Vega Export Compressor.

Sunday afternoon and all is well. Finally going home tomorrow. Its about time. Cabin fever was starting to get the better of me. The weather at the moment looks pretty shite, hopefully it clears up for the chopper tomorrow though.

Last night was very cool though. I played a gig with some of my co-workers here on Gjøa for all our other co-workers. We are called Vega Export Compressor. Bit of an inside joke for those that work on Gjøa. Vega is the name of one the fields we produce from. And the Export Compressor part is, well... the bit on the platform that compresses and exports the oil/gas to land. Yeah.

Chances of getting a record deal with Sony or Virgin aren't looking that great right now. But hey, we actually played good  songs and had an awesome time doing it. Vega Export Compressor is comprised but not limited to:

Per - Rhythm Guitar.

Åge "Aleksandersen" Olsen - Lead guitar and vocals

Jan - Keyboard and Bass.

Me - hitting and kicking stuff.

We played some Pink Floyd, Clapton, and some other chilled tunes. What made it really cool was just thinking about what i was actually doing. Playing a show on a platform in the North Sea, the window behind my kit where we setup our stage was overlooking the North Atlantic. Pretty cool. I really enjoyed playing again as I havent played in over 3 years or something like that.  Hopefully when I get a bigger residence I will get a drum kit again. Here are some photo's courtesy of Edgaras Bira and some video footage courtesy of Pierre Lindberg. Cheers. N

Our official press release photo. Yip, should have brought the 5D with this time.
L-R: Åge, Per, TwoShoes, Jan.

Vega Export Compressor entertaining the masses.