Seen from the balcony, the Nachtkantine beer garden of the new Greek landlord and lederhosen wearer Kosta lies at an angle at a depth of around 6 meters and a distance of up to 20 meters. This roughly describes a very unusual stage and audience situation. But the Werksviertel with the diverse encounters of its very different “settlers” has often found very unconventional ways of addressing an audience. The first row in front of the beer garden is equipped with deckchairs and is already well occupied at 7 pm.
The beer garden is well filled when bandleader Christian, who according to the website is a “ramp sow and girl for everything” and therefore the thoroughly original epitome of modern diversity, welcomes the audience. They quickly get going with two horns, two guitarists, bass, drums and a female singer.
In their mainstream soul and jazz mix of the post-classic Mo-Town era, they move on to bluesy hits such as “Moondance” by Van Morrison and famous Miles Davies standards such as “So what” or “Time after Time”, as well as Bill Withers with “Lonely Day” or “Just the two of us”. In between, Cantaloop-funky-funky and “Don’t change Horses” can also be inserted. The horns deliver the themes cleanly. Singer Simone sings everything a little too ladylike, but with a reliable bass, the mood grooves and sloshes safely through some soloistic shallows.
Michael Niedermair is visibly enjoying himself, he is sitting in the beer garden with a customer and is now practicing his guitar again. At 17, he had already played with the Heavy Mörtels and then with the Spezi Cowboys, who are supposedly still around. All right! Let’s see what else is in store for the Kulturbalkon.
Text: Michael Wüst
