And so the end of road is here. I started this tour 3 weeks ago in York and after many trips on trains and many different houses slept in, the concluding show is at Dubrek Studios in Derby. This is by far the venue in the best nick and looks all shiny and new and the vegan pizzas are decent. I get the sound man to make all the lights red as per usual and get down to work. Bit more testing of radio picking up internal electronic action from kaosilator and the resulting feedback. To be worked on further on return home. I am asked questions after, especially from second act Maggie Rogers, who is from the west coast of Ireland studying Music Therapy and was interested in the noise I was producing. She thought it could be used in therapy and I told her about the psychiatric hospital I played in 10 years ago.......Anyway, her songs are very Gaelic inspired folk songs and occasionally in Gaelic and it's somewhat of a different vibe after me, but all good all the same. This is a very eclectic and international lineup and a nice way to end the tour!
Ora Cogan and her band are on tour and her songs are really atmospheric, bass-driven and reverb laden, with occasional nods towards goth and shoegazy pop. Really nice music and a shame there weren't more there to see it. If I have one gripe tonight it's the (apparent) lack of promotion for this gig, but sound, lights and people there are all sound.
The tour is over, I am tired, but I have had a decent run around England. Many many thanks to all the folks who helped make this happen - the promoters, the other artists and all the great people who put me up. No tour is possible without lots of help from very ace folk, we should all remember that.
LoS
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