So as i mentioned in my last few posts that i was doing a night in Vienna and it finally happen, been about 9 months in planning so it was glad to get it out of the way.
Started of with an early morning flight from Gatwick to Vienna where i met a friend at the airport and then got the train in to the city, i was staying with my friend but for the first day i decided to get a hotel as i was due to do a dj set at midnight and thought it would be cool to get some sleep, a fine plan on paper, but with the hotel being pretty much part of a brothel it was never going to be easy, so went off for a wonder in to the beautiful city that is Vienna and treated myself to some local cuisine (Mcdonalds).
I then return to get a quick power nap which again wasnt going to happen so ate some chocolate and read some books (very rock and roll).
My set was at a nightclub called Flex that a very dear friend of mine had set up for me, its always tough to know what to play when in another country but it seems in Austria they follow the UK Music scene better than most people in the UK so just played abit of everything (Clash,Blur,Plup,Libs,Maccabees,Strokes and so on) the set was for 4hrs and i think it went down really well, people seemed to be having a good time, but after i was feeling abit tired was up to 48hrs with 5hrs sleep so went back to the hotel about 4ish straight after and managed to sleep till about 8 when the maids set to work, think they should be allows to turn a hoover on until check out time.
So i went over to a friend called Kath who's apartment i was staying at for the rest of the weekend and we went to the zoo, it was amazing had penguins and everything!!!
I met up with an old friend on Saturday night and had a few drinks, in an irish bar... Once again push the boundaries of a foreign experience
Sunday i cant really remember for some reason, but i know that i went to watch Yuck at B72 in the evening, thats where i met up with Doll and the Kicks as they was going to be staying with us in the apartment, its always tough to know what to expect from a band but they was some of the nicest people ive ever had the pleasure to meet, but they had been travelling from Switzerland so we went straight back to the apartment and then out for a few quite drinks, one thing which was worrying was how ill Hannah was but she stayed in to get some sleep.
Monday was gig day and was spent worrying about Hannah and checking ticket sales, but i did manage to go and meet up with a friend called Erwin, who without it i doubt it would of been possible to do the night, so we had a quick catch up before i had to go to soundcheck.
The venue was perfect, i hadnt of seen it before but i couldnt of designed it better myself, they did a quick soundcheck and Hannah only did half a song to save her voice, i was really worried as i didnt want her to push it to hard as i knew they had a few gigs left on the tour and this week there doing SXSW in Texas and you have to be soooo careful with your voice.
But the gig was amazing there was loads of people there and also loads of people stayed around after for the after party which i was doing a set at. It was a great experience for myself as the plan was and still is to do a night every 3/4 months, it just takes alot of time, anyone who has done a night in there home town will realise how hard it is, now imagine doing one in a city 800 miles away, its really tough, but i love the challenge and the reward you get from pulling it off.
We got to bed about 5ish abit worse for wear and had to get up again a 7 to catch the flight home and DATK had to go to Zurich, but i worked out that from Wednesday till the following Tuesday i had the grand total of 12hrs sleep...... The airport felt like how i imagine hell would.
As for now im going to slow down my nights in my home town of Swindon as ive been doing 2 a month and can start to lose its appeal and i dont want that, im currently setting a very special night up with Gary Powell to promote his new label, 25th hour, so thats something for the Swindon people in the Summer and i have also launch a new night called Position of the Week which has its first night Easter Sunday, There is also the nights in Paris where im working with another promoter the seem to be coming together nicely and hope to be going out there with The Supernovas next month and im just starting to plan for the next Vienna night.
There is the plan as i like a challenge to do a night in...... New York, with Doll and the Kicks, there management are based there so not that crazy, but means starting everything from scratch, but would be an amazing thing for me to aim for and lets face it no reason why it cant happen, so now you are all up to date :)
One last note on the Vienna gig just want thank everyone for there help and support, couldnt of done it without you!
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