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7 days from now i will either still be dancing or passed out in someone elses chalet or something else exciting |
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best festival of the year and i count about 5 people from xlt who are going. either idm is really dying or you're all boring old cunts ;( anyway, hoping to see: 1up rudster horsefactory penexpers as far as i'm aware brisk is unable to make it, which makes me sad and i'm sure cuntychuck fucks off at the last moment as usual :) did i forget anyone? post about it here! 2 days to go. fuckin' hell! :D |
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well not to worry, as hanals wonderment 2 will be in july, which already has a guestlist full of awesome. |
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yeah i'll be there and look forward to meeting team zilty too. do you facebook? |
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not really but you should be able to find me there if you check hanal's or brisk's friends for a certain jeroen. i think the whole meeting up stuff will have to happen by chance, by us just wearing our xlt buttons as usual. |
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egyptian lover lee perry q-bert they are the main quality surgeon/bassclef/dylan worth checking, 1 or 2 others looks alright on the whole |
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what about tipper? |
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Soooo ready for it|! If you see a girl in the swimming pool with panties (black with cherries) and an Aphex tattoo on her lower abdomin.. It's me! Just waaaave :D |
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oh. and i must see Clark. |
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Great weekend. Most entertaining set: Tim Exile (and his joystick) |
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get back to work!!! lazy so and so!!! |
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was great. my ears are fucking ringing, especially the right one. too close to the speaker at bizzy b last night, word to horsefactory |
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wot no youtube? |
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have a calculated guess how much money the organisers made? |
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£12 |
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i'd like to know what aphex fans thinks of Florian Hecker. i love both but i've noticed many people on earth can't stand Hecker records. |
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what was it like heckerFX, any significant new sounding stuff? |
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aphex was the definite highlight of the full weekend, absolutely blew the place apart, played a few tuss tracks but majority was gabba soundin stuff but very danceable, the visuals were insane, showing autopsy videos, but surpringly fitting, my top 4 of the weekend - 1. Aphex Twin 2. Future sound of london 3. Carl Craig 4. Afrika Bambata i filmed the entire Q bert set but i wasnt overly impressed, he wasnt on top of his game, quite loose at times scratching. Caught a bit of beardyman and was alot better than previous live shows, Tim Exile's set was not as comical as previous live shows, he had the joystick controller but it wasnt attached to his groin like his 07 bloc set. all in all a crackin weekend |
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Carl Craig and Aphex fair enough, but I thought FSOL were disappointing and Afrika Bambaataa a bit shit. He played Bob Sinclair for christ sake. It pissed me off how FSOL was skipping and the visuals were wank. Ceephax's karaoke was a bit of a disaster, although I didn't tell him that at the bar later on. His mixer broke. My favourites were Aphex, Exile, Richard Devine, Pole, Ulrich Schnauss and Russell Haswell. The swimming baths were decent, not as good as the BLOC team made out but the Space Bowl was blisteringly fast. Not many of the attractions seemed to be open. BLOC TV was very good a lot of the time. I spent quite a bit of time watching old movie trailers, retro adverts, animations and music videos. I give it 8.5/10. |
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wonder showzen on bloctv was fuckin hilarious, trippy comedy puppet show, yeah i noticed a few times speakers kept cuttin out during fsol and sometimes with aphex |
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Yeah I watched that. I'd like to have DVD's of everything they showed to watch at my leisure, or better still have that channel permanently tuned in on my TV. |
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what a wicked festival. if only i was home now to get some well deserved sleep. sadly though, me and my buddies now have 10 hours to kill at stansted airport because BLOC fucked up the whole bus thing. one extra day wasted. one extra planeticket wasted. another day without decent food or sleep. FUCKING GREAT. |
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there was absolutely no gabba in aphex |
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in hindsight maybe not gabba but bangin none the less |
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awesome weekend, bizzy b, otto von, egyptian lover and bambataa were highlights, regret leaving aphex early, big ups to behindthebeats and dannn |
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J198, you bastard! :D We have to grab some beer soon and you are going to tell how it was! haha Was the Aphex setlist similar to his set at the end of 2007? Going to see him in 3 weeks, can't wait! |
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horsefactory great to see you as always. was interesting talking to you about the afx set. i think the second half significantly improved on the first half but overall not as good as expected. |
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was it better than last time we saw him play in Manc, Carlybum?xx |
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oh yes but as you know that wouldnt be hard. how are u lovely? |
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aural orgasm |
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still no recordings?? havent seen anything on slsk, rapi/torrents :( |
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the opening sequence for the aphex/hecker set was fucking brilliant. i'm pretty sure they set out to deliver one of the loudest sets in music history. at least i've never heard anything this deafening. stage buildup, light rigs, white on black aphex logo with a strobe on it, all incredibly well done. and then there was that creepy aphex womancreature with suspended tentaclespeakers. ace! other highlights: FSOL, despite not actually being there and leaving us to guess if it actually was a live feed or perhaps 'just' a recording, were brilliant. Many of the great big tunes gave me goosebumps. Delays were a bit annoying but not too bad. CLARK doing his thundering technical breaks with an interesting setup (if anyone can tell me what he used here, i'd be interested to know) without laptop or decks. Oh and it was loud too. ED DMX as expected did a wonderful oldskool electro mix using good old vinyl. Got everyone doing happy electro dancemoves at 6pm. Ace! ULRICH SCHNAUSS did a wonderful set, i'm sure, but it was completely ruined by extreme bass levels, drowning out the melodies and high details. Looking forward to hearing the recording of this. witnessed partial sets by: digital mystikz, benga & skream (obviously having fun 'yo, yo whats happening bloc'), 2 bad mice, egyptian lover (too loud. bass made me nauseous 8 0 motherfuckin' 8. bit annoying, though Ed DMX said 'now that was fucking wicked wasn't it?' Venue was amazing. Loved the pavillion. Some of the stages looked a bit too much like bingo/linedance bars and i wished they had concealed it with more light rigs and banners/flags etc. Biggest complaint: excessive volume levels almost everywhere. it was just ridiculous considering how small most stages were. My ears hurt, and i missed a good deal of music because i was hearing not much other than the floor and furniture vibrating. All in all it was a great weekend. If they promise to have the coach buses riding on time next time i will consider returning! And Rh |
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anna has been a bitchy sweetheart. I miss her lots already. also, big up to Eric103! It was great to have you around. btw samfactory why didn't i bump into you? it puzzled me all weekend! |
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worth posting so far fucked up rushup12 nicely :) the 2 miuntes before sound wicked too. slim tussy snare going round there with analord9-ish classic rhytthm. just some live breed though, it seems... |
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bloc was unreal. my highlights= russell haswell egyptian lover dj bennetti (william bennett playing italo!) edmx I-F alexander robotnick heartbreak i thought the soundsystem was brilliant. |
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Where were you when Haswell was playing (it was a pretty empty room)? I was the guy standing just behind the dancefloor with my missus. |
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where were you while i was with your missus? |
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i was stood just behind the dancefloor too. just to the left near the steps. i was dressed all in black. i thought he was incredible. do you know of any releases that he's got that are similar to what he played at that gig? or any soundboards or anything? |
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I don't know his releases, I just knew he makes music similar to Hecker etc (who was in there too). |
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What did you think of the gig? i liked it a lot. i thought industrial died when skinny puppy did in the 80s but thas shit was crazy. hypermodernindustrial. abrasive but with a beat. i met william bennett which was pretty cool. |
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