GLADE 09

my mate keeps hassling me to go but i can't afford it either....i've told him he's welcome to pay for me but he said he didn't want me to go that much

ITS GOING TO BE SHIT!

nah, i hope 'Pusher plays some new stuff, and not aload of jazzy prog metal .

Also if their new one is anything to go by, Moderat should be amazing

yeah... squarepusher's little big-up of the festival looks interesting

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Warp records’ Squarepusher...

 

“The Glade is the best festival I have ever played in my life. It's always good to play to people that are up for a party and don't get too bothered about what algorithms you're running! It should be good fun checking out their attempts to translate my new emoto-prog / core- thrash songs into frenetic rave dance moves. Also, I might be premiering a new project there which depends on whether it's anywhere near ready. Could be good!”

 

Squarepusher can truly be described as a friend and supporter of us and this year will be the 4th time he has performed but the first time he has headlined the outdoor stage on a Saturday night. This year he will be playing a full live set with drummer Alex Thomas including material both old and new.

 

Squarepusher toured Europe in March and April this year and the show at Glade will be the first outdoor performance at a UK Festival. The show will include the interactive visuals that was taken on the road in the spring.

 

In addition to their Glade Stage headline set he's hinted that he may use us as an opportunity to showcase some material from his next project on a smaller stage sometime over the weekend. Keep your eyes and ears open!

:undecided:

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Could be good!

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This year he will be playing a full live set with drummer Alex Thomas including material both old and new.

Sounds like the exact same set he played in Dublin this year.

Bass noodling over backing tracks of Numbers Lucent

Followed by most of Just a Souvenir

Followed by more noodling over backing tracks of Big Loada etc.

Grand I'd go see him a third time (can't remember any details of Primavera).

His LED video walls are amazing, no drugs required.

ok people, ive got some amazing news, officially confirmed: I AM GOING

anyone know where i can get a giant inflatable cat?

Etch will be there

  On 7/1/2009 at 3:28 PM, idrn said:

ok people, ive got some amazing news, officially confirmed: I AM GOING

 

anyone know where i can get a giant inflatable cat?

A giant inflatable cat? I'll look into it.

Also. Obel is going. Is there a WATMM Meat WHOOPS I meant "meat"! Lol!

I am genuinely scared of meeting you guys.

  On 7/2/2009 at 12:48 AM, Etch said:

I am genuinely scared of meeting you guys.

I think it would be intimidating, as everyone would most likely be the opposite to how they're percieved on the forum. For example Kaen's probably a really cool and calm anorexic.

But it's gotta be worth meeting for a laugh eh? EH!? Am I right!?

back in the day meetups would be coordinated in this subforum and it was good times - alot of those people dont really post anymore and the whole international 4chan mandem shit is giving this place a bad name. i can vouch that every watmmer ive met and know is safe as fuck though!

secret watmm freemasons represent

I met lots of WATMMers at Glades a few years ago and had a great time, me and my mates even camped with Idiron and his lot in 2006. I would encourage all of you to meet up, get cunted, and have a lol!

  On 7/2/2009 at 6:47 PM, idrn said:

back in the day meetups would be coordinated in this subforum and it was good times - alot of those people dont really post anymore and the whole international 4chan mandem shit is giving this place a bad name. i can vouch that every watmmer ive met and know is safe as fuck though!

 

secret watmm freemasons represent

I visit 4chan, but I also agree with this.

Well, if anyone wants to meet, PM me and we'll arrange some shit fo real yo

  On 7/2/2009 at 8:20 PM, Obel said:

I visit 4chan, but I also agree with this.

 

Well, if anyone wants to meet, PM me and we'll arrange some shit fo real yo

Can't really be arsed with an official meetup as such - see you down the front at Overkill, sure I'll run into whoever I know from here at some point over the weekend, Glade isn't massive :)

This is the first time I've posted since the overhaul, by CHRIST this reply window seems massive. It's like staring into the abyss!

Soundmurderer cancelled :(

Quite up for Glade this year, last year was really good although I'm a bit annoyed they've moved the location. I think I've always complained about the noise, but really I think I'd prefer the same location and volume than a new louder location. How are they going to replace the trees in ID spiral. The year they had hammocks that might have been the greatest thing ever.

Is the camping seperate from the music?

Just had a fucked up thought - this will be my 5th Glade. I remember the first one right at the start of my raving days, really pushed me over into the person I've become now. Squarepusher and Aphex double bill is probably still the best rave I've ever experienced. The muddy year was the most confusing experience of my life. so many memories, so many drugs

*nostalgia*

it better be sunny

  On 7/4/2009 at 3:01 PM, blutac said:

 

Just had a fucked up thought - this will be my 5th Glade. I remember the first one right at the start of my raving days, really pushed me over into the person I've become now. Squarepusher and Aphex double bill is probably still the best rave I've ever experienced. The muddy year was the most confusing experience of my life. so many memories, so many drugs

Same here. My first Glade was the best thing ever, I think I saw Vibert, Mike P, Squarepusher and AFX all in the space of a few hours. Best night ever.

  On 7/4/2009 at 4:32 PM, Solo Strike said:

Same here. My first Glade was the best thing ever, I think I saw Vibert, Mike P, Squarepusher and AFX all in the space of a few hours. Best night ever.

I think it was - Luke Vibert, Plaid, Mike P, Squarepusher and Aphex one after the other. I've been chasing that high ever since, doubt if I'll ever find a night like that again. Apparently the first year (the one I missed) was as good as that, but none of the subsequent years have hit that in terms of music. Sounds been too quiet as well since the first year, or maybe I just had better hearing back then.

Also quality of drugs was universally incredible for the first 2 years I went and then got pretty shit for the last couple of years. More business less hippies.

I think the reason people complain about Glade is simply because the early ones were so fucking incredible, that expectations were at such a high.

That year was absolutely brilliant, hands down my best festival experience I think. 2006 was great because more of my mates came down and all that sort of thing, but that lineup is untouchable.

AE in 2006 were amazing though!

2006 was my first time at glade and one of the best experiences in my life. in stark contrast, 2007 was a quagmire of misery.

Damn. 07 was my first Glade and first festival actually, I fucking loved it.

08 was far better though, amazing.

I don't know why people are so jaded about Glade after 07, not like they could control the weather or anything. Still, can't fucking wait. YEAAAAAHHHHH

yeah, 2007 was a weird one - i think it was mainly the sheer contrast to 2006. we were just down from the toilets so a stream of shitty mud was running past our tents. i didn't come up on my mdma and spent the nights lying in the fetal position in the one corner of the tent that wasn't a puddle. then i got sick and had to keep running back from overkill to explode in toilets that couldn't be emptied because the poo truck couldnt get to it.

that said, squarepusher was wicked!

etc

2007 will forever be the year that one of my mates took a woefully inadequate tent with bamboo poles that got flooded, soaking all his clothes and dyeing them all with a mysterious blue ink that leaked from a marker pen. I think it was actually one of the funniest moments of my life to see him emerging from the tent in the morning wearing a dishevelled waistcoat, angrily hurling soggy waterlogged muffins into the ether in a fit of rage.

I think it rained for 16 solid hours didn't it?! Christ above!

  On 7/6/2009 at 6:50 PM, Solo Strike said:

2007 will forever be the year that one of my mates took a woefully inadequate tent with bamboo poles that got flooded, soaking all his clothes and dyeing them all with a mysterious blue ink that leaked from a marker pen. I think it was actually one of the funniest moments of my life to see him emerging from the tent in the morning wearing a dishevelled waistcoat, angrily hurling soggy waterlogged muffins into the ether in a fit of rage.

 

I think it rained for 16 solid hours didn't it?! Christ above!

Yeah man, worst storm in 100 years or so I heard. And we just happened to be in the middle of it.

We got lucky with our tent position that year. But apparently this Glade is a rainy weekend too. Fucking terrific. In a bowl. I can't wait (to be soaked)

LOL, i assume that was Pat?

i got a bit incredulous that they actually manufacture and sell tents in proper camping shops that are not waterproof. when the display model is surrounded by kendel mintcake and windup torches it doesnt really cross your mind to inquire if the fucking thing is actually waterproof - youd expect to get laughed at in your face if you did.

so yeah, need to get a new proper tent, and if there's even the slightest hint of rain then a big fuck off anorak and wellingtons too.