Fotoreview Outdoor I LOVE TECHNO!!! Einstellungen

[Bad_Lieutenant]

Hier findet Ihr nochmals alle pics zum Aufbau der schon teilweise sehr geganitisch ist! Fotos Aufbau!



Hier gehts zum 1. Part!

Hier gehts zum 2. Part!

Hier gehts zum 3. Part!



Fotos von den Artists:

North Side:
Glimmer Twins
Honey Dijon
Change feat. Mr.C
Squadra Bossa feat. Buscemi
Jan van Biesen
Roger Sanchez
DJ Sneak
North Side Fotos


South Side:
Petar Dundov
Terence Fixmer (Live)
Ade Fenton
Dave Clarke
Scan X (Live)
Stanny Franssen
Umex
South Side Fiotos


East Side:
DJ Chess
Paul Langley
Cristian Varela
Luke Slater
Marco Bailey
Filterheadz VS Sinesweeper (Live)
DJ Rush
Marco Remus
East Side Fotos


West Side:
Switch young talent: DJ Cyrix
Agoria
Alexander Kowalski (Live)
Sven Väth
Speedy J (Live)
T-Quest
Deetron
Technasia (DJ SET)
West Side Fotos


more pics coming soon!

[g.]

wirkliche moerderparty - zwar ziemlich schwer zu finden, aber hat sich auf jeden fall gelohnt.

details wenn ich wieder in tirol bin (@soundfreak: das selbe gilt fuer die fotos... (IMG:http://www.technoboard.at/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ...) - wird so mittwoch oder donnerstag sein....

viele gruesse aus dem norden.... (IMG:http://www.technoboard.at/style_emoticons/default/inlove.gif)

gitz & tina

[soundfreak]

geil - freu mi scho gitz

du bist echt a wahnsinn (IMG:http://www.technoboard.at/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Bad_Lieutenant]

Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8


Artists pictures
People pictures
Atmosphere pictures

Review & weitere pics sind online.....

Comment: For the first time, I Love Techno could be appreciated outdoors instead of in Flanders Expo (Gent), where it all began 8 years ago. Since then, I Love Techno has become the institute of high quality techno, lining up the best DJs and live acts while not forgetting to keep a finger on the pulse and giving new talent a chance to demonstrate their skills.
After a smooth ride with Benny and Stephan from www.partybus.be, we arrived in Lommel, where we soon discovered we’d be in for a scorching hot day. The friendly police force was very active in searching for illegal substances. One female officer asked to empty my pockets. As I was wearing a pair of trousers with over a dozen pockets, filled with stuff that made me look bulky, I apparently had to carry at least something to put me away. So I started handing over my cell phone and sunglasses, while she was looking for an alternative as this could take ages. I suggested standing on my head, so every item could fall out, but she must’ve thought I couldn’t possibly be that athletic, so she kindly redirected me towards the big sniffing quadruped, which all but paid attention to me.

Once inside we could leisurely stroll and see what an excellent job the organizers had done. The setup was such that no unnecessary queuing was needed for toilets, food or drink tickets, or entrance to the tents. Each tent had a different style in decoration: North had a discoblockwall (or whatever you want to call it); South was more trance oriented, with fluorescent backdrops on each wall, including the ceiling; West had sober blocks behind the decks, which alternated in colour, and strings of light bulbs on the ceiling and later on lasers (me happy); and finally East had blacklights and huge balloons were projections were shown. The layout was well thought of: four tents, one per cardinal point, with a huge light pole in the middle. On each corner of a tent, a stack of speakers was built and directed to this pole, with music from one of the tents. If one didn’t feel like sweating in a tent, s/he could always have an outdoor party there, adding dust to the equation. For the directionally impaired, there were large illuminated news trailers too, making it near impossible to not make it to the tent of choice. Enough toilets (no charge), two stalls where water was distributed for free (big thumbs up for that), enough choice in beverages and food for reasonable prices (half of what Dance Valley charges), and to top it off a chill area and a small installation with hammocks, made the site a playground for both hard partying and restrengthening the inner human. Even those with an experimental taste could eat (or rather, drink) their heart out, as the corporate soft drink par excellence could be mixed with a flavour of choice. As if Vanilla Coke wasn’t awful enough…

Anyway, after investigating the scenery we had some listening to do, and we started off with DJ Cyrix, who won the Switch Contest on Studio Brussels and could now show what he was capable of. He made a good impression, but it was a shame that the right front speakers failed to deliver. We missed DJ Chess, who played simultaneously in the opposing tent, and listened to Paul Langley, whose rumbling bass didn’t quite do it for us, maybe it’s a matter of taste but I firmly believe that techno, while repetitive, shouldn’t be boring. I yawned. Agoria was playing in the West tent, and the sound still was crap (an overdose of mids and highs, resulting in noise). Meanwhile, the North tent hosted the Glimmer Twins, who scarcely had an audience, but whose cheesy disco-like tunes were smile-inducing. This went well with the disco wall behind the stage. Next up was Honey Dijon, who created an ambiance similar to a good night at the Melkweg. There may not have been a big crowd, but whoever was there had a good time – and I expect the same will have happened in the Rotterdam Off_Corso, where Honey would play later that evening. In the South tent, Petar Dundov had started, but his sound was slightly too massive to be fully appreciated. Less can be more!

Walking between tents, we couldn’t help but notice that the local police force had called for help from the FBI (Female Body Investigator), who had their hands full (no pun intended). With the sun and techno unrelentlessly beating down on us, we hoisted a few beers and freshly revigorated we headed eastbound. Christian Varela deserves massive respect for the set he played. Despite the heat, energy levels were maxed to new levels, hands were raised in the air, feet were labouring, and cheers were heard. Pumping techno as it should be, with crisp sound. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of Terence Fixmer’s set, where the bass was altogether too flat. Thus we went West again, where Sven Väth was ready for a three hour set that left no one unmoved. However, having not much eaten all day, we were in dire need of some filling. Much to my amusement, sitting outside the North tent, Squadra Bossa feat. Buscemi played Vitalic’s “La Rock 01” which is one of my favourites. We stayed outside for a bit, and enjoyed the sensual tunes.

After digesting and ready for more vibrations, we quickly had a look at Ade Fenton (boring, sorry), then Luke Slater (good), but what we really wanted to hear was Speedy J live. As such we enjoyed Sven Väth for half an hour more, and heard him announcing Speedy J as the best techno producer ever, which was nice as Sven Väth is no kiddie either. Jochem Paap has never ever disappointed me, and he wouldn’t tonight either. Some of the people didn’t really understand where his set was heading to, which made Kim and me all the merrier, because we too believe that there isn’t enough uninviting music being made (as Speedy J put it in an interview some time ago). As I mentioned, in the beginning the sound wasn’t very good (with DJ Cyrix and Agoria), but with Sven Väth and Speedy J everything was crisp, thumping, loud, without distortion. Either the sound technicians had figured out what was wrong, or the later the DJs, the more they know how to finger buttons. And finger he did! Kim and I went bananas (or pineapple), the tent went berserk. Definitely one of the highlights of the festival. Next up was T-Quest, whose choice of records was interesting and who despite having the difficult task of playing after Speedy J, had the audience bouncing.

In the east tent Marco Bailey was celebrated with a big birthday cake at midnight, after which Filterheadz vs. Sinesweeper did their live act, including live drums. Seeing the lads behind their equipment reminded me of Frequensqueeze (consisting of Kim, your photographer, and Jesse) live at Earthdance (Amsterdam, 2001). Raving both on stage as in the audience, the atmosphere is one of vibrant positivity. We moved on to see Deetron play before an empty tent, and as there’s not much fun in that, we walked some more to see Stanny Franssen delivering trancey techno South, which was fun but in the end a bit too much of the same. Arriving East again, we had the impression that everybody wanted a piece of DJ Rush. The tent was the crowdiest I’ve seen on the festival, with hordes of people outside trying to get in. Highly enjoyable music which I gladly dub “headbang techno” (I used to be a metalhead – shoot me), fast, hard, loud, but never boring. Hardly having space to breathe, we decided to chill for a bit, and as we zonked on the pillows provided by the main sponsor of the event (Axion), we regained strength while listening to either DJ Rush or Stanny Franssen. Benny from Partybus joined us for a short while, as he was anxious to attend Roger Sanchez’s set (who played after Jan Van Biesen instead of vice versa). We knew that was not going to be our cuppa tea, but we were in this together, so we gave it a shot. Fifteen minutes later we accused him of being an old git (which was taken in good humour), and we left for less camembert-at-32°C-like music. Again we entered the South tent, where we waited for Umek to appear. The previous weekend, driving to the Love Parade in a bus without CD-player, we had to make do with a few cassettes, of which the Umek tape was most appreciated. In the beginning he was overly enthusiastic in using annoying effects, but as he progressed and got more into it, the mixing became more flawless and there we went again…until we redirected East to snatch some Marco Remus, another exponent of banging hard techno. Severely tired, we left, glad that Stephan was our designated driver.

If I may add a conclusion to the first edition of I Love Techno outdoors, it would be that this celebration of techno was very well organized, with quality music, no queuing, reasonably pricing, both indoors as outdoors enjoyable, and enough measures taken to please the crowd (even deodorant in the chillout area!).