Review for PVA: Full Live @ Nox Orae – Video 2022
Facts:
Artist: PVA
Country of Origin: UK, London
Event: Nox Orae Festival, 2022
Location: La Tour-de-Peilz, Lake Geneva, Switzerland
Recorded: AUG 27 | 2022
Published: DEC 06 | 2022
Genre: Electronica, Alternative, Indie
Label: Ninja Tune
9 tracks – 48:16 min
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Personnel:
Ella Harris (vocals and synths, guitars and production)
Josh Baxter (vocals and synths, guitars and production)
Louis Satchell (drums and percussion)
The Nox Orae Gig
TRACKLISTING:
00:26 Untethered
04:57 Hero Man
08:58 Bad Dad
13:24 Bunker
19:04 Comfort Eating
24:09 Soap
28:25 Kim
34:11 Sleek Form
42:04 Exhaust / Surroundings
Video © Carismatico Films
Director, photography, editing, post-production and camera: Mariano Vricella
Drone, photography, camera: Esteban García Torres
Camera: Iván Diaz Postproduction
Sound: Matthew Franklin
Review:
Nox Orae is a festival of manageable size in La Tour-de-Peilz on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland that offers programs off the beaten path of the commercial music industry. The festival was founded in 2010 by the Association Tous Artistes Confondus and has been managed completely independently by the Association Nox Orae since 2012. The festival stands for creativity and originality and not for commercial overkill.
And in 2022, besides Brian Jonestown Massacre, King Hannah and Wu-Lu, PVC from London were also guests. PVA released their absolutely great and outstanding album „Blush“ on October 14, 2022, which I had already reviewed here quite euphorically. The album got us with a 5 star rating the highest score in all subcriteria.
PVA: the best band in 2022 from the Electronica / Electro genre
In combination with this live gig at the Nox Orae Festival and numerous other breathtaking performances, for example at „Later with Jools Holland“ on BBC, PVC is the world’s best Electronica / Electro band on this planet in 2022.
You can compare PVA a bit with Aggregat or Deorbiting (both from Germany), but PVA have with Ella Harris an absolutely fantasic front woman and multi-instrumentalist, who works with incredible naturalness and looseness. From Ella emanates an extremely impressive Auro, with which she has the auditorium after a few minutes under her spell. Ella is characterized by real authenticity and a stage presence that radiates far and wide.
But this also applies to her counterpart Josh Baxter, with whom Ella shares all functions at PVA. With the extremely precise drummer and percussionist Louis Satchell, PVA realize their own fascinating hybrid sound.
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My Testequipment:
Studio 1 (High End):
- 2 x System Audio SA Mantra 50 (front)
- 1x System Audio SA Mantra 10 AV (center)
- 2x System Audio SA Legend 5 (Rear)
- 1 x System Audio Saxo 10 (Subwoofer)
- 4 x Onkyo SKH-410 (B) (Dolby Atmos)
- Auralic Altair (Audio Streaming Client mit max. 32 Bit / 384 kHz)
- NVIDIA Shield Pro mit Plex, Kodi (max 192 kHz für Audio, Tidal (MQA Streaming Client)
- AppleTV 4K (Streaming Client) Dolby Atmos, HDR, Dolby Vision
- Amazon Cube 4K (Streaming Client) Dolby Atmos (restricted), HDR, Dolby Vision
- Panasonic DP-UB9004 (4K UHD Player) Dolby Atmos, HDR, Dolby Vision
- Oppo UDP-203 (4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Player) Dolby Atmos, HDR, Dolby Vision
- Yamaha CX-A5100 (Preamp) 4K, Dolby Atmos, Hi-res
- Yamaha MX -A5000 (Power Amp)
- Sony KD-55A1 (TV) 4K OLED, HDR, Dolby Vision