The official Glade feedback thread

[PaulX]

Hi, hope you've all had as fabulous a Glade as I did.

Was it an improvement on last year? Will you come again? What did you like most about Glade? What would you change?

Let the head honchos know here.

Personally I thought it was the best Glade since 2005. But your mileage may vary...

[9preciousGems]

SICK

more tomorrow..

[madbirdsazzle]

I thought is was brilliant and I will be there next year deffo!!!!

[stephane]

Hi,

It was good, especially with the weather back to normal 'glade' mode (sunny and (mostly) dry...).
Still found 2005 (and 2006) better....

Good points:
- Toilets: close to perfection.... (just a shame they are still chemical and not natural as at sunrise)
- Water point: Closer to stages, a lot better
- Less people/more space: A general "less crowded" feeling all around and particularly on camp site.

Bad points:
- Shrinking Origin stage: getting smaller and smaller every year and where was the fantastic deco of 2005?
- Origin noise cancelling: While working perfectly at cancelling noise, it generate annoying delay/reflection if you are on the border of the dancefloor.
- The "techno special" sunday 17.30 at Origin: What was that? How to killl the good vibes in less than 30 seconds...!!! I appreciate some people like it, but it was completely out of space... no happy finish for the psytrance this year!
- InSpiral: Missing the dome and more sound...
- Security: Come guy lets be serious: What was the point of searching very thoughtfully everyone coming back on sunday evening (just getting out and in to carry tents etc...). Would anyone bring anything in on sunday evening when everything is off!
- Security: I found them quite relax and nice Friday evening, but far too heavy/present on Sunday.
- Purple man: No trace of him this year

All in all a good festival but lacking this little something special.... (probably the feeling of freedom and happy peoples of 2005).

[Christoph]

Good point, the organizers need to bring back naked painted guy next year

[phletch]

i thought it was wicked (went last year too)
impressed by level of organisation

only gripe would be i couldnt find water points at all....stewards said other side of glade stage (no) or up the hill ? ...way less easier to find than last year....perhaps some proper signage as its a health and safety basic . . . .
remember it being right out side tents last year . . .
big ups to all that made it happen . . .

can we have model 500 live next year ...proper live techno band wouldve rocked it........

[Tigmyth]

Well I have just got back from another awesome weekend - smiles all round from me and Mrs Tigmyth.

Highlights - in no particular order:

Utah Saints - blinding set, heaps of fun
Slack Baba - was surprised it was mostly tunes I didn't know, a new album in the pipeline?
Plump DJs - outstanding, simply blown away by their amazing set.
Zubzub - fantastic, sounded like I imagine very early Ozrics sets used to sound.
Atomic Drop - bonus!!! Hadn't heard of these guys previously but they had me literally laughing out loud with glee.

Plus loads of others, just waiting to get all my memories back

See you all again next year.

[kangaeru]

Absolutely awesome for me - loved the whole weekend.. no moans from me!

I heard a worrying rumour that they'd made a massive loss on it - hope not, can't wait for next year

[soundclash]

Ok ive had some much needed sleep and vaguely remember this.......

Good
Jeff Mills!
Music Programing and quality Fri and Sat
Less Crowd , happy vibes
The Weather
Spongey Ground
Random people
Food
Toilets and Showers
Sound Quality

Bad
Sound VOLUME
Hardly Any decor?? (fair play if to cut costs)
The amount of minimal,techno,dubstep stuff on Sunday, not all of us are lightweights and want to chill or dance looking at the floor.


So all in all a bloody good weekend, apart from THE SOUND! which ironically is why most of us go.
Will i go next year?.....id be kidding myself if i said no. Love it to much.

[fletcher]

had a wicked time, back to the vibe of 2005

Pro's

The weather
Nicely spread out campsite (it was really quiet where we were, up on the hill behind InSpiral)
The great people i camped with, and nicki and helen who got married in the chapel sunday afternoon it was hilarious
The awesome selection of foods at glade, how nice were those pies
musical highlights for me were Slack Baba, Tomb Crew, Ital Tek,Zen Mechanics, CJ Bolland, System 7, Jeff Mills, Cassetteboy, Scotch Egg, Logic Bomb, caspa & Rusko, Ulrich Schnauss So, my usual blend of every style of music on offer, love it!!
Cider and real ale!!!!!!!!!
seeing all the police and security looking very bored as they had nothing to do
Alan


Con's
The "techno" origin special. You should be ashamed - that wasnt techno. Far too dull, i agree with all the comments on sundays musical programming, too much dub and minimal sounds.
missing lee burridge - in fact, i only went in sancho panza once all weekend, and left again when i realised they didnt sell cider.
no naked painted guy
saw pendulum play fasten your seatbelts which was ok, then i had to leave. Was busy in there though. Glad they drew a big crowd, but i still hate them.