August 2008 has been an incredibly busy month for Straylight & I, with a couple of festivals and a few Crystalline Effect gigs around Europe. 

First up we went to The Netherlands for Summer Darkness festival.  It’s like a mini-WGT, but set in the beautiful town of Utrecht.  Here are a few (non-gothy) shots of the town:

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Utrecht, Holland.  August 2008.  Photos by Straylight & Virul3nt.

On August 16th, we went to Tallinn, Estonia, to play a gig with my other band The Crystalline Effect.  We were supporting Hocico.  It was a brilliant gig…there were about 220 payers in a really cool theatre-venue.  Hocico are one of my favourite bands and it was great to meet them, and I was pleased to find that they are pleasant and non-pretentious guys too.  I think they’re one of the best live bands around, at least in this scene. 
Here’s some shots of the city of Tallinn:

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Tallinn, Estonia.  August 2008.  Photos by Straylight & Virul3nt.

The next day, 17th August, we went to Riga, Latvia, for another gig in support of Hocico.  This time the venue was a lot bigger, and there were at least 350 people through the door.   There was a steel barrier in front of the stage with people up against it for our set.  Awesome party… 
Some shots of Riga:

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Riga, Latvia.  August 2008.  Photos by Straylight & Virul3nt. 

After Riga, we continued on to Budapest, Hungary, for another Crystalline Effect gig, this time in support of Snog.  We were driven from the airport to the venue, all through barron industrial landscapes, and were too tired to take photos anyway, so no photoset from Budapest.  After soundcheck we did a photoshoot for a local website.  It was a pretty bad gig for us; I had a bad feeling from the start, and there were only about 60 payers.  After our set I went backstage and drank until the room span, and was horrendously hungover the next day at the airport on my way back to London. 

The following weekend we were at Infest, UK.  We met some fucking great people in August and saw some damn cool stuff.  The partying continues…:)



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