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I just opened todays LA Times and was shocked to see this staring at me. Something weird is going on: Top techno bands The Orb, Orbital, Chemical Brothers, and Meat Beat Manifesto are among those set for a two day festival at Big Bear June 21-22, presented by rave producer Chaotica. How do you like that? Jason Bentley hinted on the radio last night that Underworld would be coming to LA along with other major acts in the third week of June, so I think we can expect to see them added to the bill. Big Bear, for all those not familiar with LA, is in the Mountains east of Orange County and is about a 2 1/2 hour drive from my house. Lots of nice pines and many ski areas. From the sounds of it so far, this is probably going to be the biggest event LA has ever had. Even the largest raves we've had here have never had this kind of talent together. Well I know what I'm doing that weekend... /""'' /"'RESH Live and Direct from the G-Spot Orange County, California, USA

quoted 3 lines Top techno bands The Orb, Orbital, Chemical Brothers, and Meat Beat

> Top techno bands The Orb, Orbital, Chemical Brothers, and Meat Beat > Manifesto are among those set for a two day festival at Big Bear > June 21-22, presented by rave producer Chaotica.

(Meat Beat, "top Techno band"? Hmmn (-: ) Actually, if you read the SoCal-Raves Calendar, this wouldn't have surprised you so much: Friday, June 21 - Saturday, June 22. ? - by Kingfish? 3 day event. Live performances by top UK acts (probably some Brothers and a few spherical things ;). In the San Bernardino Mountains. More TBA. (http://socal-raves.org/calendar/events.htm)

quoted 3 lines Big Bear, for all those not familiar with LA, is

> Big Bear, for all those not familiar with LA, is > in the Mountains east of Orange County and is about a 2 1/2 hour > drive from my house. Lots of nice pines and many ski areas.

Actually, Big Bear is just a piece of Vermont that was transplanted onto the top of a 9000 ft. flat plateau, so the natives wouldn't know they'd been moved. (-: It's about 90 miles inland from downtown Los Angeles, and it's a beautiful place. Something our non-US readers might not know is that at the right times of year, it's actually possible to drive down to the beach, get a sunburn in the morning, leave the beach by Noon, drive a couple of hours, and go skiing for the rest of the afternoon. I've actually done this ...

quoted 3 lines From the sounds of it so far, this is probably going to be the biggest

> From the sounds of it so far, this is probably going to be the biggest > event LA has ever had. Even the largest raves we've had here have > never had this kind of talent together.

Well, that's kinda debatable. Personally Plantasia (Mixmaster Morris, Young American Primitive, Carl Craig, Adam X DJ'ing) was a highlight, and of course the aborted Vaporspace/Aphex/Orbital/Moby event that almost happened, and for sheer "biggest" I doubt it would exceed Millennium (14,000) or K-Rave (17,000). Personally though I think they should call it "Tribal Gathering" and ship everyone else who was supposed to play at TG over here and say it's the makeup event (-: - Greg (Who would personally rather be at Sonar the week before than see The Orb/Orbital/Meat Beat/Chemical Brothers, since I've seen 'em all)

Fresh/Gonzi Merchan said once upon a time:

quoted 3 lines Top techno bands The Orb, Orbital, Chemical Brothers, and Meat Beat

>Top techno bands The Orb, Orbital, Chemical Brothers, and Meat Beat >Manifesto are among those set for a two day festival at Big Bear >June 21-22, presented by rave producer Chaotica.

Word on the street is that Orbital is going to be touring the entire USA about that time. I don't know who is going with them (yet). Myself and several friends will most likely make the trip for the show in LA, if indeed that is who is billed. Please forward all ticket info as soon as it is known. We ought to have an IDM pow-wow.

quoted 9 lines From the sounds of it so far, this is probably going to be the

>> From the sounds of it so far, this is probably going to be the >>biggest event LA has ever had. Even the largest raves we've had >>here have never had this kind of talent together. > >Well, that's kinda debatable. Personally Plantasia (Mixmaster >Morris, Young American Primitive, Carl Craig, Adam X DJ'ing) was a >highlight, and of course the aborted Vaporspace/Aphex/Orbital/Moby >event that almost happened, and for sheer "biggest" I doubt it >would exceed Millennium (14,000) or K-Rave (17,000).

Well size is another question entirely. If 14,000 people show up in downtown LA to see Dee-lite and Aphex, why not just as much if not more to see the Orb AND Orbital AND Underworld AND the Chemical Brothers? Even in Big Bear. As for talent, much respect to Mixmaster Morris but I hardly think Moby and Young American Primitive (at Plantasia) can hold a candle the line up for this event so far. And a million Dj's couldn't duplicate the experience of hearing Halcyon live. But as Circa and Narnia go to show, if it sounds too good to be true in LA, it probably is, if you know what I mean... /""'' /"'RESH Live and Direct from the G-Spot Orange County, California, USA

quoted 22 lines I just opened todays LA Times and was shocked to see this staring

>I just opened todays LA Times and was shocked to see this staring >at me. Something weird is going on: > >Top techno bands The Orb, Orbital, Chemical Brothers, and Meat Beat >Manifesto are among those set for a two day festival at Big Bear >June 21-22, presented by rave producer Chaotica. > >How do you like that? Jason Bentley hinted on the radio last night >that Underworld would be coming to LA along with other major acts >in the third week of June, so I think we can expect to see them >added to the bill. Big Bear, for all those not familiar with LA, is >in the Mountains east of Orange County and is about a 2 1/2 hour >drive from my house. Lots of nice pines and many ski areas. From >the sounds of it so far, this is probably going to be the biggest >event LA has ever had. Even the largest raves we've had here have >never had this kind of talent together. Well I know what I'm doing >that weekend... > > /""'' >/"'RESH >Live and Direct from the G-Spot >Orange County, California, USA

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