The Big Chill Eastnor 2003
1st -3rd August, Eastnor Castle Deer Park, UK.

The Big Chill returned to this lovely setting for a second time having sold out two weeks previous to the start of the event, which bode well for all concerned.

The weather was absolutely superb - in some respects it was almost too hot, but everyone that came along had a cracking time.

I was quite a busy boy at this festival. My main alucidnation gig took place on the Saturday evening at 7.15pm and for this, I'd recruited Dave Noble to accompany on guitar with his new FX pedal, and Ollie Wakeford on flute. Both contributed something special, although I have to say the sound front of house was pretty poor. I also played alongside Laura B as 'Survival of the Slowest' in the mixed media tent on the Saturday night, veering away from the purely ambient set that we'd played at Naxos in 2002... we came on after CassetteBoy, who'd whipped the crowd up into some mad frenzy - playing ambient after this was going to be a tricky one. So we dipped in and out of a variety of styles - it must have worked well, because the feedback was great.

And then I played the radio station on the Sunday night... a night of complete debauchery, the cabin was filled with bickertons of all shapes and sizes, and a lot of fun was had by all. It was left to Morris to close the proceedings, which he did in (usual) fine style.

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