Behind the scenes @ beatkitchen.de: April 2006

EMB - Sannois

Another strange little venue this EMB... again the people working there (at least the majority of them) looked like they would rather have been anywhere but here... just don't get it... surely there are lot worse jobs going?! Nonetheless we didn't let there vibes interfere with us having as much fun as possible on stage! Carim nearly beheaded me with his snake at the end of the set but I will get my revenge... watch this space :oP

Watching Southpark on Carims laptop during our drive to Sannois.

Gordon 'The Grand Wizard' Holbert.

Soundvibe doing his thang...

Out for chinese...

... someone doesn't look too happy with their food!

The best part of doing this show :oP

Printemps de Bourges Festival

After a good three hour drive we got to Bourges to play the Printemps de Bourges Festival. The weather was great and we had quite a bit of time to kill before soundcheck - so I took myself off for a little walk around the festival grounds. There were so many cool stands and bands to check out it was hard to know where to start. After walking around for a while and eating some lovely food I got to check out some cool bands soundchecking - incl. Plaid who I really like. After soundchecking we still had quite a bit of time to kill so I got to check out Arctic Monkeys and deUS which was a nice little bonus. Our show was really great too. We had a blast on stage and the crowd was brilliant. Got to meet up and and hang out with a few familiar faces after the show too which was nice!

Radio and press in Paris

Carim, Gal & I left Tourcoing early this morning and got a train into Paris for a long day of interviews and radio. I was just along for the radio sessions and didn't have to endure the same set of questions over & over which was nice for me :oP
Our first stop before all of this though was the sushi bar around the corner from the hotel... got to get our energy from somewhere right?! After that we went down to Campus Paris Radio to do the first session followed by an interview. We played "Tricycle" and "Needle & Thread" off of the new album.
From there we went on to PIAS where Gal and Carim did one interview after the other whilst I sat in the corner thinking of ways how I could disrupt the whole vibe... sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't... but it's the thought that counts, right?!
In the evening we went to Aligre FM to do our last stripped down session which was a definite success... for those with ears to hear....
When we got back to the hotel everyone else was pretty pie-eyed. So we decided to find the nearest restaurant to cause some havoc... as usual this was no big task for Mr & Mrs Psapp and their little Psappling children!

Le Grand Mix - Tourcoing

Strange gig this one at Le Grand Mix in Tourcoing. All the people who worked at the venue looked like they'd rather be at home but the most memorable thing for all of us I think was the catering... a potato spring roll followed by Lasagne with a side serving of chicken korma..weird. When we got on stage we realized we were playing to an audience who also looked like they would all rather be at home - this only made us enjoy ourselves even more though... like I said before - strange show this one....

Japanese food for breakfast...

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What are your thoughts on this adventurous menu Carim?

...and you Gwen?

Check out the new lights on my kit!

Nouveau Casino - Paris

We played a great show today at the Nouveau Casino in Paris. It's a beautiful venue and the crowd were all lovely. Fink opened up for us and they also played a really good show. Definitely a nice start to this little stint of shows in France :o)