Barry Can't Swim is a nice, inoffensive, entry level gateway into electronica. And I mean that respectfully. Like Metallica are for people who want to get into metal. Somewhere to start, but after a while you'll be looking for something a little deeper, harder or esoteric
Do you think the issue might be that there aren't many new live dance acts coming through at the moment? I also like Barry's stuff (and will be seeing him this summer for the first time) but I get the impression the media are just looking for someone to be the 'next big thing/next big Fred again..' and he currently fits the bill.
This is of course nothing new, and has been going on for many years now across lots of genres, but the lack of competition and power of social media has definitely fuelled the rapid rise of these two acts.
Pre 2000 I used to go down to Glastonbury with a big gang who either used to jump the fence, were working there in some capacity or had blagged hospitality tickets... I always had a ticket, preferred the normal methods of entry to sneaking around the perimeter trying to find a gap or a dodgy bloke selling routes in.. a lot of them used to spend most of the weekend at the travellers field anyway, I popped out to visit occasionally but preferred to be inside the fence seeing bands. I remember the fence coming down behind the stone circle and everyone cheering. I’ve been working on gates when people have tried legging it in.. that’s always exciting 🙂
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