Friday, 19 July 2013
tiNhearT artworK
Here are some covers I did for Brighton-based band tiNhearT. The first was for an EP of Dan Amos covers, thundeRharP, which you can buy here.
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Monday, 2 April 2012
Dubstep
They did come (to Hanoi). There was sputtering bass. They did grin. They did dance in jerks like happy marionettes.
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Go Go Japan
On one of the last weekends of 2011 some Japanese bands came to town. Thanks to Dan for asking me to crawl around the stage and pit, and thanks to him, Steve and Giles from CAMA for putting on another great night of live music. Including...
Electric Eel Shock:
Electric Eel Shock:
Sunday, 27 March 2011
The Little Stage At The End Of The Universe
Most tourists to Hanoi visit the water puppets; and so they should, given that it's a cultural, theatrical gem sustained and protected by their patronage. But they should also go to the traditional theatre performances held bi-weekly (Thursdays and Sundays) at the Hong Ha theatre on Duong Thanh. Enactions of three folk tales are threaded through with traditional music, and the actors pour their hearts and souls into each. The final, intense scene, depicts a woman who has had a spell cast upon her, turning into a fox. It's disheartening to see that this small and comitted troupe play to a virtually empty theatre, so please change that by going there.
Monday, 21 March 2011
Install A Beak In The Heart That Clucks Time In Hokkien
A couple of weeks ago, I went with mine olde friend Debbie to Singapore to see one of my favourite bands, 65daysofstatic. Debbie is also their booking agent so she secured me a photo pass and we hung out with the band and their crew before and after their gigs; and not only do they make incredibly beautiful, complex music, but they're also all really lovely people. So that's the cherry on top of that particular cake. Musical cake.
And after waiting for years to see them they didn't disappoint, playing two intense, storming sets back to back, carpeting the capacity crowd (none of whom spilt their drinks, though I think they wanted to) with fractured beats, loops and melting globules of distorted feedback. Carpeting? Globules? Hang on...I'm not a music critic...best you go and listen to their music here, or better yet go to one or some of their shows, or do both. Yes, do both. Highly recommended. So far they're the hardest band I've photographed; no-one stays still for long and they have a magical ability to duck and dodge around the spotlights.
And after waiting for years to see them they didn't disappoint, playing two intense, storming sets back to back, carpeting the capacity crowd (none of whom spilt their drinks, though I think they wanted to) with fractured beats, loops and melting globules of distorted feedback. Carpeting? Globules? Hang on...I'm not a music critic...best you go and listen to their music here, or better yet go to one or some of their shows, or do both. Yes, do both. Highly recommended. So far they're the hardest band I've photographed; no-one stays still for long and they have a magical ability to duck and dodge around the spotlights.
Monday, 24 January 2011
KL Punk Rock
Always surprising, often weird, sometimes great, never dull.
Monday, 31 May 2010
New Music Photos: Festival + Charly B
From the CAMA Dance4Life Festival and Charly B's gig at the Roots Party. Both events zuper-Spass, vui lam und fun fun fun. more here.
Sunday, 4 October 2009
Music Stock
My photos have been accepted into a major European stock agency.
So....to celebrate....a recent picture of DJ Shortkut, or, his hands.
So....to celebrate....a recent picture of DJ Shortkut, or, his hands.
Monday, 17 August 2009
Girl Talk
Gregg Gillis' gigs are hard to photograph. He gets completely surrounded by sweaty, dancing, jumping folk, and the man himself can't stay still. Add that to whatever state you're in when watching/snapping him, and you're looking at some seriously blurry shots; however, nothing captures the movement, the energy of the night more than a bit of blur eh or whatever this is.
Saturday, 4 July 2009
Plugs
While I'm trying to figure out which photos to put up and how to upload them, why don't we go and have a cup of tea and listen to the latest melodic morsel from the throat of the lovely Debbie Clare and the aural foliage of future folk-metal Goliath, Stick In A Pot. And if that last one whet your stirrups you can support his endeavours here.
