Cape Farewell, the arts and science organisation who took me and a whole host of artists in scientists including Jarvis Cocker and Martha Wainwright on an incredible voyage to Greenland back in 2008, are at it again! They depart today for the Russion Arctic. You can follow their live blogging via a satellite link at the website: http://www.capefarewell.com/2010expedition/

More info:
http://www.edenproject.com/come-and-visit/whats-on/music-and-art/cape-farewell-events.php

Next morning, we were up early to record for BBC Radio 4′s Loose Ends with Clive Anderson. It was Eerie walking round the Latitude festival site at 9am when not a soul was around.

We were playing on the tiny Outdoor Theatre Stage in the woods. It was rammed – the stage manager told us it was the biggest crowd the stage had ever had!

The Vocal Orchestra get their Superman on

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Jestar* is down with the kids

The next day it was over to the Film and Music stage where I was doing a show with Cape Farewell alongside my fellow Arctic explorers David Buckland, Marcus Brigstocke and Jarvis Cocker.

Me and Jarvis onstage

We ended with a version of Purple Haze. Latitude was great, next stop Womad!

If you are going down to the festival you can also catch Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra on the Outdoor Theatre Stage on Saturday at 4.30pm, and Shlo is performing again on the Sunday with Cape Farewell, Jarvis Cocker and Marcus Brigstocke in the Film and Music Arena at 5.25pm.

Setting up the campsite.. lush views of the coastline

I was there with Cape Farewell who were hosting an event called “Cool Sounds from the Frozen Arctic”. They set up a special performance area inside the mediterranean biodome, which was essentially the biggest greenhouse i’ve ever seen

did a quick interview for eden project

beatbox workshop in the afternoon

eden is an amazing place, it’s like a live environmental experiment.. a massive reclaimed clay pit turned into an incredible green space

marcus brigstocke was there doing his comedy thing, talking about our trip to the arctic.. i shared a cabin with him and one of his main jokes seems to be about me beatboxing in my sleep. which is definitely not true.

then off to see razorlight

campfire til dawn

yum.. cooked breakfast from the camping stove... thanks to my lady wife !

Head down to the biome early and you can also take part in The Amazing Human Beatbox Workshop with Shlomo.

MORE INFO HERE.

More info here: http://www.capefarewell.com/news/latest/347-late-at-tate.html

This is the song that Martha wrote on board our expedition to the Arctic last October. You can hear it in full in the Babelbox Podcast Arctic special!!

“I feel like I could live in Uummannaq, it feels like a good town with good people in it.”
KT Tunstall, 1 Oct 2008

The most northerly settlement we visited during the Disko Bay 2008 expedition was Uummannaq, hometown of our Greenlandic guide Ludvig and home to 1400 people and 3000 howling dogs. This town will inspire Uummannaq evening at the Southbank Centre. Join Arctic voyagers Lemn Sissay, Quentin Cooper and myslef for an evening of Arctic stories and performances at Southbank Centre, guided by Ludvig. It’s worth it just to see Ludvig, the guy is a legend!

Uummannaq Day – Cape Farewell – The cultural response to climate change.

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST

In this episode we follow Shlomo on an expedition to North Greenland with Cape Farewell. Hear an exclusive new song from Martha Wainwright, music from Feist, Jarvis Cocker and interviews with Marcus Brigstocke, Vanessa Carlton and Laurie Anderson.