image23 ~ behind the scenes: Curious Oyster & The Tribe of Xanadu

Storming the Fields ~ Y NOT 2011

Last weekend I was asked to do some promo pictures at a festival, not my usual type of work for sure, but the guys organising the gig have been doing some very interesting things lately and I was keen to get involved, plus I quite liked the idea of getting back to my roots of documentary style photography.

Curious Oyster is a collective of incredibly capable and driven individuals that are currently bursting up all over the place to put on some truly amazing shows.

Between them they bring together a whole host of other talented people & resources for each event ~ aiming always to work with the best, these are then known as the Tribe of Xanadu.

Its an incredibly simple yet flexible model that seems to work very well indeed.

Between them there is such a wide range of skills and resources ~ from sound engineers and sound systems to bookers and promoters, woodcutters and caterers to DJs's and decor makers.

For the Y-NOT Festival they'd been asked to put on a marque with DJ's and Bands with only a weeks notice and the most ridiculously small budget.

When I arrived and saw what they had achieved I was seriously impressed.

It's not even a case of them managing to pull off the challenge. What they created was a truly amazing experience.

They had a Beautifully cosy tent with awesome decor that managed to be a chilled out cafe in the day with acoustic acts and such, and then transform into a throbbing dance floor with the most amazing atmosphere come nightfall.

I had a fantastic time and met some great people. For all those wanting copies of the pictures feel free to rip them straight off this post or simply hit the tweet & like buttons bellow for the page to appear in your stream.

... keep your eyes on these guys ~ they got stuff goin on... Curious Oyster facebook page

Reviews of the festival...
Derbyshire Times
Burton Mail

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