Friday 18 March 2011

Schallwelle Awards 2011

Back home after a great time in Germany.

Stayed with Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock and wife Dagi at their lovely "Mill" near Sonsbech. Arrived Thursday and had a very chilled time - just what the doctor ordered!

Schallwelle on the Saturday was great, nominated three times, twice for Callisto in best international album and best international artist, and I was also nominated in best international artist category. However, no awards this time round, but nice to be "in the mix" and had a really good day chatting to fans and other musicians.

Great to catch up with Robert Schroeder, amongst other, whose music I've always admired. Due to a problem with the first act not arriving until late, I was asked to perform first, and I think the set went down well - I enjoyed it and the audience wanted more, so a good sign. Played 20 minutes space music from forthcoming new solo album plus a new version of Rysheara and short space music version of Walking with Ghosts as encore.

Many thanks to everyone involved in the awards, especially those behind the scenes.