Mixmaster Morris + alucidnation play Dublin
11th February 2005.

I've always wanted to play a gig out in Ireland. For a start, I've got family over there - my wife Nina is of Irish descent. But it's the music that seems to eminate from the coutry that I find appealing - there's a diversity of tastes that shines through when you listen to the radio for instance...

Anyway, for this gig we were playing at a venue in the centre of Dublin called the Pod. It's an older venue - in fact it has a lot of history and Crawdaddy is just another reincarnation. The minute I walked in to do the soundcheck, I was overawed by the vibe of the space - a lovely low balcony and a great soundsystem. Perfect for the kind of gig that I'd intended to play there.

The gig had been organised by a friend of mine called Cal and I was playing alongside a guy called Sean Quinn, who's signed to Psychonavigation Records, plus the inimitable Mixmaster Morris. In fact, Morris was headlining and the press for the gig had been great.

So we were all expecting a good crowd! The only downside to the night was that we had to draw proceedings to a close pretty early - 11pm. The timing was quite important - hence Cal went on to play some music at about 8.20, Sean played a live set from about 9ish which meant I went on at about 9.35. It didn't really leave me enough time to play the full set that I'd intended to perform, but hey - Morris had to get on and spin...

Due to the weather that night, theturnout was pretty abysmal. The audience numbered about fifty or sixty; half of which were my Irish rellies who'd turned up in force to give me some much needed moral support, god bless them!

A great night, and a great weekend. Two friends of ours came along for the trip from the UK and we did the sights and drank plenty of the black stuff...

Thanks to all concerned.

 

 

 

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