Updated DEC 2000

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Well its been a while - and theres bneen some crazy gigs some BIG , but the intimate full on vibe can never be replaced. For those of you that happened to be at the Croissant Neuf stage on the Sat night of Glastonbury 99 will know what I mean - rammed, more rammed and sweaty and happy - we loved it and may there be many more, butwe must admit playing the Jazz Stage was fantastic, a beautiful morning and a massive crowd to wake up to. Thanks to everyone who got out of bed to see us, and to those who probably hadn't been to bed at all.The ULU gig was also Mental later - check this site for some footage , (not to mention Jazz stage 99 recodings - baby ! please !! )

Then the Avalon stage gig was MORE mental in Summer 2000,see photos and every one had the best time. It was a real defining moment for us. theres some nice reviews at amazons site ( where you can also buy our albums) hey thanks. Oh and sorry we couldnt continue at tha Mass gig last June - if ever there was a time for an encore - by jove that was it - thats promotors for ya

Since the we played in Turkey twice and Israel, who all freaked out to us and made us very welcome indeed - we all had tour tummy though and some got the "Jerusalem fever" when trying to visit the place ( apparently quite common) PS. The beach on the Multimedia page is in Tel Aviv - Maff could hardly walk - but he could film , dedication ,baby !

Turkeys gigs were crazy - at a huge fest outside Instanbul called H2000 - lots of Mud - playing with Apollo440, Lamb , Chumbawumba etc, it was very nice - with some lovely Turkish hospitality - Cheers guys.

The album 'Travelator' has now finally been released across most of Europe. It has taken a long time but the music has worked. Its not been easy without any hype and support from certain sections of the media, but word of mouth has been fantastic and has meant more and more people getting into it.

Remember the ill fated Eclipse festival of 99 ? -. (Stupid over hype by the media (Cornwall will run out of food and water etc) meant a complete failure all round, instead of an amazing event. Well at least we saw the eclipse down in Perranporth - which made the whole thing worth it. Some of the few lucky b******* that had the gap in the clouds! Cornwall was great and spent the rest of the week at the old festival site for the Elephant Fair camping out and eating pasties - very nice)

Was anyone that has been mailed at V99? For us that was the most together of the festivals, a little too efficient but makes life easier for us. The gig in Stafford was a close shave as the bass guitars had been left in London (yep that clever) so there was a lot of frantic phone calls and mad driving and stress and people finally emerging back stage 10 minutes before going on. Behind the scenes nonsense - but in the best sense of show business. We were amazed that it came together. By the time we ended up in Turkey we were a little more sussed - but not much

Hey

You may have noticed the theme to "At Home with the Braithwaites" the ITV show - yes that was us ,on both series and we may release it depending on certain schedules. We thought at the time oh no - a bit Grange Hill like , but by now it sounds all funky and daft ( and so do the longer remixes! )

DAVES HAD A BABY yes its true which is why we havent played for ages apart from avalon stage at glastonbury ,which was amazing see photos . Ned and Maff meanwhile did a track and spent ages on it (my god, did they!) which is out on "Backroom Beats" compilation album released by Twisted Records at the end of April 2001 , under the name STUFF or STUPH depending on the Phatness of the writer . Anyway its called Venice Beach (Remix) and are appearing on the feature film "The Inbetweeners" - out on Universal - and currently being shown nationally at Warner Cinemas

Also Maffs films will be appearing on DURT - a channel 4 late night show on May 3rd at 1.55am (ok - technically May 4th ) with a RUDE interview aswell - The Adventures of the Orange and Beatutiful Mud People as well as at the Ritzy Cinema, Brixton, London seen on April 25th 2001

One not quite last thing:

Its a TV thing - The Egg have made a documentary!

"Invited to participate in the new Channel 4 series 'Mission Divine', The Egg went to the depths of Scotland. It is an hour long programme part video diary, part documentary, part travel feature it blurs the line of normal documentary film making with the ultimate conceit of God making an appearance along the way. The Egg, using buddhism as their key way of exploring the 'Divine', meet many different groups and characters through the 7 day journey. From the Buddhist pagoda in London, to the Osho cult in Edinburgh, completing a retreat nr. Stirling, chanting on Mountains @ Aviemore and ending in sea caves on the isolated coast of the Inner Hebrides, NW Scotland. But did they find the divine......."

Hey, it was Ace, maybe theyll repeat it

It was a real eye opener making it - and we met some fantastic people on the way.

- WELL ANYWAY Maff + Ned will be playing at the Solipse festival in ZAMBIA on June 2001- alas no Glasters but this should be cool ( or rather - hot ) and its on at the same time (june 16th to 24th ) - eclipse of the sun on the 21st! how crazy is trhat ?

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