Dancing at the Copacabana salsa club in Manchester Friday night, after our last day of full rehearsal for Aftershock, a few of us went to dinner at the home of one of the organisers, then out for a drink afterwards. We ended up at a Salsa club, which was pretty cool. I was by far [...]
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Another day at Aftershock Day 8 of 10 in Manchester for the Aftershock Project. It’s pretty full on and everyone’s pretty tired – but we have a final set list, and the musicians pretty much know what they’re doing across the board now. Best of all, the gig is sold out. So now it’s just [...]
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Listening to the Safires album with David and Kirk A big football night in Manchester, so I chose to stay in, listening to the freshly-mastered album by the Safires. David (left), with whom I’m sharing an apartment for the duration of the Aftershock Project, is the bass player and producer/engineer for the band. Kirk, the [...]
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Out and about in Manchester Today the Aftershock musicians were given a task that involved them going out into the city and collecting sounds to inspire and incorporate into a new song. Above (L-R) are Marika the percussionist, Roberto the singer, Eoghan (pronounced ‘Owen’) the drummer, Denis the guitarist, singer and electronic noisemaker, and Nick [...]
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Relaxing on the couch while David finishes the album Sitting in an apartment in Manchester, while my roommate David puts the finishing touches on his band’s album before it gets sent off to New York to be mastered tomorrow. Really lovely way to spend an evening (for me at least – David’s stressing a bit…).
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Nitin Sawhney with the musicians on day 1 of Aftershock Manchester For the next 10 days, I’m working on the Aftershock Project in Manchester. Composer Nitin Sawhney brings together a diverse bunch of musicians from across Europe to workshop new material, and put on a one-off performance of original music. Lots of video and photos [...]
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I thought I’d lay off posting music videos here for a bit, but I thought since I shot this one myself, it was a good idea to put it up. I’m in Manchester at a music industry conference called Un-Convention. It’s one of those events where you know quite a few of the people involved, [...]
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