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Yep, top night.
I got there at about 6.15 or something, where me and my mate headed straight for the bar, and then chilled out on the lawn listening to the outdoor breaks thing in the sun with a beer for a bit (no idea who was playing).
Went into the Cream stadium to see Midro at 7pm, and he did a good job of getting me in the mood. Wasn't really my cup of tea - Nu NRG stuff I guess - but I enjoyed it. Then pissed off back outside to the lawn again for some more beer, before catching the middle half of Mark James' set (who gets the thumbs up for being the first DJ I've seen play Madagascar since my underage days  ). There was an awesome moment during this set where the sun was setting and shining directly through the entrance to the arena, creating this long yellow beam across the dancefloor (thought it was a laser at first but realised what it was when I walked outside). Pretty cool stuff.
Then met up with tas outside at about 9pm, before we went back into Cream to catch the first half of Sean Quinn's set. He rocked I thought - his usual relentless prog music - and it was a shame I had to leave at 9.40pm or something to get my friend his ticket through the fence so he could get in. Bumped into Stipsy while waiting there outside the Renaissance Arena (wearing that '00' shirt was a good idea mate), before heading in to catch the last part of Kasey Taylor's set. He was alright, nothing too flash. If anything he lacks the energy of his buddy Sean Quinn though, but it was still sounded alright to the ears of this progressive fan.
As soon as he finished we piss-bolted back to the Cream arena to see the end of Goldie's set. I'd heard he was a bit of a nutter, and he didn't disappoint: this crazy d'n'b shit that must have been going at like 180 bpm . Impossible to dance to of course, but it sounded good.....
Then '00' came on and I bumped into the other TA's there, trancilvania and Philby. It was a good set actually, wasn't too sure what to expect, but that kinda psuedo-progressive techy-melodic-trance (or whatever  ) really had me going. Stayed there for the entire hour and a half, then caught the first half an hour of Fergie's set, but wasn't really feeling it, so me and trancilvania nicked off to see Danny Howells (was meant to be Lawler but they changed the times on everyone) who kicked some major arse imho. I don't think trancilvania was too impressed (ended up sitting down in the middle of the dancefloor ) but I thought he played a pretty slamming prog set, with just a hint of an uplifting melody. Very nice stuff. 
I left just before the end (can't remember who I was with by this stage :-/ ) so I'd have time to get in to the Cream arena in time for the start of Tiesto set. Met up with tas again and we walked in just in time for the start of the set (tas recognised the song, but I couldn't hear what he saying). He was good obviously, but by this stage I was more in the mood for something harder, so I left about 40 mins into his set (please don't hurt me ) so I could go and see Jeff Mills.
My god does this guy rock. I only saw him for 45 mins, but I was dancing like a madman for the entire time. His music was relentless - pounding techno and this dirty filtered house stuff - and his technique was flawless. He'd mix in a new record every 2 mins or so (as most good techno djs do) and was doing these unbelievably long mixes. Like he'd turn his back on the turntables for like 60-90 seconds to get some records from his crate, and for the entire time he'd have two records spinning perfectly in sync without having to touch them at all. Absolutely flawless beat-matching without any interference for over a minute..... absolutely incredible. Then, of course, there's the scratching he'd do, the twised effects he'd produce with his mixing board and the way he'd start scraching and mixing with his elbow - fantastic stuff. Even if you don't like techno (which I do btw), he was worth seeing just for his skills on the decks. Probably the highlight of the evening for me (which is saying something) and I only wish that I could have seen more of him...... ah well. Next year eh.
From there I went to catch the last 30 mins of Lawlers set, who was a little disappointing actually. He was playing some rather weak prog/tribal stuff that didn't really work in such a massive arena. He was okay, but not great.
Then, at 5am, it was time for Picotto, who had me going nuts for most of his two hour set, sending me home happy and extremely buggered. Again, even if you don't like the music that he plays, you have to admire the technique. He was doing some pretty trippy shit with the left/right speaker fade thang, and really knew how to work the crowd (who lapped it up ). He seemed to be enjoying himself, and kept on coming back and doing encores which probably went for about 30 mins after he was meant to finish.
From there we stumbled out of the Vodaphone arena and into the light of day feeling fucked. Trancilvania was nice enough to give me a lift home (cheers mate, owe you one ) and I got home at about 9.30 and slept through until about an hour ago (thank god I didn't have work or uni today - I feel sorry for you Philby ).
So yeah, all in all it was a brilliant night. Well organised, the stadiums were all packed (but not too packed), it was easy to get around everywhere, the sound systems were amazing considering the immense size of the venues (and my ears are still ringing from Picotto's set at the end) and just everything went off without a hitch. It was good to meet all the TA's last night: we must do it again next Two Tribes (getting excited already I think ).
Brilliant.
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WHOOOOOOO!!!!!!
