Home from the Big Chill Festival and feeling good. Check out our tour van above… never do a festival without an out-of-service fire truck. Solar panels on the roof, fridge, sink, bath and cooker inside. Very spoiled.

We had an awesome time at the fest… it was my first Big Chill and it really was a big, big chill. So many chilled out people I have never seen in one place. Many thanks to Eugenie from the Big Chill Label for putting us on. We played the SolarAid stage and the sun came out just in time, drying up Thursday night’s mud, and never going anywhere for the rest of the weekend, save to allow the moon a go occasionally. The guys from SolarAid gave us an interview and filmed the set – can’t wait to see. Check out their website.

Musicwise I saw a lot of great people, this pick of which was probably Erik Trufaz. He smashed up our minds with his styles on Friday late afternoon and set the tone for the weekend. Here he is on stage from my long-distance, chilled out, lying on back angle in the crowd.

Maybe we’ll get to come back next year.

Thanks to Alex De Vries for taking a cool photo.

Friday 7th August, 12:45PM

It’s all confirmed – I’m playing live at The Big Chill, busking for SolarAid. Can’t wait for this enough – people always say my music has a sunny sound, so SolarAid seems like the perfect organization to be playing for. Can’t wait.

Just arrived home from Secret Garden Party and I had the best time. Playing in the Living Room was top – awesome audience – look at their gorgeous faces above – thanks guys. And thanks to Kevin and Phil for putting me on. The band before me got stuck in traffic, but the upside is we got to play a longer set, and even threw in a tune that I wrote on arrival on Thursday! Phil put in a great display on double bass, and we played an impromptu set in Lost Hotrizons too.

I watched some amazing music over the weekend – my highlights were Little Dragon and Size 9, both in Chai Wallah’s. Missed several peeps I wanted to catch – Woon (several times!), Nicky M, Portico Quartet and Megan Henwood sadly, but played drunken clapped out piano with Edd Keene which was loads of fun. Phoenix were top dollar too, and I joined in with the stage invasion at the end. The view from a festival main stage is incredible.

Many other amazing moments happened over the weekend – it’s the best festival I’ve been to. I’m going to my first Big Chill in a couple of weeks and looking forward to that so we’ll see how they weigh up.

A couple of weekends ago, whilst back in Cambridge for the Gwydir Street Party and my live session for The Living Room, my bike was stolen. For one whole year that old commuter-mobile has braved Camden, Clapton and Brixton here in London, but Cambridge town was to be its downfall.

Anyway, to remedy the situation I went out and got this little gem. Her name is Cherry, like the Amy Winehouse song. She goes really fast! That same weekend I picked up a CD by Decibelle, and found the the music on said CD goes equally really fast. The CD and the bike go extremely well together. Suggestion of the day from me, go and buy this CD, get on your bike and start watching the miles roll back.

I think I prefer this to the album recording. Chalk up another notch for Bon Iver hysteria. More than deserved.

Saw these guys live in Hyde Park yesterday on the One Taste stage. Mesmerizing, in short. Catch them if you can.

Joy-inducing  take on the Daft Punk classic.