How was it?!?!

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How was it?!?!

Post by Moer »

I enjoyed it just as much as last year, 3 days of sick electronics.

1. Mr Velcro Fastener
2. Luke Vibert
3. Convextion
4. Skream
5. Boxcutter

:D
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1. Karl Bartos
2. Ben Sims / Tyree Cooper
3. Shelley Parker (Lots of oldskool and newer electro)
4. Rebel Intelligence
5. Dexorcist (despite continual fire alarms)

Also heard good things about Jerome Hill from my friends.

Great weekend overall - top lineup and atmosphere. The sound systems were superb as was the general production and organisation.

Only slightly negative point was the over the top level of searching. Understand that Pontins have to be on top of this but I was searched more times in that weekend than I have been in over ten years of raving... still it didn't spoil a top weekend.
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Post by ya_dancer »

1. juan atkins
2. phuture 303
3. wee dj's
4. monolake
5. dj rephlex records

and convextion was pretty good as well. Great celebration of acid on sunday!
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Phuture 303 WTF, pure madness. I went mental during their set :D
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Post by Azzle »

Never done nothing like this before

Box Cutter
Dave Carter or such

Karl Lartos

Was amazing and people in 296 were gods.

I Love Irish :oops:
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Post by skeff »

MILANESE 8)

boxcutter was deadly as well

big ups to all involved
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Post by maily »

brilliant all round, nice people, sick music, winner!

anyone else catch Black E?
they were great!
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Great people indeed. You English people are totally mad 8)
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Post by mono »

Moer wrote:Great people indeed. You English people are totally mad 8)
proper mad (as "they" would say) :)
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Proper wicked darling dear mate
I believe in everything until it's disproved. It all exists, even if it's in your mind - John Lennon
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Post by evilbaronP »

Amazing weekend! Glad I cunningly took Tueday and Wednesday off.

1 - Milanese
2 - Red Snapper
3 - Radioactive Man
4 - Cristian Vogel
5 - Christ

Really hard to call

I MISSED BOXCUTTER!!! does anyone have the set? Please! Hopefully this would be some kind of tiny conselation
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Post by xkejjer »

top 5 in no particular order

dave clarke
monolake
sleeparchive
amon tobin
d'arcangelo
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Post by Warpiggy »

too many to list in 5 names.......

1. milanese
2. boxcutter (he broke my ear :))
3. radioactive man
4. the dexorcist in general (did anybody see he him dancing to shelly parker on the sunday?)
5. all things acidy on the sunday

all in all it was a cracker.....cheers lads
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Post by djsynth »

1 Ceephax (too funny!!!)
2 Beltram (a real Hero!)
3 Skream, Scorn, Milanese (massive)
4 Lory D (the real Italian Techno Legend)
5 Shackelton (dark and long)
6 Boxcutter (enfant prodige)
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Post by mishmashmole »

1. Juan Atkins - every track a winner
2. UR - legendary
3. Christ - Blows all other electronica away
4. Bartos

Some grumbles:

- You were supposed to be able to book in at 12. They didn't open till 3.
- The queue to register took over an hour even though there was only 7 people in front of us. Why did we have to write everyone's details down again when this had already been done on the website?
- The Pontins chalets were colder than it was outside......
- Too many people playing boom boom boom music in their chalets..... loud as hell. You weren't even listening to it, you were probably just talking shite.
- If the timing is off with the artists, it would be good to keep the crowd informed in some way. It was annoying to come into a room to find someone playing you didn't expect and half the people I ask not actually know what was going on!

In terms of music though, the soundsystems were excellent and the lineup was fantastic. Well done for that. Definitely worth the money. I would pay another few quid though to pay for professional event management and a shower that was actually a shower.

All in all, thanks. I had a great time but I'm happy to be home again.
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