David Silva Review of HMV Forum
Unbearable sound! It was my first time coming to t...
Unbearable sound! It was my first time coming to this venue for the awesome powerful voice of Alice Russel & Quantic live band, I had quite good expectations. It started with a DJ support act, something around electronic ambient, the sound wasn't famous, but I thought to myself: well, it will get proper when the main act starts. Went to the bar to get some drinks, staff were helpful, but drinks seemed a bit overpriced. Quantic and his band comes on the stage (just 2 hours after the time on my tickets as the show time) and guitar, piano, drums, bass, and brass (trumpet and Sax) start playing. I noticed straight away that the drums snare and brass sound were way too loud, and could hear an annoying clear echo everytime they were played. The sound doesn't improve and after a couple songs, Russel comes in together with 3 other back singers, and it doesn't get any better, actually the loudness and echoing just get worse as the time passes by, with no improvement at all, to a point I decided to leave for the sake of my ears This was the first time I left a concert due to the bad quality of sound. Not sure if it was the acoustic of the venue itself, the audio engineer, or both, just came with the certainty that I won't be coming back to this venue that soon.
Overall, I found the sound just too bad for a professional performance like this and for a venue that seems to host so many renowned artists.
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