Patrick Rondat - RaismesFest 2004

Raismes Fest

A 2 day outdoor event in the North of France - around 20 different bands expected. There were some last minute changes as can be expected for an event of this kind.
The weather was comfortably warm with some rain on the first day - nothing too drastic, and campers and day visitors both enjoyed excellent on-site hospitality.

There were 2 stages - the main stage1 was big and high enough to have a good view wherever you chose to stand.

The second stage was smaller and not so high - at the opposite end of the field.

Patrick played on stage 1 - Day 2 at 17h45.

The Band

Patrick Rondat - Guitar
Patrice Guers - Bass
Manu Martin - Keyboards
Dirk Bruinenburg - Drums

The Play list: -

01 Intro
02 Donkey's Island
03 Ephemeral World
04 Tethys
05 Avalonia
06 Ladyboy (Patrice Guers bass solo)
07 Amphibia
08 Vivaldi

Patrick's On Stage Gear

Peavey XXX amp
Wah wah cry baby
Nady wireless UHF 16
Tube fex
Rocktron patch mate
2 x Ibanez RG 3120 with piezo
Peavey pfc 10

For an outdoor event this was one of the best sound systems I have heard in a long time.

Guitar, bass and drums seemed to be very well balanced, keyboards could possibly have been a bit louder - they were not so evident when standing to the right side of the stage.
The new bass solo composed by Patrice - 'Ladyboy' was an excellent demonstration of 1st class bass playing.

We couldn't find Dirk at this point - but a cool picture of Patrick, manu and Patrice.