Barcelona : SONAR 2008 Pics and Videos

nousd · Post by **nousd** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:52 pm

Forum members have been invited by Mary to view the vid of her set.
I did.
I thought it was derivative (e.g. Cockney Thug intro)
and the hype annoying.
I've said so.

No, I haven't been to Sonar.
Have you been to Kabul? (same relevance)
Weekend plane flights aren't on my current agenda.

Some of my countrymen disagree with me ... that's their prerogative.

Seems to me that something or someone's become too precious here. None of us is beyond criticism, particularly those who trade in influence.

blip · Post by **blip** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:37 pm

I've only gone for Sónar day, maybe a mistake this time. I feel it gets worse every year, but the things that are GOOD make me come back.
Like...

Bass Clef (with a crazy merengue-techno last song and that trombone)
Ove Naxxx (fashion sense only bettered by the music and that "copulating with the cosmos" coreography)
Yellow Swans (a bit too long, first half was outstanding)
Duloks (yes, I said it)
and the Thugs'n'Hugs party with Hudmo, Rustie etc. that was not actually part of Sónar.

And listening to Adam F's Metropolis at the Red Bull Lounge. I felt like moshing and the girl playing it felt like yawning, it seemed.

frebentos wrote:sonar was great. Highlights;

Skweeee showcase.oh my
Mala
Rings of Saturn was ok, few technicals at the start.
Flying Lotus
Loud E disco on the thursday night
the suprise set of Rustie, Hudson Mo AND flying lotus at the very end of friday night..it was something special i tell ya!
Marco Passarani suprise set in the red bull lounge
Echospace (Was a bit quiet)

powerpill · Post by **powerpill** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:08 pm

SD5 wrote:Forum members have been invited by Mary to view the vid of her set.
I did.
I thought it was derivative (e.g. Cockney Thug intro)
and the hype annoying.
I've said so.

No, I haven't been to Sonar.
Have you been to Kabul? (same relevance)
Weekend plane flights aren't on my current agenda.

Some of my countrymen disagree with me ... that's their prerogative.

Seems to me that something or someone's become too precious here. None of us is beyond criticism, particularly those who trade in influence.

do you think anyone gives a shit? tosser

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:13 pm

SD5 wrote:Forum members have been invited by Mary to view the vid of her set.
I did.
I thought it was derivative (e.g. Cockney Thug intro)
and the hype annoying.
I've said so.

No, I haven't been to Sonar.
Have you been to Kabul? (same relevance)
Weekend plane flights aren't on my current agenda.

Some of my countrymen disagree with me ... that's their prerogative.

Seems to me that something or someone's become too precious here. None of us is beyond criticism, particularly those who trade in influence.

jokes....

powerpill · Post by **powerpill** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:19 pm

who is that guy? i feel sorry for him

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:40 pm

i swear, this forum has given a platform for anyone to call nearly anything "critique". some people couldn't critique their way out of a bag of hammers.

nousd · Post by **nousd** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:31 pm

The courtiers rush to cover their queen.
Understandable
but a sign of decay.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:42 pm

SD5 wrote:The courtiers rush to cover their queen.
Understandable
but a sign of decay.

says mr. experimental.

anyway, enough of this stupidness.

back to sonar...

pics, videos, rioja...

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:46 pm

this one is cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgNBd6viG4c

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:58 pm

Shack looks fucking good live, must catch him at some point.

Fuck I'm gutted I flopped Sonar lol

Out of interest, @ blip: ''I've only gone for Sónar day, maybe a mistake this time. I feel it gets worse every year, but the things that are GOOD make me come back.''- how does it get worse every year?

rachel · Post by **rachel** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:42 pm

SD5 wrote:Re MAH vid
I swear to God
this ain't biblical
this is old hat.

If this set was played at Void
I'd walk out feeling ripped off.
It's just hyping...
and no way experimental.

And if the excuse is that it's for noobs
(as if everyone in the bored crowd hadn't heard ds before)
even worse cos that's comprimising the art.

For what?

Bring on the attempted justifications.

you may have a point, you may not. i'm not saying anything - i was at sonar but didn't see the set. maybe if you came less like a 6th form poet it might help - delivery is around 8/10 of impression, ya nuh?

anyways, sonar was great, great, great. particular non-ds highlights were the buraka djs, mehdi & a-trak and (hands up if you're old enuf to remember) yazoo. big up alison moyet pulling the c.1982 moves. as this was my 1st i'd be interested to hear how it's got worse too (blip...)

ps - spain, spain, spain - pls sort our yr racist ways. so off key in this day and age and so disappointing in what is otherwise a beautiful city/country

fc · Post by fc » Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:44 pm

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS what an awesome holiday

my highlights included:
pre-sonar dubstep party at Expressing underground club - wicked vibes, good to see how the barcelonans rock it
TRG set in the red bull lounge - dirty hot and sweaty up there
Pan sonic -crrrrrrrashing noise; sound was impeccable
the ridiculous Minus hyperbole
mala smashing the place to pieces
rustie/hud mo/flying lo mashup as the sun came up, BOSH
skweee showcase - OFF THE SCALE!! those boys effing rocked it! easily the best atmosphere of the whole festival too
villalobos dropping the mystery Nina Simone remix
Monza beach party at playa del prat - crazy taxi journey then 2 hr walk through what looked like the set of a horror movie to get there, but my god there's nothing like dancing in the sand all night to EPIC techno oooo

frebentos · Post by **frebentos** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:47 pm

FC wrote: TRG set in the red bull lounge - dirty hot and sweaty up there

FUCK..I forgot about that.
UTTERLY IMMENSE!!

fc · Post by fc » Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:17 pm

a few flicks from the family album....
ooooo sunshine

Pokes skanking out

Barcelona meets Glasgow

Team Bucky pre-skweee session, things are about to get messy..

skweee-ro's!!

partying all night on a beach is great

wascal · Post by **wascal** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:25 pm

frebentos wrote:
FC wrote: TRG set in the red bull lounge - dirty hot and sweaty up there
FUCK..I forgot about that.
UTTERLY IMMENSE!!

That was a wicked set. When he dropped Oi! Killa! and everyone went nuts, then MAH dropped it the next night to the same reaction

gragy10 · Post by **gragy10** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:52 pm

Dunno if anyone made it down (venue was absolutely f'ing tiny) but Martyn at the Resident Advisor party was one of the sets of the whole week for me.

Went down with a crew of sceptics who all came out babbling afterwards..
Think there's a few shots here - http://www.residentadvisor.net/photo-ga ... x?set=4064

mary anne hobbs · Post by **mary anne hobbs** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:15 am

yes i went to see Martyn - his set was sublime!

xx

blip · Post by **blip** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:17 am

Corpsey wrote:Out of interest, @ blip: ''I've only gone for Sónar day, maybe a mistake this time. I feel it gets worse every year, but the things that are GOOD make me come back.''- how does it get worse every year?

Because programmming of Sónar Day is getting less and less adventurous. Many times the highlights were artists I had never heard of or listened to before, this time I usually had records from them already.

Maybe they are trying to reach a balance: less "weirdness" during the day, a little bit more at night.

Rachel, your comments about racism in Spain. Ellaborate?

frebentos · Post by **frebentos** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:32 am

a few flicks courtesy of meschi

bags of gin on the plane there at 7am, 2 for one, the stewardess and the guy sittign next to us let out a sigh when we ordered 8 and 4 cans of beer

Daedulus was fuckign crackign as well

a few quality anti pop ones

YES

Passarani killing the red bull room

SKAAWEEEEEE

numaestro · Post by **numaestro** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:49 am

Sonar was real good - enjoyed the Mala set especially. Don't understand how somebody concludes the whole of Spain is racist

Wish some peeps would just enjoy music and stop trying on their melodramas...

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