biojuggernaut
Snob
Anyone attend any music festivals regularly.
Festivals
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lepstadder
Well-Known Member
anyone at all good?
biojuggernaut
Snob
well depending on what festival it will determine who is playing. For example both rock and hip hop are played at Camp Bisco and Bonnaroo. . . But i've never been to either of those =(
CombustionJunction
What's Your Function?
I attend whenever possible. Last one I went to was Electric Daisy Carnival in Orlando. I love to walk around and just soak in the whole experience. The music, the people, the food, the decorations, it all comes together to create an amazing energy.
PhishCactus
Lvl. 420 Vaporist
clifford ball anyone? lemon wheel, IT, the great went? 
Abysmal Vapor
Supersniffer 2000 - robot fart detection device
This might be the other side of the world for some of you 
but its kickass .. http://artmospheric.org/en/about
For example Last year there were glowing in the dark cuts of various cells.. and painting of human internals.. and girls dancing on fire... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestinarstvo
.. So many tradition and modern art on one place.. +DJ's are top of the line atmospheric, trance .ambient.. IDM ..
but its kickass .. http://artmospheric.org/en/aboutFor example Last year there were glowing in the dark cuts of various cells.. and painting of human internals.. and girls dancing on fire... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestinarstvo
.. So many tradition and modern art on one place.. +DJ's are top of the line atmospheric, trance .ambient.. IDM ..
tranceporter
The Cloud Conductor
CombustionJunction said:
I am a huge trance/house head and I wanted to go to EDC badly but couldn't attend. Ultra 2010 was pretty nuts and I hear they are doing some kind of electro-cruise at sea late summer/early fall.
tranceporter
The Cloud Conductor
^^ my thoughts exactly..
Been to Sonic Rock Solstice in beautiful Wales this summer.Was a good fest,though last year was better.Some good bands like Pre Med,Eclectic devils,Gunslinger,Omnia Opera,Krankschaft,ICU and the like.Do enjoy a good fest though I did have to combust whilst there....Yuk!!!.
biojuggernaut
Snob
Please someone enlighten me! What is an electro-cruise?
tranceporter
The Cloud Conductor
biojuggernaut said:
Add one part cruise ship, add one part electronic music festival. Stir well and enjoy.
lepstadder
Well-Known Member
sounds like jam-cruise , which got raided as soon as everyone boarded the boat last year
aesthyrian
Blaaaaah
Seems to me most festivals have become a joke. Completely corporate sponsored events, with bands and acts that don't fit the bill at all, but will sell tickets to a crowd that typically doesn't attend said festival. Bonaroo anybody? And here in Chicago Lollapalooza is such a joke.
It's really a shame. America needs some good festivals like the Europeans have.
It's really a shame. America needs some good festivals like the Europeans have.
biojuggernaut
Snob
queenb said:
I have seen photos from the Electric Daisy Carnival only this venue was in LA. They had a fucking "claw" amusement park ride in the middle of the crowd. . .
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WatTyler
Revolting Peasant
aesthyrian said:
There's still a few good ones, but to be honest in the UK at least things have gone down that same route. Couldn't agree more that it's a joke.
The world famous Glastonbury festival; this years headline act was BEYONCE!!!
For fucks sakes. It's all about mass appeal now, MTV on stage. And in the past festivals weren't something everyone did- over here at least it was slightly 'alternative' almost until the late 1990s probably. Now it's a standard mass appeal activity, with the TV even talking about their televised 'festival season'.
I've given up on festivals entirely now unless they're specific to my musical niche tastes. The rest have just turned into pop. The last one I went to was Reggae Sundance in Eindhoven in Holland. But since the recession that has been cancelled (2009 was the last). It was easily Europes best reggae festival, great names ; Antony B, Toots, Sizzla, Gregory Issacs (rip), Don Carlos, Steel Pulse, Buju Banton to name a few. But no more. Just goes to show the financial pressures on festivals without the big corporate backing I guess....
wilf789
Non-combustion-convert
Yeah but to be honest mate, screw Glasto since it started putting wankers like Bono and Chris Martin on as headline acts. I've never been but probably still well when I'm nearer middle-age as that seems to be the majority age there these days, plus the festival atmosphere and stalls etc are still supposed to be very good.
The summer in the UK/Europe really is all about festivals. Most people I know just got back from a new techno/drum'n'bass/dubstep festival called Hideout in Croatia, which seems to be the place to go these days, what with Outlook fest there in September going from strength to strength every year too.
EXIT festival's going on right now in Serbia as well, but unfortunately has been a victim to its own popularity, selling wayy too many tickets this year.
The good thing is that with the over-popularity of the big ones like Glasto, Reading, Exit etc. there has been a multitude of new ones springing up, seemingly more each year. Some guys at my university even managed to put on one this year in the park near the residence halls, with some acts that were niche but at the top of their genre. For example Andy C (who always, always SMASHES it), Seth Troxler, MF DOOM (who I've been wanting to see for years), Alix Perez, Grandmaster Flash and DJ Shadow among many more.
The only downside is all the shitty dubstep that gets rinsed these days, see Skrillex/Nero for instance.
There's even festivals for the golden oldies out there. My mum went to one last week that had Prince, The Eagles, 10CC, The Human League, Morrisey, Iggy & The Stooges etc. I'm sure it was fun for her but watching great old acts like that amongst thousands of middle-class, south-eastern mothers getting pissed on Pimms isn't exactly my idea of a good time!
The summer in the UK/Europe really is all about festivals. Most people I know just got back from a new techno/drum'n'bass/dubstep festival called Hideout in Croatia, which seems to be the place to go these days, what with Outlook fest there in September going from strength to strength every year too.
EXIT festival's going on right now in Serbia as well, but unfortunately has been a victim to its own popularity, selling wayy too many tickets this year.
The good thing is that with the over-popularity of the big ones like Glasto, Reading, Exit etc. there has been a multitude of new ones springing up, seemingly more each year. Some guys at my university even managed to put on one this year in the park near the residence halls, with some acts that were niche but at the top of their genre. For example Andy C (who always, always SMASHES it), Seth Troxler, MF DOOM (who I've been wanting to see for years), Alix Perez, Grandmaster Flash and DJ Shadow among many more.
The only downside is all the shitty dubstep that gets rinsed these days, see Skrillex/Nero for instance.
There's even festivals for the golden oldies out there. My mum went to one last week that had Prince, The Eagles, 10CC, The Human League, Morrisey, Iggy & The Stooges etc. I'm sure it was fun for her but watching great old acts like that amongst thousands of middle-class, south-eastern mothers getting pissed on Pimms isn't exactly my idea of a good time!