Deserted Island + Beautiful Sunshine = Happy Days

When you have to take two taxis, two flights and a boat to get to a festival you know your in for a treat. Needless to say Sinsal Festival in San Simon, Galicia Spain was certainly no disappointment.

Most often when you arrive at a festival, to play, you find yourself thrown into a mix of adrenaline fuelled stage hands and stressed out stage managers, which in turn rubs off on you (if your not careful). Don't get me wrong though its totally understandable as that is one hell of a job. However when you get the chance to play at an amazingly slick chilled out festival such as Sinsal, boy do you know notice the difference. First of all, you find yourself immediately put at ease, everyone knows there job and more importantly knows "your" job. It may sound weird but when you get to a soundcheck the last thing you wanna be stressing out about is having to explain to the guy by the side of stage why you are there and what gear you are carrying, only to have the same conversation with the guys on stage (insert eye roll). At small chilled out festivals like Sinsal, this sort of stuff just doesn't happen, not because they don't care but the teams aren't over stretched or over run, on the two days we played there was a total of 5 acts on our stage and honestly the impact on everyones mood and performance is astounding!!

So whats the point behind this post, well I'm gonna be honest I'm not totally sure. Maybe I just wanted to selfishly let you guys know I had the best time haha, or maybe its that bigger well known festivals have something to learn from the smaller ones. Maybe as a performer the big ones are overrated? Don't know about that!

So I guess my main point, if there is one, is that you should definitely as a musician and as a music fan open yourself up to both. The small ones have a charm and sense of relaxation that was perfectly summed up over this previous weekend, whilst the large ones have a BUZZ of excitement and anticipation that can't be bottled up, both are equally entertaining and some people may prefer one to the other all I'm saying is we should never undersell the little guys with potentially unknown acts in obscure locations, because who knows it may just be the best experience of a festival you will ever have?! All I can say is that I loved it, as a break in the Nakhane touring schedule of the past few months flying in and out of some big festivals, Sinsal was a welcome change from the norm, and certainly a festival I would go back to in a heartbeat.

P.S I also found a new hip band from Amsterdam called Jungle By Night, those guys were killer I would highly recommend checking them out, there live show was electric energy fuelled Jungle Fever haha.