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OK. The Bedrock Tent...we got there as Digweed was settling to his back to back set with Sasha. Digweed was unflappable. Deep, dark and haunting....the usual John Digweed fayre... 
Sasha played for a while, the best bits from Fabric compressed into his first hour. It made for a very lively affair, top stuff. But when he came on again after Digweed, he just killed it. Played this hard tune, that he played last week, at a silly speed...the tent just started emptying out. That really killed the Bedrock tent. What a shame. Cattaneo came on, was playing plodding prog, was moving the crowd enough, but he wasn't getting the feedback from the crowd either...the atmosphere in there had pretty much died.
So let's check out the Air tent!
Ali B creating a storm in there, great poppy breaks and beats, just the ticket for a party in a field. Really uplifting loved every minute. Infectious, you just had to move to it. Then watched Freeland's entrance...he had a couple of dancers
so we decided to check out the Babooshka tent...woah...what a sound system in there....the place was really live to sound of quality house music. Past the Stongbow Rooms, Medicine 8 were playing some in there again excellent stuff, the place was jumping...walked across to the Bedrock tent...
...dead....
...no atmosphere, no vibe...James Zabiela was putting his all behind his set but his sound didn't fit at that time of the night...he was on before Howells and Howells was to be followed by Nick Warren to finish (although Nick didn't make it and Luke Fair was called in last minute). What we needed were MELODIES. we got big ole beats instead. Was the problem the sound system? We ventured back over to the Air tent.
Hybrid...those boys were rocking the place. A great live set full of energy. Got us in the mood for checking out Danny Howells. Back to the Bedrock tent for him...ok we were getting housey Howells, plenty of melody but it was really plodding...it was about 5:15am and we decided we had enough. Bused it back and kipped the night in the tent nearby. Overall dissapointing. I missed Van M, Fortier, Thompson and Lisle, from the Bedrock tent. It was worth going. I experienced dance music in the festival atmosphere, and saw all the other folks and their glow sticks.
A few pics and vids may follow, if i can be bothered
Sasha played for a while, the best bits from Fabric compressed into his first hour. It made for a very lively affair, top stuff. But when he came on again after Digweed, he just killed it. Played this hard tune, that he played last week, at a silly speed...the tent just started emptying out. That really killed the Bedrock tent. What a shame. Cattaneo came on, was playing plodding prog, was moving the crowd enough, but he wasn't getting the feedback from the crowd either...the atmosphere in there had pretty much died. So let's check out the Air tent!
Ali B creating a storm in there, great poppy breaks and beats, just the ticket for a party in a field. Really uplifting loved every minute. Infectious, you just had to move to it. Then watched Freeland's entrance...he had a couple of dancers
so we decided to check out the Babooshka tent...woah...what a sound system in there....the place was really live to sound of quality house music. Past the Stongbow Rooms, Medicine 8 were playing some in there again excellent stuff, the place was jumping...walked across to the Bedrock tent......dead....
...no atmosphere, no vibe...James Zabiela was putting his all behind his set but his sound didn't fit at that time of the night...he was on before Howells and Howells was to be followed by Nick Warren to finish (although Nick didn't make it and Luke Fair was called in last minute). What we needed were MELODIES. we got big ole beats instead. Was the problem the sound system? We ventured back over to the Air tent.
Hybrid...those boys were rocking the place. A great live set full of energy. Got us in the mood for checking out Danny Howells. Back to the Bedrock tent for him...ok we were getting housey Howells, plenty of melody but it was really plodding...it was about 5:15am and we decided we had enough. Bused it back and kipped the night in the tent nearby. Overall dissapointing. I missed Van M, Fortier, Thompson and Lisle, from the Bedrock tent. It was worth going. I experienced dance music in the festival atmosphere, and saw all the other folks and their glow sticks.
A few pics and vids may follow, if i can be bothered
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