BLOC 2010

becah

Hey guys,
Apologies if there's already a thread on this, but I did a quick saerch and couldn't find anything.
Anyone planning on going to BLOC this year? Anyone go last year, how was it?
Thinking of getting a gang together for it and would love to hear people's thoughts on it last year, what kinda vibe is it? Similar to Sonar? or more I love Techno-ish (younger crowd etc..)?
Cheers!!

Oh here's the line up btw

Salt-n-Pepa LIVE
Grandmaster Flash
Adam Beyer
Skream B2B Benga
Roots Manuva LIVE
Derrick May
Anti-Pop Consortium LIVE
Ellen Alien feat. Pfadfinderei VJs
DJ Rush
Luke Slater aka Planetary Assault Systems LIVE
Lindstrom live
Surgeon A/V LIVE
Nathan Fake LIVE
Channel One Sound System feat. Mikey Dread and Ras Kayleb
FWD + Rinse.FM
Ms Dynamite
Wiley
Boy Better Know ft. Skepta, JME, Frisco, Shorty and DJ Maximum
Zinc
Geeneus
Marcus Nasty
Youngsta b2b Ntype
Chef
Katy B
Roska b2b Scratcha
Spyro
MCs Tippa and Crazy D
Overkill
Autechre LIVE
Congo Natty aka Rebel MC feat. Tenor Fly
Luke Vibert
16:bit
Rob Hall
Loops Haunt LIVE
N>E>D vs Punksi
Subloaded
Mark Ernestus feat. Tikiman (Rhythm & Sound)
Joker
Kode 9
Pinch b2b Distance
T++ LIVE
Mary Anne Hobbs
Mungo’s Hifi feat. Soom T
Appleblim b2b Peverelist
Blazey
MCs Crazy D, SGT Pokes and Dread
mulletover
Lee Curtiss
Geddes
Braindrop
DJ Hype & MC Daddy Earl
MJ Cole
The McMash Clan
Raffertie b2b Kanji Kinetic
Reso b2b Vent
Ceephax Acid Human Cannonball live
AGT Rave Cru
Hosted by Bass 6
Club Autonomic
D:Bridge
Instra:mental
Breakage
SP:MC
Disco Bloodbath
Ben Pistor
Dan Beaumont
Damon Martin
Man Make Music
Joy Orbison
George Fitzgerald
MMM DJs
Fenchurch Dome
Billy Nasty
Radioactive Man LIVE
Debasser LIVE
Point B LIVE
Kelpe LIVE
Yimino LIVE
Michael Forshaw LIVE
Luke's Anger LIVE
Ben Pest live
Al Tourettes LIVE
Subliminal Criminal LIVE
DJ Planet Mu
Lukid
RekOrdah
And also…
Alden Tyrell
DMX Krew new LIVE show
Neil Landstrumm LIVE
Jerome Hill
Bass Junkie B2B The Dexorcist
Noyeahno
Subeena
Lusinda
Girlcore feat. Isa GT & Naomi //
Joe Hart aka Mr. Bodyhammer
Placid
Hiphop Karaoke
Make Me DJs
Human Shield feat. Ali Renault, Casionova, Tommy Walker 3 & Peter
Mangalore
Dutty Girls
Rebel Intelligence

jimi_t

Adam Beyer, Nathan Fake, Roots Manuva, Skream/Benga, Lindstrom, Autechre

Am I missing anyone else or is the rest just filler, more-or-less?

M O N T O

jimi_t wrote: »

Adam Beyer, Nathan Fake, Roots Manuva, Skream/Benga, Lindstrom, Autechre

Am I missing anyone else or is the rest just filler, more-or-less?

Depends if your a fan of Wiley really, If you like Skream/Benga then Jokers your man, aswell as 16:bit.

jimi_t

jimi_t wrote: »

Adam Beyer, Nathan Fake, Roots Manuva, Skream/Benga, Lindstrom, Autechre

I'd narrow it down to Autechre!

I mean, I really like others like Nathan Fake, but he played in Cork lately. If one is to travel abroad think you want some juggernauts at a festival...

jtsuited

'Filler' is such a criminal understatement. Apart from Ellen Allien and Autechre I wouldn't even bother seeing the rest of that very very long lineup.

Executive Steve

jtsuited wrote: »

'Filler' is such a criminal understatement. Apart from Ellen Allien and Autechre I wouldn't even bother seeing the rest of that very very long lineup.

You're all crazy, that lineup is epic!

Skream B2B Benga
Roots Manuva LIVE
Anti-Pop Consortium LIVE
Luke Slater aka Planetary Assault Systems LIVE
Surgeon A/V LIVE
Channel One Sound System feat. Mikey Dread and Ras Kayleb
Wiley
Boy Better Know ft. Skepta, JME, Frisco, Shorty and DJ Maximum
Geeneus
Marcus Nasty
Youngsta b2b Ntype
Chef
Roska b2b Scratcha
Spyro
Congo Natty aka Rebel MC feat. Tenor Fly
Mark Ernestus feat. Tikiman (Rhythm & Sound)
Joker
Kode 9
Pinch b2b Distance
T++ LIVE
Mary Anne Hobbs
Mungo’s Hifi feat. Soom T
Appleblim b2b Peverelist
MJ Cole
Raffertie b2b Kanji Kinetic
D:Bridge
Instra:mental
Breakage
SP:MC
Joy Orbison



All amazing... Way too much bloody techno on the lineup and the DnB is pretty **** apart from D:bridge, Instra:Mental and Breakage (who'll probably be playing at least half and half DnB / Dubstep), but as a snapshot of what's interesting in electronic music at the moment it's spot on imo...

xdeletiax

yeah, looking forward to seeing dbridge and instramental seeing as i missed them in dublin. dj hype used to be unreal, might hit that. i dont think theres too much techno on the bill- too much dubstep can get a bit annoying after a while and it wouldnt suit the main stage- acts like surgeon/authchre are great for that. thankfully FSOL werent invited back. really interesting to see what t++ will be like. also kelpe and lukid would be worth checking out- deadly instrumental downtempo/hip hop. appleblim and peveralist b2b should be good too, pity theres no shackleton- couldv been a nice skull disco reunion.

becah

Line up is good but could be improved, maybe there'll be a few suprise announcements in the next few months,,, The price is pretty good IMO, about £150 (€165ish) for festival ticket and 3 nights accomodation, will have to decide in the next few weeks, anyone here that has actually been, what was it like? would you go again? cheers!

xdeletiax

was there last year for the first time. amazing experience- butlins is a perfect venue for a festival. the chalets are very comfortable- nice beds, showers, kettle for tea. the biggers ones come with proper kitchens. they even have a bloc tv channell showing weird documentarys/ music videos. theres parties all over the place at peoples chalets at all hours- theyr cool with that. but at the same time everyone seemed pretty respectful of the place. the line up is fairly similar to last years (with the exception of afx) with the emphasis being on techno and dubstep with some other leftfield stuff thrown in. but id advise wandering around- all the stages are close to each other, if you get bored with one just move to the next. theres music 24hours on friday and sat but stops @ around 1am on sunday. theres also a bar open 24hours as well. theres shops, off liecences n restaurants so you dont really need to bring much perishables with you. the crowd is really diverse, loads of irish ppl- met so many galway heads it was weird, a lot of different ages from aged clubbers to trendy london teenagers. its a cool atmosphere, everyones up for a good time.

i had a great time last year cant wait for this year. most people who go return so thats a good sign of the festivals quality. you dont really need to decide whether to buy tickets until feb, last years sold out just a few days before the event. best thing about it is that whenever your wrecked youv got a bed and a shower at max 5min walk away. see you there.

becah

Xdeletiax thanks so much for your review, it sounds like a really great festival, I'm very enthusiastic about it now!! Is Bristol the handiest airport to fly into do you know?

Rane

I'm planning on going there this year with a few friends. We're flyin into heathrow and then gettin a train from there to Taunton. I like the venue, looks like a cool place with alot of stuff to do in between all the gigs goin on. Probably gonna be an epic night life too.

If ya check http://www.blocweekend.com/venue.html there's a section there about traveling to it. It lists the closest airports as:

The closest airport is Bristol, which is an hour and a half from the venue. The nearest airports after that are, in order: Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton.

Daroxtar

Adam Beyer
Autechre
Derrick May
DJ Rush
Luke Slater aka Planetary Assault Systems LIVE
Surgeon A/V LIVE
Billy Nasty
Radioactive Man LIVE
Michael Forshaw LIVE
Neil Landstrumm LIVE


Thats your line up as far as i'm concerned but there's a huge selection of quality music on there.
Thx to Becah for taking the time to write up the list.

djhaxman

Daroxtar wrote: »

Adam Beyer
Autechre
Derrick May
DJ Rush
Luke Slater aka Planetary Assault Systems LIVE
Surgeon A/V LIVE
Billy Nasty
Radioactive Man LIVE
Michael Forshaw LIVE
Neil Landstrumm LIVE


Thats your line up as far as i'm concerned but there's a huge selection of quality music on there.
Thx to Becah for taking the time to write up the list.

I'd be happy with that line up on its own tbh.

Most of the full list I've never heard of.

becah

Daroxtar wrote: »

Adam Beyer
Autechre
Derrick May
DJ Rush
Luke Slater aka Planetary Assault Systems LIVE
Surgeon A/V LIVE
Billy Nasty
Radioactive Man LIVE
Michael Forshaw LIVE
Neil Landstrumm LIVE


Thats your line up as far as i'm concerned but there's a huge selection of quality music on there.
Thx to Becah for taking the time to write up the list.

Yeah it has the makings of a good weekend alright!

Slightly off topic, but meant to say Daroxtar, the Decks stand that you made for my boyfriend is going great, he was delighted with it and it's getting lots of use, haven't been on boards in a while so said I'd let you know, if I know of anyone looking for one I'll send em your way!

Executive Steve

Deleted User wrote: »

I'd narrow it down to Autechre!

I mean, I really like others like Nathan Fake, but he played in Cork lately. If one is to travel abroad think you want some juggernauts at a festival...

Just because you haven't heard of them doesn't mean they're not juggernauts

xdeletiax

radioactive mans set last year was lovely. very talented dj.

glad to see surgeon playing on his own.

for some reason i really expected ancient methods to be playing...

Executive Steve

xdeletiax wrote: »

radioactive mans set last year was lovely. very talented dj.

glad to see surgeon playing on his own.

for some reason i really expected ancient methods to be playing...

Last time i saw Radioactive man i felt really sorry for him... There was stuff on in all three rooms of the vaults, and he was in the middle one... I walked through to go to the jacks at one stage and he was literally playing really stale sounding up-tempo electro stuff for all of two people who were just hanging at the back of the room drinking pints.

nah_biy!

just ordered 4 tickets, I'm quite f-ing chuffed

bildo

Few of my mates played the Braindrop tent for this last year think it was in Butlins in Suffolk. Couldn't make it myself but I'm mad to go to this. From the look of the lineup I'd say It'll be fairly jungletastic what with Mr Vibert n ting. Might have to order me a ticket.
If anyone goes to this check out Luke's Anger, the guy is well talented. Played our soundsystem a good few times and is alocal Norwich boy

Well good

Better than Bloc, check out Bangface!!! Much cheaper and some serious acts, snares, vibert, westwood (lol) and our humble Amen-talists! Gonne be epic

Tenth Planet

Went to this last year in Butlins was by far the best festival I have ever went to and at least twenty of us are heading over from Dublin again this year. Cant wait

Massive Muscles

jtsuited wrote: »

'Filler' is such a criminal understatement. Apart from Ellen Allien and Autechre I wouldn't even bother seeing the rest of that very very long lineup.

Or maybe you just don't know that much electronic music?

jtsuited

Massive Muscles wrote: »

Or maybe you just don't know that much electronic music?

maybe but i know plenty of that lineup. guess it's just not my thing.

xdeletiax

i think theres some other big ravey thing in sheffield the same weekend as bloc.. forget the name, but its supposed to be a rouwdier affair harking back to the 90s hardcore era. maybe thats for you...

Clank

Anyone wanting to go to Bloc but doesn't have a room Ive got 2 free spaces in a 4 berth with living room and kitchen.

Diageio_Man

cant wait for this now, only 2 weeks to go now.