The official Glade feedback thread

[discopete]

anyone else not impressed with the volume of joe bananas and rabbit hole!

joebananas was louder than either overkill or breaks if you were sat outside, between the two

Quite conversly. That problem should have been solved by not limiting the breaks tent and overkill to a whisper. More noise excapes from my car with the doors closed and the windows wound up.

I was talking to the noise nazis in both tents, work experience teenagers who had specifically been chosen to man the monitoring because they had no interest in the music. 'Not really my thing, I'm just doing my job.' Any attempt conversation about why a break, buildup and drop are called such things was like attempting to explain jaffa cakes to someone who had only ever seen a cabbage.

[tektris]

Thanks to the organisers for a brilliant Glade!
(The best Ive had so far.)
Much better with cutting the numbers.

As for people moaning about sound levels, where I did find them low at some points , it was a vast improvement on last year.
This is not something controlled by the organisers as much but by the strict heath & saftey laws (do something usefull get some balls & moan to authorities!)

The "techno" origin special was one of the highlights of my weekend! Very clever , well produced and well mixed.
Bring back some outdoor techno next year , and as for all you one track psy lovers , this isnt what glade is about so fuckin get used to it.

Ideas for next year- Techno with a more harder sound ( Andeas Kremer , Pet Duo etc) would be great.

Peace, respect & thanks for a most amazing time.

[9preciousGems]

This thread is a great read.

I would also like to add that the atmosphere in bangfance was absoulutely immense The horns, the ballons, the lighting. Everything about it was just seomthing i havent experienced before. I cant wait for next year!!!!!!

[jcbass]

Weather and atmosphere was great and i will always return to glade year in year out.

But your sound is still rubbish!!! There is no way you should be able to hold a normal convosation whilst listening to bangface sets, and having to reduce levels of sound because of complaints from locals is not an excuse, just hold it somewhere else, there must be plenty of sites.

Other than that all the acts were fantastic and i was pleased to see the site had recovered from last years demolition.

p.s Can we get rid of Idspiral? Its cr*p.....could have another stage and more banging tunes!

[kai]

My first Glade and I had an awesome time.

Caught very few full sets.


Highlights of the weekend for me were (in no particular order): Meat Katie, KJ Sawka, Dubfire, Pendulum, Mills, Lukes Anger, Droon, Utah Saints and the vibe in the ID-Spiral.


Also caught parts of Atomic Hooligan, The Grid, Billy Nasty, Daddy Freddy (wanker!!!), The Orb, Chris Clark, Ans & Allaby, Steve Thorpe, Peter Paul, Stanton Warriors, Tomb Crew, Warlock, Godfather, Bolland, Vibes, Bong-Ra, Hellfish, Scotch Egg, Marousa, DJ Distance, Tim Sheridan & Mr C, Tribe of Frog DJ's and The Sancho Panza residents on the Sunday.

(Took some line-up referencing to remember all that lol)


All in all a wicked weekend with lots of interesting, forward thinking new music and lots of good party people having a good time!


Just a few gripes - volume levels after 12 o'clock were FAR TOO LOW! Spoilt many a set - especially for techno fans as only loud techno set we got all weekend was Ans & Allanby as Vapor didn't open till 12! Carrying on this policy is going to put lots of people off coming - if its such an issue with noise at that site then moving sites could be necessary for the festival to survive imo!


Also only one outdoor stage was a let down - especially as it was nasty psy-trance - loved that we got some techno on it eventually on the Sunday though.

Closing at 8 on Sunday had its pluses - particularly that meant a good nights sleep before going home - but surely could have gone on till 12 and got same effect - and then closing sets would have been in darkness which woiuld have been much better.
At very least ID-Spiral could have been allowed to continue past 10!

One last gripe - distinct lack of water points - one near each psy stage at either end the festival but none anywhere else - meant hell of a mission for water if you weren't a psy fan!



However, despite all these gripes I'll be back next year for more good forward thinking music with good people - just hope these issues get resolved!!!

[youllneverbe]

Back to work after another Glade Festival and I don't like it one bit. Wish I'd taken the whole week off... grumble grumble etc. Still, I think over all it was a great weekend... wish I'd been part of a bigger group though, I spent most of it on my own. Never mind, I have an exemplary history of solo raving/gig-going. If my useless mates want to miss out that's their loss after all, and there's no better place to talk to randoms than Glade.

Highlights:

The Orb - a brilliant end to the festival, much anticipated and they totally delivered. They updated some classics and it was great to hear that trademark psychedelic sample-raiding that made their name.
Autechre - classy set. Deep as fuck, no obvious 'drops', very atmospheric and the sound had sorted itself out by the time they played.
Current Value - like X&Switch following VSnares last year, he really stepped up and it was fucking great.
Saint Acid - only half an hour but very good nonetheless.
Bong-Ra - too fucking quiet, yes. But very very good.
Casper & Rosko (can't verify spelling) - bass poisoning.
Wisp - made my day to see this last-minute addition to the lineup. Totally brilliant set.
Daedalus - great fun, great concept and he seemed a very nice chap too.
Digitonal - criminally empty tent. Very lush music.
Cassetteboy - genuinely hilarious.

Pro:

- Chilled-out vibe, in complete contrast to last year's "we must have hard-core madfun at all times because of the pissing rain".
- It seemed less of a... (cough)... pharmacy this year, which was nice seeing as I only drink and smoke the occasional jazz cigarette these days. Not that I object, just that 06 & 07 I felt a bit left out... I know what my brain & body can and, more importantly, can't handle and it was good not having it rammed down my throat all weekend.
- The food, especially the Chilli fire engine and the sausage & egg breakfast baguettes sold at the toastie stand.
- Didn't get searched on entry. Would've been a pain in the arse.
- Lovely cold pints of Red Stripe, a genuine pick-me-up on several occasions.
- The many beautiful ladies present. I yearn for you all.
- Everything else about the festival.

Con:

- The Bangface volume, obviously.
- My mates. I love 'em but they always over-indulge and end up sleeping for most of the rest of the weekend. If you can't take the heat etc., to coin a phrase.
- The Scottish cunt that opened my tent at 2.30am Saturday morning and shone a torch at me. Blatantly thieving (and that's not an anti-Scot slur, judging by the reports of others it's the same kind of time people got their things stolen). Still, it woke me up, which prompted me to roll up and get back down to Bangface and watch some Hellfish.
- A few more people would have been nice. There wasn't enough atmosphere where we camped.

It was a great festival all told, and I will be coming back and bringing more people with me next time.

[kaneda]

Back to work after another Glade Festival and I don't like it one bit. Wish I'd taken the whole week off... grumble grumble etc. Still, I think over all it was a great weekend... wish I'd been part of a bigger group though, I spent most of it on my own. Never mind, I have an exemplary history of solo raving/gig-going. If my useless mates want to miss out that's their loss after all, and there's no better place to talk to randoms than Glade.

Same here - over indulgent mates left me wandering around on my own a lot of the time. It's not such a bad thing, I got the chance to absorb the atmosphere and meet some randoms but it's always better if you have a big group of up-for-it mates that know how to pace themselves.

[uthred]

sound crisp but to lowwww!. the orb (bad) tayo (bad) amok in the sunhine nice, donna summer wicked, dee kline wizard top,jeff mills bad but i could hear sanho panza over him, logic bomb nice, also BIG SHOUT! to the girls on drums in the rabbit hole on sunday moring! very nice vibe ladies. and the nos head kids playing ragga in the bar you nutters! top weekend but TURN IT UP1

[naughtymrhugh]

I agree that the close to the Origin stage was a let down after what had gone down before. Also anyone else think that The Orb would have been better playing after 8pm OUTSIDE? White village was as good as ever but a shame the painted naked man was away this year.

[jonno212]

PROS:

Atmosphere by all was vitually perfect...by the festival goers that is!
Such a massive benefit from having less people there with camping aswell
Loos were good this time
set times were much better this year too! The special bonus in that shitmat played unexpectedly WHICH WAS F*CKING SICK!!!!! HEHE... I well thought he was doing another festival in belgium or summit but i aint complaining about it hehe!

CONS:

Line up could have been better IMO...ok yeah Pendulum attracted a big crowd but for their prices they could have had 4/5 other top acts easily (i only went to see 1 of their songs and they still didn't impress me much)... I would have preffered pendulum not to play ANY other DnB/breakcore/jungle/techno artist to go on in there slot instead coz you could tell the crowd wanted MORE!!!!! or even noisia being on that slot instead or summit? That would have been better than the jam packed main stage!

Sound levels were absolutely shocking!!! Friday overkill was worst than Global Gathering's sound last year (and thats saying summit)... Saturday was better but i think thats mainly because we started a "turn it up" chant during Donna Summer's/ Shitmats set which everyone joined in on!!! Friday really was shocking though! I spent most the time in the overkill for BANGFACE (obviously) and i could talk to pretty much everyone at a normal level which meant i wasn't dancing much!!! It was such a shame coz Friday was sposed to be the mental night to go mad on and i couldn't coz you barely hear the music!!! The only reason people settled for it was the promise that it would be much better on the saturday! Thats why i think EVERYONE chanted "turn it up" on the sat too coz i don't think people would have stood for another quiet night in that tent!!!

Water points were poor!!! On the map it clearly showed 3/4 water points around the overkill and breaksday stages! me and a friend went walking to find them on the thursday and couldn't see them! I lodged a complaint to one of the stewards...coz it was one of them things that COULD have been reftified very easily (and fairplay to him he did tell his seniors) But nothing was done about it after that!!!! I'm starting to think it was a ploy to make more money on the bars with water!!! (which btw they didn't need coz i had mates working in the bars and said they were taking a good 20k+ a day...which is good in any bar!!!)

AND the security!!!! WTF was up with the HARSH searching???? My Mate got busted on the thursday for what they found on him (which was all for personal use i might add) and they were right c*nts about it!!! he ended up spending thursday night in a f*cking police cell and they said he couldnt come in the festival!!! SO not needed!!! when he got out i got him back in anyway coz he still had his fully paid ticket that they didnt bother to take away so it worked out in the end!!!

Overall it was a sick weekend and i had a hell of a good time but i felt like it was missing something because the lack of heavy pumping bass that i could get my teeth into!!! By the sunday i didn't actually feel like i had danced that much at all!!! Next year i think they should use the kind of money the used to attract pendulum to pay off some of the locals (who normally complain) into letting friday and saturday night being LOUDER!!! coz lets face it, whats the difference with a club playing loud music until 4AM??? they're both licensed to go on that late! ANDpeople live close to them aswell ya know? I say f*ck the locals... its one weekend of the whole bloody year that has almost been ruined thanks to them!!! and its something i'm going to think long and hard about going to next year!!!... I can get bangface every month and so why i should i pay over a hundred quid to go in a tent that i can talk in!!! i can do that in my garden with a hi fi!

Apart from that it was bo!

[G-BO]

pros

the weather
the friendliness of all chaps and ladies i met
the tastiness of the food
the full on party vibe in the overkill which was were i stayed 95% of the time, daedelus, current vaue, autechre, scotch egg, luke's anger, vex'd, bangface, chris clark's extra special finishing set! all artsists were nicely overawed by a brilliantly receptive crowd, still giving me the tingles
Jeff Mills playing the set that he does best, hard, banging creepy, intellegently played techno set, the noise during his set was awesome!
how close we were picthed near the overkill was awesome!
having the most hassle free glade yet!

cons

the sound on friday and a bit of saturday in the overkill, if its too close to teh neighbours it needs moved, no point having a six stack funktion1 if it cant be let loose
the price of the food, but thats to be expected i suppose


im really finding it hard to match the ize of the pros and cons list, but the sound is important!....i got on wih it, it didnt come close to ruining my weekend, but whats the point in throwing these things on and turning it down in the afternoon....

[tomska]

Gotta say, blinding festival - back to the spirit of the first two years of Glade and that's very welcome - we'll be there again next year for sure, and with more peeps. Cracking vibe. Bestival is going to have to be something else to top that as the best party of the year.

So, Highlights:

Jeff Mills
Friction - ripping: more d&B please!
Dr Meaker - my new favourite band. What a gem of a discovery.
Iration Steppas
Dreadzone - always good value.
Plus whoever the breaks/scratch dj was in the Pussy Parlure last on saturday.

Pro's

The medical staff - my mate had a fit and they were brilliant. Thanks guys.
The people - thank you all for being so fluffy (tent-thieves and excessive security excepted)
The toilets - best ever. Better than the Big Chill, and they're lavender-sniffing pansies.
The food - plenty of veggie options & tasty at that. A good balance.
The size - space around the tents, no chavs, friendly vibe. That's the way to go. Scaling down the music tents next year will sort out the empty space problem. Small is beautiful.
The site - don't be dissing Wasing. It's amazing to have the festy there.
Aspalls - god that stuff's good. Please get it in again next year.

Con's

Pendulum - drum & bass with crayons. Lame.
Vocals on Glade Stage - couldn't hear a word. What's the deal? I actually appreciated it for Friction, but with Dub Pistols and Dreadzone vocals are an integral part of the act. The sound engineers need a lesson in mixing mics (I'll be happy to provide - got years of live engineering experience... ). They seemed to get the picture about halfway through the Orb's set, but it was a bit late by then.

Other than that, I have to say I thought the sound was actually OK, despite all the complaints on here - louder than last year anyway. And I'm happy for the site to be less beautifully decorated if it keeps it small - the vibe is all-important and the site is gorgeous anyway.

BIG UP YOURSELVES GLADE CREW & SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.

[itsmarkanddave]

Whole weekend was the best we've had.

Pro's
Less people and more camping space
Weather - could sit down anywhere and chill this year as opposed to last year, also wasn't too hot to dance for hours!
Friendly people who camped near us
Friendly people we met throughout the whole weekend
Securtiy - Not too intrusive - they had a job to do and I think they did it well.
Toliets - very clean at all times.
I know some people have commented on the noise levels, we didn't have a problem with it al all.

Con's
Our friend Joe couldn't come (He'd have loved it!)
It had to end!

See you all next year!

[Beatmonkey]

The medical staff - my mate had a fit and they were brilliant. Thanks guys.

He wasn't called mark and camping a bit up from the rabbit hole was he? Ended up with a fucked up eye from the fit incident? If so I camped near him last year and this year, was good to see him again, quality geezer

[tomska]

The medical staff - my mate had a fit and they were brilliant. Thanks guys.

He wasn't called mark and camping a bit up from the rabbit hole was he? Ended up with a fucked up eye from the fit incident? If so I camped near him last year and this year, was good to see him again, quality geezer

He was indeed and he is indeed - known him for years and years (we're local boys). Cheers mate.

[Beatmonkey]

The medical staff - my mate had a fit and they were brilliant. Thanks guys.

He wasn't called mark and camping a bit up from the rabbit hole was he? Ended up with a fucked up eye from the fit incident? If so I camped near him last year and this year, was good to see him again, quality geezer

He was indeed and he is indeed - known him for years and years (we're local boys). Cheers mate.

Well you probably camped next to me in 07 as well. I'm one of the ones who camped in the big white tent with no groundsheet and babbled crap all weekend

[Aussie Raver]

First timers point of view………. F*cking ace!!!

I have been too many festivals from many genres (rock, dance, folk, art…..) in five different countries and four continents (North and South America, Europe and Oceania) and I can proudly say Glade tied as the best one I have ever been too along with the Woodford Festival in Australia 2006.

I could go on and on about how great Glade was but a lot of what I would say has already been listed so I’ll just mention a few things and my one and only complaint.

Things I loved: Layout, having the camping field and festival field as one was what I think helps make it special please don’t change this Glade had a right laugh at the people camping less then 100m from the breaks tent did you get any sleep?
Layout I thought was really well designed.
A good mix of market stalls and allowing them all to play their own music (except for the legal high store near Origin stage they played shit all weekend).
Been able to start the day with some live music each day with a fat one rolled up and cold beer really got me in the mood and warmed me up for a hard day of stomping.
Quality of acts, don’t think there was a single point when I couldn’t find something I liked. Also got introduced to a lot of new music I would of never heard before (Overkill).
Waking everyone up camping around me on Sunday with free substances and then telling them the Sunday had been renamed "finish all your stash before the festival ends day!"
The PEOPLE!!

Only con: Please pick up you f*cking empty canisters and balloons!!!! On the Monday I was talking to my mate it was both our first Glade and both thought it was the best festival we had ever been to but when you looked around the field it was like a war zone with canisters everywhere I got nothing against using nos as I did myself but is it really that hard to put them in a bin, bag or pocket! It really was a big turn off having a barefoot stomp in the sun at the Origin stage only to stand on an empty canister every few seconds.

Other then that i'll be back next year for my second Glade and keep coming until I find something else as good (if thats even possible)

[alboot]

i had an awesome time, all in all one of my favorite glades, must have been very jammy with the music casue everything i heard was fine. i did miss hundreds of music mind cause i had to sleep so much from being sick (actually sick not overindulged sick) but i felt like the cutting down on the numbers brought the old atmosphere back. defo stick to that number of folk again next year in my opinion.

apart from that well done all.

oh and clark was sick on the sunday night.

[Daft_Funk]

- the rank smell in the main dance tent. Like sour milk, or something worse. Yuk!

The smell you speak of was just dying/rotten/wet grass mate

[Exulus]

Right im going to attempt to pour my feedback on here now...as much as i can.

I freaking loved it! Best one yet i reckon...

Pros:
Excellent camp crew this year, got to know loads of people and shitmat even came and said hi for a while.
Spongey ground - felt like walking on cake in some areas!
Outside stage sound - dont understand why people were complaining about delays, yes it sounds shit around the edge but you cant help that, thats physics. once you move to the centre it sounds full and juicy.
Id/in spiral looked really good this year...even if the lights started to spaz out late on sunday night.
places to sit down and relax and not boil!
having a race with a giant snail on the friday night and losing terribly outside pussy parlour
really happy amazing people that i wish were everywhere in real life and not just condensed into a small field for a weekend
going to the pub for 5 hours on monday night with some people we met/camped with at glade and continuing glade until the small hours of tuesday
opus sound in liquid - amazing! get those instead of f1 please glade (at least it sounded really good for psy)
Nice loo's
The most amazing chai tea ever at inspiral - cant believe i havent bought any before from there - really gloopy and nice, will definitely be tanking that next year.

Cons:
Not a lot, maybe the sound was a bit quiet for remarc/bong-ra but i cant really remember, sound was fine really for me.
kj-sawka being completely clouded by smoke - surely he's a very visual act and although the drum and bass sounded good i couldnt appreciate it as much without seeing him actually playing it!
ordering a ham salad baguette and then them telling me they had no lettuce...that was a hard one to eat
missing the huge inflatable horn/bone thing thats usually there and people going "oo...ooo....OOOH WEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYY!!" as it inflates after being blown over by the wind



more if i can remember! Absolutely loved it though...and i really wanted to buy a space hopper on friday as i remember seeing one at a stall..damn wish i did that...would be proper fun to bound around the site on it! next year!