This week my wife Straylight and I depart London for good and move to The Netherlands. 
Our first stop is Amsterdam, where we’ve got an apartment rented for a short time while we look for something permanent in the vicinity of Amsterdam/Utrecht/Den Haag/Rotterdam. 
So yes, farewell to London!  Over the course of our time here we did [...]

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

Some more shots of London.  This time over the river Thames, with a shot towards the city and one of the London Eye. 

Photos by Virul3nt & Straylight

These photos were taken earlier this year while it was winter. 

At this point in the year the sun rose at 8am and set before 4.  I’m incredibly glad we snapped these photos at the time though because the persistent fog was quite beautiful.  I particularly dug the effect of looking at a bridge over the [...]

Lloyds Building, London
This is the Lloyds building in central London.  It was designed by Richard Rogers and the style of architecture is called Technoism, which pertains to the service elements being placed on the exterior of the building.  Apparantly the Londoners hated this building when it came out in the late 70’s for this strong [...]

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