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"Suuusiiiiie!" bellows a man in his mid-twenties at the striking silhouette before him. There's a cult level of hero worship levelled at Susanne Sundfor filling the room here tonight, one that's really experienced in the humble walls of Koko.
The last time we saw her in her native Norway, she was headlining Oya Festival. That is where she belongs - on a huge stage, where her sheer majesty can bloom on the scale that it deserves.
However, that also makes it a real treat to see her in such an intimate setting. Here, the devastating beauty of 'Rome' becomes a much more tender affair - feeling like a bittersweet whisper in your ear. It also accentuates the finer points of the very varied nature of her performance.
Few others could so effortlessly and convincingly drift between taking you by the hand on as cinematic and elegiac a journey as with the haunting 'White Foxes', before her hips sway and thighs hit the floor for the infectious disco-noir of 'Accelerate', before becoming every bit the pop queen on 'Fade Away' - all while remaining as one very singular and all-encompassing character.
That character is one of a true stateswoman of music. Every movement and sound is graceful and considered - whether inspiring a tearjerker or an all-out rave. We holler for an encore before the ultimate full-stop with the truly perfect decadence of 'Delerious'. Tonight we've experienced love, loss, longing and lust all in perfect measure. Why? Because in her flawless set this evening, Susanne Sundfor is everything.
Susanne Sundfor played:
Lullaby
Kamikaze
Trust Me
Rome
Accelerate
Fade Away
Memorial
The Silicone Veil
White Foxes
Insects
Encore
It's All Gone Tomorrow
Delirious
