An early version of the STandART piano piece Emigration was used as the concert intro. Afterwards, Māris Meldriņš also performed several songs on guitar. The visitors were offered to go into the bath-house and to receive answers to their questions from the Oracle of the Sugar Factory. Also the second contest called The Murkiest Dance was held. After the success of the first such contest, 5 pairs were ready to take part this time, although one of the ‘pairs’consisted of only one girl, and another ‘pair’ consisted of 3 people people including a member of the jury, which of course let this 3-people pair win the first prize. The winners were Modris Matisāns, Māris Kŗūmiņš, Kalvis Kluburs. There was some very romantically depressive dances. In the rhythm of DAF – Der Mussolini, Kaspars “Kņazs” Stāmers and Guna Pantele performed a very aggressive and erotic dance. Before the dawn, the mysterious Black Camel arrived to perform his super erotic rutting-dance.
01 Intro (Emigration)
02 Das Lied Vom Einsamen Mädchen (Nico / Martin L. Gore cover)
03 Mans Svētums (My Holiness)
04 Z.I.P. Code (“Z.I.P. Code” song)
05 Kykywka (Kino cover – in Russian)
06 Apčakarētājs
07 Ze Amols (the early “The Wonderful Fair”)
08 Laidies
09 Condemnation (Depeche Mode cover)
10 Būtībā Man vienalga (the early “Seven Times”)
11 Tālbraucēja Šofera Sapnis (Fernfahrertraum)
12 Redemption Song (Bob Marley cover)
13 Love Is a Shield (Camouflage cover)
14 The Bottom Line (Depeche Mode cover)
15 Mouth (Paradise Lost cover)
16 Das Lied Vom Einsamen Mädchen (Nico / Martin L. Gore cover) – acoustic
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005 – April 5, 2003 – Acoustic Evening at Lelde’s Place, Jelgava, Latvia
An acoustic after-party, for which the venue was kindly provided by Lelde, followed a week after the previous event. Kalvis, Modris, Kaspars “Kņazs” Stāmers, with help from Guna Pantele (violin) and Jānis Indriks played more than 30 songs in 2 sets, including Mullholand Dr. theme, Veljanov‘s Blag Zhivot in Macedonian and In The Ghetto in a drunk-Martin L. Gore-at-hotel-piano style. 7 songs were recorded on the mobile phone at this event. At the dead of night the hair-raising Black Camel arrived. At first he made miserable people pray for mercy, taught them how to live and with Massive Attack – Butterfly Caught and flickering blue Christmas lights in the background performed his super seducing rutting-dance.
Set 1
01 Intro (“Silenzio” from “Mulholland Dr.”)
02 Mulholland Dr. theme
03 Black Celebration (Depeche Mode cover)
04 Dream On (Depeche Mode cover)
05 Mans Svētums (My Holiness)
06 Love Is a Shield (Camouflage cover)
07 The Bottom Line (Depeche Mode cover)
08 Laidies
09 Condemnation (Depeche Mode cover)
10 My Friends (Red Hot Chili Peppers cover)
11 Redemption Song (Bob Marley cover)
12 By This River (Brian Eno / Martin L. Gore cover)
13 New Drug (De/Vision cover)
14 Ze Amols (the early “The Wonderful Fair”)
15 Never Let Me Down Again (Depeche Mode cover)
16 Būtībā Man Vienalga (the early “Seven Times”)
17 Ausmas Dziesma
18 It Doesn’t Matter Two (Depeche Mode cover)
19 Z.I.P. Code ( “Z.I.P. Code” song)
20 Hey Jude (The Beatles cover)
21 In the Ghetto (Elvis Presley “drunk Martin L. Gore style” cover)
Set 2
22 Lauks, Kurā Es Nomiru (later the name was used for a complately different STandART song – “The Field Where I Died”)
23 Heart-Shaped Tumour (De/Vision cover)
24 Lielās Atlaides (The Great Absolution)
25 Leave You Nothing (Mesh cover)
26 Mīlestības Dziesma (Love Song – with different combinations of letters and numbers as the lyrics)
27 Imagine (John Lennon cover)
28 Colourblind (Counting Crows cover)
29 It’s No Good (Depeche Mode cover)
30 It’s No Good (STandART Remix)
31 Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode cover)
32 Mouth (Paradise Lost cover)
33 Tālbraucēja Šofera Sapnis (Fernfahrertraum)
34 Kykywka (Kino cover – in Russian)
35 Blag Zhivot (Veljanov cover – in Macedonian)
36 Das Lied Vom Einsamen Mädchen (Nico / Martin L. Gore cover)
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006 – May 9, 2003 – “Sprādziens” (Explosion), Rainis Park, Jelgava, Latvia
After several self-organized private events, this was the first public STandART performance. The concert of the new bands was held in Rainis Park. STandART were significantly different from other bands, which mostly based their sound on aggressive guitars. STandART were even more different, as a few days earlier the drummer had left the band, and it was decided to play without drums. Thus, STandART lineup for this concert was: Kalvis Kluburs (vocals), Kaspars “Kņazs” Stāmers (synthesizer), Modris Matisāns, Ģirts Vizbulis (changing on guitar/bass guitar), Guna Pantele (violin), Dj Momentz (samples). Valdis Šteinhards on trumpet was also a part of the lineup; however, there was no time to play the last song. The setlist with no particular order has been preserved. It might have looked something like this:
01 Das Lied Vom Einsamen Mädchen (Nico / Martin L. Gore cover)
02 Ausmas Dziesma
03 Laidies
04 Ze Amols (the early “The Wonderful Fair”)
05 Mans Svētums (My Holiness)
06 Tālbraucēja Šofera Sapnis (Fernfahrertraum)
Not played: 07 Kykywka (Kino cover – in Russian)
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*** – July 18, 2003 – Silent Warmth, Madona, Latvia
We reached an agreement with priests Māris Ozoliņš and Rihards Rasnacis to repeat our audio-visual project Silent Warmth on the open-air stage in Madona as a part of the 2nd Catholic Youth Days of Latvia; however, the work of the organizers turned out to be deeply disapointing. We, five persons, went to Madona only for a few hours taking time off our jobs. Only when we arrived at the venue at 22:30, priest Rasnacis informed us that our event has been moved to the next day due to the lack of necessary equipment and the fact that they had not yet even announced our project. The change of the date in the last minute was inoperable to us; thus, we agreed to perform with the available equipment at the end of the Friday night program, just before the people were supposed to work in groups (which later was canceled). We prepared for our performance and were waiting for priest Rasnacis to let us start. However, after the blessing of the bishops, the cardinal and the priests (Rihards Rasnacis included) wished everyone goodnight. When people werealready going away, priest Rasnacis gave us a signal to start.
We felt very upset, as there was a chance to inform people that there is an option to stay longer at the venue, which was very suitable for our project. A performance of 20-25 minutes in front of 5 people is not exactly the same as 1.5 hours in front of 2000 people. Despite our physical and financial effort, the organizers had even not announced our project at the venue. Moreover, we had been looking for the necessary video equipment ourselves, including places where it had already been booked by the organizers of the youth days without informing us. The technical crew at the venue gave a good feedback about our work, whereas the organizers didn’t even apologize to us. Priest Rasnacis just said: “I think we can finish now.” Thus we have to conclude that the organizers made serious mistakes and showed irresponsibility.
During the event, the footage from STandART’s first video Fernfahrertraum (not completed then) was screened on the big screeen for the first time.
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007 – August 20 (?), 2003 – Concert in the Garden, Jelgava, Latvia
Before the first STandART festival appearance, a public rehearsal was held in the garden of the house, where STandART rehearsals usually took place. This rehearsal was big enough to be called a concert. The host of the house with help of his friends constructed a rather big stage. Equipment was hired and guests were invited. The concert was interupted only by the rain and the police. Despite the rain, the listeners faithfully remained standing in front of the stage, which a makeshift roof, but it didn’t help much. The band had to wipe off their instruments after every song. The concert was finished after the third warning from the police that our noise could be heard too far.
Setlist has not been preserved, but there were a lot of songs played. First, the songs for the JRF festival were played several times. Afterwards, a wide range of cover versions followed, a version of Kraftwerk‘s – The Robots being the funniest one. The lineup for this event was: Kalvis Kluburs (vocals), Kaspars “Kņazs” Stāmers (synthesizer), Artis Čestnihs (drums), Artūrs Trumsiņš (bass guitar), Guna Pantele (violin), Jānis Indriks (guitar), Valdis Šteinhards (trumpet), Dj Momentz (samples).
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008 – August 21, 2003 – JRF Festival (New Rock Music Festival), Jelgava, Latvia
The festival was opened by the local bands STandART and The King of Nothing. Other participants included the bands Pasaules gaisma and Dzelzs vilks. STandART had experience lineup changes once again. Besides Kalvis, Kņazs, Dj Momentz and Valdis there wew 4 people under the age of 16 on the stage – Artis Čestnihs on drums, Artūrs Trumsiņš on bass guitar, Jānis Indriks on guitar and Evija Šteinharde on violin. Linda “Zars” Karčevska and Kristīne Redberga assisted as back-vocalists. It was at this festival that the members of STandART and Pasaules gaisma noticed each other. It soon resulted in close collaboration and Juris Tipa joining STandART. Later Kalvis Kluburs joined Pasaules gaisma on synthesizer.
01 Das Lied Vom Einsamen Mädchen (Nico / Martin L. Gore cover)
02 Laidies
03 Tālbraucēja Šofera Sapnis (Fernfahrertraum)
04 Kykywka (Kino cover – in Russian)
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009 – October 19, 2003 – “G-spot” Anniversary, Nākotne, Latvia
House of Culture of Nākotne (also ‘future’ – in Latvian) hosted an anniversary event of the band G-Spot. Other bands included STandART, Pasaules gaisma, Bērnības milicija and Punch. It was the first STandART concert with Juris Tipa. Once again several lineup changes were made. Kalvis, Kņazs, Artis Čestnihs, Artūrs Trumsiņš, Valdis Šteinhards and Evija Šteinharde had remained from the previous concert. Juris Tipa replaced theyoung guitarist Jānis Indriks, whose father did not let him attend the event. Juris also played metallic percussions. Dj Momentz was replaced by Dace-Kace Avotiņa. For the first time, the song Bezmiegs (Sleeplessness, the early Aslan’s Song) was played – it consisted of 7 minutes of monotonous piano and metallic percussions. In addition, the fast version of Tālbraucēja Šofera Sapnis (Fernfahrertraum) was played for the first time.
01 Ze Amols (the early “The Wonderful Fair”)
02 Das Lied Vom Einsamen Mädchen (Nico / Martin L. Gore cover)
03 Tālbraucēja Šofera Sapnis (Fernfahrertraum)
04 Kykywka (Kino cover – in Russian)
05 Bezmiegs (the early “Aslan’s Song”)
06 Tālbraucēja Šofera Sapnis (Fernfahrertraum) – Fast Version
07 Būtībā Man Vienalga (the early “Seven Times”)
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010 – November 22, 2003 – “Fernfahrertraum” Single Release Party, LLU Students Theatre, Jelgava, Latvia
The release party of the first STandART single. The video of the single was also screened for the first time. Other participants of the event were the bands Pasaules gaisma and Time Out , and a special project Oļa un Melnie Sūdi. Every guest had to bring a horseshoe of any kind with them. We even received a horseshoe made of horse dung 🙂 The early version of Corrosion was played for the first time. The cold and monotonous Bezmiegs (the early Aslan’s Song) lasted 10 minutes.
01 Ausmas Dziesma
02 Das Lied Vom Einsamen Mädchen (Nico / Martin L. Gore cover)
03 Ze Amols (the early “The Wonderful Fair”)
04 Būtībā Man vienalga (the early “Seven Times”)
05 Tālbraucēja Šofera Sapnis (Fernfahrertraum)
06 Mans Svētums (My Holiness)
07 Ūū.. Atkal Redzu Skatu Šo (the early “Corrosion”)
08 Laidies
09 Kykywka (Kino cover)
10 Bezmiegs (the early “Aslan’s Song”)
11 Tālbraucēja Šofera Sapnis (Fernfahrertraum) – Fast Version
