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Partying has played a large part of my adult life, more so than my youth, most of it has been behind a lighting console in a club or festival. This is what I do, its me, its my passion, its great!
Waveform 2009 Review and Photos
Sep 20th
A little late on publishing this, I was very tired after such a great festival.
First up is the photos, which as usual only focus on the tent that I was working in. I like trying to get nice shots of the lighting, I am still learning digital photography and haven’t got it quite right yet, but I am trying 
Waveform 2009 went very well. The police wanting stupid money for the full event, but the organisers managed to get a temporary events licence instead which led to very strict capacity. This didn’t put a damper on the event, it just made is smaller and brought everyone together.
Julz and I were asked to do the sound and light for a 24 hour tent run by Earthheart Productions. Due to the capacity limits several stages had to combine, this included Gaia Chill, Alpha Omega and Arcangel Breaks. Even though it was a 24 hour tent, the music was chilled after 3, and picked up around lunch time, so I had time to sleep and get ready for the next session of playing with lights.
The weather held out for us, we couldn’t have asked for better to be honest. The Sunday was overcast, but this was nice due to the heat on Saturday.
Sadly due to the duff information when laying out the site, all the speakers were pointing towards the local village, so noise complaints had to be dealt with by turning it down. Come Sunday night when Far Too Loud were supposed to play, the volume was far too quiet, but after a while of the lower volume its still loud enough, and everyone partied away till 8am Monday morning.
Next year promises to be much bigger and better. Keep on eye on the Waveform Festival website for more information. Julz (Fushion Sound System) and I will be there, we hope to see you too.
Waveform Kit List
Sep 10th
Its been a while since I did a kit list, but as I have a few moments spare before loading up the Shogun, I thought I would show what I will be using this weekend.
- 6 x Eurolite TS-150 Scanners
- 4 x Abstract Galactic Stars
- 2 x Abstract Gladiators
- 4 x Geni 75w Strobes
- 1 x DMX to 10v Multiplexer
- 4 x Par 56 Short Nose Lanterns
- 1500w Smoke Machine
- 1 x Zero 88 Diablo DMX Controller
- 4 x 2m Black Tri Truss
- 2 x Powerdrive EasyHoist 330 Windup Stands
- 2 x Powerdrive Club 30 Stands
- 1 x Mirrorball
Should be a good party
Glowball XII
Jul 28th
GLOWBALL XII
Friday 2nd October 2009
The perfect end to the summer!!
We have the awesome DRUMATTIC TWINS joining us again, just because they rocked it the first time round!!
http://www.myspace.com/drumattictwins
As well as Reading’s finest underground DJ’s and a couple of Guests bringing us filth in 3 rooms all night long:
Jaxx
CPR Craig
Broken Headfone
Tim Sharpe (Groove Tech)
FritzFactor
Justin (Sudup)
Honest Jon
Syrah
Ronnie
Sound provided by Fushion Sound System
Lighting brought to us by Dooza Lighting
Dancing from B.A.D. (Berkshire Alternative Dance)
Not to mention all you lovely lot that make Glowball what it is!
Plug ‘n Play Studios, 35 Milford Road, Reading, RG1 8LG
10pm to 6am
£7 entry at the door
Free Cloakroom
Glade 2009 is nearly upon us
Jul 9th
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.
Glowball XI Review
May 14th
Readings local newspaper, the Evening Post, were invited along to Glowball XI, and they have reviewed the evening. Here is the online version: http://www.getreading.co.uk/entertainment/clubs/s/2050755_mission_accomplished_glowball_xi_at_plug_n_play
This should give you all a taste of what its all about, if you like to party, this is the one that you should all come to.
