Electronica/Dance

[stuie]

9 minutes ago, Tommy Dickfingers said:

Decent was considering going myself with a few of my mates but we ended up going Junction 2 instead.

Good choice.  It's a nice line up but J2 beats everything I've ever been to at the docks.

[Zacko]

15 hours ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Excited for Glitterbox at Printworks next weekend, GB is one of my favourite nights out on the White Isle. Loads of fun. Not been to the venue for anything other than Secret Cinema so although I know what it looks like inside I imagine it's transformed for club nights. It's an all-dayer, too so that'll be a novelty.

What's everyone's thoughts on Printworks? Positive and negative.

Went for Glitterbox NYE a few months ago, and had a loooot of fun.

As others have mentioned, the soundsystem is absolutely fantastic. There's basically stacks running the length of the hall, and they sound so bloody good. Someone dropped Breach - Everything You Never Had and it just THUMPED. 

Went to Bicep live there too, but they didn't use the "normal" room that night. It was in the bigger sort of square space to the left, and while it was incredible I do prefer that main hall as it feels slightly more special.  

[bennyhana22]

4 hours ago, jonny2 said:

Apologies all, I didn't know they were a All Points East Exclusive! 

Side note, what's everyone's thoughts of the Re-Texture lined up at Tobacco Docks? I've only reccently got back into my Electronic music but it seems there's a few decent names on there for £32

The Saturday daytime line-up looks fantastic. I'm working that day otherwise my pal and me might have gone for it...

Ben

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

4 hours ago, jonny2 said:

Apologies all, I didn't know they were a All Points East Exclusive! 

Side note, what's everyone's thoughts of the Re-Texture lined up at Tobacco Docks? I've only reccently got back into my Electronic music but it seems there's a few decent names on there for £32

Me and a few mates are going to the Re-Textured day at Tobacco Docks, the line up is mega, and it'll probably be my last big day/night out for a couple of months.

[Time Being]

Has anyone ever done the Life and Death Villa Habana party in Barcelona? Lineup is looking great

[Madyaker]

Anyone ever been to Rex club in Paris? or anywhere good in paris? I've heard theres good clubs there these days. A trip to Asia in late april has been scuppered by this virus so now were looking at other (cheaper) options.

[Mezhyp1]

3 hours ago, Time Being said:

Has anyone ever done the Life and Death Villa Habana party in Barcelona? Lineup is looking great

It's in a massive big country house away out in the sticks, but there's a train to get there and shuttle buses to get home or iirc it was only about 40 euro in a taxi

[Dom Wall]

1 hour ago, Mezhyp1 said:

It's in a massive big country house away out in the sticks, but there's a train to get there and shuttle buses to get home or iirc it was only about 40 euro in a taxi

Just looked this up because of it posted here. Looks great fun and only £50. Have you been? Brief review?

[Mezhyp1]

1 hour ago, Dom Wall said:

Just looked this up because of it posted here. Looks great fun and only £50. Have you been? Brief review?

I actually haven't been, but I've been in Barca a couple times when some of my group has went and I know plenty about it 

 

It goes through to 6/7am, they had boiler room last year, the year before a smaller stage with a load of random b2bs playing absolutely anything that goes. My mates that have been absolutely love it, think it's the best off week event 

[jonny2]

Cheers all. The second I find a mate's sofa I can sleep on after, I'll book Re-Textured. Hopefully see some of you there!

[uglyscotsman]

Long Story time:

I'm 31, born in 1988, I only just got into electronic dance music and club culture like two years ago at age 29, much to my now frustration. I came of age in the era of 'peak indie', the halcyon days of 2006-2011, where the arctic monkeys, pete doherty, kooks, horrors, bloc party, klaxons, kaiser chiefs et al ruled supreme. I and virtually all of my friends associated dance music with dimwits, fist pumping ibiza meatheads, chavs, washed out middle aged ravers and druggies.  Listening to that music and being part of that scene was the height of 'uncool'. 

A good night out in the indie scene was going to a gig that ended at 11pm then going to a pub and drinking till 1am and that was it. I had no idea about underground club culture and my perception of clubs were these awful top 40 mainstream clubs that play justin bieber and cheesy 80 hits, were chavs smash drink glasses over their heads, and glamour model looking women deliver champagne bottles with sparklers to overpriced VIP booths.

It was not until 2018 at the grand age of 29 that one of my younger friends dragged me into a club in Barcelona, I took my first...ahem...Vitamin E pill ever. Gerd Janson - who I had never heard of-  just played the most uplifting, happiest and bouncing house set, all the spanish people were pinging off their faces, laughing, dancing, hugging and bouncing around and we clubbed till 8am, it was honestly life changing and I had pretty much the best night ever, it blew every indie/rock gig I'd ever been to away, were you just stand still, wave your arms a bit, drink beers and shout out nonsense and are tucked up in bed by midnight.

Since then I've been obsessed and go to as many raves/club events/festivals as I can and spend half my time on soundcloud or youtube trying to listen to as much new interesting house/techno/electro as I can. I can't believe I missed out on this culture for all my prime years, I wish I was doing this at 19 instead, arrghh!

Was very fortunate to be at the awakenings event at the Gashouder in Amsterdam over New Year and had all the fireworks flying over my head, it was completely mental, nothing like that in the UK. Got into De School on another day and that was weird; the basement floor has virtually no lighting at all.

Going to see Octo Octa b2b Eris Drew, Prosumer, HAAi and Jeff Mills in March, SPFDJ & Hector Oaks in April then Riverside Festival in may in Glasgow then;

Sonar & Off Sonar in June, Dekmantel b2b Houghton in August.

Desperately wanted to get Glastonbury tickets but alas couldn't get any, will try my best to get a ticket in the resale but hopefully Houghton will be a type of substitute. Was kicking myself I didn't get out to Dimensions festival while it was at Fort Punta, that looked like one of the best venues for raving in the world.

Really want to get to some famous clubs in London like Fabric or Fold, go to the warehouse depot in manchester and maybe next year to Berlin. Doubt I'd get into Berghain as I'm not cool looking enough but will try Tresor and Griessmuhle for sure.

Anyway that's it; what an awesome fun, imaginative and creative subculture this is, I definitely get a sense - and maybe I'm wrong - we seem to be in a bit of a golden age at the moment, there is so much variety in electronic music now, from hardcore pummeling techno like SNTS and Dax J to all these romanian DJ's doing interesting minimal ambient house to bouncing uplifting house by octo octa to whatever the hell Aphex Twin does - I love all of it, indie/rock now just seems so uninteresting, tame and uniform in comparison - I can never go back.

 

Edited February 26, 2020 by uglyscotsman

[stuie]

13 minutes ago, uglyscotsman said:

Long Story time:

I'm 31, born in 1988, I only just got into electronic dance music and club culture like two years ago at age 29, much to my now frustration. I came of age in the era of 'peak indie', the halcyon days of 2006-2011, where the arctic monkeys, pete doherty, kooks, horrors, bloc party, klaxons, kaiser chiefs et al ruled supreme. I and virtually all of my friends associated dance music with dimwits, fist pumping ibiza meatheads, chavs, washed out middle aged ravers and druggies.  Listening to that music and being part of that scene was the height of 'uncool'. 

A good night out in the indie scene was going to a gig that ended at 11pm then going to a pub and drinking till 1am and that was it. I had no idea about underground club culture and my perception of clubs were these awful top 40 mainstream clubs that play justin bieber and cheesy 80 hits, were chavs smash drink glasses over their heads, and glamour model looking women deliver champagne bottles with sparklers to overpriced VIP booths.

It was not until 2018 at the grand age of 29 that one of my younger friends dragged me into a club in Barcelona, I took my first...ahem...Vitamin E pill ever. Gerd Janson - who I had never heard of-  just played the most uplifting, happiest and bouncing house set, all the spanish people were pinging off their faces, laughing, dancing, hugging and bouncing around and we clubbed till 8am, it was honestly life changing and I had pretty much the best night ever, it blew every indie/rock gig I'd ever been to away, were you just stand still, wave your arms a bit, drink beers and shout out nonsense and are tucked up in bed by midnight.

Since then I've been obsessed and go to as many raves/club events/festivals as I can and spend half my time on soundcloud or youtube trying to listen to as much new interesting house/techno/electro as I can. I can't believe I missed out on this culture for all my prime years, I wish I was doing this at 19 instead, arrghh!

Was very fortunate to be at the awakenings event at the Gashouder in Amsterdam over New Year and had all the fireworks flying over my head, it was completely mental, nothing like that in the UK. Got into De School on another day and that was weird; the basement floor has virtually no lighting at all.

Going to see Octo Octa b2b Eris Drew, Prosumer, HAAi and Jeff Mills in March, SPFDJ & Hector Oaks in April then Riverside Festival in may in Glasgow then;

Sonar & Off Sonar in June, Dekmantel b2b Houghton in August.

Desperately wanted to get Glastonbury tickets but alas couldn't get any, will try my best to get a ticket in the resale but hopefully Houghton will be a type of substitute. Was kicking myself I didn't get out to Dimensions festival while it was at Fort Punta, that looked like one of the best venues for raving in the world.

Really want to get to some famous clubs in London like Fabric or Fold, go to the warehouse depot in manchester and maybe next year to Berlin. Doubt I'd get into Berghain as I'm not cool looking enough but will try Tresor and Griessmuhle for sure.

Anyway that's it; what an awesome fun, imaginative and creative subculture this is, I definitely get a sense - and maybe I'm wrong - we seem to be in a bit of a golden age at the moment, there is so much variety in electronic music now, from hardcore pummeling techno like SNTS and Dax J to all these romanian DJ's doing interesting minimal ambient house to bouncing uplifting house by octo octa to whatever the hell Aphex Twin does - I love all of it, indie/rock now just seems so uninteresting, tame and uniform in comparison - I can never go back.

 

Brilliant honest post.

One thing though - no time for regrets!

Enjoy your new found scene.

 

[jonny2]

32 minutes ago, uglyscotsman said:

. I came of age in the era of 'peak indie', the halcyon days of 2006-2011

I was the same (kinda), I'm still only 25 but still many wasted nights. But glad we've both made it to the Dance side 

18 minutes ago, stuie said:

 but will try Tresor and Griessmuhle

I've got bad news, Griessmuhle is now shut down. I was lucky enough to go a couple of days before it closed it's doors. Ended up going by pure chance too, now I'm just gutted it's shut. 

18 minutes ago, stuie said:

HAAi

Only discovered her 2 weeks ago, she sounds amazing! 

Great post by the way! 

[uglyscotsman]

8 minutes ago, jonny2 said:

I was the same (kinda), I'm still only 25 but still many wasted nights. But glad we've both made it to the Dance side 

I've got bad news, Griessmuhle is now shut down. I was lucky enough to go a couple of days before it closed it's doors. Ended up going by pure chance too, now I'm just gutted it's shut. 

Only discovered her 2 weeks ago, she sounds amazing! 

Great post by the way! 

Yeah griessmuhle now I think has moved to alter muntze(sp?) so while the original space is gone the promoters are still running events. Don't know if the space is any good or not, that's where they hold those mental pornceptual parties, there's a boiler room of it on pornhub with radioslave, everyone is naked - typical Berlin. New space looks very berghain-y.

Everyone said Haai had one of the best sets at glastonbury last year and her sets are very eclectic and light. Pumped to see her.

Edited February 26, 2020 by uglyscotsman

[ghostdancer1]

1 hour ago, uglyscotsman said:

Really want to get to some famous clubs in London like Fabric or Fold, go to the warehouse depot in manchester and maybe next year to Berlin. Doubt I'd get into Berghain as I'm not cool looking enough but will try Tresor and Griessmuhle for sure.

 

"cool" people get turned away all the time, and there's plenty of solo, bald, pasty white dudes in there looking desperately un-"cool", so don't worry about it. most people get turned away, as long as you're not there with a football shirt or dressed for a glitzy club, you have as much chance as anyone! ........which is to say not much, but still.... if you don't succeed, go off somewhere else for a while and try again later! you'll have a better chance throughout the day on Sunday than Saturday night.

[uglyscotsman]

Just now, ghostdancer1 said:

"cool" people get turned away all the time, and there's plenty of solo, bald, pasty white dudes in there looking desperately un-"cool", so don't worry about it. most people get turned away, as long as you're not there with a football shirt or dressed for a glitzy club, you have as much chance as anyone! ........which is to say not much, but still.... if you don't succeed, go off somewhere else for a while and try again later! you'll have a better chance throughout the day on Sunday than Saturday night.

Maybe I'll just go to lab.oratory and get a stamp that let's me skip the berghain line 😂🤭 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

1 hour ago, uglyscotsman said:

Long Story time:

I'm 31, born in 1988, I only just got into electronic dance music and club culture like two years ago at age 29, much to my now frustration. I came of age in the era of 'peak indie', the halcyon days of 2006-2011, where the arctic monkeys, pete doherty, kooks, horrors, bloc party, klaxons, kaiser chiefs et al ruled supreme. I and virtually all of my friends associated dance music with dimwits, fist pumping ibiza meatheads, chavs, washed out middle aged ravers and druggies.  Listening to that music and being part of that scene was the height of 'uncool'. 

A good night out in the indie scene was going to a gig that ended at 11pm then going to a pub and drinking till 1am and that was it. I had no idea about underground club culture and my perception of clubs were these awful top 40 mainstream clubs that play justin bieber and cheesy 80 hits, were chavs smash drink glasses over their heads, and glamour model looking women deliver champagne bottles with sparklers to overpriced VIP booths.

It was not until 2018 at the grand age of 29 that one of my younger friends dragged me into a club in Barcelona, I took my first...ahem...Vitamin E pill ever. Gerd Janson - who I had never heard of-  just played the most uplifting, happiest and bouncing house set, all the spanish people were pinging off their faces, laughing, dancing, hugging and bouncing around and we clubbed till 8am, it was honestly life changing and I had pretty much the best night ever, it blew every indie/rock gig I'd ever been to away, were you just stand still, wave your arms a bit, drink beers and shout out nonsense and are tucked up in bed by midnight.

Since then I've been obsessed and go to as many raves/club events/festivals as I can and spend half my time on soundcloud or youtube trying to listen to as much new interesting house/techno/electro as I can. I can't believe I missed out on this culture for all my prime years, I wish I was doing this at 19 instead, arrghh!

Was very fortunate to be at the awakenings event at the Gashouder in Amsterdam over New Year and had all the fireworks flying over my head, it was completely mental, nothing like that in the UK. Got into De School on another day and that was weird; the basement floor has virtually no lighting at all.

Going to see Octo Octa b2b Eris Drew, Prosumer, HAAi and Jeff Mills in March, SPFDJ & Hector Oaks in April then Riverside Festival in may in Glasgow then;

Sonar & Off Sonar in June, Dekmantel b2b Houghton in August.

Desperately wanted to get Glastonbury tickets but alas couldn't get any, will try my best to get a ticket in the resale but hopefully Houghton will be a type of substitute. Was kicking myself I didn't get out to Dimensions festival while it was at Fort Punta, that looked like one of the best venues for raving in the world.

Really want to get to some famous clubs in London like Fabric or Fold, go to the warehouse depot in manchester and maybe next year to Berlin. Doubt I'd get into Berghain as I'm not cool looking enough but will try Tresor and Griessmuhle for sure.

Anyway that's it; what an awesome fun, imaginative and creative subculture this is, I definitely get a sense - and maybe I'm wrong - we seem to be in a bit of a golden age at the moment, there is so much variety in electronic music now, from hardcore pummeling techno like SNTS and Dax J to all these romanian DJ's doing interesting minimal ambient house to bouncing uplifting house by octo octa to whatever the hell Aphex Twin does - I love all of it, indie/rock now just seems so uninteresting, tame and uniform in comparison - I can never go back.

 

Great post! Welcome to the best thread on the website. 

PS: you're gonna LOVE Sonar!!

[Mezhyp1]

Good first post fellow Scotch man, welcome 

[bennyhana22]

2 hours ago, uglyscotsman said:

Long Story time:

I'm 31, born in 1988, I only just got into electronic dance music and club culture like two years ago at age 29, much to my now frustration. I came of age in the era of 'peak indie', the halcyon days of 2006-2011, where the arctic monkeys, pete doherty, kooks, horrors, bloc party, klaxons, kaiser chiefs et al ruled supreme. I and virtually all of my friends associated dance music with dimwits, fist pumping ibiza meatheads, chavs, washed out middle aged ravers and druggies.  Listening to that music and being part of that scene was the height of 'uncool'. 

A good night out in the indie scene was going to a gig that ended at 11pm then going to a pub and drinking till 1am and that was it. I had no idea about underground club culture and my perception of clubs were these awful top 40 mainstream clubs that play justin bieber and cheesy 80 hits, were chavs smash drink glasses over their heads, and glamour model looking women deliver champagne bottles with sparklers to overpriced VIP booths.

It was not until 2018 at the grand age of 29 that one of my younger friends dragged me into a club in Barcelona, I took my first...ahem...Vitamin E pill ever. Gerd Janson - who I had never heard of-  just played the most uplifting, happiest and bouncing house set, all the spanish people were pinging off their faces, laughing, dancing, hugging and bouncing around and we clubbed till 8am, it was honestly life changing and I had pretty much the best night ever, it blew every indie/rock gig I'd ever been to away, were you just stand still, wave your arms a bit, drink beers and shout out nonsense and are tucked up in bed by midnight.

Since then I've been obsessed and go to as many raves/club events/festivals as I can and spend half my time on soundcloud or youtube trying to listen to as much new interesting house/techno/electro as I can. I can't believe I missed out on this culture for all my prime years, I wish I was doing this at 19 instead, arrghh!

Was very fortunate to be at the awakenings event at the Gashouder in Amsterdam over New Year and had all the fireworks flying over my head, it was completely mental, nothing like that in the UK. Got into De School on another day and that was weird; the basement floor has virtually no lighting at all.

Going to see Octo Octa b2b Eris Drew, Prosumer, HAAi and Jeff Mills in March, SPFDJ & Hector Oaks in April then Riverside Festival in may in Glasgow then;

Sonar & Off Sonar in June, Dekmantel b2b Houghton in August.

Desperately wanted to get Glastonbury tickets but alas couldn't get any, will try my best to get a ticket in the resale but hopefully Houghton will be a type of substitute. Was kicking myself I didn't get out to Dimensions festival while it was at Fort Punta, that looked like one of the best venues for raving in the world.

Really want to get to some famous clubs in London like Fabric or Fold, go to the warehouse depot in manchester and maybe next year to Berlin. Doubt I'd get into Berghain as I'm not cool looking enough but will try Tresor and Griessmuhle for sure.

Anyway that's it; what an awesome fun, imaginative and creative subculture this is, I definitely get a sense - and maybe I'm wrong - we seem to be in a bit of a golden age at the moment, there is so much variety in electronic music now, from hardcore pummeling techno like SNTS and Dax J to all these romanian DJ's doing interesting minimal ambient house to bouncing uplifting house by octo octa to whatever the hell Aphex Twin does - I love all of it, indie/rock now just seems so uninteresting, tame and uniform in comparison - I can never go back.

 

You're incredibly welcome to our little oasis of electronic joy.

Hope you get a resale ticket - the nighttime madness at Glastonbury will blow your mind. Makes Dimensions at the Fort look very ordinary! (Though the Moat IS an amazing venue).

And even if you're unlucky, your summer is looking very, very nice...

Ben

[Tuna]

Welcome @uglyscotsman, lovely story, hope you get onto the farm (we should sort an E/D resale crew if ppl are interested?), sounds like you'd make the absolute most of it. Plenty of indie rock for the mornings too

Edited February 27, 2020 by Tuna

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

6 hours ago, Tuna said:

(we should sort an E/D resale crew if ppl are interested?)

Yes! I'd be up for that! I've decided to give it another go in the resale

[Madyaker]

Never done dekmantel before so this year will be my first. Is it better to camp or get a hotel? The camping is cheap but I don’t mind paying for a hotel. Any other useful tips welcome. 

[Mezhyp1]

50 minutes ago, Madyaker said:

Never done dekmantel before so this year will be my first. Is it better to camp or get a hotel? The camping is cheap but I don’t mind paying for a hotel. Any other useful tips welcome. 

I've never camped at it, hotels are so much better. It's easy enough and cheap enough to get to in an uber from the city centre, and there's shuttle buses at night that take you back to the business district in ams so it's fine to get about from there. I wouldn't do it any other way

[Tommy Dickfingers]

17 hours ago, uglyscotsman said:

Long Story time:

I'm 31, born in 1988, I only just got into electronic dance music and club culture like two years ago at age 29, much to my now frustration. I came of age in the era of 'peak indie', the halcyon days of 2006-2011, where the arctic monkeys, pete doherty, kooks, horrors, bloc party, klaxons, kaiser chiefs et al ruled supreme. I and virtually all of my friends associated dance music with dimwits, fist pumping ibiza meatheads, chavs, washed out middle aged ravers and druggies.  Listening to that music and being part of that scene was the height of 'uncool'. 

A good night out in the indie scene was going to a gig that ended at 11pm then going to a pub and drinking till 1am and that was it. I had no idea about underground club culture and my perception of clubs were these awful top 40 mainstream clubs that play justin bieber and cheesy 80 hits, were chavs smash drink glasses over their heads, and glamour model looking women deliver champagne bottles with sparklers to overpriced VIP booths.

It was not until 2018 at the grand age of 29 that one of my younger friends dragged me into a club in Barcelona, I took my first...ahem...Vitamin E pill ever. Gerd Janson - who I had never heard of-  just played the most uplifting, happiest and bouncing house set, all the spanish people were pinging off their faces, laughing, dancing, hugging and bouncing around and we clubbed till 8am, it was honestly life changing and I had pretty much the best night ever, it blew every indie/rock gig I'd ever been to away, were you just stand still, wave your arms a bit, drink beers and shout out nonsense and are tucked up in bed by midnight.

Since then I've been obsessed and go to as many raves/club events/festivals as I can and spend half my time on soundcloud or youtube trying to listen to as much new interesting house/techno/electro as I can. I can't believe I missed out on this culture for all my prime years, I wish I was doing this at 19 instead, arrghh!

Was very fortunate to be at the awakenings event at the Gashouder in Amsterdam over New Year and had all the fireworks flying over my head, it was completely mental, nothing like that in the UK. Got into De School on another day and that was weird; the basement floor has virtually no lighting at all.

Going to see Octo Octa b2b Eris Drew, Prosumer, HAAi and Jeff Mills in March, SPFDJ & Hector Oaks in April then Riverside Festival in may in Glasgow then;

Sonar & Off Sonar in June, Dekmantel b2b Houghton in August.

Desperately wanted to get Glastonbury tickets but alas couldn't get any, will try my best to get a ticket in the resale but hopefully Houghton will be a type of substitute. Was kicking myself I didn't get out to Dimensions festival while it was at Fort Punta, that looked like one of the best venues for raving in the world.

Really want to get to some famous clubs in London like Fabric or Fold, go to the warehouse depot in manchester and maybe next year to Berlin. Doubt I'd get into Berghain as I'm not cool looking enough but will try Tresor and Griessmuhle for sure.

Anyway that's it; what an awesome fun, imaginative and creative subculture this is, I definitely get a sense - and maybe I'm wrong - we seem to be in a bit of a golden age at the moment, there is so much variety in electronic music now, from hardcore pummeling techno like SNTS and Dax J to all these romanian DJ's doing interesting minimal ambient house to bouncing uplifting house by octo octa to whatever the hell Aphex Twin does - I love all of it, indie/rock now just seems so uninteresting, tame and uniform in comparison - I can never go back.

 

What a lovely read. Some first rave Gerd Janson and E. Mine was the relentless tent at Leeds Festival with fucking pendulum playing M-Cat which was legal at the time. Don’t turn your back on guitar indie rock stuff either or whatever else you’re into. You can like everything. Kick drum holidays are a great thing. I think a lot of people get into electronic music and turn their back on music they love/loved growing up. A shame if you ask me.

If you’re in Manchester I’d get yourself to The White Hotel myself. Can’t speak for London... yet. Berlin is a bit of a lottery as long as you’re not looking too touristy or acting like too much of a dick you might get in anywhere on any given night. Knowing who’s playing helps. My mate got in Berghain in Kappa shorts and a Celtic top. 

I stayed at hotel Apollo right next to De School last time I went Dek. Was equidistant between town and the festival site but had the bonus of a club you’re likely to spend one night at on your door step so taxies weren’t too harsh over the weekend.

Edited February 27, 2020 by Tommy Dickfingers

[Mezhyp1]

3 minutes ago, Ddiamondd said:

Getting back on track...anyone up for a big tease? 

You have my attention for the next 18 minutes