So... countdown is on.

Who we all want to see on the bill for this year?
Last year was by far the best festival I've attended..

Sasha Le Monnier

In for the first five posts - epic time in 2011, can't wait for this years one!!!

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Originally Posted by pomrocks

Sasha Le Monnier

LOL.
How awesome that would be !

5 hour epic Sunday Session.

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Originally Posted by JovanS

LOL.
How awesome that would be !

5 hour epic Sunday Session.

i was just talking to her the other day about coming back, lets make it happen!


PS i FUCKING LOVE SUBSONIC <3

had the best time last year, and the year before, and the year before

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Originally Posted by pomrocks

i was just talking to her the other day about coming back, lets make it happen!


PS i FUCKING LOVE SUBSONIC <3

had the best time last year, and the year before, and the year before

HAHA. I just messaged her & said I hoped for her to be at Subsonic!. 5 hour set...

Last year was my first. I assume this year will be even more epic as we will know what to expect & make better arrangements.
Def going to camp the night before.. extra $20 something dollars its worth it.

1st page.

Keen to go this year for the first time

Megakeen once again. I can hand on heart say that some of my closest friendships have been formed at Subsonic.

Yep pretty fucking keen for this year again!

Yeah I mean... I guess.

Ahhh Subsonic, how I miss thee.

can we get mega-earlybird discount tickets right now? I'd pay $20

Boris Brejcha again plz. Extended set.

Last years was epic.

Would love to see Eelke Kliejn finally make it over for a Sunday arfternoon/evening, Michael Mayer style set

Moar breaks

Oldskool sets by
Cut La Roc & Rennie Pilgrem!

Would never happen, but... John 00 Fleming

Fourt Tet / Burial / Thom Yorke closing set thanks

I'd give it a nudge.

yep i would totes be happy to lie on the grass listening to burial as the sun starts to set

You and the rest of the world, Spesh....
Sadly the man doesn't make a habit of getting out there and performing.

Personally, if we're asking for the impossible, bring out 4 Hero - that's Marc Mac complete with a large band/orchestra.
I'd also like to see Ashley Beedle/ BSO/X-Press 2, Jamie XX, Nina Kraviz, Legowelt - where do I even start and end?!!
I like to think of this festival as a little something special from the norm and not chasing the obvious bookings, or done-to-death festival acts.

I would also like a play-area or creche vibe where one can drop spawn off, just for a couple hours of the day. I reckon a few qualified child-carers out there would enjoy a couple extra bucks at a festival? Am I ruining it for the young 'uns?

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Originally Posted by jimmenyC

You and the rest of the world, Spesh....
Sadly the man doesn't make a habit of getting out there and performing.

well he's a **** then
/end thread

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Originally Posted by Oli-G

Fourt Tet / Burial / Thom Yorke closing set thanks

That would be so good. Sigh, will never happen but would be awesome.

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Originally Posted by jimmenyC

I would also like a play-area or creche vibe where one can drop spawn off, just for a couple hours of the day. I reckon a few qualified child-carers out there would enjoy a couple extra bucks at a festival? Am I ruining it for the young 'uns?

that's a grand idea imo...

Apart from the key question - is a festival REALLY the best place to bring your kids? I mean really? There's poor food choices, poor toilet/shower facilties, a lot of people in states that aren't child friendly or appropriate, loud noise all the time. Surely a grandparent, relative or friends place for the weekend is better?
I really don't agree with putting kids around super munted people, i just don't think its right for the kid even if they don't realise what's going on.

But hey personal opinion and all, everyone is entitled to bring up their children as they see fit.

it works at festivals like woodford etc, if there are dedicated "child friendly" areas, why not? the 'state of being' is the responisbility of parents. If you take your kids you are responsible for looking after them.

i suppose the difficulty with SSF is that it runs all day and all night, which is not something viable for a child. if it was just music by day only / camping by night. it could work quite well
I dont reckon you could get away with allowing children under, say, 5 years of age.
i most definitaley wouldn't bring my baby.


i took my oldest kid to Vibes on a Summers day many years ago. He was 4 at the time. was fine. but again, that was just a day event, when you put "all nighter" into the equation, that becomes different

Any other festival, id agree...

But i think Subsonic's a lot more chilled, and there are a lot of people who arent off chops.....with the exception of sat night i was pretty much straight all weekend, and the other 1/2 was for the whole 3 days.....so not an issue imo

a seperated "family" camping ground could work, that is away form everything?.
then the times that parents decided to bring their child into the festivities is their prerogative

Oooh Ashely Beedle would be mad afternoon sunny styles!!!!

Media Player

Always (Ashley Beedle's Mahavishnu Remix) by Bent - YouTube

agreed, site does need a designated "QUIET" camping area

a few people we know took their little ones with them the last few years, but were staying in the cabins / dorm rooms though which made it a little easier i expect

i dare say if the bauss & i have kids in the next few years we'd take them along

I hope this year they have a bit more progression from one end of the weekend to the other. I dont know who wants to listen to psy-trance on a sunday afternoon.

you should get Fat Freddys Drop... Ive wanted to see them play for aggggges

and +1 for Sasha Le Monnier

I agree with the seperate family friendly area ... but then again I feel for the people that get camped next to the family area and get shushed all the time etc.

A one day thing is totally different to a three or four day event IMO. Further even if the parents aren't off it A LOT of people blatantly are ... ffs the first thing I heard at the toilets on the first morning was "so look, we've all had acid for breakfast..."

The other factor is that for every responsible parent there are a whole bunch of irresponsible ones, the chick you see 7 months pregnant tanding in front of a speaker at a gig isn't about to suddenly grow a brain the second she pops it out. At what point does society need to step in and protect kids from being put in unsafe/uncomfortable environments by shitty parents?

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Apart from the key question - is a festival REALLY the best place to bring your kids? I mean really? There's poor food choices, poor toilet/shower facilties, a lot of people in states that aren't child friendly or appropriate, loud noise all the time. Surely a grandparent, relative or friends place for the weekend is better?
I really don't agree with putting kids around super munted people, i just don't think its right for the kid even if they don't realise what's going on.

But hey personal opinion and all, everyone is entitled to bring up their children as they see fit.

"There's poor food choices"????!!!

Falafel pockets amongst other awesome stuff are not poor food choices!

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Originally Posted by pomrocks

agreed, site does need a designated "QUIET" camping area

This x 10000. Some sort of quiet chill zone. I love music, I love noise but I appreciate it more if it is not constant and I have the chance to get away, reset/rest the ears.. But I would not want this zone to be the family zone.. Kids screaming and carrying on is not relaxing. You need your head read if you find it so...

I would even be for a brief daily period of no music of say 1 hour per day, everyone can go tidy up stuff or whatever etc..



ps. FELAFEL POCKETS FFS!!!! FELAFEL POCKKKEEETS!!!!!


Poor food choices??? I wish my daily life was a choice between home made Felafel pockets, Himilayan dumplings, mediterranian chicken rolls with macked out green chilli sauce and bacon & egg rolls..

You are also aware you can bring food with you

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I dont know who wants to listen to psy-trance

neither.

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I would even be for a brief daily period of no music of say 1 hour per day, everyone can go tidy up stuff or whatever etc..

then you'd hear the screams of insanity echoing through the valley

I've discussed this many times LJ. My boy is to young to percieve 'muntedness' at his age, so everything appears to him as just a large gathering of people and colours. Kinda like a cat in front of a TV? Our folks really do their large part in babysitting, so we feel this is a festival that we can actually take him to. Sadly, I don't share the same enthusiasm for for other festivals - as you've pulled me up before on - as I find the crowd there a bit much and the whole experience quite overpriced. Due to the nature of this festival being BYO food and allowing us to bring our car & campsite in tandem, it makes for a good family and fun experience.

Of course as he gets older and perceptive, we'll leave him home, but by that stage, I may be a bit more of a boring old fart. My folks were a bit hippie-esque and took me to a few festivals of different natures, so it makes sense to me.

/edit.

And I promise we keep a good diet & lifestyle, by keeping the little shit clean, ears protected etc.
Bad parenting, by all means - report to DOCS lol.

Love some more Glitch this time around.

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Originally Posted by jimmenyC

I've discussed this many times LJ. My boy is to young to percieve 'muntedness' at his age, so everything appears to him as just a large gathering of people and colours. Kinda like a cat in front of a TV? Our folks really do their large part in babysitting, so we feel this is a festival that we can actually take him to. Sadly, I don't share the same enthusiasm for for other festivals - as you've pulled me up before on - as I find the crowd there a bit much and the whole experience quite overpriced. Due to the nature of this festival being BYO food and allowing us to bring our car & campsite in tandem, it makes for a good family and fun experience.

Of course as he gets older and perceptive, we'll leave him home, but by that stage, I may be a bit more of a boring old fart. My folks were a bit hippie-esque and took me to a few festivals of different natures, so it makes sense to me.

+1 .. I have no kids as such but this is how I would feel generally..

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Originally Posted by Dexter Ramone

Love some more Glitch this time around.

Ah, please define your Glitch. The term/genre is being thrown around like a 15 year old N. Shore girl's panties down at the Cockle Bay Wharf bars tonight, right now.

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+1 .. I have no kids as such but this is how I would feel generally..

How else am I going to justify the whole "Drugs are bad for you" talk one day if not by pointing out the dude whose shat his pants, rolling around in the grass laughing manically....

I will just show them Charlie Sheen interviews. They will not be impressed...




Never really got into the charlie sheen love.. Hunter S Thompson (RIP).. Now he was a machine, and useful as well (unlike charlie sheen who has probably not contributed one useful thing to society, apart from that top gun spoof )

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Ah, please define your Glitch. The term/genre is being thrown around like a 15 year old N. Shore girl's panties down at the Cockle Bay Wharf bars tonight, right now.

Fair call. That Opiou set last year was amazing. I really only started delving into it last year; and don't pretend to know the good from the bad. What I've heard and liked? Oval, Microstoria, Fennesz.

Love to hear recommendations on local producers if you have any?

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Love to hear recommendations on local producers if you have any?

MOSK & DADE

MOSK & DADE

MOSK & DADE

MOSK & DADE

MOSK & DADE

MOSK & DADE



http://www.soundcloud.com/moskanddade

They were the best thing I saw at last years subsonic. They fucking chromed the dome!! Tracks up there sadly dont really convey the epicness of their live performance.

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Fair call. That Opiou set last year was amazing. I really only started delving into it last year; and don't pretend to know the good from the bad. What I've heard and liked? Oval, Microstoria, Fennesz.

Would be awesome if they got Tipper killer set at Rainbow this year

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Hunter S Thompson (RIP).. Now he was a machine, and useful as well

This, about ten million times over.

it only takes one tripper to decide that a young kid looks like a rather delicious treat for there to be no subsonic for anyone.

neelix??

Dual Shaman
Ryan Davis
Jesse Somfay
Ricardo Tobar
Soliquid
Francesco Pico
Applescal
Paul Hazendork
Fairmont would be sensational under the stars imo



Please

I would love to see Cid Inc at Subsonic too. Not sure how realistic that could be ATM.

Saturday night... Sunday sunrise sets were pretty epic on the Paradiso Stage.
Needs a loooooooong Sunday afternoon/evening sesh too.... Really enjoyed Minilogue last year, cept the 3.5 hours went way to fast.

Francois K for the Sunday afternoon pelase.

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Ryan Davis
Francesco Pico
Applescal
Paul Hazendork

me rikey....am talking to paul at the mo btw

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Originally Posted by Dexter Ramone

Fair call. That Opiou set last year was amazing. I really only started delving into it last year; and don't pretend to know the good from the bad. What I've heard and liked? Oval, Microstoria, Fennesz.

Love to hear recommendations on local producers if you have any?

You missed out on a killer DJ from Byron then, Peta aka Ghettafunkt - she plays local producers like Mr Bill in her set.
http://www.myspace.com/ghettafunkt

You'll also have seen Drachemann then?

A lot of these people seem to be cut from the 'doof' and psytrance scene cloth. Their sound range is ambient/funky/psy and bass heavy.

To me, my take on 'Glitch' came from those who took their lead from instrumental and abstract hip Hop and locals artists under the 'Space Is The Place' nights etc to me play what I deem glitch, like Prize, Sofie, MonkFly etc.

I love that this festival caters to both types of 'Glitch' and more types I'm sure

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I would love to see Cid Inc at Subsonic too. Not sure how realistic that could be ATM.

Well I do know a friend that could very well possibly make it happen.
He has it well with Cid Inc.