Gatecrasher Summer Soundsystem 2000

Saturday 17th to Sunday 18th June 2000
Turweston Park, Turweston, Brackley, Northants. NN13 5YD, England
around £45 (plus fees)

So you've played already

Yeh, I played 4.30 till 6 in the main arenait was really really good.

Enjoy yourself?

Yeh, immensely. The energy in the main room it was 4.30 till 6 in the afternoon, and it was packed and rockin'.

What time did you get here?

One o'clock.

What have you been doing?

Walking around having a look really..

Do you get nervous?

Sometimes, anything you do like this you know you've got to deliver. If something goes wrong with the sound or with the monitors, everyone just thinks you haven't delivered, but there are a lot of things that have got to be right for it to be really good - but it worked well.

Scott Bond. © e-Festivals Ltd

Done any other festivals?

Yeh, I've done Homelands [reviews/interviews], Homelands Ireland [reviews], Creamfields.

How did you survive the mud at Homelands?

I didn't actually! [laughs] We got our car stuck for an hour aft

erwards and we were late for a gig in Cardiff. I did Homelands, Cardiff then Sheffield

Sounds like a bit of a pain

It was half way through it!!

Fave festivals?

Today, with the weather we've had, and the attitude of the people, it's one hell of a day for me really. All last year was great, Homelands was great, Creamfields was great, but today, just everything's perfect. England v Germany are on, it's red hot, the people are here, it's a great site.

Fave tune?

Delerium, Silence, the DJ Tiesto remix. Dreams, Miss Shiva which is a remix of er Dreams! [laughs]

Who are you going to see?

I'm going to listen to Sasha, Van Dyk, Oaky [Oakenfold], the whole thing really.

Do you spend time at festivals seeing/doing other things besides the acts?

The thing I hate about them, is you always end up in the VIP room, and then suddenly it's finished! And you go, "Aw, fucking shit! I've missed it!". So I'm trying to avoid it, but it's the one place me and my friends keep coming back to to check in

interview by: Butterfly