Electronica/Dance

[Radiopaste]

Has anyone heard anything about any DnB at Arcadia similar to Sunday 2019?

[fred quimby]

5 hours ago, rubick said:

Mixmaster Morris said on his Facebook last night that he's playing Glade Lounge and Shanrgi'La.

Excellent news

[Tommy Dickfingers]

48 minutes ago, Radiopaste said:

Has anyone heard anything about any DnB at Arcadia similar to Sunday 2019?

I wouldn’t be worrying about a lack of drum and bass at Glastonbury mate 

[Green Croc]

Sorry if it's already been mentioned but could Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs be one to expect? Has a new album coming out in July.

Heartbreak was one of the dance songs of 2020 for me

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

1 hour ago, Radiopaste said:

Has anyone heard anything about any DnB at Arcadia similar to Sunday 2019?

Fully expect to see the likes of DnB heavyweights Andy C, Chase & Status, Dimension, etc again on Arcadia. And of course the Common will be wall-to-wall jump-up as usual

[stuie]

3 hours ago, Winslow Leach said:

Gonna go out on an unpopular limb here and say that IICON probably could stand to be just a lil bit more populist, the space felt far too big for the crowds it was pulling in 2019. Either that or stick something else in that field at least, felt very sparse as it was. 

I have to agree with you - it's a big space with a big budget so it can't be too niche can it.  Whilst we had some good times there in 2019 it never really felt like it reached it's potential in terms of pulling in the people. 

[bennyhana22]

I'll repeat my annual (almost...!) declaration:

Given the brilliant vibe in this, the thread of threads, if I don't get to meet and dance with a significant number of people from here at the festival, I'm going to be majorly pissed off. 

❤️

Ben

[bennyhana22]

3 minutes ago, stuie said:

I have to agree with you - it's a big space with a big budget so it can't be too niche can it.  Whilst we had some good times there in 2019 it never really felt like it reached it's potential in terms of pulling in the people. 

That's a fair comment, @stuie, as was @Winslow Leach's. I guess what I meant was that I very much support the Block9 team in always trying to innovate in their curation, rather than take the 'easy' route of the same old huge names that are guaranteed floor fillers. Not that I wish in anyway that area to be too niche or cliquey, but that I also would hate to see it lose its edge and philosophy. Somewhere in the middle sweet-spot is what we need. 

Ben

Edited March 30, 2022 by bennyhana22

[FloorFiller]

As somebody who’s enjoyment of electronic music largely lies within the ‘bangers’ territory, it would be a shame if the bookings for that stage stayed too niche or out there, as it’s such a cool looking setup - probably the best the festival currently has - and deserves big crowds, but that ain’t gonna happen if people turn up and the music is sending them west when what they want to do is dance. Obviously there’s a market for that kind of stuff, and I’m not expecting or wanting chart hits or shit like that, but there’s definitely gotta be some element of commercialism in there if they want people to turn up and stick around. I don’t think I stayed there for more than a curious gander in ‘19.

[Obiginnaw]

I agree with all parties here, i do think that the wonky stuff was extremely welcome (especially as i've discovered more post-festival) , but one or two 'names' that would get me to stay there, check it out for longer etc. would be welcome - of course that's all down to personal taste. But maybe the whole spectacle of the stage itself left some people slightly underwhelmed at the acts that were on it?

on top of that, what calibre names could IICON afford to play it? Entirely unknown to me what size of acts they could get so it's a very open question. Money no object a Skream dubstep (or just normal) set there would be the one for me on that stage

I'm also currently toying with the idea of partiboi69 there, but also thinking it'd be firmly out of place simultaneously/hilariously

[tigger123]

1 minute ago, Obiginnaw said:

I agree with all parties here, i do think that the wonky stuff was extremely welcome (especially as i've discovered more post-festival) , but one or two 'names' that would get me to stay there, check it out for longer etc. would be welcome - of course that's all down to personal taste. But maybe the whole spectacle of the stage itself left some people slightly underwhelmed at the acts that were on it?

on top of that, what calibre names could IICON afford to play it? Entirely unknown to me what size of acts they could get so it's a very open question. Money no object a Skream dubstep (or just normal) set there would be the one for me on that stage

I'm also currently toying with the idea of partiboi69 there, but also thinking it'd be firmly out of place simultaneously/hilariously

Skream often plays a few sets at the fest, so don't think money is an issue when getting him to play, so wouldn't be surprised if he was there this year

[golden egg]

Would it be fair to say the majority of glasto goers would be more into the dnb regulars / jump up than the likes of zenker bros so two huge areas like iicon and block 9 are bound to seem a bit sparse even with a heavyweight lineup?

[hodgey123]

Didn’t really know where else to put this so I’m sorry if this is out of place (and also shows me to be a very casual dance/electronica fan), but does anyone reckon there is a chance Calvin Harris may join the lineup or is he too expensive? He has a Ibiza residency the Friday but is free Saturday and Sunday

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

2 minutes ago, hodgey123 said:

Didn’t really know where else to put this so I’m sorry if this is out of place (and also shows me to be a very casual dance/electronica fan), but does anyone reckon there is a chance Calvin Harris may join the lineup or is he too expensive? He has a Ibiza residency the Friday but is free Saturday and Sunday

There are strong rumours of him playing on Pangea under his Love Regenerator alias 

[gfa]

4 hours ago, Green Croc said:

Sorry if it's already been mentioned but could Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs be one to expect? Has a new album coming out in July.

Heartbreak was one of the dance songs of 2020 for me

Would be a fan of this too - that album with bonobo was fantastic

[hodgey123]

15 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

There are strong rumours of him playing on Pangea under his Love Regenerator alias 

Personally would rather him play his old stuff under his original alias but would take that

[FuzzyDunlop]

This came on in my headphones in the gym today... not heard it for a long time.

Absolute hard trance classic. I'd love to see a trance classics set at Glastonbury... preferably with me playing it! Spaceport would be perfect

 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

8 hours ago, hodgey123 said:

Personally would rather him play his old stuff under his original alias but would take that

There was discussion briefly on this forum (not necessarily this thread) that maybe there was an outside chance of him being the Saturday night Other Stage headliner. There was nothing to base it on, just blind speculation really. Given the information that a few trusted posters on here have shared, the Love Regenerator Pangea set seems more likely

[Cuboid]

Where has Four Tet on Pangia Friday came from on rumours line up? Might just be selfish as I'm not a fan of that field but it feels the wrong setting for him

[David_303]

2 minutes ago, Cuboid said:

Where has Four Tet on Pangia Friday came from on rumours line up? Might just be selfish as I'm not a fan of that field but it feels the wrong setting for him

Now *he* would be great on Iicon

[Cuboid]

1 minute ago, David_303 said:

Now *he* would be great on Iicon

Yeah agree. Or even the Park Stage like in a slot Jamie Xx had in 2015. He's massive now but Pangea is just a weird set up for that kind of music. Feels more like a bass / dnb type 'arena' for me. 

[Crazyfool01]

5 minutes ago, Cuboid said:

Yeah agree. Or even the Park Stage like in a slot Jamie Xx had in 2015. He's massive now but Pangea is just a weird set up for that kind of music. Feels more like a bass / dnb type 'arena' for me. 

Pangea might be the spider instead 

[Cuboid]

1 minute ago, crazyfool1 said:

Pangea might be the spider instead 

Same thing though right with Four Tet. I watched fatboy / Eats Everything in that field and it was souless. i just think it suits an Andy C and co far more. 

[danbailey80]

Regarding IICON, it's finding a balance.

Yes keep it fresh/ innovative but there are DJs/ acts that are very big but still have a huge amount of respect amougst other DJs and still play relatively unknown/ underground music. There aren't many who tick both boxes but I do feel there needs to be the odd name there that does. Fabric on a Saturday night tend to be rather good at finding this balance. 

I'm confident they will get it right this year though. 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

10 hours ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

I'd love to see a trance classics set at Glastonbury... preferably with me playing it! Spaceport would be perfect

I'd be front and centre for that. Ahhhh, the summers of 98 and 99...good times