well that was ace.
the weather was ridiculous, made life tricky but it wasn't as bad as Glastonbury - smaller site, for a start - and having crew passes meant we could get around on the access roads round the back.
Started badly when perplexis arrived after they'd shut the crew gate. His mates and his tent were inside, he couldn't go back to the car and he was tripping
I begged the gate manager who wouldn't budge on it - fucker
- but somehow he got in by about 1am.
Pretty much only went between the Overkill tent and the Pussy Parlure - apart from the odd wander down to 'the other end' to laugh at the hippies. Overkill was solid wonderfulness despite the liquid mud in there - saw some great dubstep, a genius drummer looping his own beats and making tunes, just stunning. Caught a bit - not enough - of Venetian Snares, who ruled. Not sure who the yank with the beard and the guitar and the army helmet was but he was top too. Congo Natty pissed about too much, and the Producer was too gabba for me. Getting there so late on Friday means I missed most of Bangface but it definitely wasn't as good as last year, vibe-wise - people were sparse, and it just didn't quite feel like the hardcore neo-rave we know and love, still good though. Wish I'd seen Luke Vibert with the Ragga Twins.
Pussy Parlure was great - did a couple of sets, including one at 4am this morning which i didn't know about till 3.30 this morning, i was fucking battered but i made it through. My battery dying on Saturday afternoon meant i spent most of yesterday /this morning minus Kanda, Firky and crustychick, and i never did meet up with Perplexis. but i had a top night on my own running into various crew and DJs i knew in the Pussy Parlure and thereabouts.
Excellent weekend but glad to leave Sunday afternoon - didn't want to get too mashed when Kanda couldn't (driving) so heading out when we did made sense.
Just had a bath, curry imminent and then a very early night.
Nice one
eta: oh, and cheers a million to Kanda for driving us down, getting us home, sorting some tings out and generally being top company. Great stuff