Waveform Festival
I can't believe it's been three weeks since the last blog. Time is flying.
With Kimba having left for Africa yesterday to join the Malawian Lake of Stars Festival road trip, we were in a rush to get some new photos done before he left. This past weekend was hectic with an Oxford Circus shopping spree to get us suited and booted - as well as getting to Waveform Festival down in Devon to play on the Friday night.
It's the first year for the Waveform festival which is brought to us by the people that brought us Sunrise festival, so we knew to expect a laid-back easygoing festival vibe and there was plenty of small tents with loads of different stuff going on across a nicely sized site.
After having gone shopping for shoes in the morning, we arrived at the place with barely minutes to spare (for which I'd later take a few slaps on the wrist for on behalf of the band). Then we were hugely plagued by some of the worst stage-side technical problems we'd ever come across. (You know when you're in trouble when they cancel the solo beatboxer before you because they can't figure out how to get his single microphone working properly). James, our own perfectionist/take-no-bullshit sound engineer couldn't make this show due to an ear infection [get well soon dude!] and we couldn't help feeling he would have both fixed it all and also spilled blood where appropriate.
Originally scheduled for 7:30pm, we went on at least an hour late, under the cover of darkness, where we always perform best - for the most patient and appreciative of crowds, who were happy to wait whilst they tried to fix sound and then dance like lunatics in the gaps between the silences. Kimba did a sterling job of keeping the happy vibes up, with at least two freestyle improvs and stirring up some crowd-chanting.
Briefly forgetting that we're supposed to get an early night (only Paul did), so that we don't look rough for photos on Sunday, we made it through to 10am to record a radio interview for BBC Devon. I don't know if this interview will ever get to see the light of day, but the interviewer - Michael Dixon is a very special individual with a lot of time for us and music in general, and no doubt we'll get to see more of him in the future. To be honest I'm not sure if we featured very much in the bits that got recorded but he's an interesting guy and if you can pick up BBC Radio Devon in your area, I wholeheartedly recommend checking out his work.
I guess that's the end of our first proper festival season.. and it seems like the first fest (Sunrise, back in June) was absolutely ages ago. The weather's been crap but we'll only appreciate the sun even more next year. 2007 certainly has been the summer of mud. Already we're gearing up to get the 2008 festivals lined up.. bring it on!
With Kimba having left for Africa yesterday to join the Malawian Lake of Stars Festival road trip, we were in a rush to get some new photos done before he left. This past weekend was hectic with an Oxford Circus shopping spree to get us suited and booted - as well as getting to Waveform Festival down in Devon to play on the Friday night.
It's the first year for the Waveform festival which is brought to us by the people that brought us Sunrise festival, so we knew to expect a laid-back easygoing festival vibe and there was plenty of small tents with loads of different stuff going on across a nicely sized site.
After having gone shopping for shoes in the morning, we arrived at the place with barely minutes to spare (for which I'd later take a few slaps on the wrist for on behalf of the band). Then we were hugely plagued by some of the worst stage-side technical problems we'd ever come across. (You know when you're in trouble when they cancel the solo beatboxer before you because they can't figure out how to get his single microphone working properly). James, our own perfectionist/take-no-bullshit sound engineer couldn't make this show due to an ear infection [get well soon dude!] and we couldn't help feeling he would have both fixed it all and also spilled blood where appropriate.
Originally scheduled for 7:30pm, we went on at least an hour late, under the cover of darkness, where we always perform best - for the most patient and appreciative of crowds, who were happy to wait whilst they tried to fix sound and then dance like lunatics in the gaps between the silences. Kimba did a sterling job of keeping the happy vibes up, with at least two freestyle improvs and stirring up some crowd-chanting.
Briefly forgetting that we're supposed to get an early night (only Paul did), so that we don't look rough for photos on Sunday, we made it through to 10am to record a radio interview for BBC Devon. I don't know if this interview will ever get to see the light of day, but the interviewer - Michael Dixon is a very special individual with a lot of time for us and music in general, and no doubt we'll get to see more of him in the future. To be honest I'm not sure if we featured very much in the bits that got recorded but he's an interesting guy and if you can pick up BBC Radio Devon in your area, I wholeheartedly recommend checking out his work.
I guess that's the end of our first proper festival season.. and it seems like the first fest (Sunrise, back in June) was absolutely ages ago. The weather's been crap but we'll only appreciate the sun even more next year. 2007 certainly has been the summer of mud. Already we're gearing up to get the 2008 festivals lined up.. bring it on!
2 Comments:
Heh,
you might find this creative review of Waveform Festival 2008 really interesting...
http://www.fallyrag.com/page71.htm
Take it easy!
dude that's not a review of waveform. that's a review of mushrooms. whatever you were doing.. they sound great.
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