Electric Picnic 2015

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

were you tent hopping a lot or did you manage to clone yourself?

They were next door to each other so they must have done half and half, I done Chvrches then unto Yasiin Bey next door followed by Hopkins, same the following night with FKA twigs and jumping over to Paul Kalkbrenner.

I am just listening to system of a down at the moment and thinking to myself, hmm. Not a perfect fit but neither was Ellie f**king Goulding.

Synode wrote: »

Anyone any idea of when the first announcement of acts will be?

Near Xmas maybe.

maximoose wrote: »

First announcement for 2015 wasn't made until March IIRC

Wrong, it was about 20th or 22nd December with Belle & Sebastian and Jon Hopkins I think was announced either on Xmas day or St Stephen's day.

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

were you tent hopping a lot or did you manage to clone yourself?

That was one of the clashes where I did a half and half. The tents were very close together.

Whereas with Sultans of Ping and Blur, I did the former then legged it for the 2nd hour of Blur

well they've had licence increases for each of the last 3 years, so I wouldn't be at all surprised if they manage to get one for another 5000. there's enough room for them anyway.

5k would be a hell of a jump again, could see them rounding up to 50K though

sadie06 wrote: »

For those complaining of the cold, I highly recommend a 5cm (don't bother with 3cm) self-inflating mat (not an airbed) which will come up in both Lidl and Aldi next year once the camping season starts.

Damn straight, 53 degrees north has them at reasonable prices at the moment (http://bit.ly/1KdGTqT), i got a pair of vango adventure xl the week before picnic for i think 30 notes each.

sadie06 wrote: »

For those complaining of the cold, I highly recommend a 5cm (don't bother with 3cm) self-inflating mat (not an airbed) which will come up in both Lidl and Aldi next year once the camping season starts.

Small enough to tie on to your ruck sack or whatever and you will not regret it! Comfy and insulates.

Enjoyed reading everyones write-ups. I forgot about Jurassic 5….one of our favourites of the weekend. They really know how to entertain a crowd!

That was a great set .. and to be honest that is where we should have all met up.

Next year we should go for the Sunday afternoon as well as the Friday.

Jurassic 5 were great, but Jon Hopkins hands down was my highlight of the Picnic, I'm still hearing sounds whirring about my head from that gig.

Yeah I seen him twice at Body & Soul too, but when I seen that Glastonbury set and heard some of the new stuff, I was as hooked as I ever was. I never got a chance to try your app Pablo as I have too old a phone, but I passed your link onto mates with Android smart phones and they were pretty impressed with it, they thought the official EP one was crap compared. I hope my info about the tents helped, a lot of them weren't raised until Wednesday evening and Thursday evening. Sorry I didn't get to Trailer park or Salty Dog at the time you were wanting info, was probably flying through space when not working sometimes heh heh.

bodhrandude wrote: »

Yeah I seen him twice at Body & Soul too, but when I seen that Glastonbury set and heard some of the new stuff, I was as hooked as I ever was. I never got a chance to try your app Pablo as I have too old a phone, but I passed your link onto mates with Android smart phones and they were pretty impressed with it, they thought the official EP one was crap compared. I hope my info about the tents helped, a lot of them weren't raised until Wednesday evening and Thursday evening. Sorry I didn't get to Trailer park or Salty Dog at the time you were wanting info, was probably flying through space when not working sometimes heh heh.

Ah the info on the tents was great cheers for that. I had to resist hopkins this time sadly, but Shamir was damn good so at least it wasn't a wrong turn. What was your impression of B&S@ep this year? I see a few people itt saying that something was amiss.

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

Ah the info on the tents was great cheers for that. I had to resist hopkins this time sadly, but Shamir was damn good so at least it wasn't a wrong turn. What was your impression of B&S@ep this year? I see a few people itt saying that something was amiss.

I didn't really see anything amiss there that magic is still there just check the Daithi video for that electronic quirk. I reckon its just people getting older and a bit bored with it I suppose. A lot of it is essentially the same as its ever been but I still think its a nice wee paradise to pop into out of the main thoroughfare.
When it comes down to it Electric Picnic is the centre but there is umbrellas of umbrellas of organisation within, Body & Soul itself, Natashas Kitchen, they are all different groups working together. One lot runs the Earthship another lot run the B&S main stage. Various pop up marching troupes in fancy dress probably coming from acts like Macnas in Galway and Spraoi in Waterford would be part of it too. If you looked at Trailer Park this year thats almost the size of the B&S Village itself, Trenchtown has got bigger too. So many different arts and businesses involved with it, its mental, its mad but its great.

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

Trailer Park this year and last year has been my favourite spot, especially late at night. It was for us the best spot both 14 & 15. My favourite new spot this year was Guerrilla Ariel, that was the best new thing for me (Despacio is not a new thing as it was just booked as a three night deal. I reckon James Murphy won't tour that next year. so that was despacio@ep, imo).

LCD Soundsystem are still my favourite EP act of all EPs, multiple times over, and again... please! ... wouldn't that be nice?.

Yeah I caught LCD the three times they played the Picnic too, the 2005 one was unreal, Herbaliser then Toots and the Maytals followed by LCD Soundsystem, they splayed me, they were just unreal, stuff like Movement, Where Is Love and I'm Loosing my Edge. Their energy was quite incredible.