Dave & the list:
Apologies for not making it to the Saturday meeting time! A friend
who I'd given a lift to came down with a problem that could only be
rectified by getting into Shaftesbury, the nearest town for a couple
of hours & I dont wear a watch - I landed in the media mix tent
around 3:30 - well that was beyond fashionably late, everyone had
disbursed so I never got to meet "all the handsome men" as described
by one girl on UK-Dance list. :(
Observations on my big chill experience are slightly different.
After setting up tent in the rain on Thursday night in the crew area,
and nothing open or functioning, I spent about two hours in my tent
chanting (ok, ok, I know what yr all thinking) for sun. Which was
delivered deliciously for three days....
But I did run into Katrin (exR&S) who now manages Biosphere, and hung
out with the
http://www.atrecordings.com people who nicely offered me
some alchoholic cranberry juice to help my sun chanting.. Katrin
recalled we both dj'd together in 94 (drugs dont destroy memory) in a
funky little club nite called Quark in Brixton where Locust
performed. The next day, another old friend arrived - Wendy Douglas,
who now does TV presenting. But it did take me until Monday morning
to find Calvin Bush, who had my torch and swiss army knife, so I
started to think that the big chill was either 2 big or 2 chilled.
Friday was mellow getting started for sure, and the grounds were
definitely awash with male peacocks roaming about and strutting their
stuff until people began to arrive. I did some wandering around,
and met the artist who was doing the Japanese gong sculpture in the
back garden - this was where I headed Saturday after missing
everyone as well. It was gongs, water and light later in the night.
Friday later in the day, watched the tabla and sitar players in the
sanctuary - in fact spent a lot of time in the sanctuary, checking
Chris Coco, Aman Called Adam (more old friends), Lenny Ibizarre...and
of course Mixmaster Morris. Friday night, Amon Tobin rocked the main
stage with breaks, beats and even some mad batucada towards the end
of his set....Damn, i thought he told Morris he was gonna play a
mellow set, but everyone was madly up for it.
Few new things caught my ear: Baby Mammoth - got in touch with me
before the gig and they are excellent - imagine a cooler jazz v
ersion of Cinematic Orchestra or Herbaliser. These Pork guys were
really fat in my book. Also, Faze Action - another excellent
afternoon of jazzy beatfuelled vibes - perfect for Sunday afternoon
where I ran into Grant (Massive Attack) who paid me the highest
compliment - "Girl, you been here since the beginning". We whispered
the secret of our ages. Hexstatic was so incredible with their djing
and audio visual stuff (well, I did find the incredible chocolate
fudge that was circulating) and we even loved it when they dropped
"Voodoo Ray"that I didnt know if I was alice in wonderland or just
funderland. The visual samples of Ninjas had everyone screaming, as a
result Monday am I discovered Hexstatic have now been added to the
bill with Coldcut on 22nd Sept for our big Ninja Xen party
Caught the tail end of Mr. Scruff DJ set playing Madness "One Step
Beyond" just before floating off to dream land to big chill
fm....Heard that Morris had them dancing in the 24 hour cafe till 4
in the morning...either Saturday or Sunday...memories have gotten way
too fuzzy... And a big thank you to the guys from
http://www.i-gig.com who did the netcasting and let me hang out in
the big house with the best view of the stage, and some nice other
things too...- you can see highlights of some of the stuff on their
site, esp for everyone in the states with a T1 or ADSL connection...
DAVE NEXT YEAR - WE'LL DO SONAR< and I promise to wear a Carnation in
my hair...
W.E.N.D.Y.: Weirdone Excavating Ninja Discographies Yesterday
remember september 18 - xen cuts is coming!
Xen Nites - 21 -24 Sept London
Xen Euorage - 8 Sept - 2 Oct
Xen USA - Oct/Nov - watch da rides
http://www.ninjatune.net
http://www.piratetv.net
http://www.ninjatune.net/solidsteel
am i excited? you betcha!!!
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