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I saw them headline Green Man in the summer and, though often a bit 'soft' for me (I also just don't really like vocals in 'dance' music...), they were great! As @Tuna says, visuals are nice and the sound at GM is stellar, so that made a big difference. And they dropped a MASSIVE techno banger late in the set - might have been a Daphni track, I guess. @Supernintendo Chalmers - nice new avatar Ben

Would love this too, but I'm pretty sure their touring dates already announced rules them out 😢 Ben

In this world of everything being manipulated, tweaked and photoshopped, if that's genuine, that's stunning. Ben

Although, you have transposed the 2 and the 9...!! 😬 Ben

Always there for ya! Ben

You're way off with your estimate there, pal. That's Pi in the sky thinking, there... Ben

Overmono are great! But I've got to point out that it's Genosys, Matt! I think they'd work better on IICON, actually... Ben

I'm bamboozled at the concept of what 'VIP' might mean at an event like that 😆. Ben

Upvoted as a fellow never-down-voter, @Ayrshire Chris Viva La Positiva! And Happy New Year. Ben

Hope it's excellent, pal. Saw Joy O in a brilliant venue in Birmingham (one of the now-departed Rainbow Venues 😞) on a bill with Scuba and Object. All three were on fire and one of my favourite ever nights. Ben

Yeah, agree with this a lot, @Matt42 There was lots to enjoy about Waterworks festival in September, good sound on a number of the stages etc, but I found to really hard to get to, get into and see out a full set. That was partly my fault as I probably tried to see too many DJs and so was bouncing between stages too much (Moi? Surely not...), but also maybe that it wasn't quite my ideal environment. I love dancing outside, but I also 'have' to be right in a crowd to feel part of the set. That was impossible at WW without being in a position where it was so rammed that dancing was impossible. I can't understand why so many people seem content to be shoulder to shoulder with no way of moving more than an inch, at a rave. Surely that's missing the whole point, isn't it? That leads me back to the (gentle and non-pompous) challenge that so, so many people now seem to go to events to be as close as possible to their idol DJ, rather than go to immerse themselves in the dance and the music. Ho hum! 1. we defo need to get at least one set meet-up of threaders at GF2022, so we can put out philosophy into practice 2. we defo have to get @Supernintendo Chalmers to GF2022... Ben

Obviously it would be the Saturday that I would look at, and when I saw it last week I was a bit...depressed/frustrated. It's just the same old names all the time. Why is that? Is it because the promotors know that these names sell tickets? It just seems that the (techno) scene has moved inexorably towards line-ups that cater for people who aren't that fussed about dancing to a really innovative or adventurous set. They just want the 4/4 bangers from names they recognise. I'm not articulating this very well, and I also have to acknowledge that we are looking at one of the best known UK summer dance festivals, rather than a nicely grubby underground rave at a small venue run by those who really 'care' about the culture. Typically long-winded from me, sorry, but yeah, all a bit same old same old. I'm excited about the WHP event I'm going to four weeks today because I know that the choices I make will often take me away from the superstar-DJ-casual-raver-attractors... I'm not being snobbish and elitist about this, I promise, I just wish there were more opportunities for me to see artists who understand what makes a techno rave, in the way that I do. I'm open to anyone @ing me about this! Ben x

Yeah, I don't know most of them, and a bit of Googling seems to indicate they're pretty generic EDM types. I'll put a shout in for Ben Sims in the thread top 10, please! Ben

Sorry, @MaxPower, he's not really my thing, so I'm no help. Caught a bit of him in Silver Hayes in the daytime one year as I was marching through on my way somewhere!* Hopefully someone in the thread can help. Ben x *I was heading North so it must have been to JPT...

Oh My Giddy Aunt 😲 Ben x

Soairse now in the CS slot at E1 Ben

Yup. Got to say, Shanti vs Object vs Karenn (DJ) vs Saoirse is an insane clash! Have tweeted E1 to see if they've replaced Call Super. That line-up does need another reasonably big hitter... Ben

Waterworks Crew. Tomorrow I will be: Purple t-shirt Shorts (obviously) Short hair Glasses Beard Would be delighted to say hi to any threaders who would like to. Rave hard and safe, team. Ben x

I'd take that! 😂 Ben

I swear to high heaven that was autocorrect!!!! Ben

And, tapping up your insider trading, @Ddiamondd, is the bush telegraph saying anything regarding the ID of the very special guest at Venue MOT Unit 18 (TTT night) on Saturday...? Ben

Working on a no harm trying model, I tweeted Objekt just to mention that he'd get a great reception we're there to be an opening at E1 on Saturday and he was keen! Ben

Nooooooooooo!!!!!! Ah, fuckity fuck! I love you, @Ddiamondd, but only when your unrivalled inside info brings me good news!! Ah, nuts. Well, hopefully this might give some opportunities for some others. If that means that it's solo Shanti and Objekt for headline slots, that ain't shabby. My big hope is that E1 can find a replacement for CS at the afterparty, as that's a big part of what we're looking forward to... Please let us know if you get any replacement intel. Ben

I cannot imagine ever writing that sentence again... Ben

As you might guess, this almost never happens. I'm infuriatingly consistent in seeing who is on the list. One slightly unexpected deviation was Glastonbury in 2016. I had fully intended to go to see Plaid play live in the Glade before heading for the SEC on the Sunday night, and was kept in Spaceport by an incredibly techy set from...Richy Ahmed. No, really! Ben