dragon dreaming festival 2009

A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to have a brief holiday back in Australia, in order to attend and play at Dragon Dreaming Festival.

Sunrunner Live

Dragon Dreaming is a festival based very close to Canberra in the ACT. Servants of Sound, along with R.E.G.E.N., have run this festival two years in a row now. Last year's festival attracted under a thousand people, but it was a great turnout for their first year. The festival was very well set up and the decor was amazing.

This year the Electric Power Pole Records crew joined the team for what was to be an amazing festival. The second Dragon Dreaming took place over the October long weekend (3rd - 5th October), hosting a number of local and interstate artists in a diverse lineup playing everything from dub, electronica and folk to progressive, chillout and full on psytrance. Once again the site was transformed with amazing decor, four distinct stages and a thriving market and food area.

I had an amazing time. To me, the vibe was like Rainbow Serpent, only on a smaller scale. The crews involved did a tremendous job to pull it all together, even having to find a way over some last minute hurdles to ensure everything ran smoothly for those attending. More than 1500 people attended the event, smiling and dancing the weekend away amongst a group of like-minded souls.

Dragon Dreaming Festival

My live set was on the Saturday afternoon, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This was the first outing of my new APC40, and I must say I'm very happy with how it is starting to change my live set for the better. It's finally becoming properly 'live' - something I have been striving towards for a long time.

I uploaded some brief footage of my live set from the dancefloor's perspective to YouTube. You can view the videos here and here.

I've also uploaded a video for my track 'Curving Beams of Light', released on EPP Records a few years ago. You can view the video here, and purchase the track from here.

Well done Servants of Sound, R.E.G.E.N. and Electric Power Pole - Dragon Dreaming Festival is an event to be proud of, and one that I hope to see grow more and more each year. It was an absolute pleasure to be able to attend.

And just to remind you again - if you haven't yet downloaded a copy of my Lellow EP, be sure to do so. It's free - please take it and enjoy!