This photo is form T-in-the-park the following nite.. same vibe.I was also determined to record the entire thing on video because live recordings are my favourite goddamn pieces of information ever.
So J.B. drove us down to his mate Val's gaf who lives in a rambling old farmhouse nearby. These guy are major Ministry fans and the next morning would see me turn into one as we relaxed after the mahem with a few hours of Vals Ministry in Sweden video and other recordings as well as Butthole Surfers.
I miss Minsitry next week as I head to Paris with Aoife but get to see Butthole Surfers the following Thursdays.
We got "ready" and got a lift off Val to the massive mess of a festival site up the road. Wandering in we headed for the Pet Sounds tent where Aphex was due on in 40 mins. We met Sparky, the lighting guy who was in the central lighting rig and just finishing up with Tricky. I was trying my camera out on the rig, knowing it'd be a stable place to put the camera and zoom in on Aphex. I figured the sound wouldn't be great though and anyway the smoke/lights were playing havoc with the focus. So we met Brendan and Niamh, J.B's mates and made our way to a good location. The tent was starting to flood with ravers and RDJ was getting his shit together on stage.... he had a camera and was taking pictures of his set-up.
This photo is form T-in-the-park the following nite.. same vibe.
With everything set..... the gig kicked off. A Massive 1hr30mins of near 50% Aphex Twin music inlcuding Drukqs, Tuss, AFX, unreleased stuff and a couple of squarepusher humdingers. I videoed it all as best I could in the state I was in
and managed to lash it all up on WATMM and xltronic Monday morning. The gods of electronica were smiling on me as someone put up Squrepusher at Bangface entire set on WATMM. Praise be! I'll be youtubing the Oxegen set over the week too but thats gonna be a bit tedious... still it'll get to a wide audience.
A big pity those cunts at MCD - yeh you heard - have shut down thumped and boards from talking about this set.
I finnally got the recording on d'web in mp3 and mp4 formats. It's stored where every other known live set is at.... you may have to join to download.
The vids are also up on http://www.youtube.com/user/thekeyfumbler
Aphex Twin - 2008-07-11 Ireland-Kildare.mp3
Aphex Twin - 2008-07-11 Ireland-Kildare.mp4
For the record I've seen Aphex Twin 9 times:
1999 Olympia Theatre - Dublin- rare Ambient set with dancers.
2001 Sonar Festival - Barcelona - with Col and Niall - jungle/gabba mayhem
2001 (i think) Rephlex Allstars - Dublin - the famous Cylob-as-a-banana set.
2003 Warp Rave - Hackney - Me and Guliamo and no sleep
2003 All tomorrows Parties - with Col Nial and Antoin
2004 Rephlex Disco Assault - Bogdan, Astrobotnia, me in a wig
2005 Glade Festival - with psycho-ex-gf a tent and a load of shrooms
2005 Sonar Festival - Barcelona - with the pyscho-ex-gf
2008 Oxegen with JB - fully recorded
2 comments:
Well now that's just charming! ATP 2003 with Niall, Col and Antoin eh? I seem to remember a few other people being there but obviously they're not hip and groovy enough to warrant a mention....
How are things?
Really cool that you mention the AFX Olympia gig in 99. I was there too. Really fantastic night. Music was incredible.
That Guy (think there was one) who was dancing on stage was deadly. Never forget how intense the music was. Every time I've been back there since, whatever is on always pales in comparison.
Q: Do you know if a recording of it exists? I'm on a hunt for it & came to your page randomly.
Best of luck,
John
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