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Just got back and have to say it was facking mint!
will post a better review later after some much needed sleep.
wicked night, however turned out completly different to how I intended. My plan, if you like, was to see sasha & digweed and fritting between Bedrock and global tent.
However on ariving we spent about an hour and a half of drinking a few beers and speaking to the car next to us (i mean the people in it of course) in the car park before venturing in.
On entering, headed straight for the strongbow rooms, got a seat on those yellow chairs and listented to a pretty good set by someone called Arthur Baker, heard Spektrum - Kinda New (tierschwartz dub) followed by rocketman or something along those lines and a really funky remake of the "girl I want to be with you" tune.
Next port of call was the beach to see Roger Sanchez, liked the arena, liked the music, he used loops to good effects and it was quite a spectacle with the planes and the dancers, one of which was a transvestite im sure of it.
After a while of roger sanchez I moved straight to the gods tent, firstly to have a look, secondly i was lucky enough to catch the end of Gabriel and Dreseden and more importantly picotto.
I dont have much knowledge about the genre but loved hjis remix of New Order - Blue Monday, at least thats what i remember it as, (going "how do you feel, to love me like you do") and mixed into another favourite of mine New Time, New Place.
By which time Sasha and John Digweed were underway so I left Picotto, picked up another drink and headed for bedrock. I had been waiting specifically to see these two and had been the main reason for purchasing my ticket, allough Unfortunatly i just couldnt enjoy them in the arena, it was far too hot and the sound was wierd. I think the speakers near the centre of the arena were slightly behind the main frount speakers and from certain points in the room it sounded like a constant trainwreck. Im not sure if this were true, but the tent didnt quite sound right. It really runined my enjoyment so after about 40 mins i was too hot and bothered and left.
I'm very glad i did leave too, went to see Oakenfold for a bit, enjoying that with quite a significant crowd building untill i was mobbeb byu two women desperate to direct them to the next tent. pointing to the tipis (sp) i thiought i'd got rid of them only to find out 20 mins later as these two idiots stumbled back to me saying we cant hear any music in there.
We left (not the girls, me and mates) to go see Morillo, who i'd seen not long ago at gods in brum and thought he was awsome, allough he outdid himself with an incredible set which was by far the best iof the night and nmakes him my number one dj. The highlights being Nirvana - Smells Like teen spirit, coldplay - god put a smile upon my face and ending with eurithmics - sweet dreams.
Then some chips then straight to tiesto. I found it all a bit bland, but it soon picked up and i was just a sucker for hearing his adagio for stings, awsome atmosphere really enjoyed it. Paul van Dyk bored me a bit and left to sit outside and relax after about 40mins of pvd.
Went to go watch Freeland who blew me away, highlight being The Cult - She sells sanctuary, and i enjoyed the deep bass on his We want your soul track, allough the only annoying thing was how he kept teasing us by cutting in snippets of DJ Shadow - Orgon Donor and i really hoped he might end with it, but he never actually dropped the record, damn shame.
Quite weary now after no stimulation since a pint of strongbow, what seems like a lifetime ago. Which is why i was glad to enjoy an energetic set from ferry, with system F - Out of the Blue being good fun as was art of trance - madagascar. Even though Tiesto had played his remix only an hour ago, i still appreciated ferrys remix of William orbit - barbers Adagio for strings. allough why he played only a bit of ferry corsten - punk which was axed in favour of that rock your body rock tune i'll never know. tit.
Fergie was a contender for set of the night, really enjoyed it, hearing new time, new place for the second time in the night as well as a remix of tim delux - it just wont do and that song of which I've forgotten the name going "come on - dance with me, move your body right next to me (otr something along those lines) its a really old track anyhow coz i heard it out when i first started clubbing. Then i kinda took a back seat for the last ten mins i cannot remeber what was on,a ll i could remeber is hearing fergie really overdo the flanger effect. Nearly as much as he overdid all as his actign behind the decks as he took over from ferry, allough it was kinda funny and after a bit of hesitiation the crowd really went for it.
I poped my head in on Umek as i went to fill up my water arriving back just as fergie was finishing allough we decided to call it a day after that, there were only 2 of us left standing now and my mate wanted out, as did I really. So just after 6 i left and that was that.
I cannot sleep, best if i just sit the day out. hence the rarther long winded review. gonna watch my bro play cricket this afternoon i think and then an early night. Shame i couldnt meet any TA's allough i did text dj_mdma but with the delay in sending and recieving messages it was to no avail.
Hope you all had as much fun as me, awsome night despite not being able to enjoy sasha and digweed. Highlight of the night had to be morillo though, world class set from a world clas dj.
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| Originally posted by CraSHer[UK] ... and that song of which I've forgotten the name going "come on - dance with me, move your body right next to me (otr something along those lines) its a really old track anyhow coz i heard it out when i first started clubbing... |
far too much house for u crasher 
fergie playing age of love 6am ish was amazing.
Top marks to armin van buuren for what i saw of his set.
Caught maruo Picotto playing pulsar and blue monday 
walked in on Anne savage playing johan?? - listen stayed there for a bit caught a bit of lisa lashes which was also just as banging!
lab4 was mental got a bit to fast toward the end.
I wasnt on PVD wavelength for some reason after lisa lashes and left to go else where but i forget now, but somehow i totally missed tiesto!!! opppppps!!!
Ferry corsten played a good set but was so knacked after lab4 i chilled outside and listened in, found the energy again for fergie and jules somehow!
The gurn.net bus was the best imho wicked dj playing some classics and that drummer on one of the tunes had some skills, it was pulling a fairly big crowd at some points with tunes like dj missiah - access, ayla, liquid child, diving faces and prodigy - no good
Music was top notch lots of classics mixed with new stuff from what i heard only probems being the mentioned sound problems in a few tents and the cost of the food/drinks/rides
�4 a can beer and one of the bars with a sign saying NO WATER- you goto be joking Godskitchen!!!
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| Originally posted by CraSHer[UK] Paul van Dyk bored me a bit system F - Out of the Blue being good fun as was art of trance - madagascar. Ev why he played only a bit of ferry corsten - punk which was axed in favour of that rock your body rock tune i'll never know. tit. |
I was meant to go with my mate Fredrik from Sweden (mjz on here), but he never showed, so I was left to rave on my lil ownsome (you may have seen me wandering around open shirted graced with more glowsticks than strictly necessary).
Anyway, started as I meant to go on.. GK Arena! I bought a programme thingy in Stratford, on which the times were printed. Anyone else notice that not a single one was correct? Ahaha.
So I got there 7pm, pissed off for missing J00F... and expecting Gabriel and Dresden. Cue M.I.K.E! Really good set to start of the evening, upbeat and energetic.. and the cool difference of having the beats done manually on leccy drum kit!
G&D came up next so I stayed for them and all, cue the annoying point that all the DJs from then on took to the higher stage so you couldnt see them at my vantage point of the front.. oh well!
Was a good set, but nothing exceptional shone through.
Was expecting Fergie up next with my incorrect list, but turned out to M.A.U.R.O P.I.C.O.T.T.O! Nice surprise all round, result: still not budging for a while. Food got the better of me, and as i'm not a HUGE fan of hardstyle, as it got a bit more frantic i went off to buy the most expensive burger on the planet (and get refused cos they'd already run out of change, twunts).
Ended up watching a bit of Oakenfold on the Beach, who seems to have donned a Bowie style long blonde hairdo.. He was pretty good!
Spent most of the time leading up to AVB wandering around aimlessly listening to other stuff, and trying to find places that hadnt run out of cold drinks.
AVB was awesome, as was expected... "Yet Another Day" mashed with "Suburban Train".. ohhhh baby, I don't think I need to say much more. A well sorted set, unliiiiiike
PVD! The white shirted ghostly boring sod! Although in his defence he played a couple of decent tunes, but most of the time he just stood there, playing his repetitive little tunes with his irritating little smirk. Kudos to the stage dancers though, not my thing given I'm gay, but the lesbian S&M duos stripping i'm sure livened things up a bit, haha.
Tiesto was absolutely wonderful, as would be expected.. can someone just verify i wasnt in some form of awe-struck hallucination.. he DID kick off with Magik Journey didnt he? I didn't imagine that?
Regardless, his set was enough to keep me firmly standing my ground near the front.. glowsticks in hand, thoroughly enjoying myself.
My star of the whole thing was Ferry though, jesus christ almighty I enjoyed that set! Yeah, he played a load of classics, yeah they were mostly his.. but you can't argue with a shitload of people in a tent going mental to Gouryella or Carte Blanche can you? Truly spectacular. Firebreather people did an excellent show n all, and the young guy was really cute.. *cough* anyway.. rounded it off with Rock Your Body, Rock.. not really one of my fave tunes, but I still went mad to it regardless, as did a few hundred others!
I didn't stick around for Fergie really, saw first bit but blah.. twas a bit crap! Not a Judge Jules fan, so I went walkabout. Not having a correct program meant I hadnt a clue about much going on, but i DID catch a bit of Carl Cox... and dayumn he was good, also came across Umek, not really my thing, but I didn't care by then.
Finished off with a right nugget of gold, the Air tent, 5:30am onwards.. Hyper. DAMN he was GOOD! Seriously nice tunage, didn't know any of it mind.. but damnit, great beats.. a hidden gem well worth looking into in the future!
Final point, was it Tiesto who played that Coldplay remix? I guess I should just mosy on over to the IDing section.. heh. Got a Ferry track and a few others to ID.
In all, even though I was (mostly) alone, I seriously enjoyed that.
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| Originally posted by MC Quirkafleeg can someone just verify i wasnt in some form of awe-struck hallucination.. he DID kick off with Magik Journey didnt he? I didn't imagine that? |
i was stood in that middle ground where i could only hear bass at that point, trying to get to middle but it was rather packed.. hahaha
i heard strings, and just guessed the rest. thanks d00d.
meh!!! it was alright. Was feeling pretty shitty for most of it, dont know why, but it kind of killed the night for me.
Highlight of the night was finding a bog roll whilst on a walkabouts mission with adam, and then proceeding to carry it everywhere for about two hours
, oh yeah, and also hearing some classics and 'in silence' twice, fack, i love that tune 
Oh yeah, sorry if i pissed everyone off by whining about going for a walk every five minutes (Lam, Toni, and whoever else i pestered, I'm sowwy
)
spose i should go to bed now, dont really wanna screw my bodyclock up though.
Actually, I'm going to richmond green to watch people play footy
Just for the record, it was the Original of Blue Monday which Picotto spun!
I�ll write a fuller review when I�ve managed to piece together my fragmented memories and hear stories.
Suffice to say though, awesome night!
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| Originally posted by MC Quirkafleeg My star of the whole thing was Ferry though, jesus christ almighty I enjoyed that set! Yeah, he played a load of classics |
My first ever dance festival, it certainly lived upto everything I expected though
Spent most of my night in the Polysexual or Accelerated Culture tents, not bad but Godskitchen main tent is where I wanted to be. Caught about 20mins of Armin, 2mins of Tiesto and the end of Ferry's set, him spinning Out Of The Blue made my night 
Managed to catch K90 Live doing Red Snapper, Anne Savage indeed playing Johan - Listen & Lisa Lashes serving up some hard house.
By the way, I hope you went on a pissed up dodgems mission, trying to drive one of those bastard things whilst heavily refreshed is very amusing.
Was a mint nite!
J00F was amazing, Mike was er ok, Armin was surprising good, Tiesto was Tiesto.... PVD Rocked!
The Polysexual tent was excellent as well, loved BK mmmmmm Nowt as queer as hardhouse i say
Tyz thanks for the kip in ur car as well, i needed that hehe
The pics i took are up, but i think my camera is on its way out, still 4000 pics later it has done well!
http://www.ketmonkey.com/
Click on the Gallery.........
I had an average time.
Armin was alot tougher than usual, and was ok I guess. Stupid fucking lyrics of another day of urban train wank. die.
Tiesto was gashatron.
Adam Beyer was pretty damn good, even if he did take the tempo right down at times.
Picotto was quality. Blue Monday and a rather cool new mix of new time new place being the ticket.
PVD ruined me whole evening. I was planning on seeing two other dj's while he was on, but he had me hooked from the start of his set to the end. He was deffo the best dj in the gods tent.
Was nice to see some people again, and not so nice to see others.
Scallie presence was at a big high, and dancing grandads are wrong.
Sound system in the GK tent was really really really bad, no clarity and not enough volume.
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| Originally posted by Jamie_ Was a mint nite! J00F was amazing, Mike was er ok, Armin was surprising good, Tiesto was Tiesto.... PVD Rocked! The Polysexual tent was excellent as well, loved BK mmmmmm Nowt as queer as hardhouse i say Tyz thanks for the kip in ur car as well, i needed that hehe The pics i took are up, but i think my camera is on its way out, still 4000 pics later it has done well! http://www.ketmonkey.com/ Click on the Gallery......... |
was an absolutely excelent night armin was amazing. loved his set from start to finish. saw a bit of tiesto, left after he jogged the deck and it skipped and everyone went "ohhhhhhhhh!" at him. lol was quite funny. then went to se scot project for a while and couldnt really get into it. used that tiume to chill for a bit outside.
then went to see PVD. wasnt that impressed really. didnt stop me dancing tho was only the second time i had ever heard a set from him. it was kinda like trance but after the breakdown was just an outro, and no bit for people to go mad to probably just me... well after that stayed for ferry and almost died. amazing set. really brought everyone back up. then he finished and the tent cleared out lol. poor fergie. kinda sat down in the tent listing tro a bit of fergie. then we decided to go home. absolutely moster day out roll on next year.
My heads hurts, Scallie count was very high
Dj`s i caught a glimps of
Steve Lawler
Paul Oakenfold
Adam Beyer
Dave Clarke
Sasha & Digweed
Jimmy Van M
James Zabiela
Umek, boy did he fucking rock
Armin
Tiesto, who was gash
Paul Van dyk
Carl Cox
Hybrid
Unkle
I`m going to sleep for a week
form the reports ive read im quite glad i decided sasha@fabric last week instead of this. its always the case with amazing lineups like gg, they never liveup to expectation. i think creamfields will be better.
It was good, the fact that it was sunny made it 10 times better!!
agrees Ferry was the best of the big-guns in the main arena... altho that wasn't too hard. G&D were good... Picotto was all over the place - Ricardo Ferry in the last 30 mins of their slot came on at a lower level on a different pair of decks and actually mixed records unlike picotto.
Armin then bored the shits out of me. Only highlights was White Room near the start - and i went for some food after yet another armada wishy washy track came on... got back in time for Yet Another Day vs Suburban Train. Thanks for ruining one of my favourites Armin.
Then Tiesto - the start of forever today - don't agree with playing it unless u go on with the rest of the tune! lol. But he played the usual 4-5 proggy records before getting going. Just as he did the speakers popped out didnt they. Yet again the technical side of things fuck up his UK appearance.
When the sound was finally restored u could tell the crowd chants of "turn it up, turn it up" had gotten to Tijs a bit...
and the last half hour was as expected... Pole Position, Adagio etc.
The 90 mins did go somewhere... but as with what happened at GC NEC... this set time isn't appreciative of Tiesto's current variety. And on a bright note at least he didnt play 2 hrs of trance like Armin.
PvD i managed to last 2 songs... before looking for something else. THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD...
I thought the same song was on when i returned just before Ferry.
Ferry's 90 mins was a set of his own songs/remixes/collaborations. GOuryella, Clear Blue Water (Ferry), RYBR, Punk, Dance Valley Theme, Out Of The Blue, Carte Blanche, Adagio (Ferry)... although it was the most likebale set - the main reason for that was it was like a Jules party set - full of great oldies... that were bound to get everyone going. Its a pity that playing these tunes actually eclipsed anything the other big names had tried to do on the night!
Fergie was my que point to get the hell home 
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| Originally posted by CyberTeraz Tiesto was gashatron. |
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| Originally posted by SugarShack Tiesto who was gash. |
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| Originally posted by conor052001 emmmm is 'gash' a good thing or a bad thing??? |
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| Originally posted by MichaelBoogerd! Picotto was all over the place - Ricardo Ferry in the last 30 mins of their slot came on at a lower level on a different pair of decks and actually mixed records unlike picotto. |
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| Originally posted by CyberTeraz and dancing grandads are wrong. |
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