It’s been ages since this actually happened and I was just reminded about it by a comment from the ever-sleepy Sylvia MacPuss. The party was in the practice rooms of the A-side Studios in Glasgow, probably around March sometimes. There was about 15 or so acts for an entry fee of about £4.00. Bargain. It was also one of those rare beasts, a bring-your-own-bottle event!
If you are interested I brought a very lovely and rather cheeky bottle of gin. I know exactly what you’re all saying, you’re saying ‘Neil, A gin and tonic without ice, surely not!’ All I can say is is that I agree with you but ice was just not available. Maybe something for the organisers to look into for next time.
Anyway, the event was really very good fun and I got to hear a lot of people I hadn’t heard in person up to that point. Some good stuff was played, some bad stuff was played, but still I found myself lugging a bag full of CDs home with me. Noma was his wonderfully inventive self and his magnificent drones shivered everyone of my internal organs. It also gave one of my companions a bad case of Tinnitus. Praise indeed. I recorded the show for posterity so let me try and fling it on youtube with some pictures of cats and link to it here.
Update: Well this is all very lame. After splitting and processing the quality of the audio was just too shit. Such a shame. Just so I don’t leave you hanging out on that limb I bring to you a video of Noma shot at a performance I wasn’t at by a person I don’t know. A person who likes to use After Effects if this video is anything to go by. If anyone was there could they tell me a bit about it. Sounds pretty spectacular. Good don’t you think eh?