Lowcut.dk: Roadburn Festival – 2010

We were back to Roadburn for our 6th year in a row and staying at the same hotel. I travelled down with my band, Øresund Space Collective and we played a gig the night before in Den Haag at a cool club. Anyway, Magnus and I would meet up with the others at the end of the first night as OSC was also playing the first day of the festival.

Scott Heller/Oresund Space Collective - Roadburn 2010 by Achrome Moments Photography

Usually we are a group of 8 but for one reason or another Ole decided not to go and then Martin and his girlfriend were stuck in Oslo due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland. This eruption would turn out to be a lot of hassles for Walter, the organizer as all the US bands that were not already in Europe would not get to play now as all flights are cancelled.

OSC arrived at the venue 1½ hrs late due to bad traffic around Tilburg and a bad turn near the venue. Anyway, all went well and we got set up and did our soundcheck in the Bat Cave and then just relaxed in the backstage room and had some food. It was all going to begin soon.

OSC played at the same time as Ancestors and Kylesa started 15 mins before us. They only had two people working the ticket window to let nearly 2000 people in so there were not that many people at the beginning of the gigs for any of these bands as it took people more than an hour for some to cue in line just to get in. People were a bit angry. OSC played a pretty killer show and the end was especially psychedelic and intense. I went off to sell some merchandise but planned to meet up with the others at the midi theatre for Earthless. I missed Jarboe, Troubled Horse (who I wanted to see) and Wounded Kings. It was a tough choice, YOB or earthless… I saw the first 20 mins of Earthless and then went off to see YOB. I did not get sucked in. It was not as powerful as I had hoped. Then to the Green room to catch some of BONG and this was amazing. I stayed the rest of the show and really liked them a lot.

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