some rotter has already taken pandl.co.uk so what with being on the internet an’ all we figure that ipandl is appropriate 
Our new ‘best mates’ (sorry trioVD .. but we need friends!!) tore it up at the Cafe Contemporary in Nottingham on Thursday.
GO AND SEE THEM!
Very much music of the moment .. astonishingly executed … pandl was very excited and handsomely rewarded for getting off it’s ass to attend this FREE gig. Where were the rest of you? ..
Here’s a taster of the wonder that is trio VD
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ooh .. here’s some wobbly footage from another recent gig .. er with an actual audience
someone very wisely recorded this fab gig (thanx to Celastine for pointing this out )
pandl finally revealed!!
We made this tune.
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pandl
Hey! .. pandl is back from the NSJF in Rotterdam and a fab time was had by all ….
This was pandl‘s first trip to Holland and we liked:
The festival takes place at The Ahoy … a colossal entertainment/conference facility just adjacent to Zuidplein metro station. It seems to hold millions of people … who we ambled our way through during set changeovers and general wandering.
The temperature was a pretty respectable 30 ish (0C) … considering this and the massed crowds things were very relaxed indeed … the only people who seemed to be struggling were pandl themselves, who were not above exchanging a few short-tempered words at times !
The main hall that accommodated the likes of Pat Metheny, Tower of Power, Buddy Guy and the likes was HUGE … but TV screens reminded you that there were people playing on the stage somewhere. The more intimate rooms were much more satisfactory … great sound for Tord Gustavsen and Tomasz Stanko and thanks to the football being shown on Sunday (and hence distracting attention) we had pretty cosy sets from Jaga Jazzist, Nick Bartsch’s Ronin and Eivind Aarset’s Sonic Codex Orchestra – who were all fab and four our money the most interesting acts we saw.
So … in case you didn’t go here’s a few pikkies:
If you like the more traditional Jazz thing then here is another perspective:
http://keepswinging.blogspot.com/2010/07/north-sea-jazz-2010-review.html
or
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4262006
Dit was North Sea 2010. Tot North Sea 2011!
Terribly sorry .. but I made a terrible omission from the last post. Here is a little outpouring from a delicate soul:
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Here are some new toones .. inspired by the recent electoral fever here in the UK:
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pandl is very excited about visiting the Northsea Jazz Festival 
The original plan was to go to the Kongsberg Jazz Festival but it seems that travel and mere existence on Norway is actually impossible unless you have sold your 50% stake in Halliburton beforehand 
But hey i’t gonna be fab .. will report back
…. meanwhile one of our number has been toying with a more linear approach
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complete with dinky little fade out …..
A transitional evening at the Blue Room produced some strangeness:
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pandl is very interested to know what Stian Westerhus’s rig consists of.
Here is what he was using at a recent Radio 3 collaboration with Swati Natekar:
Any input much appreciated
p