They're even more stripped down than the new Kreidler album. Shizu plays Bugdom in the back seat. Bielefeld is a small town, solid houses set amongst trees. Magpies caw on the chimneys. We set up in the hall of a youth centre.
Sound checks are so boring.
We feast on the food the venue has prepared for us. Then it's time to rehearse the three collaborative tracks, 'Mnemorex', 'Taxi' and 'Rhetoric'. Alex the bass player hisses the lyrics to 'Mnemorex' standing right behind me on the stage like a theatrical prompt. I keep messing up the verse order. It won't do.