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There's an incredible 2018 Awakenings set linked in the thread a few pages back. She plays a bit faster and harder than that generally now, but you'll get the idea. Ben

Welcome back, Dave. Yeah, IICON is pretty spectacular and I think will be even better now they're on 2.0 and have had three years to tinker. Stenny was superb following the Zenkers to close IICON on the Sat/Sun in 2019. It's going to blow your mind to see the way they video map the whole head structure... Ben

As @TASHMA BWABWE says, maybe special guest or, I wondered, have they moved her to IICON to be a massive draw there and fill that field? She'd be pretty stellar there... Ben

Could be, but if the line up leak is true, I'd say there's more DnB to come, rather than techno. Ben

Yup, and The Common, and sometimes you get some cool stuff in Unfairground as well. Saw Radioactive Man play a blistering live electro set there in....2016, I think. And there will almost certainly be some gems in: Glade Glade Lounge (I'm looking at you, Psytrance Thursday...) Spaceport Stonebridge Shangri-La (e.g. Gas Tower) Seriously, in a few weeks we'll be knee deep in Dance Clashmageddon Ben

😬 The only saving grace being that we still have the Block9 drop to come!! Ben

That's very kind, considering I still feel like a dick for posting the fake Genosys poster in good faith 😂 Ben

👆🏼 Ben x

90's... ...I'm down the front with you, chief. Ben

Play nicely, everyone. I'm proud of the almost invariable positivity in here, despite nicely differing opinions at times. For example, @TASHMA BWABWE being entirely wrong about the merits of 145bpm+ techno. 😂 Ben x

Nice timing. Am literally in the middle of convos with our group and a printers in Frome for a camp t-shirt for this year. I shouldn't share (sorry, makes the post a bit w*nky), as we haven't shown the bigger group what we've come up with yet! But, love your design! Ben

That's not techn...... ....leave it, boy, leave it. Ben

Good gods, let's hope she's filed that under "I'm glad I tried it, but I think we're done with that". Ben

Not a guarantee, but I'm 99% sure that that's what his presence on the poster means. Have Arcadia acts only playing there ever been on the poster? I'd ask @Gnomicide, but he feels a bit queasy coming in here... Ben

Sam Paganini has been around for...EVER! And yes, Volvox - Oooft. Ben

Yeah, fair do's. Don't get me wrong, I really like Amelie and think she's a great DJ. Just slightly frustrated at the influence that her change of direction has had on techno in the UK over the last few years. It seems that the Amelie/Perc/Rebekah is 'what everyone wants' in this country atm, in terms of techno nights. Give me Oscar Mulero any day (night). Ben

'Hessle Audio' as an act is 'always' Ben + Pangaea + Pearson Sound. I think 'most' dance/tech-heads would know that, but that name is nowhere near as recognised as simply 'Ben UFO', as his solo sets are much higher profile than the others'. Though, of course, I'd be an Pangaea before any other combo! 😉 Ben

The trouble is, and others may correct me, I just don't think she plays like this anymore. That's four years ago and I can only remember sets I've seen/heard in the last couple being 10bpm faster, massive reverbed kick drum left to boom alone frequently in between tracks, and just lowest denominator bang bang bang. I promise I'm not being a moaning Minnie, it's just that that Awakenings set is off the scale fantastic and it frustrates me that I'll possibly not see her play a set like that. I can only imagine, if the Arcadia line up proves genuine, that she'll headline and will play a nosebleed kind of set. It'll be absolutely rammo, mind, as she's one of the very biggest name draws in world techno atm. Ben

Apparently Basil Brush has just posted something on Tik Tok and the Kidz Field team are fucking livid. Ben

Is she a newbie, @kalifire? I so hope she is, with that comment - she's going to lose her shit... Ben

I could see Courtesy and Or:la fitting in nicely into the Beat Hotel's replacement. Skee Mask is a tricky one. I'd say his natural home is IICON, given his leftfield, multi-genre style. object blue (for she is a lower-case artist!), again, could be IICON, but Silver Hayes might have been the natural fit for her... Ben

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That's lovely stuff. Sadly, for me, I think that his b2b with Palms Trax will be a set of stuff that just isn't me. Though I'm super happy that so many in the thread see that as a must-see. Oh, and Child 1 (now living in Berlin) and his mates managed to bag tickets for this year's Nachtdigital. They realised how close the release time was 5 minutes beforehand on their way home. Jumped out of the U Bahn and hotspotted a phone to a laptop and got them standing in the street! I have raised the young Padawan well. Ben

Not gonna lie, @ian the worm...am watery-eyed reading that. Extra-large hug on the way at RH on the Wednesday. Proud of you. Ben x

Still never seen him. If he were to play that kind of set in Silver Hayes, I'd be there with bells on. Ben