Preview: 65daysofstatic
Soaring melodies and brain-frying glitches are two specialities of 65daysofstatic. I had the pleasure to shoot them at their sold-out show in Manchester recently, and here’s a quick preview of the evening, with plenty more shots still to come!
Katatonia
Back in 2003, my world changed one afternoon when a good friend played me a CD he’d just bought. I gave it a couple of spins, and before long, I’d fallen in love. It was my first time listening to proper (read: slightly underground) metal, and I was immediately hooked. That CD was Viva Emptiness, and the band behind it was Katatonia – the subject of today’s post.
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Biffy Clyro
Dark, sweaty and exhilarating. Three words that neatly summarise the experience of shooting Biffy Clyro live . I had the pleasure of doing said task at the O2 Academy in Leeds not so long ago, and I had a bunch of fun whilst I was at it. Mon the Biffy!
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Akercocke
Leeds University Union was bursting at the seams during Damnation Festival 2009, and regular attendees Akercocke were in fine form as ever on the Terrorizer stage.
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Dan Taylor Quartet
Jazz, as any reader of this site can attest, isn’t my normal musical subject matter, so this set is quite a break from the norm. The Daniel Taylor Quartet are a Leeds-based group, emerging from the Leeds College of Music in the last few months, and I had the pleasure of taking some promo shots for them at their first public appearance in Leeds town hall.
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