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The Correspondents In Leeds

You may have read previous posts about these guys after I had the pleasure of seeing them at Till The Cows Come Home and The Glade Festival. They have just played in Leeds, and I came across this excellent review/interview. I wish I had the writing skills that the author has!

Here it is: http://charliestewart.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/the-correspondents/

There is also a download at the bottom of the post, you should check it out and see what all the fuss is about.

To listen to more from the Correspondents check out there website: http://www.myspace.com/thecorrespondentsmusic

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Glade Festival 2009 Review and Photos

Glade has found a great new home at Matterly Bowl, Winchester. Whilst it felt smaller, it worked really well. You could probably fit another 2 or 3 thousand people in comfortably.

We have a very smooth setup, and apart from a few technical glitches during live acts, everything went smoothly, and everyone had a great time.

I ran out of memory in my camera, and couldn’t be bothered to delete photos, so didn’t take anywhere near as many photos as I have done in the past. Here is a gallery page http://www.dooza.tv/photos/glade-festival-2009

The 2 hours of caberet in the Interstalla Circus Tent was simply amazing. Its amazing what people can do with practice. The aerial stuff was breathtaking, I have never been so close to this before.

My highlight was The Correspondents, a combination of MC and DJ, playing a fusion of 30′s swing and 00′s big beat and drum and bass. I first saw them at the Till The Cows Come Home 2008, and as soon as I got home I downloaded the EP. Check out there MySpace page, it has clips, you really need to, its like nothing you have heard or seen before. http://www.myspace.com/thecorrespondentsmusic

Mr Bruce, the MC in the Correspondents, was really professional, and really nice. He came to me early on in the night to give me his radio mic receiver. Just before he was due on we did a sound check and then he got on and did his stuff. Top marks and massive respect to him and Mr Chuckles the DJ.

Another favourite act of mine was the Pantaloonies. A duo hula hoop act which was really amusing as well as technically brilliant. Check out there website for more info: http://tillytwist.co.uk/

So all in all another brilliant festival, packed full of happy festival people all having a good time. I honestly can’t wait for next year to arrive!

Glade 2009 is nearly upon us

With less than a week away until Glade 2009, I am busy getting everything in order. We have a plan, no doubt the plan will change when we get onsite, but thats how these things go.

This year we (Fushion Sound System + Dooza Lighting + Subsonic + IADWM) will be jointly doing the lighting on the Origin Stage, and the sound and light in the Interstella Circus tent.

I will be working with Adam from Subsonic on the lighting in the circus tent. Its going to be a traditional stage show, rather than a full on rave show. This will make a nice change, but I will still miss Sancho Panza (who will be DJing in the crew bar at some point over the weekend). There will be bands playing in there as well as the world tallest DJ. There will be caberet and all sorts of other stuff going on, so if you fancy something slightly different whilst at he festival pop along, grab a beer from the bar (which is also in the circus tent) and relax, its sure to be a good show.

The circus tent runs from approx. midday till 5am Friday and Saturday, and finishes at midnight on Sunday with the rest of the festival.

Andy from IADWM will be in charge of the Origin Stage, providing a full on lightshow that will knock your socks off. I have seen his programming of the strobes, its gonna be awesome!

Its going to be hard work, but lots of fun. I will upload some photos when I get back.

Magic Posters Ready

I have finished the poster design and got some printed. They are now up in the Roundabout, and I will be putting one in the record shop on Desborough, well, thats if they let me.