marcus reminds me of a beaver in the 3rd photo of him

bah! no funds to go to this one. Although afterparty.......

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got there about 3.30

bodzin was pretty kewl i thought - bizarre but entertaining none the less
caught a bit of super 8 n tab - pretty standard
chris lawrence was wikkid as usual - probably one of the best of the day for mine
sander kleinberg is a wierd one - probably the most regressive progressive dj on the PLanet - however if you could find 5 dj's in melbourne that PLay like that you could probably bring prog back on a large scale
richie hawtin probably got me the most lost in the music of anyone all day..such tactile sounds
markus shultz was okay for some prog trance at the end - mixing is a little stretched out for mine - but yeah pretty kewl

missed oakey - just too many damn peoPLe (and punch ons) in the main area
- the days of big future (and probably all big city dance music events) in melbourne being anything remotely resembling a rave are dead....

..as are my days of attending them as a patron

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Originally posted by Light The Fuse got there about 3.30 bodzin was pretty kewl i thought - bizarre but entertaining none the less caught a bit of super 8 n tab - pretty standard chris lawrence was wikkid as usual - probably one of the best of the day for mine sander kleinberg is a wierd one - probably the most regressive progressive dj on the PLanet - however if you could find 5 dj's in melbourne that PLay like that you could probably bring prog back on a large scale richie hawtin probably got me the most lost in the music of anyone all day..such tactile sounds markus shultz was okay for some prog trance at the end - mixing is a little stretched out for mine - but yeah pretty kewl missed oakey - just too many damn peoPLe (and punch ons) in the main area - the days of big future (and probably all big city dance music events) in melbourne being anything remotely resembling a rave are dead.... ..as are my days of attending them as a patron

I like Sander, even his Electro tracks I find humourus. At the start of the set he pointed at two chicks in the audience and his mate who was on stage the whole time just brought them up for the whole set haha.

Richie really did smash it, shame it got so crowded I was hoping the kids would clear away if he got a bit more minimal, alas it didn't happen. Saw a few minutes of the cube before leaving, seems pretty cool the music not as.

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I gotta say that I appreciated the move to Flemington. The bowl is old and there are no surprises there.

We had a top time at Future this year walking around to all the different stages, which were better produced and bigger than they ever were at the Bowl. There was much more to see and do and we spent half the day and night lost amongst it. It felt more like a Euro festival than the ones I've come to expect in Melb. I've gotta take my hat off to Future for moving to a more interesting location and doing a bang up job this year.

As for the music, Bassment Jaxx were the mother of all disappointments. We couldn't figure out what the hell they were playing, it sounded like they should have been headlining a jazz festival. Absolutely awful. At one point I'm sure I saw the black chick dancing with a giant kangaroo, but I could be wrong. I thought the line up on the main stage was a bit off, but thank god the other stages made up for it.

Highlight of the day for me was Christopher Lawrence, who rocked the GK stage. He lived up to his reputation, proper solid trance start to end. I've heard he's living here now and hoping that Future makes him a resident because the man delivers every time. Markus did a decent enough job, but I was so amped after Christopher that it felt a bit flat.

Suprisingly enough I thought Oakenfold did a good job, I've seen him before and he was a bit weak, but he pulled a rabbit out of his hat this time.

Not sure about Ritchie Hawtin. I think the cube was confusing him.

Had a laugh at the roller rink watching the chicks in their disco gear and some guy with an afro.

All in all a great day, I'll be back next year for sure.

i wish more djs would speak out about the shittness of the sound at events
props to mr oizo for doing so
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExNRN-U9L0M

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Originally posted by narcism i wish more djs would speak out about the shittness of the sound at events props to mr oizo for doing so http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExNRN-U9L0M

Thats gold



Sound was pretty shit in Adelaide too, strange things happening at the GK stage, which compared to the others was a let down production wise too. Not only that it was on the complete opposite side of the site from where it was on the map. Took me an a friend about 30 mins to find it. Not even the security guards knew where it was.

Basement Jaxx sounded like crap too, I'm sure there were different sounds in there somewhere but at some points it just sounded like a mash of screeching.



Apart from that, Basement Jaxx were a little disappointing. They were good but nothing earth shattering, not even close to the top of the live acts I've seen. I do like Basement Jaxx and have a few of their albums, but live they weren't anything great. They had some brilliant moments, but as a whole, not great.

Super8 and Tab were quite good, just a pretty quality trance set.

Christopher Lawrence was great, loved his entire set. Started off a bit psy with some monger rolling basslines and then the last hour switched to more of a typical trance. Second time I've seen him and I keep wishing I was able to see him play more often. Had an argument with some friends over who was going to be better, CL (me) or NERD (who they were going to see), I'm sure I was right.

I was planning on ducking over to Oakenfold for an hour but only lasted 15 minutes, totally didn't do it for me. I was expecting to be disappointed by him, he delivered on a whole other level. Was very commercial and obvious house. At no point during that 15 minutes did I think 'wow', I just thought 'yeah, that track......yeah, that track'.

I wasn't planning on seeing any of Schulz but ended up seeing about 75-90 mins of him and loved him as usual. As a result completely missed Hawtin. Oh well, Schulz was rocking it. It was about 75 mins in when I finally succumbed and choked on the dust. Think the dust was the worst its been in the 3 years they've had the parties at Rundle Park.

Etienne de Crecy, awesome live show. Music wasn't bad for electro either , actually really enjoyed my time at his stage (about 45 mins).


So although there were a couple of things I didn't enjoy, as a whole it was a good day. The only reason I went to see cOakenfold was to tick him off my list, I knew he wasn't going to be anything like '98 Oakie. I was expecting Basement Jaxx to be better. The rest of the acts I saw were great.

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okay so i'm just coming up for air after future in sydney, its been an intense few weeks for personal reasons so i'm just catching up now.

all up a good night, drank too much and regretted it later. spent the best part of the afternoon moving from stage to stage, checking them all out, but settled in for last part of super 8 & tab.

after them came christopher lawrence who had the set of the day imo. he spun a mix of deep psy trance with heavy bass lines, some techno and some edgy trance. i had my hands in the air his entire set, it was the best i've heard in ages. based on what i've read here, i'm hoping future will be bringing lawrence back again. would also like to see him do some club shows here.

managed to see some of the basement jaxx. have a few of their cds but was left dazed and confused by their live set. almost like invasion of the body snatchers where a horrible band inhabits the body of a good band. also checked out nerd, css and angello/ingrosso. rest of the night was spent chilling with mates.

guess that's it for the summer festivals, went by fast this year.

lawrence ftw

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Originally posted by Fpcookie lawrence ftw

from all reports, he absolutely faaarkun kaind-it.

asker showed me one of the tunes he dropped and sweet jesus - it's hit my top 10

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Originally posted by mmkoiman from all reports, he absolutely faaarkun kaind-it. asker showed me one of the tunes he dropped and sweet jesus - it's hit my top 10

yeah he was pretty sweet

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