This is where my abysmal memory fails me....epsilon75 wrote:It was indeed 1986 as i have the programme here,performers were Stevo,Altres,Ashok Prema,Mark Jenkins,Wavestar(John Dyson & David Ward Hunt),Land of YRX,Mike Brooks,Ian Boddy,Steve Jolliffe and Ashra.Six By Nine wrote:That was the UK Electronica, I think it was 86, but I stand to be corrected -from memory Steve Jolliffe supported Ashra in the big room, and over the day there were sets from Ian Boddy, Mark Shreeve, Paul Nagle, a chap called Michael Brook (not the Eno collaborator, but I bought a nice tape of his, Fragile Shoreline) and Stevo. I've always wondered if Stevo was the same guy involved with Soft Cell.lemonstar wrote:No idea what year this (80's?) was but I went to this show in Sheffield (at the Octogon (?)- where they play or used to play snooker) and saw Ashra play a dazzling set. The crowd was pretty special too, I remember the rhythmic clapping at the start of the show, which I *think* was running a little bit late, seemed like the 2 halves of the audience were improvising some elaborate clapping patterns and interplay - weird! MG's guitar playing was so fluid. Anyone else on here attend that year or any other? Ian Boddy was also on the same year as the headliners Ashra.
Neil
Not a bad line up!
The programme was distributed by Epsilon Promotions
I was at one of these UK Electronica festivals in Sheffield, and I'm recalling some of the names mentioned here being on the bill - BUT, the gig I was at had Neuronium as the headline act. Mark Shreeve was main support (a bloody excellent performance) and other artists that year included Steve Jolliffe and Paul Nagle. I remember Altres being there, but they had a stall selling cassettes (remember those days?!) rather than performing. was this a different year or am I imaginig things?