Seachange festival was the first more than one day festival I've been to and stayed at for a very long time - 2002 I think. Glad to have done that. Highlights of that were:
Teleplasmiste - Orb like soundscapes and samplery
Wovoka Gentle - reminded me of Roxy Music in places
Will Stratton - solid singer songwriter
Michael Chapman - We all know about him don't we?
Masayoshi Fujita - Vibraphone player extraordinaire
Jambanai - Post Rock South Korean band
Seahawks - Similarly Orb like
Ill - All female upstarts
Trembling Bells - Old fashioned Folk Rock Band
Julie Byrne - meditative songwriter textures
Ryley Walker - Quite a catch with full band.
If I had to pick out a fav it would be Jambanai whose CD A Hermitage I have been listening to all day.
Other gigs I am trying to remember:
Robert Plant - Plymouth Pavillions
Oliver Haigh & The Worm - Old Bakery Studio, Truro
Several Sofar Sounds gigs; the highlights being Little Lapin, Eve Goodman, Floralyn George and Pearl Love. In Truro and Falmouth area
Milk - New Inn Tywardreath. Budgie wannabees which is a noble aspiration
Spectres - Mono, Falmouth
Can't remember too many bad gigs
CD's
Already mentioned the Jambinai one... Struggling to find any actually...
La Feline - Triomphe
Nadine Shah - Holiday Destination
Oiseaux-Tempete - Al'An!
Randy Newman - Dark Matter
Teleplasmiste - Frequency is the new Ectasy
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