The Echo Curio may be the smallest venue to host a show in Los Angeles, but even so, the Robotanists were able to rock the house Wednesday night. As soon as the band started playing people started to dance, and you could feel the musical fusion being created. The stage was surrounded by mock-like christmas lights and colorful lanterns, all of which went off and on to the beat of the music.
Perhaps it was the tiny size that the Echo Curio is that made the guitar, drums, bass, and electronic sounds overpower Sarah Ellquist's hypnotizing vocals because it was hard to listen to the song's words; though, if you're a huge fan, then you probably already know the lyrics and would have been okay, but to the rest of us, it would have been a nice gesture to turn up the mic in order to listen to Ellquist's great vocals. Other than that, the show was golden.
Lead guitarists Daniel de Blanke was quite a surprise. He managed to light up the stage with a few guitar solos that added a sexy feel to the Robotanists performance, not to mention that Ellquist's good looks and sensual dance moves add that much more to the show. The Robotanists were also very friendly; at some point a guy from the audience yelled, "You're awesome!" right when the band was finishing up a song, Ellquist took a sip from her clear bottle and replied, "You're awesome," and went on to what became the shortest conversation, but nonetheless a conversation between the band and audience.
Shortly after the band finished their last song, a bunch of scruffy looking guys (most holding paper bags to cover up their beers and vodka) surrounded Robotanists' band members; I suppose that's the good thing about small venues, you get to do that. The Robotanists were love at first sight; right when the first note was played I knew I would go home and download their CD, I even took home a pink pin with the band's name on it. It will be nice to see the Robotanists play in bigger venues so that more people can appreciate the band.
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