yay what fun
first...thanks to all you blers who made my trip great!
saturday:
heiroglyphics rocked it as usual, great way to start out the event.
danny howells, sander kleinenberg, laurent garnier = very decent
THEN it was off to radiohead....we soon found out that everyone had the same idea and from where we ended up, we could barely see the glow of the lights from the stage and the sound was shitty as fuck.
this was a blessing in disguise i tell you for it was the only way i would have strayed from radiohead to see EYEDEA & ABILITIES!!!!!!!!!!!!
I cannot stress how FUCKING DOPE this act was....eyedea killed it with his rapid flow and abilities is just the best new turntablist i've seen....together, even giving much love to their competition radiohead throughout, they fucking tore it up....probably in the TOP 3 of my weekend. Check them out.
KOOL KEITH was pretty dope even though he had about a 15 minute set.
SUCKED = lcd soundsystem, mf doom, desert sessions (i couldnt even smoke a joint in this crowd they sucked so bad), & living legends
sunday:
just to start off.....i didnt sleep on saturday night mainly so that i wouldn't oversleep and miss HYBRID who I had vowed to see before I died...and so I got there a half hour into his set and I was not disappointed. I danced for most of it and loved it all.....
but somewhere in the middle I walked over to SUPERNATURAL at the tent next door....OMG this was goin off too!....he dropped his last track with the crowd chorus chanting "fuck bush" and then letting him flow about all the TRUTHS that are coming to light in the world right now about our government and good ole DUBYAH and i cant tell you how right-fucking-on he was...it was soothing to the soul.
after hybrid i decided to de-heat for a good portion of the afternoon...although i caught MUSE's set somewhere in there which was way stellar.
then ATMOSPHERE was very proper although I think their dj probably got fired for leaving his records in the sun...but it was an outdoor stage so maybe a few minutes was all it took...sucks to be him....but they still rocked it and i had a good time....they are definitely one of my favs.
and after that it was FREELAND who owned me....god this kid is sooooo phat....i want to be him. I ran over to AIR in the middle of this and chilled out a little bit, then ran right back over for THE CRYSTAL METHOD....
crystal....what can i say....it was my first time seeing the boys live but this was BY FAR the best of the whole weekend........I HAVE NEVER DANCED THAT HARD IN MY LIFE....its true....this was my religious experience of the weekend....kinda like Thievery last year.
and even so, during the middle of this, i just HAD to bounce over to see Prefuse73 and im glad i did. THEY ALSO KILLED IT. but i only stayed for 15 minutes or so then it was back to catch the end of TCM.
caught a little bit of danger mouse and basement jaxx....both really good.
was at the cure for about 5 minutes but just wasnt feeling it...i love the cure but was so worn out i couldnt even think straight.
saw the PVD show from outside but the Sahara Tent had the SHITTIEST acoustics anyone can imagine THE WHOLE WEEKEND and it made everything that wasnt right in the front of the stage sound like dog shit.....his set sounded just okay....but he ended it nicely...i think the incident with the water and the glowsticks may just be a good representation of what the scene has evolved into.
R.I.P. to the scene.
so that was my IN DEPTH account....sorry but i needed to document my thoughts fully or else i was going to explode.
I really enjoyed meeting the new people and of course getting to partner up with all of my old friends also.
SUNDAY > Saturday
thanks for listening.
