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[doogleduck]

Hardly seen either mentioned at all, yet they were two of my personal highlights. The atmosphere for both was especially amazing, the feeling that you were witnessing something really special that the majority of the festival missed.

[DrWackadoodle]

doogleduck, on 29 June 2010 - 01:23 PM, said:

Hardly seen either mentioned at all, yet they were two of my personal highlights. The atmosphere for both was especially amazing, the feeling that you were witnessing something really special that the majority of the festival missed.

Didn't see Four Tet but caught both Holy f**k sets, bloody good they were too, well impressed.

[ukslim]

Saw Holy f**k a couple of months ago in Oxford, and on Sunday in the JP tent. I think they're absolutely brilliant, and all the better for seeing them make the music live.

It's so different from normal electronic bands. You can really see how they collaborate on creating the sounds. Obviously the live drummer and bassist are physically bashing and plucking their instruments. They're also doing a lot of non-verbal communication. The other two are moving around a lot, and although you mostly don't know what they're doing with their hands, you can see them making the music work by, again, non-verbal communication.

Also it's great how a lot of the tuneful elements turn out to be them singing into a microphone, plus FX.

Brilliant, brilliant band.

[preacherman_1]

Seen Holy F**k at the Oran Mor in Glasgow last year and amde sure I was down for at least 1 of their sets over the weekend, impressed with them still. very good.

The fact they announced germany were winning 2-0 during the set in JP made it even better ;-p

[doogleduck]

ukslim, on 29 June 2010 - 01:32 PM, said:

Saw Holy f**k a couple of months ago in Oxford, and on Sunday in the JP tent. I think they're absolutely brilliant, and all the better for seeing them make the music live.

It's so different from normal electronic bands. You can really see how they collaborate on creating the sounds. Obviously the live drummer and bassist are physically bashing and plucking their instruments. They're also doing a lot of non-verbal communication. The other two are moving around a lot, and although you mostly don't know what they're doing with their hands, you can see them making the music work by, again, non-verbal communication.

Also it's great how a lot of the tuneful elements turn out to be them singing into a microphone, plus FX.

Brilliant, brilliant band.

Yeah this is true. The drummer in particular was really going for it.

Also, did any of you see Crystal Castles? They were mental, she spent the most of the set in the crowd, felt a bit sorry for the guy holding her mic cable. Time to invest in a wireless mic, I think.

[uberland]

I saw Holy F*** in JP.  Enjoyed it, their set was pretty tight.  Would have been improved if it was evening slot I think. Still enjoyed being able to sit about in the shade and see a good performance tho.

[Pootle]

Caught Holy F*ck in the Queens Head, probably the highlight of Saturday for me!