Electronica/Dance

[blakester]

Is anybody else hoping la roux makes an appearance? The new album is great - thoroughly recommended.

[Obiginnaw]

Horrible news that Andrew Weatherall has died.. devastating. Was surely booked to play this year...  

[Tommy Dickfingers]

One of the best without a doubt.

Been listening back to his chugger set from Dekmantel. His Fabric also one of the best. What a shame.

[Matt42]

20 minutes ago, Obiginnaw said:

Horrible news that Andrew Weatherall has died.. devastating. Was surely booked to play this year...  

Awful news. He was a good friend to Craig Richards so I imagine there will be nod to him at houghton this year

[bennyhana22]

Very sad. Only 56, FFS. 
Looking at the cause, I do wonder how much a full-on life in the business will have contributed to such a young death. 
 

Got to look after yourselves, guys. Sad day for the electronic, and wider, music world. 
 

Ben

Edited February 17, 2020 by bennyhana22

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

7 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Awful news. He was a good friend to Craig Richards so I imagine there will be nod to him at houghton this year

And at every other self-respecting techno event too, I'd imagine.

Fifty-six, man. 

[Winslow Leach]

He played a fucking blinder last weekend so at least he left in style.

rip to a big one.

[Acid Loafers]

 

Dunno why, seeing all the plans he had this year hits so hard to me. No matter what you're working on, life can just disappear like that. 

[Tuna]

Titan of the scene. RIP.

[FuzzyDunlop]

Absolute legend of the scene. A true pioneer. Seen him quite a few times, from the amazing, to the 'not to my taste', but he was always loving what he played. Never needed to conform.

A very sad loss

[Tommy Dickfingers]

https://m.mixcloud.com/oska_/andrew-weatherall-essential-mix-27-10-1996/
 

https://m.soundcloud.com/dkmntl/andrew-weatherall-at-dekmantel-festival-2019
 

https://m.mixcloud.com/jahthecat1/andrew-weatherall-fabric-19-2004/
 

 

Properly gutted yanno. An outpouring of respect and sadness across the board of music and beyond. 

[Mezhyp1]

Your man off Kraftwerk is playing IICON

[bennyhana22]

55 minutes ago, Mezhyp1 said:

Your man off Kraftwerk is playing IICON

Interesting...

Looking at some of his Musik Soldat live stuff, that would be right up my alley...could be flippin' epic on IICON.

Another interesting, not-run-of-the-mill electronic booking there Block9 👌

Ben

[Matt42]

1 hour ago, Mezhyp1 said:

Your man off Kraftwerk is playing IICON

Well this is interesting and kinda lines up with something a bit daft I heard.

[rock the clock]

I hope iicon has a similar booking policy tbh, was so good last year. 

I fancy a bit of British Murder Boys, maybe to take the same slot as Karenn last year. 

[Guy Incognito]

1 minute ago, Matt42 said:

Well this is interesting and kinda lines up with something a bit daft I heard.

Do tell...

[Matt42]

1 minute ago, Guy Incognito said:

Do tell...

I heard that the block 9 guys have tried / are trying, to get Kraftwerk in Bloc 9. Probably for an unannounced set (the only way I could rationalise it) as I don’t know what stage could hold that kind of crowd. They wanted to shoot really big for the 50th anniversary. 

APE have them “exclusive” which means they either didn’t get them or they’ve secretly got them.

Its weird because surely Kraftwerk could headline a major stage with ease?

[Mezhyp1]

Think @Ddiamondd was on the Kraftwerk Block 9 trail last year at some point, so there could well be something in it 

[Matt42]

17 minutes ago, Mezhyp1 said:

Think @Ddiamondd was on the Kraftwerk Block 9 trail last year at some point, so there could well be something in it 

I can chase this back up but they definitely tried to get a few really big names this year. I don’t know if they landed anyone though. It does sound though that they are working hard to get some really special bookings there for the 50th.

[Tommy Dickfingers]

Thing is if you’re Bloc9 you go for Kraftwerk with the OG singer Ralf something first then failing that you get Wolfgang Flur so with him being booked I’d say that totally rules out Kraftwerk as they tour now. Bittersweet really. 
 

For context Wolfgang Flur is playing a venue in Wigan soon. 

[Guy Incognito]

Just now, Matt42 said:

I can chase this back up but they definitely tried to get a few really big names this year. I don’t know if they landed anyone though. It does sound though that they are working hard to get some really special bookings there for the 50th.

.....do tell.....

[Tommy Dickfingers]

Still though this on Icon in any form.

 

 

[Matt42]

1 minute ago, Guy Incognito said:

.....do tell.....

I don’t wanna say specific names but there’s a couple on the awakenings lineup they failed to get.

 

2 minutes ago, Tommy Dickfingers said:

Thing is if you’re Bloc9 you go for Kraftwerk with the OG singer Ralf something first then failing that you get Wolfgang Flur so with him being booked I’d say that totally rules out Kraftwerk as they tour now. Bittersweet really. 
 

For context Wolfgang Flur is playing a venue in Wigan soon. 

Probably. Sounds like a compromise to me. Either the exclusive deal with APE rules them out, or it’s something they are trying to work around.

[Mezhyp1]

3 minutes ago, Ddiamondd said:

Yeah I mean, they've been working towards any iteration of Kraftwerk since about mid-2018.

They're now deeply fucked off at Flür for blowing the surprise, as you might expect lol. 

Not surprised, what a tit 

Can't say I actually have the greatest hopes for IICON line-up wise. I'll be happy to be met with a surprise and a couple of things I want to see there. Hopeful the hints at Shanti are on the ball, even better if it's one of those grand b2b2b2b sessions

[stuie]

21 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Probably. Sounds like a compromise to me. Either the exclusive deal with APE rules them out, or it’s something they are trying to work around.

Could it just be the 3D that's exclusive for APE?  

Might just be clutching at straws, but could you get some kind of live set without the 3D at Glasto?