It took me a while to upload these, but here they are! I wasn't impressed with Sonar Day Friday and Saturday, I thought the lineup was really poor, still I had a lot of fun! Sonar Night on Saturday on the other hand was amazing! Trying to remember who I saw seems almost impossible... To name a few (while looking back at the programme); Chris Cunningham, Underworld, Surgeon, Silent Servant, Africa Hitech, Paul Kalkbrenner, James Holden, Shakleton, Lucy... Didn't stay to see Shakleton for long, as I had seen him a few times before... Underworld was super nice; getting old, but still got it! Very excited to see Chris Cunningham that by the time I decided to see him when he last played in London, the gig was sold out... Paul Kalkbrenner is such a performer! He had everything needed for a closing act (even though he wasn't really the closing act); the big stage, the lighting, the attitude, and of course probably all the tracks from Berlin Calling. The crowd loved him! And I did too! After Paul Kalkbrenner, a couple of disappointing tracks from James Holden and off to see Silent Servant, who for me was perfect to end the festival, with a pretty industrial dark set.
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Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Bloc Weekend 2011 - Day 1
This festival has become a must attend event to anyone into electronic music. I've been at Butlins in Minehead on the 2nd weekend of March for the last 3 years. We get to Bloc around midnight. By the time we get our keys, we find our chalet and we are ready to go it's 2am.
Stop 1 Centre:Bloc to see LFO who hasn't played in the UK since 2008. It's good, but I stay only for 10mins as I simply have to rush to Tek:Bloc to see Shackleton, whose set is as always deep and atmospheric with his distinctive eastern/oriental sound.
Shackleton, Deadman by honest jons
After Shakleton I rush to the Red:Bloc to see Ben Klock who once again proves to be one of the greatest techno DJs with his raw and hard set. Then back to the Tek:Bloc to see DJ Pete; I think if it is techno you are after, just seeing Ben Klock and DJ Pete is more than enough to feel complete, even though they both played just for an hour, which wasn't quite enough. I think especially in techno, sets should be at least a couple of hours long, giving DJs enough time to build up their sets and get the crowd taken over.
I then end up at the Jak:Block, the only room open after 3.30am. Taken over by Plex, I get to see Ancient Methods, Silent Servant, James Tec and Jamez. I really enjoy all Plex DJs, but head back around 8am.
I think even though I enjoyed a lot the first day of Bloc, it was far from flawless. There were long gaps between DJs and there seemed to be issues with the sound. While DJs were playing there were sound engineers on stage changing cables etc. This was definitely not the case in previous years.
Stop 1 Centre:Bloc to see LFO who hasn't played in the UK since 2008. It's good, but I stay only for 10mins as I simply have to rush to Tek:Bloc to see Shackleton, whose set is as always deep and atmospheric with his distinctive eastern/oriental sound.
Shackleton, Deadman by honest jons
After Shakleton I rush to the Red:Bloc to see Ben Klock who once again proves to be one of the greatest techno DJs with his raw and hard set. Then back to the Tek:Bloc to see DJ Pete; I think if it is techno you are after, just seeing Ben Klock and DJ Pete is more than enough to feel complete, even though they both played just for an hour, which wasn't quite enough. I think especially in techno, sets should be at least a couple of hours long, giving DJs enough time to build up their sets and get the crowd taken over.
I then end up at the Jak:Block, the only room open after 3.30am. Taken over by Plex, I get to see Ancient Methods, Silent Servant, James Tec and Jamez. I really enjoy all Plex DJs, but head back around 8am.
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