Electronica/Dance

[Matt42]

1 minute ago, bennyhana22 said:

@Matt42 - btw, as your community rep creeps inexorably to zero, will you be disappointed when you're no longer negative and in the red?

You're without doubt by far and away the most popular poster on here still with a negative rep!

Ben

 

omg I'm glad i'm not the only one that has noticed

Maybe we should have a celebration party?

[Matt42]

1 minute ago, Memory Man said:

i cant believe that Move D has never been asked! an absolute legend and needs to be there, sounds like he would be up for playing by the sounds of it too. someone make him an offer!

 

I found that extremely strange as well

Weird how up and coming disco acts have been snapped up by the beat hotel before anyone even knows them, yet DJs who've been going on for years, got a bit of their own legacy are never approached

can you offer some educated explanation to this Neil? @eFestivals  How certain acts can just not be on Glasto's radar?

[bennyhana22]

4 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Thom personally selected Objekt to do the remixes for KOL I believe

Yeah I can't help but be excited for the first announcement, but then I keep remembering that acts that I have an obsession with probably wont be on it

Exactly. Add to that the fact that we probably do know quite a lot of what will be on the first poster, and it is exciting for what it is and what it represents (a steady progress towards gods' own festival), but not as thrilling as it might be for your 'Pyramid PunterTM'.

As said, roll on the area announcements. I love that their pretty much all given their own announcement day - I can get excited for, and digest, separately Block 9, The Common, Shangri-La, Beat Hotel, Arcadia in particular...

Ben

Edited March 27, 2017 by bennyhana22

[Memory Man]

each area has their own bookers so its quite possible, just seems a bit unlikely. From what I can tell the various dance stages are completely separate and the acts aren't booked centrally and then distributed out to the venues, they go after who they want directly.

On the other hand, Move D could have been asked but his agent could have turned it down due to a derisory offer. Not impossible although unlikely as he seems like a genuinely decent guy that would listen to any reasonable offer.

Incidentally I saw Beautiful Swimmers at Found Festival last year and they were the set of the day! Possibly even better than Pender Street Steppers. PSS got about 8pm last year on beat hotel I think so you would be more than likely at a live stage at that time.

Edited March 27, 2017 by Memory Man

[Matt42]

4 minutes ago, Memory Man said:

each area has their own bookers so its quite possible, just seems a bit unlikely. From what I can tell the various dance stages are completely separate and the acts aren't booked centrally and then distributed out to the venues, they go after who they want directly.

On the other hand, Move D could have been asked but his agent could have turned it down due to a derisory offer. Not impossible although unlikely as he seems like a genuinely decent guy that would listen to any reasonable offer.

Incidentally I saw Beautiful Swimmers at Found Festival last year and they were the set of the day! Possibly even better than Pender Street Steppers. PSS got about 8pm last year on beat hotel I think so you would be more than likely at a live stage at that time.

 

Beautiful Swimmers are unbelievably good selectors. Would go down a storm at the farm

[p.pete]

Was going to ask if Goldie would get a spot on a bigger stage this year, as he's new material out.  Turns out he's in Slovakia / Romania Friday / Saturday - unlikely for Sunday?

[Winslow Leach]

40 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

I bought this EP almost instantly!

Back in December I was watching Ben UFO b2b Craig Richards and Ben played Needle and Thread... truly beautiful that track
 

 

Definitely read that as Ben UFO b2b Craig Charles and now I want that to happen.

[Matt42]

7 minutes ago, Winslow Leach said:

Definitely read that as Ben UFO b2b Craig Charles and now I want that to happen.

lol

It was a hoot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBBlYN_MYL0

[Matt42]

Feeling in a really music positive mood (probably because the sun is out)

Excited for this to be released, Villalobos played it at his last fabric session

http://www.juno.co.uk/miniflashplayer/SF637096-01-01-01.mp3

[eFestivals]

17 hours ago, Matt42 said:

can you offer some educated explanation to this Neil? @eFestivals  How certain acts can just not be on Glasto's radar?

like everyone, they know what they know.

As an example, Glasto was very late to the whole dance thing, and didn't have a dance tent til '95 ... and even then it was put together by an old hippie who'd got into the dance thing, rather than by anyone who'd come up thru that new dance scene.

Similarly, Glasto doesn't seem very connected to the rap/hip-hop/grime thing. It's got a little better in recent years, but it's lagging a long way behind what's fashionable in music in that direction.

[bennyhana22]

2 hours ago, eFestivals said:

like everyone, they know what they know.

As an example, Glasto was very late to the whole dance thing, and didn't have a dance tent til '95 ... and even then it was put together by an old hippie who'd got into the dance thing, rather than by anyone who'd come up thru that new dance scene.

Similarly, Glasto doesn't seem very connected to the rap/hip-hop/grime thing. It's got a little better in recent years, but it's lagging a long way behind what's fashionable in music in that direction.

After the profile of the last couple of years, plus current popularity and the rumours in the mix, I expect a very significant grime presence on the Farm this summer...

Ben

[Matt42]

See you lot mashed off our faces at the temple yeah?

[Cieran]

20 hours ago, Matt42 said:

Feeling in a really music positive mood (probably because the sun is out)

Excited for this to be released, Villalobos played it at his last fabric session

http://www.juno.co.uk/miniflashplayer/SF637096-01-01-01.mp3

 

Not electronic, however still ace

[Mezhyp1]

2 hours ago, Matt42 said:

See you lot mashed off our faces at the temple yeah?

Ohhhhhhhh yeah 

[bennyhana22]

2 hours ago, Matt42 said:

See you lot mashed off our faces at the temple yeah?

Unquestionably

Ben
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[willsnewman]

This will be the year I finally go inside a venue. Always put off by the queues and sheer mass of people in the SEC. Group always ends up bailing pretty quickly, usually for beat hotel or the chai tea tent.  The number of times I have begun the NYCD wait...

[Mezhyp1]

Just now, willsnewman said:

This will be the year I finally go inside a venue. Always put off by the queues and sheer mass of people in the SEC. Group always ends up bailing pretty quickly, usually for beat hotel or the chai tea tent.  The number of times I have begun the NYCD wait...

I never find the queues that bad, I've waited half an hour/40 mins to get in to the temple, but that doesn't bother me as I knew I had hours of entertainment ahead there 

My main hope this year, is there is another Artwork in London Underground, that's such a good venue that's just full of minor music all weekend. His set was just the right dj in the right place at the right time, truly marvellous 

[ghostdancer1]

aye, I've only been in London Underground once, but it seemed like a great venue, unfortunately there's rarely any acts on in there that I like.

[Guest]

8 minutes ago, ghostdancer1 said:

aye, I've only been in London Underground once, but it seemed like a great venue, unfortunately there's rarely any acts on in there that I like.

I went the 1st year I went. Nicky Blackmarket followed by 2 Bad Mice. Was like being 20 again and it was the best 3 hours of the entire festival for me.

[bennyhana22]

21 minutes ago, ghostdancer1 said:

aye, I've only been in London Underground once, but it seemed like a great venue, unfortunately there's rarely any acts on in there that I like.

Ditto

Went in in 2015 and caught some pretty stodgy dubstep. The 18 year-olds were all over it. Me, not so much!

Good venue, agreed, so would love it if the line-up threw up something to get me in there again...

Ben

[Mezhyp1]

I can't imagine anyone better than Helena Hauff for London Underground, it gets dark, smokey and HOT in there

Someone make it happen 

[Untz]

Saw Blawan in the LU many moons ago. It was perfect. Haven't been in since.

Definitely needs techno in there.

[Winslow Leach]

London Underground is hotter than the sun.

[Tuna]

Never been in. Sounds like one to check out tho.

[Mezhyp1]

17 minutes ago, Winslow Leach said:

London Underground is hotter than the sun.

You can say that again

I came out of Artwork last year a fraction of my former self, but fuck me it was a lot of fun.