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See you during and after, fuckfaces! I will have a jolly good mashing time i can tell you and will do my caned best to give RDJ your best wishes should i blag me way backstage as i intend to...... ta ra... see ya there fellow braindance tourists. |
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lucky you..... jealous me.... |
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yeah, sure...see ya...if im there that is i have a really splendid situation here and i still dont know if im going have fun anyway (i hope i'll be there) |
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heh, earlier today i wanted to make a post and give away my tickets, cos i thought i wont be going now it looks like im going after all so woohoo :) |
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If you're definately going I can get you a backstage pass if you like.... |
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huh, thanks for the offer, but i think i'll pass...wouldnt know what to do in the backstage :) |
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you can give that to me |
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take your MD with you rich is dj'ing from 4:30 AM to 5:30 tho :D |
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hmm, i never record anything actually (i hope someone else does) the thing is that i cant stand still while recording (especially not while aphex is playing) please someone else have mercy :) |
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another thing...i'd love to see him extend that hour |
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fuckfaces ???? oh your joking around w/us, ok hehehehehehee |
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here we go...going to spain in about an hour...this is going to be the longest time i'll be off this mb since i joined (hehe sad really) so see you on monday-probably |
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look...im home early i had a great time! |
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nice |
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APHEX AT SONAR he came on at about 5 am (if i remember right) after oxide&neutrino (who sucked!)...i really needed someone for putting me into right mood for aphex, but all i could listen was just techno crap (now, if you like techno you'd probably like it...mark bell, and richie hawtin were playing just before aphex...then there were dj vadim and dj krush-too downtempo to get me in the mood, the only one that was kind of close to what i was looking for was thomas raumschmiere). anyway, aphex came on and played an nice ambient tune...i was hoping for some hardcore music tho...then i was shocked!!! after listening to techno (tup tup tup) all evening aphex goes and plays some more - i was totally depressed (really) he was playing that techno and some electro for half an hour and i was really in pain...but then...he played a track from drukqs (don't know the titles, but it was a hardcore one) after that another track - i think track nr.6 from drukqs disc1 (the track with deep bass sound the whole time)...afther that it was all pure BLISS - more than an hour of really hardcore jungle, with ocasional noise and very fast and hardcore beats (mad stuff) - it seemed like its never going to end - and i was totally wasted after he finished - i'd probably have an hart attack if he played some more im not sure why he played that techno on begining (which was great-but not something to get mental by)...could be to tire those techno likers hehe |
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BJORK not my thing...clearly lot of people came because of her, but that is just not the right place for her music IMO MARK BELL played some nice track towards the end...otherwise quite boring (techno beat is just not my thing) RICHIE HAWTIN all sounds the same to me... T. RAUMSCHMIERE nice stuff+he's really enjoying himself while playing - he played music a lot alike bogdan raczynski + he was jumping all over the place (just like bogdan) even on his decks - i liked him a lot! DJ VADIM nice hip hop...nothing that hasnt been heard before on his records... DJ KRUSH hip hop, trip hop-i liked him better than vadim...technically he's really great, would definitely go and see him again OXIDE&NEUTRINO crap...boring garage? or 2step or whatever they call it-they were trying to fire up the crowd but they failed to do so... SIR DUPERMANN+JAZZKAMMER i loved this...it was deep bass sounds + noise + occasional beats, well wicked! KIM HIORTHOY pretty uptempo stuff-great beats + melodies (the only thing i disliked was that synth sound that he often used)...and he really put the crowd on its feet...great guy + he was going mental as well :) RUSSELL HASWELL he was awesome!!! mostly white noise...some wicked beats and electro + a death metal tune at the end (did he reales any records? i really need to get some of his stuff)...there was this guy (anyone from this mb? keyfumbler perhaps? hehe) that was standing right infront of the speakers and was clearly enjoying himself-i wish i had a camera...i just love this guys who totally get into music! AKUFEN i thought he would show something since he's a pretty famous name and media speaks high of him, but it was totally disappointing...like listening to his record TIM HECKER i love his music!!! this is surely my favourite ambient music (it was biosphere until i found out about hecker)...totally apropriate music to close the day +MANY OTHERS that didnt get my attention... overall impression...i was very pleased any other people went there? |
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no...but i need more reviews : )) |
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WOW what a nice comprehensive review, thanks for taking the time....sounds like a lot of fun. *slaps you around for the bjork comments* ehhehehe did you meet any xltronic peepz there? |
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BJORK not my thing...clearly lot of people came because of her, that is comedy gold, right there.... |
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im glad i amuse you... |
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i havent many anyone from xltronic...which is weird enough since there was at least 20.000 people hehe we really need those xltronic shirts! could be easier... |
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many=met |
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hehe, i'd like to see what other people thought about it as well... |
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brilliant. absolutely brilliant - dfinately the best festival i have been to. you spaniards really know how to throw a party and have a good time. APHEX: A really different set, and i disagree with Tolstoyed in that it was a boring start to the set. it was completely in with the spirit of the music elsewhere and wouldn't immediately alienate all the people that had come in to see what he could do, so in that way he enticed them in with some top notch techno. the best moment came when he dropped "every day" and completely fucked about with it with his laptop. genius. the end i was really disappointed in, the jungle never really got going like his ATP or dedbeat sets and then finished with some nosebleed gabba which forced me and the people i was with to leave. at 6 am it was just a bit too hectic. BJORK: sound was awful and you really couldn't get a feel for the music - the crowd really enjoyed in though, just not my thing at the end of it. HAWTIN: brilliant set, best one i've heard him do - pounding techno with some fantastic minimal moments and breakdowns. what has he done to his hair though? JEFF MILLS: highlight of the festival - fantastic from start to finish. reinforced why he is one of the best djs in the world. a good mix of music, all of which was good. i need this set from soulseek or somewhere. MARK BELL: ok generally, played a good set but using cds to dj with!!? - perhaps i'm just old fashioned? HELL: not a bad set, but could have really torn it up at points and didn't use the opportunities he had to his full advantage. CHRIST: great live set, this guy is completely underrated and needs more exposure. you can tell the BoC connection when you see/hear him. excellent stuff. |
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Jamie Lidell was really great!! One of the best things I've seen at Sonar Sonar by night was cool too, but the location really sucked! It was just like another stupid MEGA RAVE :-( |
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well, you need a big place for this many people so i guess it cant look any other way... lizardfister-you really should've waited till the end of aphex it was mad... another thing - i really cant imagine how can aphex be standing so still during his performances...it must be hard to control yourself not to move |
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i didn't think the venue was that bad, effectively it WAS a mega rave. the sound for bjork were terrible which i put down to the acoustics of the venue but once she went off the sound improved - so i have no complaints there. the outside bit was good i thought. tolstoyed - maybe i should have stayed then. i was tailing off by that time though ;) - i'll wait until i get the set off soulseek or something before being so rash. |
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i went to sonar too, flew down on wednesday night with big plans to be at thewrongfestival for donna summer/hrvatski then dj rupture, and then be at sonar the whole time. yeah, it didn't go quite to plan.... didn't really organize or pace myself well. . . by friday night i was absolutely exhausted, so missed most of björk, then waited for aphex through heaps of shit oxide and neutrino, right up the front, watching aphex set up.... but as soon as he started i left! ... had a friend waiting outside, and the stuff he played at first did nothing for my blisters-on-feet. yeah.... but highlights were Hellfish on thursday evening. i didn't know what to expect, hadn't really got into the tracks i'd heard, but live he was great! He had real class~ Tujiko Noriko was also new for me, and i still don't know what to make of her. which means i was impressed anyway, i think. . . yeah, and jamie lidell was pretty funny for a while, but i didn't stay til the end. he was a bit too aggressive in my opinion......... Barcelona was a great change from Zurich for a few days! Sooooooo fucking hot though... and yeah, i should've realized that there are always heaps of peeps at festivals.... otherwise it was great! i'd do it all again~ oh, and i didn't spend too much time but saw a few of the exhibitions in the sonarcomplex place, aswell as some music making robots. that was a nice break from the crowds outside. |
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again - here it is |
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yes. tim hecker was great. when he started, nobody really noticed that he was already performing. very nice.... .a |
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hey...i noticed...but that is only because i have his haunt me album...which i reckon the first tune was from :D i got another album by him today...again excellent stuff! |
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did anyone notice that cleaning lady that totally loved russell haswell music? she was there pretending to clean...but if you looked better it was obvious that she's there because of the good music...i mean she was standing in front of the speaker for the whole time...catching the rhythm |
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the cleaners were ace. most of them were getting into it and didn't seem to mind that everyone was ripped. they did get free entry after all so why not enjoy yourself at work? |
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nice reviews ;) congs to everybody |
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hahaha, that makes my fear that i wont enjoy electronic music when i hit 40's go away :) |
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OLA!!!! Just back...... my fuckface freinds! Highlights: HELLFISH .. pure gabba heaven like Aphex at sonar2001 with lots of physical presence and i got a fucking 12" he threw at the crowd at the end. BANGING! TIM HECKER amazing trippy soundscapes. Best beatless ambient noise i´ve ever heard! Helped by the chilled out under-the-sun vibe. CHRIST ...... amazing, IDM with seriously cool sound from this BoC connected scotsman. Out there and on my top ten next purchases/download lists PHOENECIA Top class glitch. absolutely A-1 sounds from these chaps. You want laptop driven journey music from the future? this is them... Autechre from the US of A? probably! APHEX TWIN 40 mins of boring techno folowed by his poorest set yet. (i been to 7) He did play 2 Druqs tracks and some oldskool Caustic window stuff followed by jungle and some warped pop songs but it just wasn´t aphexy enough for me! He has mixed and warped a million times better in the past. I do conced though that the techno set he did beat the hell out of all the other techno played that weekend and it was a user-freindly set all round.... but for me thats not good! I bet when i download this set and listen to it again i´ll love it though! JAMIE LIDELL Amazing! constructed breakbeat songs entirely from his own lopped vocals live . what a showman! Like Marc Boland meets Kid606. Excellent I missed fucking TONS!!!!! |
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Richard was brilliant, as far as I'm concerned. The Techno/Acid part of the show was extremely well chosen and mixed, the Jungle bits were massive and the Gabber/Mashup/whatever part was blistering. my full report to be found here: http://hideout.l0calhost.la, in the Gossip Forum. Ran into him the next day but was so starstruck that I only managed to stutter a few sentences. But he was really nice and had this "Talk to me mate, I won't bite" look in his eyes. And the pictures I took of him during the day were stolen along with my camera. Sigh. Thankfully I have witnesses, otherwise I wouldn't believe I talked to him either :) |
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hehe, that is probably how i would have reacted if i bumped into him |
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