That's exactly how I felt. The spider was amazing but there's only so many times in want to see it in the same place.I love the Arcadia spider but after seeing it 2 years in a row as impressive as it is , it was the same old thing , I think the palace blew me away due to it reminding me of a chemicals brothers show
But that's the best thing about Boomtown - there are loads and loads of small weird and wonderful clubs each with their own theme scattered around the site.
It sounds great
I'm not interested in traditional festivals any more (i.e ones that just had a few big stages and beer tents). It's the immense amount of imagination, love and effort that goes into Boomtown- and all the small details - that makes it such a wonderful event.It sounds great
speak for yourself mate
tbh while Banghai Palace was deeply hypnotic at night, i found it to be ultimately utterly soulless and a bit of a 1 trick pony, at least when compared to Arcadia.
the Arcadia lot built that spider themselves out of scrap 4 or 5 years ago, its far more original, far more interesting, far more versatile and it actually belongs to them.
Banghai's design was bought, as i understand it, off the shelf from Tomorrowland, the biggest EDM stage designer in the business, for as much as Boomtown could afford, then went massively over budget and was still fairly small compared to the company's usual designs, whilst still being just a bog standard stage with some funky tat on it. now the festival is over, the scaff and lights have gone back to their hire companies and Boomtown will be left with a few bits of decor they've paid a totally unfeasible amount of money for.
yeah, it was massively impressive, this year, if you've never seen a Tomorrowland design before, but personally, i think the Spider is in a league of it's own.
http://www.tomorrowland.com/global-splash/
blinding festival though.
I don't know when you last went but it was totally different to 3 years ago when I was last there. Much much bigger area, most of it up the hill and several more districts.I feel quite sad I didn't go this year I must admit. Glad the weather held out, the vibes were good and everyone (so far) had an ace time.have they changed the site layout massively? Anyone want to draw me a map?was our camping spot available? Favourite acts/sets?
