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Void in the british dance music festival scene
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rpm
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Same here, I know a few of them. They bit of more than they could chew, although shangri la people who made the site and the ticketing company bare a large portion of the blame. (site wasn't as advertised to bloc - think there was a stage missing. and the ticket scanning didn't work properly so they just started letting people in)
rpm
Bluelighter
Short answer too many people because they either sold too many tickets or ticket master who where running the gate let people in without tickets. They shut the festival down and called the police to manage getting people out. Long answer - I'm not going to bother, a perfect storm of everything going wrong!
related reading: Why is the European rave scene so much better than the American (IMO)?
and, if you think the scene sucks, what are you doing to make it better?
alasdair
and, if you think the scene sucks, what are you doing to make it better?
alasdair
rpm
Bluelighter
Ha, I'm not for a minute dissing the british rave scene. It's pretty god damn amazing
. I just feel there is a void left by a couple of festivals for people who love underground dance music. I'm hoping there will be something new coming along soon, or perhaps one of the ones mentioned in this thread!As to what I'm doing to make it better, well I'm not involved in the industry so not all that much. Some of my friends run a soundsystem that tours festivals and I lent them some cash to get their van fixed. I also helped get some cash together to pay the mooring fee to keep the ms stubnitz in london after bloc fucked up. So yeah, I feel I do all I can. Why do you ask btw?
Also, do you think the rave scene is better here than in the US? I've never experienced it over there, so I have no idea.
parttime crackhead
Bluelighter
Alasdair believes that you can't have a negative opinion of something if you haven't quit your job and sold your house to try and improve it yourself.
He's a prick.
"I don't like the constant war in the middle east?"
"Weeeeeellllll, what are yoooooouuu doing to make it better? Hmmmmmmm?"
Fuck off.
He's a prick.
"I don't like the constant war in the middle east?"
"Weeeeeellllll, what are yoooooouuu doing to make it better? Hmmmmmmm?"
Fuck off.
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ponch
Bluelighter
I've heard V festival is excellent
ScotchMist
Bluelight Crew
I heard that to... I was talking to a tosser though..!
joe90
Bluelighter
The masses are bored of underground dance music it was kicked to death here for too many years. The next generation are as happy havin a pill watching their fav band or having a song song than going into a noisy techno tent full of mentalists
my comments were not addressed solely at you. if i'm addressing somebody specifically, i'll generally quote the point i'm addressing to make that clear.
i ask because i'm a big believer that replacing a lightbulb is preferable to moaning about the darkness.
i see comments (online) a lot which say something like "this sucks. i wish somebody would...". well, if your (ones) approach to problem solving is always waiting for somebody else to come along and fix it, it will never get fixed most of the time.
three of the top ten dance events i've ever attended were events i threw myself (with help from many friends). great music, great crowds, great events and lucrative to boot.
it depends on what you mean by 'rave' scene. i mostly listen to (psy)trance and so the events i tend to attend are smaller, focused events where the music and atmosphere is very tight-knit but welcoming.
that said, i've been to a few events in london. escape from samsara at the fridge a few times - always excellent. i also attended a huge event at that club under london bridge station when alien project were playing and it was equally excellent.
alasdair
i don't believe that at all.
you were doing so well then you had to go and spoil it. when you have to resort to insults, it speaks volumes about your contribution.
alasdair
Tranced
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I hear you. Glade was so special, a perfect combination of hippies and generally sound people/wreck-heads. Full to the brim of psychedelics and wicked music.
The Liquid stage in the woods was so fucking cool last time.
We had a camp Bluelight back in 2007 which was nothing short of amazing
Yeah, there's certainly a gap.
Did anybody go to that Noisly Festival?
Edit: Looks fucking incredible!
https://www.facebook.com/noisilyfestival/photos_stream
The Liquid stage in the woods was so fucking cool last time.
We had a camp Bluelight back in 2007 which was nothing short of amazing
Yeah, there's certainly a gap.
Did anybody go to that Noisly Festival?
Edit: Looks fucking incredible!
https://www.facebook.com/noisilyfestival/photos_stream
joe90
Bluelighter
What happens when you your kids new need shoes and there isn't a child washed in the house ?
spudgun
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No, but remember seeing it at the time and would have loved to. It looked stonking.
StoneHappyMonday
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Shit fuck bollocks I've probably been in the same room at the same time as you at some point. Oh well.
^ yep - i've been to return to the source. i've probably been in the same room as both of you at some point
alasdair
alasdair
joe90
Bluelighter
Time to hang up the baggy trousers AL
i always wear shorts when i'm out dancing.
alasdair
alasdair
rpm
Bluelighter
Yeah I remember wondering about tripping one year and someone came up to me asking if I knew anyone with any 2c-t-7. I said no but I have some 2ci, which he was happy to take. Then we both cracked up laughing at the ridiculousness of the transaction. Where else but glade would you get such a specific request!
2007, was that the year of the flood? I remember that vividly, actually had a wicked time even with the near dangerous conditions. Good times!