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Originally posted by Coup could u please explain in more depth all about this intro everyone seems to be talking about ?

After Armin was done, the first track for Tiesto was put on but Tiesto wasn't standing in front of the decks. A couple of minutes later into his intro track he just appeared doing the famous Oakey god pose while everyone was shouting his name. It was just ridiculous. I'm suprised he didn't have to be airlifted in through the top of the tent as his head was clearly to big to fit through the door.

And after all that he went onto play one of the shittest sets i've ever heard in my life. Shit even by his standards. Granted he had some problems with the sound, but then so did Tall Paul and his set was still good




One thing that does make me laugh though was a post I read on the Tiesto board who thought the sound fucking up was all a conspiracy:

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man i dont care wat u say about the speaker goin chris, it was all down to godskitchen wanting armin to be number 1 and stand out more than tiesto, music loud for armin, tiesto starts 2 tunes later, sound is so quiet you can have a coversation with somebvody 10 feet away from you, tiesto ends, music is back up and banging again for PVD. it was all done on perpas to make armin stand out more than tiesto,as armin is godskitchens reident dj. and i aint being paranoid, its either that, or it is down to that interview a few months ago in mixmag were tiesto had supossed to of said he isnt to botherd about playing at gods, crasher anymore as he has done them to many times and they are all the same,so the sound guy at global must of thought il show u then, it was deff done on perpas i say,

He continues to go on making a fool of himself too: http://forum.tiesto.com/forum/viewt...=10971&start=10


I can't remember laffing so hard tbh. What a first class gimp!

well, i have just about managed to collect the tiny particles of brain that i actually have left, althouhg things are still requiring way more effort than usual :/

but yes, GKGG once again was fanfuckingtastic! in fact i would go as far as saying fandabidoze!! things didn't start out as planned. we took 6 hours to actually get there (it should take 2) as we basically cued from j15 right to the festival. roadwork cunts. so instead of cooking in the minibus we ended up walking slowly along side it whilst getting stoned, which seemed to work well.

after 30 years we eventualy got there to walk pretty much straight in. confusement ensued and me and nita promptly lost all trace of those that we came with, which was fun because it gave us a chance to walk asll the way around the damn site and fmailiarise ourselves with everywhere. more confusement occured when we realised that none of the arenas has signs on the outside, and they had swapped a few of te arena's around. so we walked into what was last year the global arena (in fact it was babooska), to find the cheeky monkeys that we came with!

so we decided to get fucked and listen to some music.

as far as i can rememebr, these are those who i saw:

lee coombes - fantastic
stanton warriors - wicked
picottoooo - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! immense, i totally wasn't expecting a DJ set from him so it was a great surprise! so his mixing wasn't spot on, but he played a fantastic set and he was obviously loving it. the crowd went mental! saw a few tunes of riccardo ferri live then went to see some..
adam beyer - my favorite set of the night, stomp!!! mmmm techno, strange thing is, he actually looks like techno..
dave clarke - good for the first half but i though he went a bit flat towards the end of his set. was really wanting more fucked upness like his EM
paul van dyk - shock horror i actually enjoyed his set! was pretty pounding
carl cox - sat just outside the arena for most of his set chatting bollocks to people, but it sounded mint from where i was sat
james zabiela - i really wanted to see this guy, but i was waaaay to f'd in the a and needed faster music, so i left and went for some more techno
carlos verela - didnt see that much of him, but what i saw was wicked
umek - good set, although i have heard 100 times better from him, and was dissapointed with just a plain old good set

not actually sure what happened after umek, it involed walking around to spome arena, staying for 5 minutes, then deciding i would prefer a big fat spliff!

was wicked to see people again, but a shame i never saw some other people.. randomly finding kate in the main arena was very flukey! all-in-all i had a massive level of fun, contained within an all-time high of muggets. i think after last year and this, we may be getting a bit of a reputation in the car-park afterwards... everybody was totally diggin the ghostbusters theme!

the trip hjome was the most stisfying trip i have had in a long while. got straight out, and only stopped when we got to tamworth services for a spliff. i think we may have educated a few people about druggie clubbers.....

9.5 out of 10 (it would have been 10 if there wern't so many scallies and strange people)

edit: if anyone happened to be listening to 97fm in warwickshire at about 10am, you would have heard a very muntered me, being interviewed by my brothers mate for the radio. that is a scary thing... needless to say, i sounded a mess!!

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Originally posted by dj_mdma And to hear that DJ Remy bootleg thingy...Tim would have wee'd his pants in excitement.

They dropped Dustsucker/You Only Disappear ??????


Bah.

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Originally posted by tu_face i think after last year and this, we may be getting a bit of a reputation in the car-park afterwards... everybody was totally diggin the ghostbusters theme!

shame i couldnt stay for the after-gkgg carpark fun

-mike live was ace
-armin was ace (set of the night for me)
-i loved Tiesto but was expecting a few more 'big' new tunes.
-pvd was shit. not one tune grabbed my attention. i left after half hour. came back in half hour and he was still shit
-i wasnt in the mood to listen to ferry corsten play his entire back catalogue. i wanna hear new stuff when i go out!
-fergie was shit.
-dint hear jules cos i was out wandering

a great night all in all, but was pissed off with van dyk for ruining the flow of my evening. if id wanted to listen to a monotone bang bang bang id have gone to the polysexual tent.

cheers to Tanya and Greg for sorting out the coach!

Photos

Video (no sound on my vid unfortunatly)

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lmao

Knobbs Farm, im moving there

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Originally posted by Mod1 if id wanted to listen to a monotone bang bang bang id have gone to the polysexual tent. Photos Video (no sound on my vid unfortunatly)

mayby if you were there instead of listening to pvd you would have had a better time . Personal taste i guess but poly tent was ace all night

here are my pics










WERD UP DAWG hehe










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Me and Toilet roll

NOODLES!!!!!

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Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike After Armin was done, the first track for Tiesto was put on but Tiesto wasn't standing in front of the decks. A couple of minutes later into his intro track he just appeared doing the famous Oakey god pose while everyone was shouting his name. It was just ridiculous. I'm suprised he didn't have to be airlifted in through the top of the tent as his head was clearly to big to fit through the door.

i remember seeing some of his god dancing on the tiesto in concert dvd prancing about at the front of the stage. i dont know what i hate the most, him, or the fact that everyone really does think hes amazing.

at passion, he'd mix out of a banging hard track into a funky proggie vocal with gash mixing, then more gash mixing back into a stormer of a track and everyone would go mad and then moan at me saying "how can u think this is shit??"

here are some of my pics off of my phone













UKTA's Lovebirds...and Nita

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Originally posted by Jamie_ lmao Knobbs Farm, im moving there

theres also a posh bar by the river in stratford called Coxs Yard if your interested

jeff hahaha

if only you lot could of seen the sky how i saw it, some spiralling beautiful abyss with angels and cupids. oh soo pretty.

whatta fun party! nice gettin to see some of uze again ..

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Originally posted by tu_face i think after last year and this, we may be getting a bit of a reputation in the car-park afterwards... everybody was totally diggin the ghostbusters theme! the trip hjome was the most stisfying trip i have had in a long while. got straight out, and only stopped when we got to tamworth services for a spliff. i think we may have educated a few people about druggie clubbers.....

your spliffs are legendary jefff, you definately helped the journey home go much better

I had a great night, I can't believe how quick it went though? time does bloody fly when your having fun.

The set of the night for me had to be Umek, to say he wasn't even on form he was absolutly superb for me - I can't imagine how good he must be usually. After Steve Lawler, Carl Cox and Dave Clarke followed for me. My plan of staying in the Bedrock tent all night didn't materialise at all I heard some of Sasha & Digweed but couldn't get into it at all and so spent most of the night in the global tent which was superb in every way - even the sound was pretty good to me

Roll on creamfields

Warning: long windedness!

Apologies for reviewage lateness. I have issues with procrastination that I�m seeing a psychiatrist for�well hopefully will be...when I get round to it.

I�ve been really looking forward to this years festival, more so than last year, and was quite worried that I�d be in for a bit of a disappointment. Having everything packed in my trusty green back pack (Camera, flashy things, whistle, sweets, fruit and waterproof just in case), got my lift at around four, and trucked over to Stratford-upon-avon. Took us a total of an hour to get there, but another hour and ten minutes in the traffic queues! Finally arriving on site, went to get in, where there was virtually no queue at all! Security was a complete joke � for more on that, see the other thread.

Once in, headed straight into the GK tent to try and find any TA�s. Mike was on, Push � Strange World the tune as I entered! Noticed Adams tallness at the front right. Not many TA�s were about so I wandered off to get some water. Off to the Beach area to find the �Scottish Contingent� and watch the display planes. Anyhoo, the order of the night seemed to be to wander much, and get in many, many DJ�s. Here�s what I thought, in roughly chronological order:

- Mike: Much the same as last year, though I�d go as far to say it was ever so slightly better, in the fact that there were distinctly fewer, �yeah! Woo! Come On!�s� than last year, though I didn�t stick around for long.
- Anne Savage: No as good as I remember hearing last time. She played Jonah � Shh...listen just as I was leaving, but was an unknown, and frankly, not very good remix so wandered off again.
- Picotto: Wasn�t quite sure what to expect from him, as its been a good while since I saw him last (GKGG �01). His set was quite up and down for me, when it was good it was brilliant, but on the down parts it was a bit boring. Overall though it gets the thumbs up from Spin Doctor, despite a few dodgy mixes. How awesome was Blue Monday?
- Adam Beyer: Some great tunes, but the tempo changes were way too much. It seemed like +/- 20bpm in some places!
- Clarke: Technically, he sounded quite good, but his trickery got too much for me at times. Despite this, I really enjoyed him, especially the dropping of Way of life! This was the only set I saw all the way though.
- Scott Project: Oddly, I seem to think we saw him, Adam doesn�t seem to think the same way.
- Tiesto: Only caught the last few moments of Tiesto. I was glad to hear his remix of Adagio for strings, as now I can have an �official� opinion as it were. It�s really not a patch on the Ferry mix, but I did actually enjoy it loads while it was on. Apparently, I exclaimed in amazement to Dave at one point �This has two breakdowns!�
- Paul Van Dyk: Absolutely loved his tunes! What he was playing really suited my mood at the time.
- Ferry: Classics aplenty. No complaints at all.
- Fergie: Geh � naff. Really killed the atmosphere with a massive BPM drop. Lay down out side for a while to grab some energy. lol
- Umek: Agreeing with others that this wasn�t his best, but it was still of a very high standard!
- Jules: Much better form than usual. Some great tunes. F&W � You Will Understand! TA numbers at this point in the main tent were very low so I danced for a while, but feet/tummy acheage prevented me from going to duration.

At some point went on a ride, which I don�t know the name of, and am in two minds as to whether it was a good idea or bad. It was definitely an experience. Also went to the oxygen bar, which was very refreshing. I�m surprised how wobbly it made me feel on my feet! Also saw snippets of Lab 4 & Andy Farley.

Good Points:
- No rain, mud or general wetness, save from, understandably, around the water points
- Some of the completely random conversations I had.
- Display planes!
- Sound system in the main tent.
- meeting new TA�s, and finally putting the names and faces together of some I�ve met before!

Set of the night:
Undecided � between Clarke, PVD or Ferry.

Tune of the night:
System F � Out Of The Blue

Bad Points:
- Two years running with out Nick Sentience. Boooo - This is not how things should be.
- Mobile phone lossage*
- length of my review.

* This is quite a mystery. My dear old mum suspects that I lost it somewhere inside global, however, I am positive I had it in the car on the way back, because I was texted instructions back to the car as I couldn�t find it! This leaves three possibilities; a) it was lost in the short walk between the grass hill at the entrance of GKGG to the car, b) was lost in the car on the way home c) was lost in the short walk from the car to the house, hmm, ok four, d) was lost inside the house. Tired ringing it, but I remember leaving it on silent, had a search of the car, no luck, turned the house upside down, still no luck. I have no idea where it is. I left a voicemail on it asking if it�s found to ring me so I can get it back, but I highly doubt people will be that generous, even though it�s a 3310.

That�s all form Spin Doctor�s rather long winded GKGG �04 review. No pics from me I�m afraid. I have one of those �antique� cameras which requires film (I like to hold the pictures damn it!) and, true to form I only took about 5, so on this film there are about 5 different events on it. Roll on GKGG �05!

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Originally posted by tu_face theres also a posh bar by the river in stratford called Coxs Yard if your interested

Good pub, mate used to be assistant manager there.

Cant be arsed typing out any sort of review apart from saying it was amazing again

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Originally posted by RubiK Cube Good pub, mate used to be assistant manager there. Cant be arsed typing out any sort of review apart from saying it was amazing again

ooh wicked!

next year we plan on going up a day early and getting booked in to a hotel, so we may be visiting there at some stage!

sorry i didn't see much of you mate (total of about 2 minutes ) i was off my rocker and didnt really have much control over what was happening

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Originally posted by tu_face ooh wicked! next year we plan on going up a day early and getting booked in to a hotel, so we may be visiting there at some stage! sorry i didn't see much of you mate (total of about 2 minutes ) i was off my rocker and didnt really have much control over what was happening

No probs mate was quite like that myself and was doing alot of walking around. Will try making it down for Ahead in Sept

Was it any better than last year? Apart from the weather so it seems, which was typically British last year with all the mud.

Just to see what I've missed this year.

I just heard the sets with Oakie and AvB... listening to the crowd just makes me shiver... Must have been total madness to have been there... Next year I'm going for sure...

UK crowd rocks !!!

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Originally posted by basd Was it any better than last year? Apart from the weather so it seems, which was typically British last year with all the mud. Just to see what I've missed this year.

i think in general, the standard of the sets were better than last year. for instance, i actually enjoyed a lot of my time in the main arena, whereas last year it was a bit piss-poor..

the techno arena wasn't as good as last year tho, but still wicked none-the-less!

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