Electronica/Dance

[SouthbanKen]

24 minutes ago, Fishman said:

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.

The sets I’ve listened too have just the right amount of donk on them that it brings back the Tidy trax vibes and could see me dust off the old glow sticks and pull out the funky chicken dance moves on the farm. 

[Greased-Up Deaf Guy]

17 hours 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
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 He's does something called Alt1 "anything goes" which is a decent mix genre wise so could fit on a number of stages.

 

Ben Hemsley played Levels last year as well, and it was unfortunately a bit dead in there but it was great to experience some trance at Glastonbury.

 

Doubt it will ever happen but the likes of Bryan Kearney, Will Atkinson and Hannah Laing on Arcadia would be the pinnacle for me.

[Madyaker]

Mall Grab just announced an Aus and NZ tour up until the end of June so that probably rules him out. 

[Barneym]

Has anyone been to see anything at Burgess Park before, very tempted to do the Underworld show but am worried the sound will be awful and it will just be a disappointment compared to the AP show last year 

[Twiggy553]

11 hours ago, Barneym said:

Has anyone been to see anything at Burgess Park before, very tempted to do the Underworld show but am worried the sound will be awful and it will just be a disappointment compared to the AP show last year 

Only been to Lambeth County Fair (which has a big reggae stage) but that’s free and in the daytime so wasn’t being too sceptical. I generally find festivals/events in residential areas to be a bit low on volume

[Twiggy553]

Thoughts on Silver Hayes?

 

Amelie Lens on LH Friday night.

Haai on Levels Saturday

Modeselektor Levels Saturday

[SouthbanKen]

24 minutes ago, Twiggy553 said:

Thoughts on Silver Hayes?

 

Amelie Lens on LH Friday night.

Haai on Levels Saturday

Modeselektor Levels Saturday

 

All of above look good, plus Koven. 

 

The old skool garage and DnB on levels on Friday is a line up i could f**k with but doubt it will pull me away from LHC Camelphat / FBS / Amelie Lends for too long. 

 

Confidence Man B2B with Job Jobse would be good on Thursday too but expect it to be too rammed. 

[SouthbanKen]

1 minute ago, SouthbanKen said:

 

All of above look good, plus Koven. 

 

The old skool garage and DnB on levels on Friday is a line up i could f**k with but doubt it will pull me away from LHC Camelphat / FBS / Amelie Lends for too long. 

 

Confidence Man B2B with Job Jobse would be good on Thursday too but expect it to be too rammed. 

 

Just spotted a little Sunday SHERELLE set on Firmly Rooted that would hit nice if it lands after the Prodigy for a Sunday night closer.

[cgall]

Won't be attempting levels on Thursday but its objectively fantastic. Never got to go to Assembly last year so quite happy its delivered another fantastic lineup! Friday LHC also has some massive names - will be a big draw. 

[nikkic]

Mentioned it in the SH thread, but....

Great line up, but feels pretty samey to the past few years. 

 

[Talcroft]

Palms Trax basically has that Thurs slot on levels as a residency at this point. 

[gfa]

45 minutes ago, nikkic said:

Mentioned it in the SH thread, but....

Great line up, but feels pretty samey to the past few years. 

 

SH on the main 2 has never been where anything super exciting gets booked to be fair. Need it to soak up crowds a bit and let smaller venues book interesting stuff.

 

A lot of the dance areas are often quite samey i find, theres good choice but a LOT of repeat bookings simply because theres so many stages to fill and the djs love playing

[plaskins]

So.. I ask this question every year 😅

 

Usually get some good recommendations. I'm quite into my trance music, but don't know much in the way of new stuff/names on the lineups. Can any one make any recommendations from the SH lineup?

 

Many thanks

[beesboy]

2 hours ago, plaskins said:

So.. I ask this question every year 😅

 

Usually get some good recommendations. I'm quite into my trance music, but don't know much in the way of new stuff/names on the lineups. Can any one make any recommendations from the SH lineup?

 

Many thanks

 

Sadly Danielle Moore died last year so I'm interested to see how this DJ set goes but should ensure a good Thursday night boogie (assuming it's a nightime set).

[Madyaker]

I'm excited for Calibre

[Twiggy553]

9 hours ago, cgall said:

Won't be attempting levels on Thursday but its objectively fantastic. Never got to go to Assembly last year so quite happy its delivered another fantastic lineup! Friday LHC also has some massive names - will be a big draw. 

Is it crazy busy on thursdays?

[Madyaker]

This is interesting.

 

Edited April 3, 2025 by Madyaker

[cgall]

9 hours ago, Twiggy553 said:

Is it crazy busy on thursdays?

 

Yep from what I remember, usually a bit of wait to get in, but probably wont be too bad early on in the evening

[astrowerks]

why would you put teletech on the sunday. makes no sense

[bennyhana22]

15 minutes ago, e_p said:

why would you put teletech on the sunday. makes no sense

Yeah, that's interesting programming. But then, I don't think they necessarily factor that many people have burned all their matches by 3am on the Monday morning. I'm not much of a fan of the likes of Azyr and co., but I fully expect still to be hard at it somewhere in the SEC at that point!

 

Ben

[Johnnyseven]

Anyone need a ticket for Leftfield at Brixton on Friday 30th May? Booked a long weekend in Helsinki with my wife not realising it clashed. I'll just be looking for what I paid. Have put it up for resale on Ticketmaster but can cancel if anyone here wants it.

[GrumpyRaver]

On 01/04/2025 at 10:51, Twiggy553 said:

Only been to Lambeth County Fair (which has a big reggae stage) but that’s free and in the daytime so wasn’t being too sceptical. I generally find festivals/events in residential areas to be a bit low on volume

Lambeth Country Show is in Brockwell Park, not Burgess…

[GrumpyRaver]

On 03/04/2025 at 12:34, cgall said:

Won't be attempting levels on Thursday but its objectively fantastic. Never got to go to Assembly last year so quite happy its delivered another fantastic lineup! Friday LHC also has some massive names - will be a big draw. 

what’s catching your eye in Assembly? 
 

would be interested in your thoughts on this too @bennyhana22

[Twiggy553]

2 hours ago, GrumpyRaver said:

Lambeth Country Show is in Brockwell Park, not Burgess…

Hahaha you’re so right. I lived in Peckham for 10+ years as well 🤦‍♂️ 

[bennyhana22]

6 hours ago, GrumpyRaver said:

what’s catching your eye in Assembly? 
 

would be interested in your thoughts on this too @bennyhana22

 

Well...

 

I have to admit to being a little disappointed at the Silver Hayes line-up, but I think it's very much developing its own profile now. Across the venues, I think it's got a fairly consistent profile, catering for proper ravers in the artists its scheduling, especially in the day parties. Unfortunately, for me, the ones who I'd be interested in tend to be in those day parties - Amaliah, Sedef Adasï, CCL etc - and I just don't really dance in the day as I'm busy seeing bands and saving that precious, amazing dance time for the dark and the dawn. 

 

Assembly is particularly frustrating this year! Radioactive Man and Roza Terenzi on the Thursday could be great, if their sets times are good (laaaate, please!) and it's not a ridiculous wait to get in. I went on the Thursday last year, and the venue is pretty good. Standout for Assembly is Davey Harvey b2b Ivan Smagghe, which should be all manner of acid, bleepy wonder. We'll see how that might fit in with where else I want to be on site on the Friday night.

 

Levels - Adiel on the Thursday would be good, as might Marie Davidson, but with Levels such a magnet on the Thursday now, it might be tricky to drag pals there! Some of the queues last year (for, frankly, dross!) were off the scale stupid. Add to that the AHs that queue jump and, well, y'know...

Saying that, although I never really thought I'd ever say "I might go and watch Romy DJ...", a set with HAAi could be nice and trancey. But, I'm unlikely to commit to getting into The Levels on a Saturday night for just one set, so It's likely I'll be in the SEC, especially as Saturday Night is Camp Rave Night when I am often invited to curate the programme! This is, of course, assuming that Saturday is not a techno line-up on the Dragonfly, as its tends to be Friday.

 

Lonely Hearts Club - obviously Amelie is the standout here, but that Friday line-up is hardly the Böhmer > Cooper > Hauff > Avery run of a couple of years ago. And everyone will, inexplicably, be there for Norm!

In non-dance, Emma-Jean Thackray is a genius, and her new album drops in three weeks. If there's no greater clashing pull elsewhere, I expect to watch a daytime LHC band for the first time!

 

So, a bit light for this veteran, but I do understand what SH are doing. And, if you're a daytime party person, there's a lot of fun to be had here. Though I'll warrant you're more than likely to be no older than late twenties at the oldest. Oh, if only...

 

Ben x