The Photonik Festival, Soest, Holland
6th - 7th August 2004.

I was very excited and honoured to be asked to play at the Photonix Festival in a place called Soest in Holland at the start of August, the weekend after Eastnor.

What was great was that this was the first gig that I'd been booked for the was completely independent from the Big Chill; the organisers had checked out my website and were vibed enough to book me on the strength of what they saw and heard!

I was flown in to Amsterdam airport for my first visit to this part of Europe and was met by Pieter, one of the organisers who then drove me to the site of the festival - a good hour's drive away.

I was blown away by the site - an absoultely stunning woodland setting with an old amptitheatre that looked down onto the main stage - go here to watch a bit of video.

There was a capacity crowd in both nights; people had travelled from near and far to see what was going on. I was well chuffed that my cousin Patrick, Cal, Jim and Dave made the effort to come and check it out from the UK! In fact, I managed to get Pat and Jim a set on the secondary chill stage, which they thoroughly enjoyed!

My sets took place on the first night - I played a DJ set initially before it got dark, and then later on, I played live. The projections were projected onto the canvas over the stage (See main pic) which was really effective.

Other acts included Digitonal, who were fantastic, and Mixmaster Morris (excellent as you'd expect...) from the UK.

A bloody great experience!

The performers

The Entrance

A Bill Posting nearby

The view from the stage

L-R Cal, Jim, Patrick, Bruce

Soest Border

Jim, Cal and Pat Chilling out

The Chill Stage

Sammy from Digitonal

Peepshow in da area!

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