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Time for some music photography, taken in the upstairs bar area of Chorlton\u2019s Dulcimer<\/a> back at the end of October.<\/p>\n

The night was organised by Tru Luv<\/a>, with KS Roosevelt<\/a> the first act on. A laid back presence onstage, he performed solo accompanied by a series of backing tracks. The lines across his face in the photographs below are a result of the back projection, which I\u2019ll write more about lower down. I trying to find an angle where the lights were shining off his sunglasses, but don\u2019t think I captured what I was looking for.<\/p>\n

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A debuting Shy Heavens were on next. I\u2019ve known Phill (organiser of this fine musical evening) since his early music promotion days working under the moniker Mushaboom, but have never had a chance to see him perform before. This was his first gig in three years, since he left his previous band Stay+<\/a>\u00a0(former known as Christian Aids), who I missed seeing performing. Taken photographs proved tricky, as the stage lights were dowsed and the only illumination was from the ever-changing projection by Espher<\/a> playing against the back wall, white lines stretching and transforming across the black. I ended up switching\u00a0to an old manual lens, opening up the aperture as wide as possible and taking far too many pictures, trying to capture the best angle of the stage while also keeping the images in focus \u2013 tricky when the screen is filled with darkness. I think I managed okay, as the images below will attest.<\/p>\n

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A quick word here on the venue \u2013 Dulcimer\u2019s upstairs bar area is long and thin, with the stage and immediate space around it very small and at a much higher level than the seating area. It doesn\u2019t take much of a crowd to block the view of the stage. The previous is to explain why there\u2019s no photographs of the final act of the night, Layfullstop<\/a>, as I couldn\u2019t get to a decent angle from which to photograph her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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