Anyone who attended Sundays Best Music Festival would know it rained. Now that may seem like an understatement of what really happened, but have no fear, to truly convey the magnitude of water that fell throughout the day I have endeavoured to include as many water/rainfall puns as possible in the description of the day’s events. To get the other few negatives out of the way: Jaytech and Bag Raiders couldn’t play due to logistics, Anoraak was late, the toilets were slippery, and the outdoor marquees had some low bars and that’s it.

So back to the fun: apart from the rain, punters were also treated to an eclectic mix of excellent music with djs to play minimal, breaks, dnb, techno, hip-hop, deep house, trance, disco, electro and anything in-between.

Arriving drenched, one would not be blamed thinking that the day may be a letdown, but as soon as you could see through the doors of ANU bar and into the festival any thought of a quiet time were left behind. A flood of people were present both inside and out of ANU bar, the drinks flowing freely (thank you bar priced beverages) and all the crowd was being saturated with quality tunes.

The inside stage setup was impressive, rising above the crowd; the djs could be surveyed by all. The vibe was grand as were the tunes, water levels rose and so did the intensity of the sounds. Local boys The Aston Shuffle had the dance floor surging with the latest electro bangers, Housemeister pounded brains with what could only be described as double-kicker techno/electro fusion. Muscles kept the energy high with bouncy party tunes before tyDi defended his number one status with the crowd enthralled by some proggy trance goodness. MaRLo brought it to climax with a torrent of harder trance sounds.

Whilst inside was most certainly impressive with its BIG main room sounds, outside’s underground edge called to me. Despite the precipitation and the stormwater drain adjacent to the stage slowly flooding to resemble something similar to the river Nile, endless amounts of dancing triggered by the tunes kept everyone dry (the marquees may have also helped).

Similar to inside the locals laid down a gauntlet to their international companions with Biggie and Gabe Gilmour throwing together a set of minimal magic. Deekline was up next sporting some old x-trainers, but what really mattered was his music. He seemed to embody the festival, eclectic in taste, unpretentious in nature, drunk and a lot of fun. Some of the mixes went awry but his breaks, dnb, electro and dub had the party storming. Alex Mcleod and Nick Smith had a hard task following the UK international but they were all class, opening with the smooth and sensual ‘Beach kisses by Dosem’ the crowd was instantly won ready to be saturated in techno goodness. Poker flat’s Vincenzo then took over the reins and plunged down deep. His live set was very impressive though it seemed like he was just getting started with the crowd building in energy during his whole set.

Now, the man I had been waiting for (so he gets his own paragraph). THE Greg Wilson! Retiring from the dj business in the 80s then returning to funk things up in the 00s, he is the saviour! Whilst setting up the infamous Revox reel to reel one could not help but get excited by its retro look, even for those unaware of who this man was, there was something special about this guy. He delivered. In the trademark style of forward thinking music Greg opened with the Soulwax remix of ‘_You Can’t Always Get What You Want_ – *The rolling stones*’ a song that typifies old meeting the new. He instantly won fans as everyone began to boogie and smiles could not be wiped from faces. Even as the rain continued to fall, so did the funkified Revox addled edits, with the set including Queen, The Clash, The Turtles, The Beatles, Simian Mobile Disco, Jimmy Cliff, Marvin Gaye, Duffy and Madness amongst many more. Hands were clapped, bodies shaken and songs sung, his set capped a great day with a great set of old and new, but most importantly GOOD music. BAM