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![Here’s a selection of photographs taken around Hamburg earlier this year. Once again, I was back in the city with my band, The Monochrome Set, although this time it was […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/hamburg-signs-stickers-street-art-markets-01-115x115.jpg "Hamburg photos: signs, stickers, street art, street markets and The Monochrome Set")
Hamburg photos: signs, stickers, street art, street markets and The Monochrome Set
Posted on Wednesday, Aug 22, 2018 | No CommentsHere’s a selection of photographs taken around Hamburg earlier this year. Once again, I was back in the city with my band, The Monochrome Set, although this time it was […] -
![Located in the tiny village of Petit-Fays, near Bièvre, in the south of the province of Namur in Belgium, the P’tit Faystival is one of the most unlikely places to stumble […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ptit-festival-belgium-2018-01-115x115.jpg "P’tit Faystival – where a tiny village in Belgium goes crazy for music, July 2018")
P’tit Faystival – where a tiny village in Belgium goes crazy for music, July 2018
Posted on Tuesday, Jul 24, 2018 | No CommentsLocated in the tiny village of Petit-Fays, near Bièvre, in the south of the province of Namur in Belgium, the P’tit Faystival is one of the most unlikely places to stumble […] -
![La Ferme Electrique is a fabulously friendly small musical festival in Tournan-en-Brie, some 25 minutes from Paris via train, that runs over two nights in July. Small scale, alternative, fiercely […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/la-ferme-electrique-festival-01-115x115.jpg "The fabulous La Ferme Electrique festival, Tournan en Brie, France, with The Monochrome Set, Fri 6th July 2018")
The fabulous La Ferme Electrique festival, Tournan en Brie, France, with The Monochrome Set, Fri 6th July 2018
Posted on Tuesday, Jul 10, 2018 | No CommentsLa Ferme Electrique is a fabulously friendly small musical festival in Tournan-en-Brie, some 25 minutes from Paris via train, that runs over two nights in July. Small scale, alternative, fiercely […] -
![I was back in Berlin last weekend to play another show with The Monochrome Set, and took time out to grab photos of some of the interesting street art, graffiti […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/berlin-posters-graffiti-01-115x115.jpg "Berlin photos: graffiti, street art and posters, May 2018")
Berlin photos: graffiti, street art and posters, May 2018
Posted on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 | No CommentsI was back in Berlin last weekend to play another show with The Monochrome Set, and took time out to grab photos of some of the interesting street art, graffiti […] -
A trip to Manchester Media City – Marc Riley, Monochrome Set, Blue Peter Garden, and a dodgy lake – in photos
Posted on Saturday, Feb 10, 2018 | No CommentsEarlier this week, I headed north to Manchester to record some songs for BBC Radio 6 Music with The Monochrome Set . -
Photos of Weikersheim, Germany: the castle, street scenes and town views
Posted on Thursday, Jun 1, 2017 | No CommentsThe penultimate gig on the Monochrome Set’s German tour saw the band travelling to the charming historic small town of Weikersheim in Baden-Württemberg, south Germany. -
Hamburg photos: street art, graffiti, night scenes, the docks and The Monochrome Set
Posted on Thursday, May 4, 2017 | 1 CommentI’m still working through the photos from my recent German tour, and here’s a selection of over 80 pictures taken around Hamburg, a city I liked very much. -
![I recently had the pleasure of a short trip to Manchester to play a gig, and managed to grab some photos as I shimmied around town. One of the first things […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/manchester-photos-2017-01-115x115.jpg "Manchester photos: Street art, Gullivers, Cock Cat, Canal Street and the Monochrome Set")
Manchester photos: Street art, Gullivers, Cock Cat, Canal Street and the Monochrome Set
Posted on Thursday, Apr 13, 2017 | No CommentsI recently had the pleasure of a short trip to Manchester to play a gig, and managed to grab some photos as I shimmied around town. One of the first things […] -
![I enjoyed a week in Berlin back in 2014, and it was great to get the chance to revisit the city recently. Sadly, it was something of a flying visit, as […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/berlin-photos-dec-2017-20-115x115.jpg "Berlin photos – station, stickers, squats, Roter Salon and bloody gentrification")
Berlin photos – station, stickers, squats, Roter Salon and bloody gentrification
Posted on Friday, Mar 17, 2017 | 1 CommentI enjoyed a week in Berlin back in 2014, and it was great to get the chance to revisit the city recently. Sadly, it was something of a flying visit, as […] -
The Monochrome Set at the Cardiff Globe – in photos
Posted on Thursday, Mar 9, 2017 | No CommentsLast weekend, I returned to my hometown of Cardiff to play a show with The Monochrome Set at the Globe, on Albany Road. I had a splendid time! -
Brussels to Utrecht: Tintin, band stickers, a strap on buffet and the mysterious face in the window
Posted on Tuesday, Feb 28, 2017 | No CommentsHere’s a selection of photos taken during a recent train journey from Brussels to Utrecht at the start of my December tour with the Monochrome Set. -
![Yesterday I was fortunate enough to spend time at the BBC’s famous studio complex at Maida Vale, recording live tracks with my old/new band The Monochrome Set for Marc Riley’s BBC6 Music […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bbc-maida-vale-studio-mv3-01-1-115x115.jpg "A look around BBC’s wonderful Maida Vale Studio MV3, west London")
A look around BBC’s wonderful Maida Vale Studio MV3, west London
Posted on Thursday, Sep 29, 2016 | 2 CommentsYesterday I was fortunate enough to spend time at the BBC’s famous studio complex at Maida Vale, recording live tracks with my old/new band The Monochrome Set for Marc Riley’s BBC6 Music […] -
![In what’s rapidly turning into an annual event, long-serving indie popsters The Monochrome Set played a superb set to a packed house at London’s Dingwalls last night. Here’s some photos from […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/monochrome-set-dingwalls-2012-01-115x115.jpg "The Monochrome Set entertain London Dingwalls, April 2012")
The Monochrome Set entertain London Dingwalls, April 2012
Posted on Monday, Apr 30, 2012 | 1 CommentIn what’s rapidly turning into an annual event, long-serving indie popsters The Monochrome Set played a superb set to a packed house at London’s Dingwalls last night. Here’s some photos from […] -
![Despite suffering an unfashionable amount of health scares recently, the Monochrome Set cheated death one more time to put on a fabulous performance at Camden’s Dingwalls – and we got […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/monochrome-set-dingwalls-04-115x115.jpg "We DJ for the Monochrome Set at Dingwalls, June 2011")
We DJ for the Monochrome Set at Dingwalls, June 2011
Posted on Monday, Jun 13, 2011 | No CommentsDespite suffering an unfashionable amount of health scares recently, the Monochrome Set cheated death one more time to put on a fabulous performance at Camden’s Dingwalls – and we got […] -
Monochrome Set at Popfest, 100 Club, London
Posted on Sunday, Feb 27, 2011 | No CommentsIt was great to see my old mates The Monochrome Set playing last night at the fabulous London Popfest, the 100 Club, London.