MMM where do I start? ......... well, I got there around 10pm with my buddy for the night, we checked out the Hardware room first & saw about 40 mins of Simon Digby & Simon Coyle which was pumping along quite nicely, although not as many people in there as I would have expected.
Went to the meetup for 11pm, caught up with those who bothered to attend, thanks to everyone who was there!
By 11:30 we attended the DEBACLE that was VODAFONE Arena / GODSKITCHEN. WAAAAY too many people were allowed in there, it was so packed we couldn't really get past the top of the stairs, pushed our way inside after about 10 mins, saw how many people there were and realised we had no hope of getting on the floor and prompty left. It was an absolute disgrace.
Then headed over to Rod Laver / Future where we got straight down onto the floor without a hassle and caught most of Hybrid. I thought they played some really nice tunes, but I was in a fussy / hard to please mood so I couldn't really get into it fully, even though I did enjoy it (if that makes sense?). I found it a little slow / not pumping enough, but finishing their set with Blue Monday was a lovely touch.
Next up was BT, he was also a little slow to begin with, but again great tunes. Again I found it a little hard to get into to begin with, but BT being the great performer he is slowly wound it up with a remix of Lenny Kravitz - Are you Gonna Go My Way, which was extremely well received by the crowd! Left BT about 20-25 mins b4 he finished, he stopped dead at this point and started another slow track so he could wind up for a big finale, but unfortunately he lost us at that point so we left.
Around 4-ish (anyone correct me if I'm wrong on that guess) we saw 2 fire twirlers (same ones from EC) outside Hardware who absolutely blew me away beyond belief with their abilities, poise and grace. A couple minor mistakes on 2 impossible manouvres were totally forgiven!
Walked into Hardware to Green Velvet with La La Land - what an intro! loved every minute of the rest of their performance, along with every minute of Vitalic after that. Also caught most of Renato Cohen who had some great track selection, nice, smooth & flawless mixing before heading outside for a break.
Finished up catching my buddies PDT vs Robert Anthony upstairs in The Riot Room, who played some dirty, raw Tek until close.
VODAFONE was still a disgrace & totally packed even at this late stage, so glad we didn't bother going in there all night.
Some better crowd controlling in VODAFONE would have helped greatly, I'm sure more people will post details about this, as I only ventured there twice, I was totally disgusted both times.
2 more simple things that could have made our partying experience much more pleasurable......
CLEAN THE FUCKING TOILETS YOU CHEAP BASTARDS it doesn't require that much effort! Having said that, there was soap in each toilet I visited during the night. 2) less important, a few rubbish collectors to clear some cups/cans from the dancefloors wouldn't have gone astray.
I know I said this last year, but I doubt I will go to 2T 2005 unless there is a killer act/DJ that I am dying to see. The amount of people (and ratio of dickheads) was just too much. Staying in Rod Laver & Hardware seemed to be the wisest choice. I did have a great time, even though I was in a fussy mood, and was easily annoyed by dickheads. A couple random PLUR'ers were nicely received though, as they weren't too annoying!
might post more later if it comes to mind.........
I forgot to mention that I did see a larger proportion of people wiggin out / ralphing during the night (even someone from the ferris wheel), it could be heard & smelled quite frequently