The Park 2015

[ryan.smith]

oh my god, i had no idea Alvvays were supporting! thanks for the heads up. wasn't gonna go because none of my friends are interested / Liverpool Music Week has rinsed me dry but think i'm gonna have to go to this

Seeing this tour in leeds. Can not wait! The Alvvays reecord is one of my AOTY and I bought the tickets solely on them playing (had never heard Real Estate before).

Loving 'Atlas' now though. Would love to see both on the Park too, Real Estate would be bliss on a sunny Park stage afternoon.

[FloorFiller]

yeah that Alvvays album is fantastic. definitely one of my albums of the year. really hope i can get together the money for this. rare that two bands i love are on the same bill in Liverpool

[siblin]

nah they're shit

Hey!

... Okay i'll let you have that one.

[LondonTom]

nah they're shit

They would be fine without the Synths

[ian the worm]

Okay, get this man to Glastonbury...

Looks like an old screen saver i used to have.

Sounds mostly like Chillout durge.

Clever though.

Guess you have to be there.

[Winslow Leach]

Looks like an old screen saver i used to have.

Sounds mostly like Chillout durge.

Clever though.

Guess you have to be there.

The things these kids are calling 'music' these days...

[dentalplan]

Found the interview bit which Aphex Twin talks about a visual show for Syro to Oor Magazine.

APHEX TALKS ABOUT... SHOWS

Will there be a new visual campaign for Syro?

"We are working on a new campaign. I want to work again with my friend Weirdcore(http://www.weirdcore.tv/), who also handles the visuals at my shows.

We are going to do some mixes together. I'm going to craft some mixtapes at home, because I haven't done that in years. I think I am going to put something on the 'net with him.

I wanted to do that years ago. At concerts I can't really see all the things he does, it's all happening on the screens behind me. He can hear me, but I can't see how he anticipates on that.

We have put a screen on the podium some time, but they forgot to connect it... I still wasn't able to see it! Very frustrating. I really want to stand were he stands, between the people in the first rows.

I dont want to stand on the podium, but just in front. When you perform live, it's no problem. But when you deejay, what really is less difficult than performing live, it's practically impossible because of the delay in the speakers.

It just doesnt work. You need to have your turntables behind the speakers, with stage monitors. When the speakers are just as far as the chair over there[points at an empty chair about a metre away] then you already have 5 miliseconds delay.

I did try it once in front of the speakers, but it still wasnt enough. The only alternative if you want to stand between the people on the front row, is to play live instead of deejaying, so I think I might do that again."

How concrete are these plans?

"I did a few sneaky mini-performances whilst I was deejaying. I had a computer next to me. But that doesn't really count. It will require an immense amount of planning and thus time if I really want to do that, and the time I spent on that

I rather be in my studio, making music. The chance of me doing more instalation-like performances is probably bigger. "

What does he mean by 'installation like performances'? It'd be great if he did go ahead with these plans he spoke of though - not sure if it could be carried off at Glastonbury but it'd be great anywhere.

[Northernsoul45]

today i've been enjoying the benjamin booker album.

would enjoy seeing him play...first guitar based album i've liked in quite some time

[5co77ie]

today i've been enjoying the benjamin booker album.

would enjoy seeing him play...first guitar based album i've liked in quite some time

he did a decent set at End Of The Road

[siblin]

Hey!

... Okay i'll let you have that one.

They would be fine without the Synths

Oi! You only get a few more of those..

[The 38 year old virgin]

I'd say a band from Leeds called "Cruyff", but largely because I'm the synth player and i'd love to play glastonbury!

Just listened on soundcloud, yep, it'd work on the park

[FloorFiller]

Just listened on soundcloud, yep, it'd work on the park

the park down the end of my road maybe...

(okay i'll stop now)

[Memory Man]

What does he mean by 'installation like performances'? It'd be great if he did go ahead with these plans he spoke of though - not sure if it could be carried off at Glastonbury but it'd be great anywhere.

to me installation = art gallery or similar? something where people don't come to see him play music to an audience specifically, just to play and for people to turn up to it..... if that even makes sense?

i would imagine something as mental as this would allow him to introduce many different aspects to the "performance" and stimulate the senses in more ways than just stage lighting / visuals and audio.

Edited October 17, 2014 by Memory Man

[Mardy]

he did a decent set at End Of The Road

Thought he was great at eotr. One of the highlights

[CHRLY]

Would Cymbals eat guitars be suitable?

[FloorFiller]

Would Cymbals eat guitars be suitable?

reckon they'd maybe suit JP more but i would lose my shit if they were there. LOSE is one of my albums of the year. love it so much

[Winslow Leach]

reckon they'd maybe suit JP more but i would lose my shit if they were there. LOSE is one of my albums of the year. love it so much

Yeah, it's great, but my only problem is that Jackson is so good I hardly ever get round to the rest of the album.

[Winslow Leach]

Get this guy in. Could be a disaster of Yoko Ono proportions.

(Can't embed it properly, but skip straight to 21:50. One of the most hilariously bizarre things I've ever seen.)

Edited October 18, 2014 by Winslow Leach

[FloorFiller]

Yeah, it's great, but my only problem is that Jackson is so good I hardly ever get round to the rest of the album.

yeah i think i've listened to Jackson and Warning twice as much as the rest of the album. it's all great, but those two songs are just amazing

[CHRLY]

Aye I agree with that. Really great album.

[simes]

fwiw I'd like to see at the park, not necessarily headlining but there somewhere.

Mazzy Star, Atari Teenage Riot, Pantha Du Prince, Real Estate, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Factory Floor, Mutual Benefit and Pins.

I realise that my first two requests are the same ones I've made in threads like this for the last ten years without success, but a boy can dream.

[Guest]

fwiw I'd like to see at the park, not necessarily headlining but there somewhere.

Mazzy Star, Atari Teenage Riot, Pantha Du Prince, Real Estate, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Factory Floor, Mutual Benefit and Pins.

I realise that my first two requests are the same ones I've made in threads like this for the last ten years without success, but a boy can dream.

Some great shouts.

Mazzy Star would pull a fairly hefty crowd, I'd enjoy that. I don't know if Park is the right stage of ATR, but if they did play there, or anywhere else in fesitval, I would love to be there. I've heard mixed things about Factory Floor live, but I have loved all the recorded output so I hope I get to see them at some point.

[HenryCarter]

The Jesus and Mary Chain?

[Gucci Piggy]

Just seen ...And You Will Know us by the Trail of Dead have a new album out. Dunno where they would/could play; thought this may be the most suitable stage? God knows.

[bennyhana22]

Continuing from the reasonable show of love and call for The Twilight Sad to grace The Park in 2015...

New LP streaming on Drowned In Sound:

http://drownedinsound.com/news/4148395-album-stream--twilight-sads-10-10-awarded-masterpiece-nobody

Ben

Edited October 24, 2014 by bennyhana22