I will be playing a downtempo set at the wedgwood co-op Re.New party tonight. This means I will not be going to the Circus Contraption show at Theo *or* the Random Rab/Manahan/Skoi show at Church of Bass. Oh, life – so much good stuff you can’t possibly take it all in!

Shpongle will play a DJ set at the Wonder Ballroom in Portland on the 12th of June, with Phutureprimitive. In this case “DJ set” means Simon Posford and a table full of computers; Raja Ram, the other half of Shpongle, doesn’t seem to travel much. I was about to explain how certain I was that I would attend, along with as many friends as I could persuade to come along, but it occurs to me as I write that I may have already made plans to go climbing in Yosemite that weekend… alas, spoiled for choice.

Later this year, on the 30th of October, Shpongle will be doing another of their every-couple-of-years all-up live extravaganzas, with a dozen musicians and a stage full of dancers and whatnot. I’ve never been but they are reported to be spectacular. This one is an album-release party – #4, “ineffable mysteries from shpongleland”. It’s one night only, at the Roundhouse in London. London, yes. I’m tempted anyway.