In October 2010 the first Berlin Melodica festival was held over 2 days in a tiny cafe called Hubertus Lounge. Our friend and fellow organiser/musician Matthias Brasch (Our Blanket Skies) had been in touch with Torben Stock (organiser of Hamburg Melodica) and had been hard at work for some time making preparations for the festival. Artists from Berlin, Denmark, America, England, Australia, Italy and elsewhere came to join in the circle of friendship and music.

It was an unforgettable event documented on video by several spectators. However this particular documentary is special, in the fact that is was documented by 2 of the artists that played, myself (Jona Byron) and Jonas Dahl. I filmed as much of the festival as I could, but managed to film a lot more after the festival, when 7 of the solo artists (including myself) went on a Melodica Festival Tour of East Germany.

Part 2 of the documentary follows Mijo Biscan, Jonas Dahl, Renny Field, Mari Mana, Jona Byron, Our Blanket Skies (Matthias Brasch) and our tour manager Magdalena Von Saleski on a 6 day tour of east Germany. We played shows in Potsdam, Magdeburg, Leipzig, Jena, Erfurt and finished with our final show back in Berlin.

It was an adventurous, humorous and exhausting time but not to be forgotten.