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Ghost Sighting
Japan’s experimental psychedelic sextet Ghost mark the release of a live DVD/CD combo with a screening of Overture: Live In Nippon Yusen Soko at Chicago’s Rodan on October 18th at 10 p.m.
Filmed in 2006 at a former Japanese warehouse, the DVD cements the band’s eccentric reputation for turning live shows into performance art and transforming odd spaces into venues.
With a set made up of entirely improvised material, Ghost visually cut themselves off from each other and the audience by hanging lace curtains in order to prevent eye contact as to boost sonic connection between band members. Audience members were also banned from re-entering the building upon arrival and silenced during the show.
Four cameras were set up to catch the meditative experiment in progress and now fans can experience the evening without being held prisoner.
Rodan is located at 1530 N. Milwaukee.
— Janine Schaults
