Live Music - Saturday 24th June 06 - Urban Artz Festival at East Park (3/5) By Michelle Dee Photo Gallery by Mo and Tony

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I took my leave of them and bumped into one of the live music co-ordinators Martin Davis from RTCE Productions. RTCE are a new events company co-ordinating all aspects of live entertainment including providing sound and lighting equipment and expertise. We discussed the event at some length, with particular reference to the sound reproduction. We both agreed that the job his team had done at the acoustic tent was first class.

At that moment the band Lorca were playing their particular brand of sun drenched rock in the late afternoon. I listened more and found I could focus on each part of the whole sound; be it bass line (I love a good bass line) or lead guitar, drum patterns or vocals, the newly formed RTCE team seemed to have created a great sound.

I retreated out of the sun to refuel my steadily leaking lager can with more cider and caught Robert from Thearne Pet Shop entertaining a wonderfully eclectic crowd. He played a mixture of covers and original material. I was rather tipsy by this time so I spent the remainder of his set dancing and spinning around in the fairly confined space. He finished with a comic number that had both me and the Silver Fox singing along. I'd like to hear it again I know it was good, something about body parts springs to mind, but I may be wrong. Perhaps someone will enlighten me?

Next came the poet that is Shep you will have noticed some of his verse featured on this very site, if you have not then I say unto you seek and thou shalt find. I must confess to missing the vast majority of his set due to an errand I was running. I came back in time for his last number he too has been taking a dip in the bohemian stream of late. I remember a rather good song about airplanes that he did during the final days of the acoustic high jinks at The George hosted by CrackTown. Today I was struck by the way his voice seemed to have matured and grown stronger.

Steve Reed came on next always a pleasure to hear the talented singer songwriter especially in this type of intimate setting. Steve has recently been involved in a Leeds based music video competition. The video directed by Aurora Fearnley for the song 52 Cards depicts the last hours of a man's life before going to the firing squad. The setting is darkly dramatic with a European rusticity. As the song progresses, the drama strays into gothic territory with stone arches and imposing walls that seem to close in on the characters within. Steve and the team around him were placed fourth in the competition just missing out on the top places.

Next came that magical festival moment, the one I've talked of before.

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