Overkill

by **noisemonkey** » 23 Jul 2007, 19:45

Big ups for getting the tent working when I heard security say on friday it might have been cancelled altogether I was gutted as it was the main reason I was there. On the minus side the sound at times was so quiet that you could hear people talking at normal volume next to you and even hear the sound of the main stage in the distance. I don't really understand why all the other tents had decent volume apart from that one? not only that but the volume was fine one minute and low the next. Total dips in sound from act to act as well. Plus the sound guys didn't respond even to requests to turn it up. On the plus side the music was amazing Enduser, Aaron Spectre, Ceephax, brilliant stuff . Also who was the guy who played before Snares dressed up as Beethoven?

by **Eamonn** » 23 Jul 2007, 19:50

noisemonkey wrote:Also who was the guy who played before Snares dressed up as Beethoven?

Karl Marx Stadt (aka Society Suckers)

by **Chemi_Cal** » 23 Jul 2007, 20:03

Beardieman and Scotch Egg on the sunday was an experience. I enjoyed standing just outside in the sunshine watching all the casualties walk out with a look on their face that said 'Why did I just put myself through that?'

by **Efflux-J** » 23 Jul 2007, 20:04

scotch egg was wicked, theough the digital mystikz got iratated by him going on too long.

by **Sperge** » 23 Jul 2007, 20:08

noisemonkey wrote:Big ups for getting the tent working when I heard security say on friday it might have been cancelled altogether I was gutted as it was the main reason I was there.

Oh, I must get my photos up and show the pics of the lake where the floor of Overkill was meant to be on Friday morning.

Haven't put them up yet as my digicam seems to have died today and I'll have to find another way to get the pics off the SD card.

by **ThE99THReDBallooN** » 23 Jul 2007, 20:20

Efflux-J wrote:scotch egg was wicked, theough the digital mystikz got iratated by him going on too long.

lol the guy was going insane over by the sound guy & telling him to cut the sound now but when he went over to scotch he was all smiles.......... :wacko:

by **Efflux-J** » 23 Jul 2007, 20:27

yeah, he was at his witsend. funny stuff, i'm sure the front of house guy signalled for him to cut the sound. good ol' scotch egg.

by **Jess_Wrong** » 23 Jul 2007, 21:09

Overkill was amazing, as expected, apart from the rubbish sound levels

But props for them opening it up again!! The Bang Face night was my hightlight I think!

by **Efflux-J** » 23 Jul 2007, 21:14

missed out on bangface fun apart from djproducer even tho i made a tshirt and everything. went for some minimal techno just cos bangface is always on and i'd never had an oppurtunity to see hawtin.

by **punksi** » 23 Jul 2007, 21:16

Hahaha! Shige's a good mate of mine and while I love the man I know he can run over if not politely nudged! And for the record Coki (DMZ) wasn't getting at all annoyed by Shige running over that was just me being overly anxious...Coki was very chilled and a lovely feller.

by **Efflux-J** » 23 Jul 2007, 21:20

actually yeah it wasnt the guy from dmz, my bad. still was funny, he did give dmz a nice intro shout though.

by **Ab$olut** » 23 Jul 2007, 21:23

coki was wiked been listening to dubstep all afternoon haha

by **Efflux-J** » 23 Jul 2007, 21:28

yeah he was, saw the beginning half of his set. the dubstep on sunday was a good idea, nice little chill down,

by **Eamonn** » 23 Jul 2007, 21:29

Argh, the Bangface balloons! Once they hit mud they were horrific!

Although the sight of a filthy dolphin smacking someone in the face who didn't spot it in time was pretty hilarious

by **silent** » 23 Jul 2007, 21:38

overkill is now my second home

soon as i went in i couldn't leave

was blown away by society suckers,kj sawka,scotch egg live band and many many more just everything's one big mashy blur right now haha

by **pd2h** » 24 Jul 2007, 08:39

Overkill totally rocked from Dubstep to Gabba you cant help but love that!!

Top set from KJ Sawka killed it everyone went mental (may have been just me :fear:

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by **phuboy** » 24 Jul 2007, 08:57

The last few hours of saturday was banging....

Dolphin and Teknoist got it just right by playing gabba gabba gabba til the end.

Anyone else think Vexkiddy was really fun too? Must say i was really confused when they came on, but quickly end up going totally mental and spazing out.

EDIT: I heard that because the Overkill tent was so small, they couldn't fit in the sound cancelation system which is why it was so quiet... any truth in this? Can't they swap the half-empty, part-time vapor stage for Overkill next year?

by **Paul Z** » 24 Jul 2007, 09:24

Best part of the festival by a mile, spent much more time in there this year than the last two years. When it looked like it wasn't going to run on the Friday the mood in our camp was gutted to say the least, so a big thank you to the organisers for getting it sorted out as quickly as they did. The atmosphere in there was immense all weekend, everyone seemed determined to make sure the weather didn't hinder things too much.

Best set in there for me was Neil Landstrumm, an hour long mashup of techno, electro, doomcore and old school hardcore. Fantastic stuff, really well put together. Producer and Dolphin & Teknoist were awesome (loving the remix of Staying Alive), Enduser was filth, Jerome Hill played a great set of tunes from 91 to the present day, Tipper was cool although not as abstract as I'd expected.

The sound from the dj sets was diabolical though, especially on the Friday. Was looking forward to some old skool from Saint Acid but gave up after 10 minutes when it became clear we weren't going to get any more power than a Tandy stereo could have supplied. If they get that sorted next year then it'll be perfect.

Best sight for me was one of the Bangface crew putting out a bundle of 20 odd balloons into the crowd, and someone promptly grabbing them and popping each one

Inflatables and mud in the face doesn't make for a good time...

by **NeilC** » 24 Jul 2007, 09:44

To all you who have comented on sound levels in the Overkill stage. I was one of the lighting technicians for this stage so was working alongside the noise boys throught the festival. We constantly had a member of the sound management team at the FOH tower monitoring our levels and were told that we had to stick to a strict limit. As many people know The Glade festival isn't exactly loved by many of the locals so the local council are looking for any reason why not to grant a license in future years, part of this is the audio db limits which HAD to be adheared to both in the tent and from perimiter readings.

Ps. To the DJ that walked off during his set and tried to incite a riot YOU ARE A IRESPONSIBLE PRICK. we were already understaffed with security in the tent and to do this was fucking idiotic. Also to threaten the MONITOR ENGINEER is not just dangerous but also stupid...he looks after montiors...not the FOH system....twat...

to all you other gladers...hope you enjoyed it!

by **Paul Z** » 24 Jul 2007, 09:47

NeilC wrote:To all you who have comented on sound levels in the Overkill stage. I was one of the lighting technicians for this stage so was working alongside the noise boys throught the festival. We constantly had a member of the sound management team at the FOH tower monitoring our levels and were told that we had to stick to a strict limit. As many people know The Glade festival isn't exactly loved by many of the locals so the local council are looking for any reason why not to grant a license in future years, part of this is the audio db limits which HAD to be adheared to both in the tent and from perimiter readings.

The problem is that none of the other stages seemed to suffer from these restrictions - the Origin stage could be heard all over the site and the Vapour stage was booming as well. I thought the live sets were fine in Overkill, but the dj sets were far too quiet at times.

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