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I'm finally landed somewhere with my laptop in the hands to give you a little photo review of Heavy Machinery Tour so far.
I will try to be well organized and use all technology that we're carrying with us to keep you - dear fan of beyond the borders collective updated on our current progress...
So here we go!
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| Hello my friends! Our story starts here where another ends! Funny but we got finally a real eviction notice just few days before our road trip and just a night after we collected money for lawyer who supposed to protect our home from the forces of evil. We packed our stuff, gave out presents to the friends, left a banner of 'disagreement' and left the house on our mission... | | |
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| Let me introduce you to our crew! |
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| This is Gita, the operator... has some other functions also |
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| And this is Misha the driver, he brings us on tour with his magic flying car-pet named Volvo |
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| And this is Malish our roadie until Toulouse |
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| and me the broken finger guy... |
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| As soon as we leave BCN and go to Pyrenees to have a hot spring session before hitting road to Toulouse, weather changes instantly.. from sun to clouds, from clouds to rain, from rain to stormy snow... yeah! |
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| Next day with a detour through Carcassone we we'r on our way |
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| Why Carcassone? Because of this huge castle must visit! |
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| Next day at Pavillions Sauvages BTB plays first show on the road... Together with few other insane artists of sonic manipulations |
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| After a gig we left Misha in his matrix and skipped the city on bikes to our next destination - Villefranche de Reuergue |
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| and nice thing to follow - a little bit of sun |
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| a little bit of rain |
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| a little bit of camping tea |
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| and double sunset... |
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| and of course an illegal fire in a natural reserve |
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| In Villefranche we landed in a nice hospitable place - Les Haut Parleurs, where BTB is retutning second time! |
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| Before the show in the evening a small walk around medieval center |
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| and dreams about French breakfast... |
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| nice old houses |
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| Party was a lot of fun, crowded bar, lots of beer and loud music! Perfect atmosphere! |
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| Along side with hip hop guys of CERNA |
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| Party went deep into the night until neighbor started to throw cake components at us: 1 kg of flour, few eggs, some water, and dont forget the veggies! |
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| Next day bit hangover from alcohol, no sleep, party all night I used this brilliant opportunity to drop all my bike bags in support car, grab some sandwiches, drop dem in a backpack. I jumpped in my cyclonaut costume and hit the road to the next destination - Frayssinous. Light and fancy! |
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| It's a +100km travel that took me down already ridden road. Only this time in opposite direction. One I was riding this monster bike! |
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| Weather was perfect for cycling, wind on my side. Hills going up and down forming peaceful landscapes |
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| A well deserved sandwich break on top of the hill to fill up my biomotor after 2h of cycling |
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| Tarn river, i'm very close to finish |
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| Frayssinous - DONE! |
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| Frays - taxi |
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| interior with hard liquor |
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| On the spot! |
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| Sand box for the kids! |
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| This time for the show showed up more people than the last time. Unfortunately death metal band booked to play the show could not play because of rock star complex, so i was left as only entertainer! |
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| Party was banging. In my head for sure. |
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| Music blasting - people dancing and screaming! |
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| Bar serving magic punsh |
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| My set went into gentle transition to euro dance DJ set..i'm already pretty drunk on my knees.. |
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| It was hard to go to sleep. I've got wasted once again, lost my head and later my party costume :((( |
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| Next morning. Time to fillup with local made cheese and get ready for next 100km + to next destination |
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| Chillin' on the porch |
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| I tell you! These people from Frays are amazing! They make top shelf bio cheese from recycled milk from local farms! This is DIY France! |
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| And these are cheesy experiments in the underground! |
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| After a looong breakfast combined with excursion I'm jumping on my bike again and doing solo 100km ride to Pont d'Herault where gonna happen next gig in l'Etuve DIY space. First village on my way famous Saint Affrica! |
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| And then my way goes over hundred of mountains. Landscape is still beautiful, but i don't feel so pretty today. Again after night without sleep it's hard to keep the pace. Finally I've reached my destination tired, but rewarded with a nice road some endorphins! |
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| My party costume is lost! I'm trying new styles now! |
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| CERNA guys are on again.. i think they are following us... |
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| Good bunch of people showed up tonight. Many people that I've already met years before. |
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| Dropping the beat for the friends! |
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| Good night sleep in a trailer house caravan gypsy place |
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| Bonjour! This is veeery French breakfast! And the BONUS fly!! And after the breakfast a bit in a hurry we hit the road on our mission to try koyaking in l'Ardeche river famous for it's canyon and THE ARC |
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| Our vessels! |
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| Ready to roll.. i mean to flow.. |
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| A tiny drops of extreme |
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| aaand, that's it ... |
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| THE ARC!!! |
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| Same day we finished in Grenoble. Next day party time again. In a very unusual place.. |
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| Velo anarko tekno punk homeless collective landed in a small local infoshop selling zines and records |
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| Yep. This is the place. Like a record store! Ready to fill in with a crowd of 15 people max. No dancing! Don't break the vinyl! |
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| But very comfy home atmosphere. I wish i could have a piano out there! |
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| All in all party was nice. For the family! First gig with nobody extremely drunk or under infuence of some other kemiKalz... |
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OK. I'm tired of this keyboard tap tap tap... I'm going out to ride Grenoble on bike. It's beautiful out here. Although people warn about pollution!
BONUS AUDIO - BTB LIVE @ FRAY - NON-STOP PEOPLE/LA BAMBA (COVER)
check it on SoundCloud!
Stay tuned!
