Glade Festival '08

[Si the Sigh]

Anyone going? I'm leaving here at 4pm and heading down...

[Si the Sigh]

Looking forward to Slam, Jeff Mills, Mark Broom, Rob Hall, Frequency 7, Jim Masters, CJ Bolland and more! :)

[Numeric]

teknorich is goin

two of my colleagues have gone

have a good one, hope it doesn't rain mega bad like last year

[Si the Sigh]

Last year was the MAIN washout! :)

Not sure what the forecast for the weekend is, but it can't be as bad as '07...

[force]

Leaving at 6, can't ****ing wait!!!!

[Si the Sigh]

Wow! Super fat weekend. :)

Saw the following play: Tobias Schmidt, Mark Broom, DJ Godfather, CJ Bolland, Slam, Frequency 7, Overproof Sound System, Billy Nasty, System 7, Dubfire, Claude Van Stroke, Paul Woolford, Warlock, Jeff Mills (worst mixing EVER! I could have done a better job with his first 5 or 6 mixes), Vex'd, Daddy Freddy, Rob Hall, Autechre, Clark, Earl Gateshead, Red Snapper and The Orb.

Mental time, roll on next year.

Need sleep...zzzz....

[Frank Dogshit]

Wow! Super fat weekend. :)

Saw the following play: Tobias Schmidt, Mark Broom, DJ Godfather, CJ Bolland, Slam, Frequency 7, Overproof Sound System, Billy Nasty, System 7, Dubfire, Claude Van Stroke, Paul Woolford, Warlock, Jeff Mills (worst mixing EVER! I could have done a better job with his first 5 or 6 mixes), Vex'd, Daddy Freddy, Rob Hall, Autechre, Clark, Earl Gateshead, Red Snapper and The Orb.

Mental time, roll on next year.

Need sleep...zzzz....

were mill's tunes any good though?

[Si the Sigh]

Yea man, some great tracks, it's just that he wasn't mixing them very well at all. Trainwrecks at the start of the set. That limited edition Token by Phase was ruined by his mixing, in and out. First time I'd seen him live, and to be honest, I wouldn't bother again.

Frequency 7 were ace. Ben Sims got a huge welcome as soon as he'd taken his hat and coat off. He hadn't even stepped up to the decks and it was aready going off. Some cool "Twisted Disco" Surgeon style specs were handed out to the crowd during their set. Trippy lenses in them led to some quality visual fun. :)

Mark Broom was superb as per usual, and Billy Nasty was on fire! Ripped the roof off the Glade tent and he seemed to be having the time of his life.

Dubfire was my unexpected surprise of the weekend. Utterly superb!!!

[Numeric]

glad to hear you had a good one man

Mills should have retired years ago

[Si the Sigh]

To have your own DJ'ing requirement set up wheeled out onto center stage and still not be able to mix is a joke.

[basslinejunkie]

Yea man, some great tracks, it's just that he wasn't mixing them very well at all. Trainwrecks at the start of the set. That limited edition Token by Phase was ruined by his mixing, in and out. First time I'd seen him live, and to be honest, I wouldn't bother again.

Frequency 7 were ace. Ben Sims got a huge welcome as soon as he'd taken his hat and coat off. He hadn't even stepped up to the decks and it was aready going off. Some cool "Twisted Disco" Surgeon style specs were handed out to the crowd during their set. Trippy lenses in them led to some quality visual fun. :)

Mark Broom was superb as per usual, and Billy Nasty was on fire! Ripped the roof off the Glade tent and he seemed to be having the time of his life.

Dubfire was my unexpected surprise of the weekend. Utterly superb!!!

dubfire is quality. i didnt realise there was that many quality dj's at glade this year, i vaguely remember looking at the lineup and thinking meh, how wrong i was!!!

[Si the Sigh]

Was really feeling the Dubfire sound on Saturday night. 2 hours of super lush baselines. Would love ID's for any of the tracks or labels played during the set. Need to get me some stuff like that! :)

[Numeric]

what was CJ Bolland like then, did he play a good set?

[koma]

same question for claude von stroke... :)

[djfase]

Has jeff mills ever been able to mix though?

Answer has to be no

[wenna]

Wow! Super fat weekend. :)

Saw the following play: Tobias Schmidt, Mark Broom, DJ Godfather, CJ Bolland, Slam, Frequency 7, Overproof Sound System, Billy Nasty, System 7, Dubfire, Claude Van Stroke, Paul Woolford, Warlock, Jeff Mills (worst mixing EVER! I could have done a better job with his first 5 or 6 mixes), Vex'd, Daddy Freddy, Rob Hall, Autechre, Clark, Earl Gateshead, Red Snapper and The Orb.

Mental time, roll on next year.

Need sleep...zzzz....

what did you think of autechre si??? how long did they get?? an hour just isn't long enough!! warlock it that the guy from way back when in the technodrome etc.. jason i think is name is maybe??

[teknorich]

First time I ever saw Mills play, and what a total let down. Loads of mixing errors, but that was to be expected. The Liquid Room mix is full of mistakes, but has such a raw, exciting atmosphere to it that it doesn't matter. Sadly, excitement is exactly what this set lacked. He was frankly boring. Every time he picked it up, and got the crowd into it, he then followed with a ten minute "clever" section - dropping the bass out totally, leaving drum rolls running for 5 full mins (thus killing all adrenalin rushes etc) and noodling around. He got worse as the set went on, and I was literally just stood still by the end, waiting for him to stop mucking about and just put the damned beat back in. Then, to cap it alll off, he totally messed up the VERY LAST TRACK of his two hour mix. Had to re-start it about three times, cos it kept going off and leaving us stood in silence. Admittedly, that might have been techincal issue and beyond his control, but the fact that he kept taking out the beat (surely the most important thing to keep going?!) and leaving us stood, bored, whilst he messed around with the tracks, was a real joke. Not at all impressed, and won't be seeing him again.

Claude Von Stroke was never gonna be Techno, but played a tougher set than I expected, and was good enough. I only caught the last 30 mins of Dubfire, but he was great!! Tougher than I had anticipated, though not Techno as such. More hard edged minimal, but some great basslines in there, and good mixing too. Sims/Surgeon were good, if a little slow?

My set of the whole festival was CJ Bolland. I didn't know what to expewct, but he just played relentless, rough, dark techno all the way through, really pounding the crowd. The room was jam packed, and absolutely rocking! Definitely gonna be downing some of his mixes, was well impressed.

Don't think I'll be going to Glade again though. Pity to say it, but the volume limits have killed it off. I was stodd in the middle of the tent, and could easily talk to a mate without shouting, whilst Sims was playing. This is not right... It was so quiet that the music lost all it's punchiness and just sounded flat and empty. Such a pity to hear what was clearly a good set, but just not be able to feel it properly because it was so pathetically quiet. They have Funktion One soundsystems, but I can still chat at normal volumes inside the tent?!? Something is not right there... The general opinion of my mates, and a few people we over heard was that the music was good, but you still just didn't really get into it, mainly cos the vibe wasn't there due to it being so quiet. Unless they have an official press release to say that the volume will be louder next year then I'm not going again.

[kai]

Caught very few full sets - and missed first 45 mins of Mills so thought it was really good set myself.


Highlights of the weekend for me were (in no particular order): Meat Katie, KJ Sawka, Dubfire, Pendulum, Mills, Lukes Anger, Droon, Utah Saints and the vibe in the ID-Spiral.


Also caught parts of Atomic Hooligan, The Grid, Billy Nasty, Daddy Freddy (wanker!!!), The Orb, Chris Clark, Ans & Allaby, Steve Thorpe, Peter Paul, Stanton Warriors, Tomb Crew, Warlock, Godfather, Bolland, Vibes, Bong-Ra, Hellfish, Scotch Egg, Marousa, DJ Distance, Tim Sheridan & Mr C, Tribe of Frog DJ's and The Sancho Panza residents on the Sunday.

(Took some line-up referencing to remember all that lol)


All in all a wicked weekend with lots of interesting, forward thinking new music and lots of good party people having a good time!


Just one major gripe - volume levels after 12 o'clock were FAR TOO LOW! Spoilt many a set!

[Mucky Beats]

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My set of the whole festival was CJ Bolland. I didn't know what to expewct, but he just played relentless, rough, dark techno all the way through, really pounding the crowd. The room was jam packed, and absolutely rocking! Definitely gonna be downing some of his mixes, was well impressed.

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good stuff mate ! he is on at techno experiment vs sequence on 22nd of aug !

[teknorich]

Quality choice Mackie, he'll do you proud. Have to say I didn't recognise many tracks from the set, but one that definitely stuck in my mind was Speedy J - Krikc. It was just a hard as nails, dark and dirty set, but quality all the way, not just mindless pounding. I'm supposed to be taking a break for a couple of months, to let my brain cool off a bit, but you may have tempted me to break my fast there...