Electronica/Dance

[nikkic]

2 minutes ago, Madyaker said:

Floating Points is apparently doing a live set according to people in another thread? I'm buzzing for that if it's true.

Will be amazing, Cascade was one of the best albums of 2024, so a live set will go down nicely! 

[Fishman]

On 28/01/2025 at 13:57, Fishman said:

I can't say anything yet (🙄 sorry), but I've heard a bit of a rumour about The Glade on Saturday night. If correct it will please quite a few of the team on here, and it's my Saturday night locked and sorted. 🕺

 

OK - further to this.... The word was Leftfield to band-headline Saturday night, but also along with a couple of DJs. The names that I've heard are Richie Hawtin & Amelie Lens. Richie has a GSH and has also been doing some shows as 30-year (😬) anniversary of Plastikman. So, fingers crossed (for me!).

[bennyhana22]

1 hour ago, Fishman said:

 

OK - further to this.... The word was Leftfield to band-headline Saturday night, but also along with a couple of DJs. The names that I've heard are Richie Hawtin & Amelie Lens. Richie has a GSH and has also been doing some shows as 30-year (😬) anniversary of Plastikman. So, fingers crossed (for me!).

Oh yes. Would love to see Richie Hawtin on the Farm. I've only seen him once (in Mykonos!) and he was great. Would love a Plastikman set. @Fishman - are you saying you've 'just' heard that RH and AL are playing somewhere, or that they're part of the Leftfield night in the Glade? It's a me thing, obviously, but I've never really clicked with Leftfield. Saw them live once and it was just a bit...tame/slow for me for a proper live dance act. But we'll see what the clash gods serve up for us. 
 

Very excited for year two of the Dragonfly. @Fishman - if the line up is good, you'll have a right royal time under there! Sound last year was Trebor Extra Strong levels of mint. 

Ben x

[Skip997]

3 hours ago, bennyhana22 said:

Oh yes. Would love to see Richie Hawtin on the Farm. I've only seen him once (in Mykonos!) and he was great. Would love a Plastikman set.

The first year of the dance tent (maybe 1995?) Richie Hawtin did a Plastikman set on the Saturday afternoon 

[Fishman]

3 hours ago, bennyhana22 said:

Oh yes. Would love to see Richie Hawtin on the Farm. I've only seen him once (in Mykonos!) and he was great. Would love a Plastikman set. @Fishman - are you saying you've 'just' heard that RH and AL are playing somewhere, or that they're part of the Leftfield night in the Glade? It's a me thing, obviously, but I've never really clicked with Leftfield. Saw them live once and it was just a bit...tame/slow for me for a proper live dance act. But we'll see what the clash gods serve up for us. 
 

Very excited for year two of the Dragonfly. @Fishman - if the line up is good, you'll have a right royal time under there! Sound last year was Trebor Extra Strong levels of mint. 

Ben x

I heard that RH & AL were part of the Leftfield night in the Glade, so I'd guess at Leftfield around 10 and then DJs to follow. Leftfield always were primarily dub influenced, so were never full pelt, but I think they are still a top live act, with the live drummer centre stage. Needs a good sound-system, of course.

[Johnnyseven]

On 18/03/2025 at 12:57, Fishman said:

 

OK - further to this.... The word was Leftfield to band-headline Saturday night, but also along with a couple of DJs. The names that I've heard are Richie Hawtin & Amelie Lens. Richie has a GSH and has also been doing some shows as 30-year (😬) anniversary of Plastikman. So, fingers crossed (for me!).

 

Didn't Amelie Lens play Arcadia last year? She must've enjoyed her time on the farm.

[Isaaclk]

20 minutes ago, Johnnyseven said:

 

Didn't Amelie Lens play Arcadia last year? She must've enjoyed her time on the farm.

Yeah she closed Arcadia on friday night and was f**king superb. One of the best dances I had on the farm last year after Justice on sunday!

[bennyhana22]

38 minutes ago, Isaaclk said:

Yeah she closed Arcadia on friday night and was f**king superb. One of the best dances I had on the farm last year after Justice on sunday!

HAAi b2b Ki/Ki into Amelie, with the stellar sound of the Dragonfly, was absolutely incredible. Just slightly annoying that you've then got to bomb quickly to the SEC to beat all the crowds pouring into there from Arcadia and Silver Hayes! 
 

Ben

[Fishman]

58 minutes ago, Johnnyseven said:

 

Didn't Amelie Lens play Arcadia last year? She must've enjoyed her time on the farm.

 

Yeah - that's why I was initially a bit unsure about the information. I'm still not convinced she'll be back, but then again, it was described to me a being a fun and proper techno line up.🕺

[Glasto96]

Charlotte b2b Lens please 🙏🏼 

[nikkic]

Wonder where Coxy might ft in this year.

Be great to see him at Arcadia.

[bennyhana22]

1 hour ago, nikkic said:

Wonder where Coxy might ft in this year.

Be great to see him at Arcadia.

Yeah, a proper rave-time Coxy set on the Dragonfly would be good. His b2b set on the crane with Jamie Jones was great...every other track!

 

Ben

[astrowerks]

I blew out Amelie Lens for Teletech. No regrets 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

4 hours ago, Johnnyseven said:

 

Didn't Amelie Lens play Arcadia last year? She must've enjoyed her time on the farm.

 

She did. A couple mates bumped into her walking around the site. She loved the festival, apparently 

[donthaveacoolname]

18 hours ago, Isaaclk said:

Yeah she closed Arcadia on friday night and was f**king superb. One of the best dances I had on the farm last year after Justice on sunday!

couldn't agree more, thought her set was amazing, which topped of a great night!!! Very happy to hear of her rumored return!!!

[nikkic]

He obvs isn't playing a live show, but a BCS DJ set like this would go down a treat.....
 

 

[Madyaker]

On 19/03/2025 at 18:28, nikkic said:

Wonder where Coxy might ft in this year.

Be great to see him at Arcadia.

 

Glade as well maybe? He's definitely due back though.

[Semprini]

Should probably put this in the Seat-filler thread but Tickets for Good are doing discounted entry for the Friday and Sunday of Polygon Live festival in Crystal Palace Park over the early May bank holiday weekend.

You have to buy a voucher that gives you a code for 75% off the price of a day ticket, so they each work out at about £25 all in. We're going on Sunday which has Kiasmos headlining with nimino, Ame and Red Axes in support. Booked a couple of twin rooms at the Croydon Premier Inn for £45 per room so it's coming in at under £50 each for ticket and stay.

Set up looks pretty mad as they're putting two domes together for the first time, alongside the usual spatial audio speaker system and light show. Capacity is 5,000 and it finishes at 10:30pm, which is perfect for oldies like me!!

[Greased-Up Deaf Guy]

Strong maybe for Sneijder? Never see many trance Djs as it's the same weekend as Luminosity but i'd be more than down

[SouthbanKen]

I’m well out of touch but if that is a GSH then after a Quick Look on the YouTubes a Sneijder set would be right up me and my gfs street.
 

as you say there’s never a huge amount of Trance and being out of touch means I don’t know the sound of 95% of the dance acts - might come back and ask for some recommendations once the dance stage posters start to drop. 

[gfa]

On 23/03/2025 at 02:01, Semprini said:

Should probably put this in the Seat-filler thread but Tickets for Good are doing discounted entry for the Friday and Sunday of Polygon Live festival in Crystal Palace Park over the early May bank holiday weekend.

You have to buy a voucher that gives you a code for 75% off the price of a day ticket, so they each work out at about £25 all in. We're going on Sunday which has Kiasmos headlining with nimino, Ame and Red Axes in support. Booked a couple of twin rooms at the Croydon Premier Inn for £45 per room so it's coming in at under £50 each for ticket and stay.

Set up looks pretty mad as they're putting two domes together for the first time, alongside the usual spatial audio speaker system and light show. Capacity is 5,000 and it finishes at 10:30pm, which is perfect for oldies like me!!

Good spot - might head for the Max Cooper day. Hopefully the offer stays up for a while as only interested last minute i think

[Semprini]

Unfortunately Saturday isn't on the offer at the moment but I'll keep an eye out and let you know.

[bennyhana22]

5 hours ago, Greased-Up Deaf Guy said:

Strong maybe for Sneijder? Never see many trance Djs as it's the same weekend as Luminosity but i'd be more than down

He seems to be just about the right side of cheese and techy, so if the venue and time were right, this could be a lot of fun. If he plays! I'm not a massive fan of straight up trance, especially with a lot of vocal samples etc, but a good, grimy tech trance set would be great, given that GFL have seemingly binned off psytrance 😔. 
 

KI/KI's set on The Levels was mostly trance, and because she knows how to go hard, it was ace. She was trancey on her b2b tracks with HAAi on the Dragonfly too. 
 

@SouthbanKen - it's a glorious tradition of this, the thread of threads™️, that all sorts of genre cognoscenti make themselves available for recs, as the dance area posters drop. It's almost as exciting as the festival itself. 
 

Ben
x

[SouthbanKen]

1 hour ago, bennyhana22 said:

He seems to be just about the right side of cheese and techy, so if the venue and time were right, this could be a lot of fun. If he plays! I'm not a massive fan of straight up trance, especially with a lot of vocal samples etc, but a good, grimy tech trance set would be great, given that GFL have seemingly binned off psytrance 😔. 
 

KI/KI's set on The Levels was mostly trance, and because she knows how to go hard, it was ace. She was trancey on her b2b tracks with HAAi on the Dragonfly too. 
 

@SouthbanKen - it's a glorious tradition of this, the thread of threads™️, that all sorts of genre cognoscenti make themselves available for recs, as the dance area posters drop. It's almost as exciting as the festival itself. 
 

Ben
x

I look forward to dancing to the bass lines of your knowledge. 

[Fishman]

8 hours ago, Greased-Up Deaf Guy said:

Strong maybe for Sneijder? 

Just given him a blast whilst down the gym (Fitness thread?). Giving Planet Perfecto vibes to my old ears. A bit cheesy, but this would certainly work in a certain time and place.