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Posted By: Brian The Machine Stops bunker gig thread - 05/10/16 11:54 AM
Well i have to say what a brilliant event & what a venue.

I arrived early with Garry (Radiobeach) and bumped into Rob taking photos outside.
We managed to have a sneaky peek in the War Room before the gig where John & Benge were setting up.

The War Room is on the 3rd sub level and took some finding.
We passed rooms full of vintage equipment,generators,gauges and various other rooms.
The war room was overlooked by a gallery from where we would be watching the event later.

We got to say hello to John,Benge & Steve Malins and then left them to it & retired to the pub next door until our allotted time.

Rob,Garry & Brian:-



The Bunker:-



Warning sign:-



Before we were taken to the War Room we were led into a side room where we had a ticket stamped.The room was full of posters for the show
and quotes from the short story.
The girl doing the stamping was an actress i think.She asked me if I was carrying the book of the machine.I said no and she said
quite stroppily in character "The book of the machine must be on you at all times"



Posters:-







After a few minutes were were led into the gallery which overlooked The War Room.

Continued below because of photolink limit..........
Posted By: Brian Re: The Machine Stops bunker gig thread - 05/10/16 11:55 AM
As for the score it blew me away.

A mixture of Cathedral Oceans vocals,Blade Runner booms and noises and even something that sounded similar to Film One.

In the Q & A afterwards John said that Elizabeth (Gazzelletwin) provided some backing vocals.

Video of the first session of the day:-

https://youtu.be/WBJdVPRSLww


Video clip from the final session of the day:-

https://youtu.be/QEkhLHYa6JU


Inside the war room:-













Q&A





I'd like to thank Garry for his company on the journey and it was nice to see Rob again.

I look forward to seeing the play with the music in it's correct context and also hearing the full the soundtrack album.

Overall it all sounded quite awesome and we had a great day despite the M1 being closed on the way back.

Even more photos can be found on my flickr here :-

https://flickr.com/photos/54668403@N06/sets/72157668210156895

Brian

Posted By: solenoid Re: The Machine Stops bunker gig thread - 05/10/16 12:15 PM
I hope that you had Avro Vulcans flying overhead to really cement the bunker's heritage!!!

Really wish I could have been there

So happy for those who made the journey! smile
Posted By: Brian Re: The Machine Stops bunker gig thread - 05/10/16 12:53 PM
I managed to bag a poster and a flyer:-







Brian
Posted By: H Re: The Machine Stops bunker gig thread - 05/10/16 01:17 PM
Great stuff Brian, sorry I wasn't able to get there.
Posted By: Brian Re: The Machine Stops bunker gig thread - 05/10/16 01:26 PM
Cheers Ken,you missed a good one.

Brian
Posted By: solenoid Re: The Machine Stops bunker gig thread - 05/10/16 01:45 PM
The steadiness of your hand always amazes me!

Thanks a mill for posting this, some of us are just a bit too far away (miles away?).
Posted By: Brian Re: The Machine Stops bunker gig thread - 05/10/16 02:47 PM
Cheers mate only 2 pints of Brian stabilization this time though smile

Brian
Posted By: Brian Re: The Machine Stops bunker gig thread - 05/10/16 02:57 PM
One I missed.



Brian
Posted By: Brian Re: The Machine Stops bunker gig thread - 05/10/16 10:01 PM
And John's Microkorg crib sheet I extracted from an overhead view:-



Brian
Posted By: MemberD Re: The Machine Stops bunker gig thread - 05/11/16 12:19 PM

Thanks for all that Bri ....& Rads!
Posted By: Brian Re: The Machine Stops bunker gig thread - 05/11/16 12:47 PM
Cheers mate.

I've just finished uploading the remaining videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLDqE5guga0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_cWfSnyCyE

Q&A Clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tvv4q5eWh4

I've also created a playlist of all 5 Foxx in the bunker videos:-

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN1FWs_UOMYsHba4ESBKCnLXJuogltj2W


Brian
Posted By: fons Re: The Machine Stops bunker gig thread - 05/11/16 07:56 PM
thanks for the review! nice to see some familiar faces as well smile
Posted By: Brian Re: The Machine Stops bunker gig thread - 05/12/16 08:35 AM
Cheers Fons smile
Posted By: Brian Re: The Machine Stops bunker gig thread - 05/12/16 08:42 AM
Just watched all my videos back for the first time in full.

Only just noticed the sound of breathing is like the sound of the computer mother in the film Alien.

Some elements remind me of the electronic parts of the main theme to Logan's Run

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn20fKamfgk

Brian
Posted By: Shadow Man Re: The Machine Stops bunker gig thread - 05/14/16 10:49 AM
Thanks a lot for posting the videos, Brian.

It is really nice to see them performing again. Wish I had a chance to be there.

smile Andreas
Posted By: Brian Re: The Machine Stops bunker gig thread - 05/14/16 11:34 AM
Cheers Andreas,

Brian
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