Vancouver

"Their music is the sound of a dream you can't wait to have. It is crazy-making, irresistible, impeccably played and huge fun. The kind of music that makes you smile even after you've listened to it, just remembering how much fun it sounded like they were having while they made it...

...Horace X is to the cool, distant pose what the Renaissance was to the Inquisition. Fast-moving, deeply grooving, sweat-inducing music, played, sung and brassed-right-off, dense in a way that is immediately familiar to those of us living the wired life. This is a 'dense' that makes sense. This is dense you can dance to."

Vancouver Folk Festival Website

"Horace X - Ok, these guys were just plain weird. Their music, as described on their website, is "Irish/Indian violin, jazzy east European style saxophones, Ragga ranting, samples and drumming that propels the whole thing at breakneck speed." Riiiight. But what truly made these performers seem as though they could get on the bus free of charge was their outrageous neon glow-in-the-dark outfits. Flashy Glowing green Zoot Suits, fluorescent orange spandex, and hair reminiscent of that worm-headed guy from Return of the Jedi all rounded out Horace X's spectacular onstage appearance. They were awesome to see live Friday night; it was dark out and they bounced around the stage like Muppets on meth, glowing with the help of black lights. I wasn't on any narcotics, but you can bet that the die-hard hippies in the crowd were "seriously tripped out, man." I would highly recommend that if anyone gets a chance to see Horace X's live act, do so. "

Andrew Aikenhead, The Peak

After playing the Railway Club in the city we went on to the Vancouver Folk Festival, headlining on the mainstage Friday 19th to 6,000 and an afternoon gig Sunday 21st on Stage 5. See an MPEG from the Stage 5 show here, and more photos here. We were also well chuffed to find ourselves asked to play the Volunteers party - which was a riot - on the penultimate evening, a full 90 minute set... Photos soon...

By the way, if anyone finds the bassplayer's driving licence behind the bar could they please return it.

Pete the Sax	Stage 5 Simon	Main stage from monitor desk	Stage 5 audience
Vancouver Stage 5 Fabian	Stage 5 The HX-ers	Stage 5 HX2	Stage 5 Mark, Simon and Hazel
Stage 5 Mark	Vancouver Stage 5 Pete and Fabian	The Vancouver crowd builds up for HX	Daylight!

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