Halcyon
These three folk are very close friends. I have know them since i was knee high to a grasshopper and played music with them for many years in Croft no Five. I left the music scene behind and pursued the visuals but these guys have kept at it and their new project Halcyon should be the most innovative of all their musical endeavours thus far. Spad is a master of the electronic arts and pumps out some momentous beats not to mention being one of the finest electric rhythm guitarists Scotland has ever produced (in my humble opinion). Anyone who knows their tunes will have heard of Adam Sutherland and John Somerville they make a formidable duo. Although it must be noted that Halcyon will not just be a simple cut and shut tune + beat fusion. What it will be is anyones guess; just be sure to be at the inception in the Arches on Feb 3rd.Get your tickets herehttp://www.thearches.co.uk/events/gigs/celtic-connections-2012-beat-bothy-feat-halcyon-niteworks-and-djsIt was quite a scene getting these photos taken. Off we went in the wind and the rain and set ourselves up in the woods above Strathblane - Cuilt Hill to be exact, a favourite mtb haunt of myself and Spad. We set a fire and waited for a nice hot base to develop so we could create some smoke. Fair play to the guys, they were stood in clouds of acrid wood smoke for a good hour and a half and between coughing and crying it was mighty craic. Employing a technique i've lifted from vintage skate / bmx photography where flashes are placed on the ground acting as up-lighters we got some cool results straight out of the camera. It's fair to say that controlling smoke in a gusty wind is pretty challenging but it all adds to the look. The addition of the rain getting caught by the flashes adds an extra element of detail and all in all I think we achieved our goal of creating some pretty original shots.I did the logo too. Pulling an old tessellated wireframe explosion from my days of experimenting in 3d max and vectorising it. It gives a nice futuristic bent and although pretty complex creates a strong image even when tiny small.The font is Dekar by Font Fabric.So hopefully see you at the gig it'll be a total thumper.