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Hot 8 Brass Band: Glastonbury 2017

Opening the Glastonbury Festival 2017 for the West Holts Stage, Hot 8 Brass Band

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One of my favourite soul, funk, jazz bands on the musical circuit at this moment in time. Ephemerals don’t miss a beat. I took these photographs during the first of their two sets at the Wilderness Festival, Oxford.

On Saturday 9th July 2016 I was commissioned to photograph a rave organised by Fantazia the best known of the UK rave organisations from the 90s.  The event entitled The Carnival of Peace, Love, and Unity was held at the Old Crown Courts and Cells in Bristol; please forgive the not so subtle irony for those who witnessed the legal tussle between the rave movement and legal authorities throughout the 1990s. The event attracted several thousand people, including survivors from the first wave of rave music as well as a younger audience who seemed just as hungry to enjoy the pounding beats that vibrated through the cells and outside stage until 5am the next day. Information on further Fantazia events can be found on the Fantazia Facebook Page and more photos from Saturday’s events can also be found at Flickr where ex-world snooker champion Steve Davis can be seen spinning the wheels.

Earth, Wind and Fire: West Holts Stage, Glastonbury Festival 2016

Gary Clark JR, West Holts Stage, Glastonbury Festival 2016

Quantic All Stars, West Holts Stage, Glastonbury Festival 2016

Quantic All Stars with Alice Russell, West Holts Stage, Glastonbury Festival 2016

Anoushka Shankar, West Holts Stage, GlastonburyFestival 2016

Michael Kiwanuka, West Holts Stage, Glastonbury Festival 2016.

Kamasi Washington, West Holts Stage, Glastonbury Festival 2016