Tauron Nowa Muzyka 2009 @ Katowice – 28/29/30 VIII 2009

I didn’t know if I would go to the festival with or without my camera (Aśka Combik got her confirmation months ago), but two days before I was finally told, that I’m gonna shoot the event.

I was, and still am, stunned by the line-up. A nice mix of diversity and the “new” sounds from around the globe.
However, non of the concerts stunned me like HEALTH, Fucked Up or M83 did that summer. I really expected a lot from Pivot and Planningtorock but walked away dissapointed big time. Not that much from Fever Ray – I really didn’t get the into her solo work, but I was more than happy to hear the voice that made me cry when I saw that video. See you next time Karin, but please, with The Knife this time!

And Dan Deacon got cancelled so I threw my pain of not posessing a wide-angle lens away…at least for a week. But using a wide angle and a fisheye would be fun – the stages weren’t that big and you could use it for a few nice shots. Next week I’m at the Orange Warsaw, so there’s gonna be a huge difference.

It’s all a proof of the fact that Poland became with many interesting concerts and festivals. And no matter how “strangely” the Tauron Nowa Muzyka is organised and how it deals with a problem of it’s set location (I hope it will be the same place again next year), it’s still one of the most interesting events to go to. I just hope that next year I won’t be sleeping in different places every night:)

Lots, lots of thanks goes out to Hennessy Williams (again!), Marceli Szpak, Graftmann and my last.fm mates!

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