Ho ho! That guy finally did sell some of his fudge so no wonder you were
chanting! But you did the job as the weather was sunny all weekend :)
Oh, and I forgot to mention the space drummers on stilts who played an
impromptu finale on the Sunday - basically four people on these huge stilts
with drums all over (a little drum with a megaphone on each head) who play
these amazing rhythmic pieces. Definitely one of the highlights and I hope
these mystery men and woman turn up again next year :)
See you at SONAR as long as you don't accidentally meditate your way through
it all :)
DAVID
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wendy K" <wendy@ninjatune.net>
To: "David Hampson" <BABYDIDDY@LINEONE.NET>
Cc: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [idm] The Big Chill
quoted 78 lines Dave & the list:
> 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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