tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197033052024-02-28T05:11:31.546-08:00some words to go with the picsCARMYMACMUSICPHOTOS ETC...this is a blog to go with the music photos i take in and around amsterdam (previously it was leeds, and sometimes it is elsewhere). my photos can also be found on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets"> flickr</a> and <a href="http://carmymac.tumblr.com">tumblr</a>. i also have a <a href="http://www.carmymac.com"> website</a> which is on hold...one day it might come back to life. all photos are copyright of me.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239201513079576019noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19703305.post-15869639075649899532015-04-28T15:07:00.002-07:002015-04-28T15:07:05.656-07:00that was the blog that wasis the end nigh?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239201513079576019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19703305.post-51005553048815781452015-01-03T07:21:00.000-08:002015-01-03T07:21:05.323-08:00that was the year that waslooking backAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239201513079576019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19703305.post-59060724371726322952014-10-08T13:46:00.001-07:002014-10-08T13:46:13.764-07:00slightly speeding up autumngot some catching up to do, ain't i?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239201513079576019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19703305.post-41968544294839156452014-08-24T11:19:00.002-07:002014-08-24T11:19:38.951-07:00slow summersoonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239201513079576019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19703305.post-76839056461084442082014-07-02T03:08:00.002-07:002014-07-02T03:08:43.415-07:00june: memories of beaches brew...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239201513079576019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19703305.post-70286352701138550322014-05-30T01:02:00.001-07:002014-05-30T01:02:24.058-07:00may: festivals in other citiesle guess who<br />
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xAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239201513079576019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19703305.post-90432352158101528332014-02-06T02:14:00.000-08:002014-03-04T15:04:56.177-08:00finnish february february is so finnish, i gave it a hashtag.<br />
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(go search for it in twitter and see if i'm not telling the truth) (ok, so i did, and i didn't even find <a href="http://www.twitter.com/carmymac" target="_blank">my usages</a> of it... doh... but there are a few tweets that still remain with my invented hashtag!) <br />
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so, after having written about the new album of delay trees (a band from finland) for NV at the end of january (see <a href="http://nordicvibes.com/2014/01/21/luistertip-delay-trees-readymade/" target="_blank">here</a>), this inspired me to focus all my attention on finland during february. for the <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/Pipemachine/orange-flavoured-pipe-machine-070214/" target="_blank">OFPM show</a> this week (on fri 7 feb), the tracks i will play are gonna be from finnish-only bands, and actually features bands all off the same helsinki-based label (<a href="http://solitimusic.com/" target="_blank">soliti</a>):<br />
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-black lizard (FI) - desolation kids<br />
-delay trees (FI) - the howl<br />
-black twig (FI) - pastel blue<br />
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then, on the saturday night of this very weekend (8 feb), i am going to see <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/8176613759/in/set-72157631947239905/" target="_blank">this man</a> playing. that man being spencer krug aka moonface, who currently resides in finland.<br />
post-gig edit: this gig was my favourite so far of this year (not that i've been to many!), and mr krug didn't disappoint delivering one of my <a href="http://carmymacmusicphotos.blogspot.nl/2014_01_01_archive.html" target="_blank">favourite albums of last year</a>. it's been stuck on repeat even moreso since seeing it performed live.<br />
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now the question remains, will i get to see this band live this year:<br />
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(and no, the rest of february wasn't particularly finnish, but at least it got off to a flurry at the start)<br />
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x Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239201513079576019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19703305.post-47561206951704030222014-01-04T15:21:00.003-08:002014-03-03T13:32:49.302-08:00looking back<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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it is around this time of year that i stop and ponder the year just gone, although as i've said before i am not so fond of writing lists (but i manage to do it sometimes, see <a href="http://carmymacmusicphotos.blogspot.nl/2013_01_01_archive.html" target="_blank">here </a>and <a href="http://carmymacmusicphotos.blogspot.nl/2012_01_01_archive.html" target="_blank">here</a>).<br />
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in 2013, i don't think i went to as many gigs as usual (there was a lot i didn't get to, despite having a ticket: my biggest regret? probably not getting to phosphorescent at bitterzoet for no good reason in particular other than sometimes i'm not in the mood to go to another gig on my own; & i was sad i didn't get to hear efterklang call my name out at the amsterdam gig in january!), and i certainly didn't take as many photos at gigs as a result, but i did do more writing/talking about (nordic) music, so it's not surprising a couple of my lists are nordic-related (yeah... i don't 'do' lists ordinarily, but if i'm going to, i may as well not do one, or two, but three!! right??)...<br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><b>my top 5 gigs</b></span>:<br />
-volcano choir at paradiso (this gig was bonkers, they practically raised the roof!)<br />
-efterklang at eurosonic (little did i know this would be my last time seeing them!) (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/87287432@N00/4746306645/" target="_blank">pic of my first NL show</a>)<br />
-daniel norgren at paradiso (small room) (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157633374098151/" target="_blank">pics</a>) (this gig was life affirming!)<br />
-asgeir at bitterzoet (i'd been impressed at eurosonic but this was more intimate, and i got some <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157634681136341/" target="_blank">great shots</a>!)<br />
-burning hearts at nordic delight festival (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157632913640753/" target="_blank">pics</a>) (i loved their 2012 album and was finally happy to get to see them live, not once but twice in february!)<br />
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(& if it wasn't for the 'sound of the dutch underground' night at melkweg, i wouldn't have discovered nouvelle vague, my new fave dutch band)<br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><b>my top 5 (recorded) musical moments</b></span> of 2013 by nordic artists (see more explanations of this list <a href="http://nordicvibes.com/2013/12/31/top-musical-moments-2013-carmel/" target="_blank">here</a>):<br />
-indians (DK) - somewhere else<br />
-alice boman (SE) - skisser<br />
-daniel norgren (SE) - buck<br />
-small feet (DE) - liar behind the sun<br />
-junip (SE) - junip<br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><b>my top 5 (non-nordic) records</b></span> of 2013 (listed alphabetically):<br />
-daughter - if you leave<br />
-moonface - julia with blue jeans on<br />
-phosphorescent - muchacho<br />
-tunng - turbines<br />
-volcano choir - repave<br />
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(& special mentions to these nordic albums: sin fang (IS) - flowers; tilbury (IS) - northern comfort; & this is head (SE) - the album id)<br />
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x Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239201513079576019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19703305.post-54040093797221829042013-12-12T04:06:00.002-08:002014-03-03T12:25:39.784-08:00nordic songtressesthis month so far, it's been all about nordic songstresses.<br />
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at the start if december, i featured three lovely ladies (and their bands) with these tracks on the radio:</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">& then a few days ago, i wrote an article about therese aune's album, an extract of which is below:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>therese aune: billowing shadows, flickering light</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thereseaunemusikk" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Therese Aune</a> is a musician who hails from Norway. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Her voice has a haunting quality, that also soars with cinematic grace before taking dramatic twists and turns. These changes of direction are evident on a number of tracks, with my stand-out being ‘In My Quiet Place’. This has all the elements of a track to accompany a film sequence of running through a Nordic forest in a snow storm, which is almost precisely how the video captures it, except the running is swopped for cycling and the forest for a fjord in the rain. I wouldn’t mind that being my quiet place to escape to, or any of the locations that feature in the video actually (which all can be found around Stavanger, in southern Norway).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(a full version of this article can be found on NV <a href="http://nordicvibes.com/2013/12/09/luistertip-50-therese-aune-billowing-shadows-flickering-light/" target="_blank">here</a>)</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239201513079576019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19703305.post-13675967075879169042013-11-12T13:09:00.001-08:002014-03-03T12:30:48.927-08:00icelandic adventureiceland airwaves really can change your life... as I go onto describe in more detail <a href="http://nordicvibes.com/2013/11/08/iceland-airwaves-change-life/" target="_blank">here</a> (that article is also like a commentary of 'how i came to be doing all this nordic stuff')... for which i have come to realise, iceland airwaves really does have a lot to answer for.<br />
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this was my third time in attendance, and actually, if it wasn't for the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157637493166944/" target="_blank">photos</a>, i might not have remembered too much about the festival this year... which has more to do with the icelandic adventure that me & my flatmate had whilst exploring the westfjords during the week before the festival (this is a whole different story which one day i might pen somewhere, i will create a 'comicstrip' to summarise it - which is kind-of ironic cos it wasn't at all funny at the time - but let's see if that ever gets online anywhere... if so, i'll link to it at a later date).<br />
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anyway, long story short - there was snow, mountains, blizzards, northern lights (wow!), more blizzards, closed airport, cancelled flights, etc. which all led to us missing a few days of the festival. and then when you eventually get back to civilisation, it takes a little while to adjust... but you don't have too long to adjust otherwise the festival will be over!!<br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><b>musical memories</b></span><br />
anyway, needless to say, fun was still had. i was super happy to have finally got to see p<span style="color: #783f04;">é</span>tur ben perform (altho after the <a href="http://nordicvibes.com/2013/09/30/luistertip-week-40-petur-ben-is/" target="_blank">recent interview</a> i did with him, i was slightly disappointed not to get to say hello) (altho with the shortened stay in reykjavjik, i didn't bump into half the people i had hoped to). also happy to have got to see v<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ök for the first time, and pascal pinon (how had i <i>not</i><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>caught them previously??), plus gruska babuska (who i'd previously received a package from delivered to amsterdam, containing a very lovely scarf!). </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">my highlight tho was definitely kippi kaninus on the saturday night. not sure why. it just made me happy! as did catching the kafibarrinn choir at loft hostel (and chatting to olafur arnalds after the show, who i missed seeing play due to cancelled flights!).</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">also was super delighted to have got to see john grant (finally!) & conor o'brien perform (& to meet the lovely donal lunny!) at the young hearts showcase, and to hang out with adrian crowley but i was super unlucky with timings each day and didn't actually get to see adrian play!! (again, how did this happen??). </span>then, all too quickly my festival was over but i was happy with my last shows: packed into kaffibarrin, firstly for snorri helgason (the only time i caught him, so happy i managed it!), then i saw hjaltal<span class="st">í</span>n (for the first time)... literally up close & personal... squeezed down on the floor at the very front. boy that place can get packed! good spot for pics tho. ;)<br />
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xAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239201513079576019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19703305.post-60751387470499772192013-10-12T01:20:00.001-07:002014-03-03T12:35:36.196-08:00nordicnesssometimes i wonder how i started writing for a nordic-related (dutch) website (NV), and how i became a nordic correspondent for a (uk) radio show (OFPM). but hey ho, probably best not to analyse these things... altho that is exactly what i have been doing recently whilst pondering about my nordic musical choices, which will be published only somewhere soon (edit: now available <a href="http://nordicvibes.com/2013/11/08/iceland-airwaves-change-life/" target="_blank">here</a>).<br />
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i go to iceland soon, getting excited already! post-trip report on my return.<br />
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oh, & i've done some interviews with icelandic artists recently, for NV:<br />
available now: <a href="http://nordicvibes.com/2013/09/30/luistertip-week-40-petur-ben-is/" target="_blank">peter ben</a><br />
<strike>coming soon</strike> (edit) online too: <a href="http://nordicvibes.com/2013/10/17/interview-tilbury-lone-spaceman-icelandic-weather/" target="_blank">tilbury</a><br />
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altho of course i do also cover the other nordic countries, and sometimes i share the same bands on both the radio & website - after all, my contributions to both are about new discoveries i make, so why be selective for one community. it's all about sharing the nordic love!<br />
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& all my selections for the OFPM* radio show can be found here (just the songs, none of my babbling):<br />
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*Orange Flavoured Pipe Machine is the radio show that airs every friday night at 10pm GMT on Sine FM (available online/via tunein app) with the super dj jon kelly at the helm. i take over the airwaves for about 20 minutes on the first friday of every month. the shows are also available to listen again here: http://www.mixcloud.com/pipemachine<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">i've had a summer with only a few gigs and numerous missed encounters (so the 'summer update' will indeed be quick). i did have some great gigs in august (see below). </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">& i just this minute hopped, skipped and a-cycled back from my september </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">'carmymac birthday gig' where <a href="http://www.williamtyler.net/" target="_blank">william tyler</a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> - the </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">'sprankelend snarenwonder' ('sparkling strings miracle') - entertained and wowed and transported me somewhere heading midwest, probably around mississippi. no singing, lots of stories and a sprinkling of magic. (also no photos, not taken my camera out of my bag for a while now. it will be back sometime i'm sure.) for now, here's a video instead (& hopefully a link to another, new video session can be added here later...):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">a sunny sunday afternoon gig on some forbidden terrain in amsterdam. it was pretty awesome. only a few pics to remember the day by. and maybe a video or two if i can dig any out. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(coming soon)</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239201513079576019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19703305.post-20933381714793805942013-07-22T13:31:00.002-07:002014-03-03T12:33:41.308-08:00the essence of ásgeir <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/9309021093/" title="ásgeir trausti @ bitterzoet by carmymac, on Flickr"><img alt="ásgeir trausti @ bitterzoet" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5461/9309021093_fbc8c5d5ff_z.jpg" height="438" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">i wrote about ásgeir trausti's icelandic album <a href="http://nordicvibes.com/2013/07/01/luistertip-week-27-essence-sgeir-trausti/" target="_blank">here</a> and interviewed him <a href="http://nordicvibes.com/2013/07/11/interview-sgeir-trausti-life-loves-language" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">full set of photos from his first headlining gig in amsterdam <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157634681136341/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239201513079576019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19703305.post-38164116593458418722013-06-29T12:02:00.003-07:002013-07-22T13:33:38.550-07:00headstands and bearsa bit about the british sea power gig (soon)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239201513079576019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19703305.post-60781028211164002212013-06-04T15:22:00.001-07:002013-06-04T15:22:14.586-07:00north vs southfestival in other cities that I attended during mayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239201513079576019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19703305.post-35889878730769723962013-04-28T12:52:00.002-07:002013-05-01T15:52:32.590-07:00daniel norgren & the revving of buck's engine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">experiencing a <a href="http://www.belmontbookings.nl/artist/daniel-norgren/" target="_blank">daniel norgren</a> gig is something special. when i saw him on friday evening, it was an eye-opener. and i've seen him play before. but until tonight, it felt like i haven't seen any shows at all between now and the first time i saw him play</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> back <a href="http://carmymacmusicphotos.blogspot.nl/2013_03_01_archive.html" target="_blank">at the start of march</a> in utrecht (this is not true of course... i did actually discover a new favourite <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nouveau-V%C3%A9lo/119232518134129" target="_blank">dutch band</a> in mid march). but nonetheless, friday's gig was something to reconfirm my faith in live music, not that i ever lost it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">following my discovery of this swedish singer-songwriter a few months back, i picked up his new album<i> buck</i> (named <a href="http://bamshakalah.tumblr.com/post/44059088460/q-a-with-daniel-norgren" target="_blank">after his car </a>by all accounts) at the nordic delight festival and, boy, was excited to see him play again. i can't sum up the evening in words. not only were our ears delighted with the sounds of some new tracks (one of which would make a grown man weep, or at least some of us girls), we were also treated to the first-ever live performance (at a gig, on stage) of daniel on piano whilst anders accompanied him on double bass with the sweetest of backing vocals. i hope these photos capture an essence of their performance during this magical show (these shots also feature on the <a href="http://bamshakalah.tumblr.com/post/49167509944/daniel-norgren-wins-at-paradiso" target="_blank">belmont bookings blog</a>). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">if all that wasn't enough to entice you along to one of daniel's upcoming shows, then check out this recent video filmed last week in cologne by the wonderful <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cardinalsessions" target="_blank">cardinal sessions</a>. </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239201513079576019noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19703305.post-43838003800339224392013-04-21T06:21:00.001-07:002013-05-01T12:34:22.214-07:00record store day<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">my #rsd2013 saw me visiting two records stores, buying one record </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(photo to follow; it is gold vinyl - any guesses?) </span>and getting a lovely bag (photo to follow). a few phone pics as a reminder. my favourite place by far on record store day in amsterdam is concerto records. and i also like to frequent another store as well - record friend - although i didn't watch any in-store performances there this year (my best gig in there was pien feith on #rsd2011!).</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239201513079576019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19703305.post-65084172688713039022013-03-03T07:06:00.001-08:002013-05-01T12:36:24.720-07:00nordic delight festival<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">it was cold. it was nordic temperatures in fact. and the venue for the inaugural <a href="http://www.nordicdelight.nl/" target="_blank">nordic delight festival</a> couldn't have been more appropriate! (a big warehouse-type space with rooms off rooms with nordic-esque art dotted around.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">i turned up a little late, but just in time to catch the delights of daniel norgren (SE) - who set the bar high (as far as i was concerned). i only discovered the sounds of this singer-songwriter the week before the fest, when i was doing some digging into the line-up. and i literally was blown away (see my preview article <a href="http://nordicvibes.com/2013/02/26/luistertip-week-daniel-norgren-se/" target="_blank">here</a>, and some quirky questions that me and <a href="http://www.belmontbookings.nl/about/" target="_blank">bas belmont</a> threw at him and he was kind enough to spit out some answers for before his trip to utrecht <a href="http://bamshakalah.tumblr.com/post/44059088460/q-a-with-daniel-norgren" target="_blank">here</a>). his actual set-up is minimal - him and a guitar sat behind a basic drum kit, with his bandmate anders on double bass positioned alongside. and, boy, does he know how to rouse a crowd with his unique blend of blues and raw rock-and-roll. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">he was my definite highlight, followed closely by burning hearts (FI) and phantom (FI). i wrote some articles about these three performers - with the help of each of them and/or their entourage for nordicvibes.com (click the links here to see/read/look/enjoy): </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">// <a href="http://nordicvibes.com/2013/03/09/nordic-delight-post-fest-perspective-from-daniel-norgren/" target="_blank">daniel norgren</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">// <a href="http://nordicvibes.com/2013/03/12/nordic-delight-postfest-perspective-performer-2-burning-hearts-fi/" target="_blank">burning hearts</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">// <a href="http://nordicvibes.com/2013/03/19/nordic-delight-postfest-perspective-performer-3-phantom-fi/" target="_blank">phantom</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and other than that, i'll let some photos do the talking. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(i didn't get chance to dig out my camera for daniel's show, so one phone pic will suffice, plus please do check out the amazing photos by <a href="http://barr8.blogspot.nl/" target="_blank">petra wester norgren</a> in the link above). </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the last band i saw was lydmor (DK), who was a last minute treat for me before i headed home. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">daniel norgren: </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/8525643238/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="daniel norgren @ nordic delight 2013 by carmymac, on Flickr"><img alt="daniel norgren @ nordic delight 2013" height="500" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8508/8525643238_316e211548.jpg" width="500" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157632904248969/with/8524661077/" target="_blank">phantom</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157632913640753/with/8529573400/" target="_blank">burning hearts</a>:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/8529573400/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="burning hearts @ nordic delight 2013 by carmymac, on Flickr"><img alt="burning hearts @ nordic delight 2013" height="547" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8384/8529573400_1bc131933b_c.jpg" width="800" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/8528460801/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="burning hearts @ nordic delight 2013 by carmymac, on Flickr"><img alt="burning hearts @ nordic delight 2013" height="547" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8247/8528460801_e462d3f7a3_c.jpg" width="800" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157632918125692/with/8528615309/" target="_blank">lydmor</a>:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/8529725290/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="lydmor @ nordic delight 2013 by carmymac, on Flickr"><img alt="lydmor @ nordic delight 2013" height="547" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8374/8529725290_9cb51dbe08_c.jpg" width="800" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">full sets of each band can be got to by clicking on the band names above, and a festival set is also on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157632908075744/" target="_blank">flickr</a>! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">see you at nordic delight festival 2014! :)
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{words and pics soon}Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239201513079576019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19703305.post-92012003674002994512013-01-06T08:58:00.000-08:002013-01-14T13:35:52.569-08:00my musical highlights of 2012<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/8354836166/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="the year of the glock! by carmymac, on Flickr"><img alt="the year of the glock!" height="150" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8332/8354836166_f2236fbb33_q.jpg" width="150" /></a>welcome to 2013, the year of the glock!<br />
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before the new year kicks off proper on the gig-front for me (which it will, when i attend eurosonic in groningen in a few days time), i thought i'd have a look back at the year that just closed (just like i do most years; the last one is here). i'm not sure i actually went to quite as many gigs in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/collections/72157628882183219/" target="_blank">2012</a> as i did in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/collections/72157625812541529/" target="_blank">2011</a> - at least it seems that i didn't shoot as many anyway - but i definitely had lots of musical highs. my most vivid memories bring me back to the amazing festival/events i went to, that took me - literally - to all four corners of the netherlands, as well as to a couple of nordic cities (copenhagen and reykjavik).<br />
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// i'm not so great at making 'best of'
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">1. sigur ros (paradiso, amsterdam)</span></b></div>
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// it didn't quite knock the gothenburg gig of the top-spot (my first time seeing them & one of my highlights of 2008, see <a href="http://carmymacmusicphotos.blogspot.nl/2009_01_01_archive.html" target="_blank">here</a>) but it was still 100% magical // link to original blogpost <a href="http://carmymacmusicphotos.blogspot.nl/2012/09/sigur-ros-at-paradiso.html" target="_blank">here</a> (no flickr set, cos i did't take any 'real' photos)</div>
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">2. megafaun (on a beach, near middelburg)</span></b></div>
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// megafaun on a beach as the sun was setting, wow! followed up with the best house gig ever - i don't have so many great shots of this, so instead i would direct you to see some magnificent photos by niels <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nous_davidse/7784229754/in/set-72157631071623028/" target="_blank">here</a> & <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nous_davidse/sets/72157631070289596/" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">3. cheek mountain thief (album launch in reykjavik)</span></b></div>
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// with a special mention to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/8196182921/in/set-72157632038806345/" target="_blank">kaffibarinn choir</a>, my favourite gig from my whole time at airwaves! (and of course the cheek mountain thief gig in utrecht was also a huge highlight - see below) // link to original blogpost here (to be added soon) & to full set on flickr <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157632038806345/" target="_blank">here</a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/8196180849/" title="cheek mountain thief album release party by carmymac, on Flickr"><img alt="cheek mountain thief album release party" height="308" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/8196180849_0ce9711c3e_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">4. paul thomas saunders (in the woods, on the dutch island of vlieland)</span></b></div>
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// this was my fave gig of my fave fest of the year (due to the superb location and fabulous weather) // link to original blogpost <a href="http://carmymacmusicphotos.blogspot.nl/2012/09/into-great-wide-open.html" target="_blank">here</a> & link to full set on flickr <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157631486621290/" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/7964214804/" title="paul thomas saunders @ ITGWO by carmymac, on Flickr"><img alt="paul thomas saunders @ ITGWO" height="436" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8307/7964214804_87c8bd6c12_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">5. wooden constructions (melkweg, amsterdam)</span></b></div>
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// this gig was my funnest gig of the year // link to original blogpost <a href="http://carmymacmusicphotos.blogspot.nl/2012/06/wooden-constructions-album-launch.html" target="_blank">here</a> & link to full set on flickr <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157630121123630/" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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(tough choices! other faves include: bon iver in groningen, damien jurado in all the 4 locations i saw him around holland, sharon van etten and moonface both times i saw them last year - plus everything about <a href="http://carmymacmusicphotos.blogspot.nl/2012_05_01_archive.html" target="_blank">le guess who may day</a> festival in utrecht in fact, <a href="http://bamshakalah.tumblr.com/post/21706183749/pinkunoizu-at-paradiso" target="_blank">pinkunoizu in amsterdam</a>, fenster in copenhagen...)</div>
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// i've never done a favourite albums list, but i'll give it a go now; (following the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Orange-Flavoured-Pipe-Machine/165875340112563" target="_blank">OFPM</a>'s #yuletide75 format of alphabetical order) here is my top 10, with accompanying links to any photos taken at 2012 gigs:</div>
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<b>burning hearts </b>(FI) - extinctions // (not seen them yet, so no pics!)</div>
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<b>cheek mountain thief </b>(IS) - cheek mountain thief // <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157631584378721/" target="_blank">utrecht</a> & <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157632038806345/" target="_blank">reykjavik</a></div>
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<b>damien jurado </b>(US) - maraqopa<b> </b>// <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157629070554163/" target="_blank">haarlem</a> & <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157629218461476/" target="_blank">den bosch</a></div>
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<b>efterklang </b>(DK) - piramida // <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/8354464143" target="_blank">eindhoven</a> & <a href="http://bamshakalah.tumblr.com/post/36132768405/efterklang-premieres-new-film-the-ghost-of-piramida" target="_blank">amsterdam</a><b> </b></div>
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<b>fenster </b>(DE) - bones // copenhagen <b> </b></div>
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<b>moonface </b>(CA) - with sinaii: heartbreaking bravery // <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157629940649822/" target="_blank">utrecht</a> & <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157631984115487/" target="_blank">reyjkavik</a></div>
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<b>perfume genius </b>(US) - put your back n 2 it // <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157629783185568/" target="_blank">amsterdam</a></div>
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<b>rebekka karijord </b>(NO) - we bcome ourselves // den haag</div>
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<b>sharon van etten </b>(US) - tramp<b> </b>// <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157629940649872/with/7289699700/" target="_blank">utrecht</a> </div>
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<b>tilbury </b>(IS) - exorcise // <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157631984080235/" target="_blank">reykjavik</a></div>
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// 2012 saw a number of 'firsts' for me that also were related to music in most cases and here is my top 3:<br />
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1. <b>playing glockenspiel on stage</b> with a band for one night only (this had been my dream for ages and it finally came true!) (sept. 2012, with cheek mountain chief - thanks to mike for responding to my bonkers request and to jon for passing on my message in the first place; photo set & videos from this gig <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157631584378721/" target="_blank">here</a> & link to original blogpost <a href="http://carmymacmusicphotos.blogspot.nl/2012_09_01_archive.html" target="_blank">here</a>)</div>
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2. <b>contributing to a radio show</b> (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Orange-Flavoured-Pipe-Machine/165875340112563" target="_blank">OFPM</a>) with my nordic musical tips (i never even dreamed i'd do this ever!) (nov. 2012)</div>
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3. <b>getting a photo published</b> in <i>frame </i>magazine (of squarepusher) (bit random!) (dec. 2012; set <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmymac/sets/72157631713450869/with/8063448917/" target="_blank">here</a>) (& in another 'publishing' yet non-music related first - i also got my first article published in an irish newspaper in january!)</div>
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thanks to all who contributed to making last year so much fun. now, let's get cracking with this year and see what it will bring. lots of creativity and inspiration hopefully, with more glocking perhaps?! ;)</div>
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