The `drive by` of the last 3 months…
My oh my where does time fly? Although the sun in The South of France has only just begun to lower its beautiful head, I cannot believe we are in the month of Bonfires and Fireworks and shops sneaking their Christmas decorations into shop windows.
Its only fair to update you on the recent goings on in the life and work of LP so here goes….I had a great night at the start of September at the Roundhouse with `Quantic and his Combo`. I played an acoustic set with the talented Max Gilkes on guitar (and forgot my words for the first time in long enough!)…durrr.
Then came the Tru Thoughts 10th Birthday Bash at The Vibe Bar in Brick Lane. The masses that attended were treated to Kylie Auldist all the way from Oz, the dulcit tones of Kathrin Deboer and Belleruche, Stonephace, Hint, Nostalgia 77, Natural Self and a beautiful acoustic set from little Miss Alice Russell…and the list goes on! Much fun and debauchery was had in `True`Tru Thoughts fashion!
Click here to watch the unofficial goings on!
The `real`summer went out with a huge `Bestival` bang. My good old guitar companion Tom Robins and I played an acoustic set on the new Redbull Transmission Live stage which went down a treat on a peaceful sunday lunchtime. We were closely followed by the very talented 2009 `Mercury Prize`Winner, `Speech Debelle`who does what it says on the tin with sass and style, if you havent checked her out already then get to it…http://www.myspace.com/speechdebellemusic…and as ever the fancy dress efforts were unrivaled by any other festival i`ve ever been to…(I could be found donning a black bobbed wig, huge eyelashes and a ridiculous amount of glitter and fairy lights wrapped around my bod!)…photos on request!
Then we all calmed down a bit, took a trip to Marseille to the very cool `2009 Marsatac`Festival. I broadcast a live PA set across the wires and hung out with my buddy Pierre from the `Hangtime` show on Radio Grenouille (http://www.grenouille888.org) who incidently interviews cutting edge artists from all over the world weekly on his show (all in English with a French Translation for those of you without your French GCSE!)!
Next up it was back to London town for me and a little pub on Upper St nameth `The Albert and Pearl`. A lovely young chap who goes by the DJ name of `Sattaman` hosts live music events called `Real Roots` throughout London which are always free and definately definately worth attending…http://www.myspace.com/sattamann
We then played our live debut gig of the Acoustic Ensemble at `The Daffodil` in Cheltenham swiftly followed by an epic night at The Jazz Cafe in Camden with DJ Vadim and his live band. I took the handsome DJ and my PA side man `Thomas Dusseune` all the way from Cannes and popped him in front of a roaring Camden crowd with whom he proceeded to warm up in all the right places in time for Vadim!
The following night we were back down in the label homelands of gloriously gay Brighton for its celebration of the ever young Tru Thoughts label. This time we were joined by Flevans and Elodie Rama to name but a few. And finally I rounded of the autumn in style with a live sell out show at `The Queen of Hoxton` supporting the geek chic sounds of `Mayer Hawthorne` from the heavy label `Stonesthrow`….
So…you can see why I havent been attached to the computer writing numerous blogs! I `ve been hanging out, living it up, and pushing it round in the best way possible and it doesnt stop there! You can look forward to some new collaboration tracks that are currently in the pipeline with Natural Self and Azaxx.
Alors, Mes amies! I`ll sign off here and promise to be back shortly with another LP update. Stay smiling, try and resist the pretty christmas lights until December and most importantly, keep listening! Much love x
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