an amazing flight into barcelona via paris france to avoid the hurricane decending on the east coast of america…weather here is spectacular…but i’m wiped so off to bed at the H10 for a few hours…the rooms are moderne with 2 way view of the city…..and then
to exploring barcelona with salvadore from k7 our host for the night…beautiful!!…salads, fondue, wine,
etc…discussions on the fate of the music industry,
mp3 – a choice – then on to the festival – checked out
Spacek – nice show – drummer was amazing – hung out and met everyone after show…then back to HOTel for more rest….on saturday toured around barcelona but were, unfortunately, unable to check out any Gaudi architecture…but, hoping for next
time we are back in November…so…on to soundcheck:::: i was freaking out because various cables were not functioning and my air efx unit was broken…lots of mayhem and sweaty palms, but finally everything came together. after check hung out with none other than the Mad Professor (neil frasier) who most notably remixed MassiveAttacks Protection album…we had a blast talking about recording and studios…etc…..back to hotel for chill, change, beverage, and food in H10 bar….off to show. just before we went on stage, i told Ursula lets just go up and have a great time…unbeknownst to me there were 20,000 barcelonians in front of the stage…we Rocked this show!!! one of our best performances…and the audience was with us! i will not forget this show anytime soon…one burnt in the memory banks….after us lee ‘scratch’ perry with Mad Professor and robotics took the stage for some amazing dub experiments….until they blew the soundsystem sometime 90 minutes into their set….afterwards couldn’t leave due to the overflow of people…finally back to hotel @ 4am…for 3 hours of sleep until we have to leave for brussels…just incredible insanity here….i must say i blew it by not bringing my video cam down to the show…too many amaZIng foto ops……………more to come……