Dour festival july 2008

[dj phonetic]

Just went friday but i must say DMZ was BIIIIIIIIIIG

[special_k]

such a sick festival, first time to dour for me and will definitely be going again.

fly lo turning up for a second mini set during the beat community showcase made what was already a massive highlight even better, that dorian concept guy has mad skills on a keyboard.

sound issues marred some of the stages a bit, took ages for it to get sorted during the bugs set but the levels got sorted just in time for mr sandman to spit some classic roll deep bars over some grime instrumentals,

wu tang did about 6 or 7 tracks from 36 chambers, wicked to see them live, if a little disenchanting to see them in that sort of context

overall it was amazing though, saw a lot of things i knew little or nothing about and more or less every thing was excellent, definitely the best i've been to for diversity in music and each base they cover is covered really well.

only thing that didnt exceed all of the uk fests ive seen was the actual site itself, got quite a corporate utilitarian feel to it which probably is necessary in order to accomodate so many people and finance that kind of a line up but did kind of lack that countryside charm of places like glade and the big chill.

[xxxy]

awesome - really enjoyed that - tired now

will upload my shitty mobile phone pics and videos later

big up the pub down the road and Lidl for supporting my booze habit with a smaller impact on bank balance than drinking on site

So many good acts can't be bothered listing them

[stonecrazy]

Yes yes was my 7th year in a row now...
I must say the organisation was much much better compared to last year.
Friday was magnificent!!!! Loved DMZ & Loefah, my best moment at dour this year Wu tang was also nice (last year they were also @ Dour) Lots of classics and almost no new songs, the way it has to be Even though some mics (from Method Man) didn't work that well..And where was GZA???? Saw him twice last year though.
Dj Q-Bert was also heavy stuff, best turntablist I have ever seen, very big show!

Next year again!! I hope there is more dubstep then, maybe 2 nights instead of 1

[nilsos]

for me the dmz cru did it all for me!!such a nice set they did,lovely mixing.see many other dj 's but they haven t mix always there music,what really sucks sometimes in my oppinion.the dmz night was the biggest of all

[fsk]

massive night with the bug, grimelock, milanese and dmz!
hope they have such a good line up next year, or even better.
will there be a downloadable set of the dmz show??? it was huuuuge