bestival, bestival- not in your chestival!

poax · Post by **poax** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:10 pm

Grievous Angel wrote:
Sounds like Mala's experience was pretty much identical to the Black Dog's...

no bruv that is the worse thing , when kode 9 started the vibe began to bill, space ape kept it live while the subs cut and got the crowd involved and they filled the tent up nicely. the people that were in there wanted to hear the beats , were havin it yanarmean? i wouldnt have felt a way if the people werent into it but they were . short of merkin a load of crustys there was nothing we could do. its all love for the people tho, dunno how to express that enough.

and yeah as metalbox said the system at lovebox did truly suck but that was because of council restrictions, this was because some greasy mullet metaller had more power then fucking heart . ill calm down soon and talk about this rationally.

ike · Post by **ike** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:10 pm

big up..fair play for doin what you could.

fuck'em, i still really enjoyed it.

jus makes me want to make the mission down to a "proper" dance.

"this is bass-driven music" you tell em poax

once again, fuckin large ups, i cant imagine how it feels to come all the way down, to be told your sets cut short by some bald git in a dressing gown, and wasteman technicians fucking with the sound.

poax · Post by **poax** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:17 pm

skream · Post by **skream** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:55 pm

I had a blinding time. . . .But i have to say that it really ruined my saturday when they fucked with Mala+Poax's set. . . .
Big up all who was in the tent while i was playin you lot were LARGE.. .
Biggin up Zinc who absolutely tore the big top to pieces!!!!

poax · Post by **poax** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:04 pm

EVER!

lone · Post by **lone** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:13 pm

I thought it was a wicked festival, definatly not a waste of me cash. mary anne, skream and the skull disco folk went off with out a hitch.

ignoring the tech problems kode 9 and mala were still massive - the vibes were amazing. 'the customer', as pokes put it, really wanted it - just imagine if the bass had stuck it out!

It was good to see the dnb heads come in at the end of skream and mala's sets to see zinc and stuff, lots of them seemed to be eating the dubstep up. It was also a good laugh to be skanking away in different surroundings, as much as the dark of fwd is perfect for it theres nowt wrong with a bit of colour every now and then.

Carl cox smashed it too.

bedward · Post by **bedward** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:39 pm

hmm..
does nobody have their own sound?

best heavy bass times i've had were in dub tents at festivals.
always thought it must be part because there's less acoustic problems from hard square walls, and part cos the soundsystem was designed, built, serviced and operated with respect for the music being played on it.

the music depends on certain sonic qualities being fully present, right?
so, in a scene like this, you need soundboys as much as producers, selectors, mcs, ravers and various retailers etc.

does dmz own a soundsystem? if not, i hope they can get one.
what about ammunition?
someone must have one, or at least be affiliated with one.
it's the physical body for the black-plastic mind.
and whoever owns/runs it has a lot of control, it needs to be integral to the community.

perhaps that's a bit obvious, sorry if you've heard it all b4.

grievous_angel · Post by **grievous_angel** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 7:20 pm

poax wrote:no bruv that is the worse thing... the people that were in there wanted to hear the beats , were havin it yanarmean?

Yup. I think you had a better crowd in there than the dog had

mr. messer · Post by **mr. messer** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:37 am

yea poax...

sorry i wasnt involved too hard man, i wouldve said and done a lot more... i represented the best i could for skream but...

i took a nice large gulp of liquid acid before mala came on... i thought it would help... and it did. but i couldnt move my legs

fuckin sick festival. those banjo-playin bluegrass rockabilly redneck psychopaths in the barnyard tent smacked it. my highlight of the weekend. i raved out to techno for the first time n all.

everything was live!! we pitched tent next to some hench bohemian fuckin bongo/reggae/new age downtempo bloody tripped-out area. literally right outside it. the visuals were sick! loved how open-minded and safe people were. i slept with my head out of the tent and didnt get one drop of piss on my face! nothin was nicked either... DJ's were live... rob da bank smacked it! maybe its the drugs speakin tho....

as for the crusty hippy comment poax... forget about em! dubstep and bestival wouldnt have worked from day one... keep it local. it wouldve been my highlight of the weekend. but unfortunately it wasnt. i was hopin you would leave the stage when the bass was cut.. u made the right choice. people aint gonna have the right idea about dubstep if u play 45 minutes of what sounded like a lifeless metronome. but when the bass was up people went mad. it was like my first ever FWD!! some people just starin and commentin... intrigued. people will learn innit!! brixton will once again have its day.

still. sick festival. sick DJ's. sick bands. shame about the bass for DMZ but fuck em. a DMZ dance in Mass is more packed out than any tent there (though i reckon u wouldve smacked it on the XBox 360 stand. the bass was sick and it was centre of the festival and not too big either).

keep it growin here for a bit before people jump on the bandwagon and try ride it into no-man's-land... (not mentionin any names...)

gemma rascal · Post by **gemma rascal** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:47 am

I was so gutted on the Sunday... personally the main reason I went to that festival was to hang out with my mates - musically the main things I was looking forward to were Skream Kode9 and DMZ - they were the reason I paid all the money for my ticket.

I took my mate to see Skream on Saturday and she loved it and was totally amazed so we were really looking forward to Sunday....

How they had the cheek to start soundchecking when Kode9 and Mala were on, it really takes the piss. And at one point they had a visual up on the screen when Kode9 was on that said DJ Marky. Talk about incompetence : ((

If they're gonna book dubstep people to play at a festival they need to do it properly not just shove them in a slot at 5pm and don't sort the sound out. They wouldn't expect a band to sing with no microphones so why dubstep with no bass?

PS my mate did play a dubstep track at the Big Chill in his set and it went down really well

mr. messer · Post by **mr. messer** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:54 am

yes! thats the other ting...

5pm!!! it wasnt even dark. people were sober. nobody was ready to skank out!

if there wasnt so many jumped-up pillin pendulum adolescents waitin for midnight it wouldve been heavy. otherwise... dubstep needs to at least be played in the darkness. it made no sense.

once caldas · Post by **once caldas** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:13 am

It was a big shame but Mala and Kode9 still smacked it despite the constant interruptions. I was skanking hard. Big up all the souljas I met up the front. Was a sick weekend overall.

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:36 pm

Mr. Messer wrote:yea poax...

sorry i wasnt involved too hard man, i wouldve said and done a lot more... i represented the best i could for skream but...

i took a nice large gulp of liquid acid before mala came on... i thought it would help... and it did. but i couldnt move my legs

fuckin sick festival. those banjo-playin bluegrass rockabilly redneck psychopaths in the barnyard tent smacked it. my highlight of the weekend. i raved out to techno for the first time n all.

everything was live!! we pitched tent next to some hench bohemian fuckin bongo/reggae/new age downtempo bloody tripped-out area. literally right outside it. the visuals were sick! loved how open-minded and safe people were. i slept with my head out of the tent and didnt get one drop of piss on my face! nothin was nicked either... DJ's were live... rob da bank smacked it! maybe its the drugs speakin tho....

as for the crusty hippy comment poax... forget about em! dubstep and bestival wouldnt have worked from day one... keep it local. it wouldve been my highlight of the weekend. but unfortunately it wasnt. i was hopin you would leave the stage when the bass was cut.. u made the right choice. people aint gonna have the right idea about dubstep if u play 45 minutes of what sounded like a lifeless metronome. but when the bass was up people went mad. it was like my first ever FWD!! some people just starin and commentin... intrigued. people will learn innit!! brixton will once again have its day.

still. sick festival. sick DJ's. sick bands. shame about the bass for DMZ but fuck em. a DMZ dance in Mass is more packed out than any tent there (though i reckon u wouldve smacked it on the XBox 360 stand. the bass was sick and it was centre of the festival and not too big either).

keep it growin here for a bit before people jump on the bandwagon and try ride it into no-man's-land... (not mentionin any names...)

Are you still trippin? You sound a little idealistic. Ye geet meh

If you are still tripping that wasn't a dig. Don't want you freeking out and shit.....BLESS

mr. messer · Post by **mr. messer** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:38 am

nah i was a bit fucked but.. its that post-festival rush innit.

im not as fond of london as u lot seem to be.

its okay.

i feel shit again now

8 · Post by 8 » Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:34 pm

ThinKing wrote:
Grievous Angel wrote:I wonder... would a small dubstep festival next year work?

I wonder... would a dubstep / dub tent at the Big Chill work? I mention BC because it has very good vibes, beautiful surroundings, excellent organisers who know what they're doing and have always supported both reggae and electronica... terrrrrrrrribly niiiiiiiiiiiiice of course...
a few vocal members of the BC forums tried and tried to talk people into booking Mystikz for the Big Chill this summer, to no avail - crying shame cos I think it would have been a surprise hit with everyone.

I did check Plaid's DJ set tho - dropped Vex'd, Skreamz, Moving Ninja, 30hz, plenty of dubstep and dirty breaks...

And no, somehow I don't think the scene is big enough to support a festival atm.

sorry to hear about the bestival problems, i really do think the only way the scene will get dubstep properly repped at a festival is to do it ourselves... just like we always have done!
who says it has to be a big festival ? smaller ones are better in my opinion. i'd be well up for it!!

4linehaiku · Post by **4linehaiku** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:06 pm

I was pretty pissed off with the whole thing bass thing obviously, but it was 2 hours of disapointment and 70 of great times, so I'm not going to complain that much. It was all about going nuts in front of the right speaker stack, so you sould feel the pillar vibrating behind you.
Really enjoyed Skream's set, it was interesting hearing him on the mix without every tune getting pulled. What was the tune with the Fear and Loathing samples in it? That was heavy, and I don't think I've heard it before.

I thought it was a great festival otherwise, didn't see any other technicals (which takes the piss, I guess), got pretty ruined and skanked to some serious tunes. I wasn't just there for the dubstep though, so I didn't feel as cheated as some. Had random chats with enough random people, Ike, Tronman, the Skulldisco boys, Necta Selecta and maybe some others I've forgotten. Hopefully I wasn't too ruined. Big up to the people I saw shocking at the front both days, would have tried to say hi them all, but everyone stormed off in disgust.

Sort of missed the festival season for this year, maybe dubstep will be big enough next summer to put on a proper festival. Or maybe do it ATP/Dedbeat style and take over a Butlins. That would be fucking amazing.

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:51 pm

The festival was big, and despite all the sound problems Kode 9 and Mala both smacked it- so big them up anyway. Skream smacked it too. They should have put more dubstep on in the come dancing tent, the speakers in there were rattling and it would have been more intimate.

I'm going to go next year, will be a shame if there's no dubstep but I can understand if it doesn't happen.

amitg · Post by **amitg** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 7:09 pm

Personally thought Bestival was wicked- was gutted when Mala's set finished early but apart from that whole thing was quality... Fancy dress at a festival??- Genius

appleblim · Post by **appleblim** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 12:54 am

yeh - real shame about the way things were run on that stage...looked like there was no-one at all on hand to deal with sound onstage or at the back....

very frustrating for artists and punters alike...

there'll be more chances tho, and at least there was the OPTION of bass in the Big Top - where me and shack rinsed there were LITERALLY no bass speakers! jokes! we still had a laff tho, and big up to everyone who skanked out anyways!

all in all in was a wicked festi - Villalobos rocked the Big Top...he opened with 'tin foil sky' by shackleton into toasty 'splash' both pitchd down so he could mix minimal techno into it! madness! sounded wicked too! his set was a revelation....bwoy he had some heavyweight riddims....its great that stuff loud and with bass....

its all about the cosmicdiscominimaldubstep soundclash! i'm workin on it!

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