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Global Gathering 2004 Review Thread (Inc Pics!) (pg. 3)
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| moondog |
| quote: | Originally posted by CyberTeraz
and dancing grandads are wrong. |
nothing wrong with dancing grandads, lol. Ask the guys that we're with me in the car park afterwards, we had some quality dancing grandads entertaining for about three hours:D |
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| Coup |
| quote: | Originally posted by CyberTeraz
Sound system in the GK tent was really really really bad, no clarity and not enough volume. |
it was total last year aswel, u could stand anywhere and it just sounded like ur next door's were having a house party. |
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| Spad |
| quote: | Originally posted by Coup
it was total last year aswel, u could stand anywhere and it just sounded like ur next door's were having a house party. |
I have to speak up in their defence here. There was a 1 metre sq. area where it was perfect :D
(look at us; any excuse to join this years GG discussion :haha: ) |
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| Coup |
| quote: | Originally posted by Spad
I have to speak up in their defence here. There was a 1 metre sq. area where it was perfect :D
(look at us; any excuse to join this years GG discussion :haha: ) |
:haha:
did cooledit crack right? |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
The volumes where we were standing (Front left, not far from the main speakers) were fine. Not perfect, but certainly not enough to ruin my evening. Although I really didn't intend to, I spent a fair majority of the night in the gods arena.
Tall Paul played some really cheesy house to start the festivities which I was loving. :toothless Played the Eric Prydz remix of Call On Me which was just brilliant :toothless His set was much better than last years pile of tripe.
I wasn't really interested in seeing John 00 Fleming, as although everyone really rates him, I just don't see all the fuss. I didn't particularly like his ASOT set and wasn't to keen on any of his other live sets that i've downloaded. This was the first time i've seen him though and I was actually quite impressed. It was pretty banging and just what was needed really to get things under way for the rest of the night.
I didn't have any interest in seeing MIKE do a (Not so) Live PA again so ventured off to get some food and also see Lee Coombs in the Air tent. Wasn't there for too long but really enjoyed what I saw.
Back to the Gods tent for Gabriel & Dresden who to my suprise were banging it out well hard. I guess they didn't really have a choice being on shortly after J00F and right before Mauro Picotto. But this was the best set i've ever heard from them. Playing hard really suits them as i'm not to keen on their more pansey trance side. Till Ya Drop went down very well :toothless
Been waiting about 2 years to see Mauro Picotto now having regretfully missed a few chances in the past. He didn't fail to impress, although mixing a little dodgy at times. Heard lot's of tracks that i've wanted to hear live for so long, like Playing Footsie, Coldfunk, Pulser and playing the original of Blue Monday was so random :D Riccardo Ferri [Live] was even better as he banged out tracks like Codebreaker, Tao Tek, and a few more that i'm having trouble remembering for some reason.
Armin Van Buuren... hmmm. I can't believe I actually enjoyed a set from him. :( Doh! Communication, Cloudwalking, Synaesthesia, Orange Theme, First Strike, Blue Fear, Sincere. I really wanted to get out of the tent and go elsewhere but found myself not wanting to leave. Dam him. :(
Tiesto.. Absolute . wtf was that intro all about? If he was anymore up his own arse he'd be coming out his own mouth. Wanker. First hour of his set was , but I didn't care as I needed a rest by now anyway, so a few of us sat outside on the grass (something we couldn't do last year :D ) His last half hour was good tunewise and I enjoyed hearing his remix of Adagio again.
PvD was the really daddy of the night for me. First few transitions were a litte dodgy but I think that was just him getting used to the system, as after that his mixing was great for the rest. Excellent tunage, really really hard and fast, and he even seemed to be having a good time himself. :wtf:
I wondered how Ferry was gonna cope after PvD had just banged out some of the hardest tech-trance going at 148bpm for the last 2 hours. So he started with a classic.. Galaxia (Intro Mix) followed by Carte Blanche.. And fair play it worked. His set turned out to be a producers set which was a nice suprise. Heard countless classics from his discography like Gouryella, 1999 (Gouryella Mix), Exhale, Dance Valley Theme, Madagascar, Barbers Adagio, We Came, and lots more.
Finally ventured away from the Gods tent to go see Umek, another DJ i've wanted to see for over 2 years now. The enjoyment I got from this set was on par with PvD's. The guy is just ing insane. I would love to know some tracks he played, especially the one about 3 from the end. Absolutley superb!
Couldn't be arsed anymore so just went and chilled in the Bedrock tent watching Danny Howells for the last bit of the night (err.. morning). He was excellent too. Quite a nice way to wind down after such a mad evening.
Overall verdict.. ing amazing. Pissed all over last years, and apart from Tiesto there wasn't a set I didn't enjoy. It was also good to see quite a nice turnout of TA's again. Absolutley shatpank! |
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| Fresh Prince |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
Armin Van Buuren... hmmm. I can't believe I actually enjoyed a set from him. :( Doh! Communication, Cloudwalking, Synaesthesia, Orange Theme, First Strike, Blue Fear, Sincere. I really wanted to get out of the tent and go elsewhere but found myself not wanting to leave. Dam him. :(
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Oooh that a girl! :haha: :stongue: |
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| Unknown DJ |
| i dont know if it was where we were standing, but the system wasnt that clean. just too much bass. maybe its ment to do that, but when pvd dropped duende (signum remix) i was havin kittens then the break hit and the dreamy chords were taken over by a huge bloody booming kickdrum that totally drowned the chords out. i was gutted. over all i think either the bass needed turning down, or the mids and highs turning up. |
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| Luke Terry |
all in all it was mint but not worth the best par of £200
bedrock arena was a state, dodgy sound system, people mauled on the floor everywhere and was so hot and lacking in breathable air as the roof was so low. the tent also posessed colour changing properties as im sure it was black when i went in at 5pm but was white at like 11. sound systems were all pretty apart from the air arena but the tent was smaller, rounder and full (with charvers) which seemed to help.
whoever was on in bedrock when we got in was mint, nice low-key prog until someone worth watching was on.
joof was rather good, altho some of it was a bit mental for the time of nite imo.
mike live was the same as last year
g+d were surprisingly very good. despite the start they got going very well and kept the flow going, nirvana remix was totally amazing.
picotto was good, but we left for random adventures and food. the food was absolutely minging.
sasha + digweed were just impossible to see/tolerate due to state of bedrock tent which was a bit of a downer.
adam beyer was immense, good changes of pace in his set keeping things interesting, mixing was a bit weird at times tho.
armin was teh daddeh! was really impressed, generally great tune selection apart from yet another day urban train bootleg. communication 2004 was quality. white room was immense too!
tiesto was a bit meh, didnt stay for long, his intro was somewhat ott.
pvd sounded pretty cool, but i just couldn't be arsed with the music at all, wasn't up for dancing at 150bpm plus lol
zabiela was cool. bedrock arena was slightly more bareable by this time, some great turntabalism, petty only 1/4 of the tent was dancing the rest was other people were monged on the floor.
ferry was good, but i've seen him play all his own tunes twice already this year so wasn't really a unique experience
hybrid were pretty cool, a couple of the tunes were a bit too much like noise than breaks than i would have expected. the amount of charvers in air was rediculous.
umek were well cool, well impressed.
mistress barbera was decent although i was past caring at the time, new time new place got a mint reaction.
nice to see some of you again sy, chris, mikey, etc. top marks to j3f for winning the boat comp, the lake was ingenious. turner has a pic of sy/george's boat with the ta tape/bottle logo on his fone.
im ing shattered and off 2 bed again soon methinks, walking back to stratford is certainly not recommended, you would have thought we'd learn after 2002
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| George Kendall |
Phil Thompson - OK
J00F - Good
MIKE - Crap, left after 2 mins
Lee Coombs - Mint, No1 in the arena tho
Gabriel & Dresden - Fantastic, well impressed, mixing was a bit poo...but they really created a sexual atmosphere.
Picotto - e, left after the 3rd/4th track
Adam Beyer - Awesome
Ricardo Feri - Great
Armin - e, couldn't follow the tech, left after 2 tracks.
Dave Clarke - Awesome
Tiesto - Meh, dull
PvD - Meh, dull
Hybird - Mint
Umek - I want his babies...
Danny Howells - Great! |
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| CraSHer[UK] |
its a shame pvd and armin didt swap places. Not that it would have worked progression wise with pvd's faster tempo. Its just that I would have liked to have listened to Armins set in hindsight, sounds like i missed out from all the reviews.
But as it was armin clashed with Morillo and given how i found armin to be pretty standard when i saw him at air I decided to leave it.
Also i missed veracocha - carte blanche from ferry which annoyed me coz would have loved to hear it, but i was in air till gone 4am listening to freeland.
Its reasurring too to see that I wasnt the only one who found bedrock disapointing.
never mind tho, looks like everyone enjoyed it. |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
| quote: | Originally posted by George Kendall
Umek - I want his babies...
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Not if I get there first! :p |
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