Block 9

[marcoolio]

18 hours ago, MJP said:

Ladies I am HERE for the fetish night.

Indeed. Still, is it formal fetish or casual fetish? The dresscode is dreadfully unclear.

And Friday is Janet Jackson Night, so I guess I *can* wear my old Janet tour shirt to Glasonbury this year!
Or... not? I still get confused by those t-shirt rules as well.

Also, I noticed there's no Kylie Minogue Night, so I'd say that settles the debate on who's more popular.

 

[Rum Ham]

NYC DOWNLOW

'...a new moustache entry system (the old hustles won’t work)...'

 

What's new about this?

[Mattymooz]

2 minutes ago, Ddiamondd said:

Yep, I reckon so. She'll play b2b2b2b with Moxie, Shanti Celeste and Saoirse on the Thursday up at Stonebridge, and then again solo on Sunday. That Thursday one will be busy but a campy, garage-and-disco-heavy delight

Damn was hoping to be at Arcadia on the Sunday, may have to try and squeeze into the Stonebridge set then

[Winslow Leach]

1 hour ago, Rum Ham said:

NYC DOWNLOW

'...a new moustache entry system (the old hustles won’t work)...'

 

What's new about this?

Maybe a different moustache every night, so you can't get them on the Wednesday and skip the queue every night? Which to be honest, would just make me even less likely to make it in there this year. I know people on here rate NYC Downlow highly but it's become so hard to get into I've just resigned myself to writing it off now.

[golden egg]

If you just rock a legit tash can you queue-hop then?

[MJP]

3 hours ago, marcoolio said:

Indeed. Still, is it formal fetish or casual fetish? The dresscode is dreadfully unclear.

And Friday is Janet Jackson Night, so I guess I *can* wear my old Janet tour shirt to Glasonbury this year!
Or... not? I still get confused by those t-shirt rules as well.

Also, I noticed there's no Kylie Minogue Night, so I'd say that settles the debate on who's more popular.

 

I've bought myself a new harness to pair with some shorts and that'll do.

[MJP]

2 hours ago, Winslow Leach said:

Maybe a different moustache every night, so you can't get them on the Wednesday and skip the queue every night? Which to be honest, would just make me even less likely to make it in there this year. I know people on here rate NYC Downlow highly but it's become so hard to get into I've just resigned myself to writing it off now.

That's what I disliked about it last festival. It's a really cool queer space, but gets a bit frustrating when you, as a queer person, can't get in.

[Tuna]

3 hours ago, Rum Ham said:

NYC DOWNLOW

'...a new moustache entry system (the old hustles won’t work)...'

 

What's new about this?

Hopefully means they stop sexually assaulting people as a condition of entry ?

[Eyebrow]

That Randomer Boiler Room set is filthy, loving this at the end!

https://youtu.be/OWb8jN5vI6s

 

[Joshuwarr]

On 5/27/2019 at 11:13 PM, Ddiamondd said:

Yep, Midland in the NYCDL, Wes Baggaley in the Meat Rack and Dan Beaumont on Genosys should get that "uplift" in your techno gruel. 

Away from Block9, it sounds like you could be into Four Tet on Arcadia, the (rumoured, not yet confirmed) Avalon Emerson set in Beat Hotel – and probably quite a lot of Beat Hotel picks to come tbh – Eris Drew in the Temple (check her RA mix), and Peach (Thursday at Stonebridge / Sunday in Silver Hayes), whose set here is seemingly a dyed in the wool fav in the Electronica thread: 

 

Ok so Peach is now way up on my MUST SEE. Pure queer joy.

[bigbilly]

8 hours ago, Winslow Leach said:

Maybe a different moustache every night, so you can't get them on the Wednesday and skip the queue every night? Which to be honest, would just make me even less likely to make it in there this year. I know people on here rate NYC Downlow highly but it's become so hard to get into I've just resigned myself to writing it off now.

Let's just say there are other ways in which don't involve jumping the que and involve a quick flash of a moustache ? if you stand and watch how people get in for 15 mins some of its really obvious 

[stuie]

9 minutes ago, bigbilly said:

Let's just say there are other ways in which don't involve jumping the que and involve a quick flash of a moustache ? if you stand and watch how people get in for 15 mins some of its really obvious 

Out of likes or upvotes but yep... and it’s not sexual assault as someone ridiculously said earlier on the thread. 

[Tommy Dickfingers]

It isn’t that hard to get in there as it is. Buy a moustache, go in good time, wait. They’ve got seats, a card machine and toilets. It’s worth waiting for a good run of DJ’s once you’re in you don’t really have to leave until you’ve had enough of dancing. 

[Woffy]

On ‎5‎/‎27‎/‎2019 at 6:05 PM, Ddiamondd said:

Okay let do my best here to tip some folks wise:

Genosys – major doof with a twist

HAAi is the new superstar of the Daniel Avery / Andrew Weatherall / Erol Alkan world. Trippy, rock-informed techno. She will level the place. Same too Anthony Parasole and Randomer. Massive warehouse bangers with a hint of trance uplift. Here's a good starter on HAAi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btFDS6bdb8w

Honcho is the best gay party in America, Leeon is a resident of Bogota's Video Club, Partok is the biggest name to come from Tel Aviv's The Block, Dan Beaumont runs Chapter 10, Roi Perez is a current poster boy of Panoramabar and Siren are a young collective running great pro-femme underground raves in London.

You're basically getting the cutting edge of queer techno in the open air, in spaces which used to be for the veterans of Detroit and Chicago, which is a bold and great move imho.

IICON – big league experimental electronics under a ridiculous conceptual structure best seen to be believed

Batu and the Zenker Brothers are behind two of the hottest labels going (Timedance and Ilian Tape respectively), absolutely phenomenal DJs blending all aspects of broken techno, garage, dubstep, breakbeat, whatever. Bruce, Hodge and Stenny will play similarly but this, from Batu, is best go-to: https://soundcloud.com/dkmntl/batu-at-dekmantel-selectors-2018

Moor Mother is like an Afrofuturist Kate Tempest. This lecture is fascinating stuff and her performances are pretty astounding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPWi2wJELh4

L-Vis 1990, Kode9, Manthe Ribane, Demdike Stare, Lee Gamble will all fall into sounds of the UK underground that used to fill the actual London Underground, envoys of Hyperdub, DDS and Night Slugs. Don't miss the small-font Hessle Audio, which is Ben UFO, Pearson Sound and Pangaea.

Musically, the stage is largely a monument to the "continuum" of jungle, dubstep, soundscapes, rave etc.

NYC Downlow & Meat Rack – queer mania

Legend O'Clock: Mr Fingers will be the deeper version of Larry Heard, I expect. Add him to Tony Humphries (Club Zanzibar in New Jersey, think Ron Trent level thick, disco-y house and you're there) and Erick Morillo (tribal king of NYC and Ibiza) and you've got a mega trio.

The Black Madonna people probably know, this time b2b with Garrett David, who's a resident at Queen! in Chicago's Smartbar and releases on Lobster Theremin too. They will be great fun. Same too Midland and Gideön, they know the territory intimately.

Sweely is one for the minimal lovers, quite like Traumer or Margaret Dygas. Interesting pick for there. Mexican Jihad also interesting, part of the NAAFI label, eclectic bass stuff.

Wes Baggaley, Dan Shake, Trouble Vision et al carry this on in the Meat Rack, which is even more sordid. Dan was very good fun last time, played a lot of Brazilian edits which had sweat dripping.

Hope that helps

Thanks again for this - excellent stuff.

Pretty much spent all yesterday evening poring over this and disappearing down various YouTube rabbit holes.

Really appreciated.

[Rum Ham]

8 hours ago, bigbilly said:

Let's just say there are other ways in which don't involve jumping the que and involve a quick flash of a moustache ? if you stand and watch how people get in for 15 mins some of its really obvious 

This is bringing back some questionable flashbacks

Edited May 29, 2019 by Rum Ham

[Tuna]

8 hours ago, stuie said:

Out of likes or upvotes but yep... and it’s not sexual assault as someone ridiculously said earlier on the thread. 

I didn't say that was to skip the queue. And it was completely true, and happened to multiple people on multiple occasions. Thanks. 

[concerned]

Sorry if I've missed it in a previous post but it looks like London Underground is now gone? I think that was actually my favourite venue in Block9

[EZYSEY]

Batu, Hodge and Bruce given rubbish times which is a shame. 

[Winslow Leach]

1 hour ago, concerned said:

Sorry if I've missed it in a previous post but it looks like London Underground is now gone? I think that was actually my favourite venue in Block9

IICON seems to have subsumed elements of its UK-centric, hardcore continuum remit, and as an open air venue presumably won't be hotter than the sun like the London Underground was.

[stuie]

1 hour ago, concerned said:

Sorry if I've missed it in a previous post but it looks like London Underground is now gone? I think that was actually my favourite venue in Block9

Yes, it's gone.  I'll miss it more for the outside appearance than the actual venue.  Inside it could have just been any space anywhere really. 

Hopefully that field will still look interesting.  I think IICON is in the field next door.

[MJP]

5 hours ago, stuie said:

Yes, it's gone.  I'll miss it more for the outside appearance than the actual venue.  Inside it could have just been any space anywhere really. 

Hopefully that field will still look interesting.  I think IICON is in the field next door.

I wonder if this means that Downlow is getting bigger? They've had capacity issues for a few years now, so might make sense to bring it out a little to add a couple of hundred more capacity, as well as adding more queue line?