This review comes from two perspectives, both writers are immense appreciators of electronic music but have a slightly different views on what’s hot and what’s not. I didn’t go, but I heard it was an amazing day from pretty much every account. I say to anyone who thought it was going to be shit; dumbass.
Sunday marked the start of a new era in music festivals in Australia, specifically Perth. Creamfields arrived in Perth and although summer is gone, punters still came out in full force to the Claremont Showgrounds on Sunday. Punters and all music lovers across the nation would have been pretty excited to hear Creamfields was heading down under. The line-up wasn’t the biggest of the summer, but it did cater to a number of genres – there were tech acts (Green Velvet/Dave Clarke/Joris Voorn), for the trancers there were (Ferry Corstein and Marco V) but the majority of the line-up followed the genre of the moment, electro (The Bloody Beetroots, LMFAO and MSTRKRFT). Read the full review after the jump… (videos courtesy of Dj Nathin Francis)
Generally Sunday was a great day, despite a couple of acts withdrawing from the line-up there was plenty to keep me entertained. Gossip and Basement Jaxx were standout favourites (please read after the jump for the reasons why!), and I heard lots of people enjoyed Salt N Pepa. There seemed to be a general love of cheesy pop music throughout the day, with The Black Eyed Peas, Will.i.am, Beyonce, and even Survivor getting a few plays.
We started with Kid Cudi, who had an enormous crowd in front of a small stage, but maybe that added to the atmosphere of excitement. He belted out a few tracks in a row, with “Enter Galactic” drawing a huge response. even more than when he played “Day n Night.” I think a highlight of his set was when he screamed out I’m Kid Cudi, or something to that effect and everyone went mental? I think they already knew he was Kid Cudi, not sure how that works. He finished with “Pursuit of Happiness,” but the crowd had already began to leave to see Salt N Pepa, so the atmosphere was killed for my favourite track. The full review is after the jump…
What: Good Vibrations
Where: Claremont Showgrounds
When: 14 February 2010
Cost/Ticket details: 139/199+Bf (general/VIP), moshtix
Pretty massive line-up from a varied selection of genres! Pretty big and popular festival, so expect a massive crowd again. My money is on Aramand Van Helden (one half of Duck Sauce) for the most watched artist. You can expect a very very very large number of people are going to be hanging out for him to play Anyway. As I said last weekend to Troy, I think this track is going to go crazy over the summer and is already pretty popular. Full line-up after the jump…
What: Big Day Out 2010
Where: Claremont Showgrounds
When: 31 January 2010
Cost/Ticket details: 140+Bf, ticketmaster, bigdayout, plus all regular ticket outlets
Well it’s here again, our biggest music festival covering the most genres and being one of the best days out there is. Although tiring and hot in the Australian sun, it’s worth every flake of peeling skin, every moment of that uneasy stomach from there attempt and food, and all those flattened teeth if you hang out in the boiler room. The full line-up is after the jump, you’ve probably already seen it or heard it though…
Big Day Out (Website)
What: Stereosonic
Where: Claremont Showgrounds
When: 29 November 2009
Cost/Ticket details: 117 + Bf, inthemix, moshtix.
I didn’t go last year (the video looks like Don Diablo got a really good reception though), but this year the lineup is too impressive to miss, they’ve got some nice heavy stuff in there with Drop The Lime, Surkin, Zombie Nation and The Bloody Beetroots, some cool indie stuff with Bag Raiders, Knightlife, Canyons, Tim Sweeney and Grafton Primary, and a few house acts and most important Deadmau5, I love his song Funkenstein, it’s so corny…
