A Day in the Life of a Tech - Decapitated / 229 London / 14-12-2023

This is how a day as a tech looks like! Behind every band there's a hard working crew, setting up the stage and doing their best to make the show happen everyday. I'm working as a guitar technician for Decapitated and I made this video to show you a bit of "behind the scenes" footage.
Decapitated's ROAD CREW / UK and Ireland Tour December 2023
Guitar Tech - Matteo Bassoli
Drum Tech - Piotr Kołakowski
Sound Eng - Sylwester Rakwał
Light Eng - Maciej Jagoda
TM / Merch - Łukasz Dębski
Much love to my partners in crime: Megafon, Piotr, Sylwek and Maciek!
Super mega thanks to Decapitated band members: Vogg, Rasta, James and Pasek, love you guys! Thank you Gosia for your TM work!
And also a huge "f**k yeah!" to Obscura, Inferi, The Materia and their crew/technicians for being awesome travel companions and good friends.
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[@chrisbyrneguitar]

I went to this show and Vogg's tone was insane!

[@xtant5711]

I saw them in Glasgow and it was the best/clearest sound i had heard from that venue, Caught a drumstick also, Great show!

[@djabthrash]

09:20 digging the uplifting happy mood music at the end of the show. Of course Decapitated is not the first to do this but it always works wonders.

[@josephwinton5042]

It's awesome to see a gutar tech pov I love these videos

[@MatteoBassoli]

Thank you so much! I really wanted to show people how's it to be on the other side of the stage, not so many videos around about it and most of the time it's only about gear. Next one will be Abbath but I'm the drum tech. Stay tuned!

[@Zbigniew_Piatek]

Let's have a moment here to remember Witold, the great drummer of Decapitated.

[@matthew-thomasplant3542]

*Vitek

[@djabthrash]

01:58 good ol' MIXING STATION :)

[@Edgecrusher66]

i was at this show. mainly there for obscura and decapitated

[@wassimahenjir3950]

Nice "Thrillogy - Uncompromised Moroccan Metal" shirt by Sylwester ! Keep these videos coming man, they're fucking awesome ! 🤘

[@melodicmetality]

Świetna sprawa! Łapa w górę! Dawaj więcej. Pozdro z Dublina!

[@solarfallmori]

It´s always cool to see how things work inside. Keep it coming 🤘🤘

[@Greg-rv5vm]

I was at the show in Limerick 🇮🇪 🤘

[@frgb1116]

🤟

[@wujBat]

5:40!

[@nintendad1166]

These are the shows. Not festivals. Give me a school gymnasium any time!

[@CountryMouseCityCrimes]

Inferi is a band that is super complex and capable. Easily up there with the top tier tech-death bands. Yet.... here they are playing the same size venue as a battle of the bands.

[@jaakkorahkola2430]

I mean they are technically proficient but that doesnt really translate to bigger venues or fusion jazz guys would be playing stadiums.

[@CountryMouseCityCrimes]

@@jaakkorahkola2430Yes. But their compositional ability is also stellar. The songs are memorable and catchy. There is more to the music than just tech or brutality. There are plenty of things more every day listeners can latch onto.

[@suicideasteroid]

They use tracks for the second guitar.

[@MatteoBassoli]

The 2nd guitar is a live re-amp on stage instead of having backtracks. There are two cabs and two amps, one stack is played live by Vogg while the other one gets the signal from a pre-recorded guitar (by Vogg) and it's also fully microphoned. The result is like having two guitar players playing on stage! Much better than using backtracks from the PA.

[@kingvkelly2313]

the drummer came to my old college few months back but i dropped out and my mate told me hahahah

[@onlinemanke409]

Couldn’t make it that night unfortunately

[@sixthgatebass]

Now do one working on the guitars

[@MatteoBassoli]

I will, it's my plan to make a "technical" video one day.

[@AlexSenichek]

Nice video! Thanks. Is the 2nd guitar playback? Or maybe there is no 2nd guitar and I'm just having hearing problems :))

[@MatteoBassoli]

The 2nd guitar is a live re-amp on stage instead of having backtracks. There are two cabs and two amps, one stack is played live by Vogg while the other one gets the signal from a pre-recorded guitar (by Vogg) and it's also fully microphoned. The result is like having two guitar players playing on stage! Much better than using backtracks from the PA.

[@AlexSenichek]

@@MatteoBassoli thanks for replying :)

[@Batsinthebelltower]

@@MatteoBassoli this is interesting info ! i have been decapitated fan since early days , with winds of creation cassette tape ! Used to drop 2 litre waterbong and walk countryside with that album on , sometimes walkman batteries running low and double kicks slowing down ! Good memories , RIP Vitek !

[@hazardeur]

@@MatteoBassoliand what if the drummer looses the click for a second? this setup sound pretty fragile. if the drummer fucks up is all the rest of the second amp out of time? can you adjust it on the fly?

[@MatteoBassoli]

@@hazardeur it's James Stewart on drums, he's amazing. He never looses the click! Of course you can do this live only if you've a super reliable drummer. But I can assure you, these guys are a war machine and the tightest band I've ever seen.

[@SherlockMen]

8:16 is this album recording? Or an in-ear mix?

[@MatteoBassoli]

It's album recording, I just added it to the video. It's "Perfect Dehumanisation", opening track of Nihility album.

[@SherlockMen]

Great, thanks!

[@andresduplex1152]

wtf is the music background at the end of the show? is this policy of the club?

[@MatteoBassoli]

“Never ending Story” soundtrack, the sound guy put it once and the guys liked it so it became the outro for the whole tour

[@user-oe9mp5hj1r]

ale ten Rasta się ulał

[@dimitrisjimmygtheodorou8478]

The crowd is terrible.....dead as fuck.....thats why bands get crazy when they play in Greece....this crowd is an insult to these great bands...

[@MatteoBassoli]

What you see is the beginning of the show, then they warmed up and were stage diving all the time and went insane. But it's true that crowds are different, not only from country to country but even from city to city!

[@dimitrisjimmygtheodorou8478]

@@MatteoBassoli I think phones are a big factor...everyone trying to record videos and shit.....its a symptom of our time i guess....i see big metal shows and the crowd just sits there or maybe its the old guy in me that speaks cause im 42 and come from a different era of metal and metal shows....its all about that first song when the band hits the stage...you dont warm up during the show you go to the show warm and ready....much love bro stay heavy...nice vid btw i love watching backstage shit....

[@THEFUCKINGHORRIBLE]

Stop using fast fret ...... seriously........ 🙄

[@MatteoBassoli]

Not my choice, I don’t like it personally 😅 but Vogg wants it so I need to use it 😉