I wasn’t feeling my best on arrival at Newcastle, on account of playing a jungle set at The Proper in Manchester - where i was joined on stage by the mc Dub FX - the previous night, and not sleeping in between (i blame kids and old women on the train). Luckily the sun was shining and i was soon tucking into proper greasy fish & chips.
The Rollies crew were all great, must be something about the north east people - they are always up for it. The festival was right up on the moors above Durham, and the turnout was good. The rig on offer was a combination of two smaller systems and sounded devasting when installed in the barn. Trouser flapping was definitely on the menu.
what a weekend. red o’regan is a superhero. he managed to keep so many balls in the air, tending to the needs of at least 13 guest artists from abroad, me included. the night was well organised, the soundsystems excellent and the crowd were great fun with no attitude.
particular highlights for me were ebola’s booty bass set, beatwifes amazing max/msp mashup machine, sam fez, ed droids with his very musical breakcore and the dubstep room downstairs.
i headlined the second room, meaning i missed cardopusher but we had a chance to chat and compare setups so it was all good.
Another great night, thanks to everyone at Audacious, particularly the Toms, Dan and Gavin!! I played the headline slot for 81 minutes in total. MDS was a hard act to follow, so I broke it down and eased the crowd back in with a little dubstep and ragga jungle, steadily progressing through the mashup to a breakcore frenzy at the end. At one point the whole night was teetering on the brink of collapse as we
had power issues and a distinct lack of subbass but the issues were quickly resolved and the night went down like a storm.
Hadn’t been on a plane for a while and I was worried what airport security would make of me travelling with nothing but a case full of breakcore apparatus and a toothbrush. Luckily my little wheely case stows nicely in the overhead luggage compartment and the plane was half empty anyway, so no-one clocked the fact that it weighed nearly double the 6kg allowance. Its a strange feeling to travel in the evening with a bunch of holidaymakers and tired business execs when you know full well you’re on course to wreak havoc at some unknown venue.
Big thanks to Gearoid, Paddy, Man-G, the crazy Polish DJ, Charlie, Tim and everyone else who’s names I’ve forgotten. It was also nice to have a sound engineer on hand who knew the rig and was able to help me get my output eq’d properly for the room. Its not easy to turn up somewhere to a bunch of total strangers and try to party but you made my visit so memorable, and I really look forward to coming back some time soon. UK promoters take note, a little hospitality is not to be underestimated and really helps to make artists feel comfortable in unfamiliar territory.
The quality of the other DJs was high, with some good performances especially the Polish guy who was dropping some ragga stormers and a few classics to build up the heat earlier on in the evening.
Photos are in the gallery, hopefully some more are on the way.
Filthy, filth, filthy. The east coast massive certainly know how to run tings. They put me on quite early but I managed to get the crowd into it after the Peace Off tunes started coming out. Props to the VJ and the guy who installed the rig - the management were tearing their hair out over the insane amounts of bass, concerned about their impact on the structure of the building I guess. 4 twin folded 18″ bass bins and a pair of mid tops stuck in the middle of the room soundclash style!
I don’t have any pics from the night but if you do, get in touch.
01. m-beat feat general levy - incredible 02. capleton - who dem 03. ten pound sound - bust outta dis (ten pound remix) 04. johnny clash - movement [death$ucker] 05. hoonboy - in the gusset megamix [death$ucker] 06. mochipet - botan ricecore (aaron spectre rmx) [daly city] 07. fat controller - in complete darkness 08. mathhead - bonafidekilla (aaron spectre rmx) 09. rotator - jump da fuck up 10. rotator - get so exxxcited [peace off] 11. rotator - come get some 12. the teknoist - richie’s breakcore love song [death$ucker] 13. gromov - bring da noise 14. drumcorps - down (teknoist rmx) 15. venetian snares - handthrow
Uprizing marks Hoonboys first visit to Cambridge. Hosted at Cambridge United Football Club and with a lineup of both locals and widelyireknowned breakcore luminaries:
Coming up to ease the new year blues, and just in time for the first paycheck in ages, Sonic Feud returns to Manchester with a new venue and bolstered crew.
Bringing you sounds from The Teknoist (planet Mu), Hoonboy (death$ucker), Kanner, The Septic Insurgent and Mission.
I arrives at The Croft at about 11, after a train ride down from Manchester. Luckily, I was just in time to see Parasite v General Disarray. It was a close battle, in fact the format of the night works really well and encourages ingenuity on the part of the artists.
We all disagreed on the judging and ultimate winner but it made a nice change to the normal format of such events.
Here are the results:
1st Round:
Defazed bt The Fez The Sherif bt Autyren Spaghetti Machete bt Gyu General Disarray bt Parasite
Semi-Final:
Defazed bt The Sherif General Disarray bt Spaghetti Machete
It’s been several months since the last Goatlab back in May, but the legendary night returns to a new venue in Bristol, with a fortification of management types to make it once again the best goatrave in the south west.
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