two tribes

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 · Post by **Ag3nT[]0raNg3** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:30 pm

i know a few others must have gone.

what were your thoughts?

stupid amounts of very strange people.

prodigy were wicked. amazing in Rod Laver. absolutely rammed. mad lighting.

photek played some cool tunes. sound (once it got going) was slick as.

nhd · Post by **nhd** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:56 pm

prodigy, oh yeah. nuff said.
hyper, poor crowd, wasnt feeling it.
photek, slamming, loved it.

crowds, better than i expected, saw no angst.
had a sweet time

Zerotonine · Post by **Zerotonine** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:10 am

Hyper played a good set, but yeah, the crowd was weak as...would have really liked to get a full two hours out of him, but them's the breaks, yet still enjoyed myself. I did manage to score a cheap VIP ticket afterall so I wasn't complaining. Prodigy rocked the house, that arena was positively reaming with people. Dave Seaman played some beautiful prog, and that's pretty much all I caught.

Oh, and an aside, whilst in Rod Laver waiting for Prodigy I had the (mis)fortune of listening to Grant Smillie. The dude can not mix for shit, I was completely and utterly gobsmacked by how many of the Von Dutch elite were just lapping that shit up. Please, do not allow that man to ever get infront of a pair of turntables again

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TimmyG · Post by **TimmyG** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:18 am

Zerotonine wrote: Oh, and an aside, whilst in Rod Laver waiting for Prodigy I had the (mis)fortune of listening to Grant Smillie. The dude can not mix for shit, I was completely and utterly gobsmacked by how many of the Von Dutch elite were just lapping that shit up. Please, do not allow that man to ever get infront of a pair of turntables again .

Ha. I used to work in the same building as that dude. Never did understand why he was such a superstar DJ in Melbourne. Seemed like a bit of an over-glorified disk changer and that's about it. Nice guy though.

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:26 am

I saw Keith from the Prodigy at the motor show today. I said out loud to myself 'Hey thats Keith form the Prodigy' and his entourage turned to me and gave me an evil glare. That was kinda weird. He is well known!?!

Whatever.

Grant Smillie, never heard of him...does he play mind-numbing House or something?

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 10:43 am

The only reason Grant Smilie is a called a "DJ" is beacaue of his wak ass girlfriend that was on Big Brother...Jemma wasnt it? Stoopid mole...

Anyways on another note - Who got arressted at TT...drug fiends hahahahaha

Post by **lynt** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:10 am

Channel 9 was losing it last night about Two Tribes.

"All night rave, 2 overdoeses, 49 arrests... police and ambulance praise organisers on a successful year"

um

2 overdoses and 49 arrests... successful? I don't really care, but for parents hearing that 2 overdoses and 49 arrests are successful, it doesnt really give TT a good name. What are you thinking Channel 9?

DC · Post by DC » Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:40 am

I thought it was a really average event. The music was very very average all night in pretty much every room. The Prodigy rocked it and the show was well worth being at TT, but I wouldnt expect anything less from a band that has toured for weeks coming up to this event. The most dissapointing act that i saw was prolly Armand Van Helden. Those who saw his set from start to finish would prolly agree with me.

Punters were throwing up everywhere - Its probably the most vomit i've seen at a party since ive started going out. And the music had to be constantly turned down cos there were complaints of it being too loud streaming in.

I had a good night tho....company was good all night and the highlight for me all night were the cool lasers in the Hardware room.

valuetime · Post by **valuetime** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:53 am

lynt wrote:Channel 9 was losing it last night about Two Tribes.

"All night rave, 2 overdoeses, 49 arrests... police and ambulance praise organisers on a successful year"

um

2 overdoses and 49 arrests... successful? I don't really care, but for parents hearing that 2 overdoses and 49 arrests are successful, it doesnt really give TT a good name. What are you thinking Channel 9?

i think that there were heaps of overdoses last year, so it was an improvement, or something.

Post by **lynt** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:55 am

aye its a definate improvement, but not a success in terms of drug related incidents i guess...

tricky word play

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 · Post by **Ag3nT[]0raNg3** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 12:00 pm

i cant get over how filthy the peeps were there. there was shit everywhere. rubbish all over the ground and shit, peeps jumping off the walkbridge thing into the garden, munters running from the cops, people passed out and spewing all over, lucky i didnt need to go to the dunny there, but it woulda been horrid.

i hadnt been to a 2 tribes in years. its got a hell of a lot worse.

big difference from a psy bush party. they a clean bunch of hippies.

valuetime · Post by **valuetime** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 12:03 pm

i think they're trying to big up the raves code of practice the state govt rushed through last year after two tribes.

massive invasion of privacy, if you ask me (inspection of bags, etc). still, there's no other ways to combat massive drug use.

RMHC · Post by **RMHC** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 12:43 pm

almax · Post by **almax** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:14 pm

tiggus85 wrote:did anyone see the "jumper" on the roof of vodaphone at like 6;30 in the morn, fuckin nutball, then again if i had to be in vodaphone all night i would have been on the roof by the end.

yeah i got told about that, he was walking along the beams that hold the roof up and doing other crazy stuff yeah?

Lil MiSbreaks · Post by **Lil MiSbreaks** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:34 pm

lynt wrote:Channel 9 was losing it last night about Two Tribes.

"All night rave, 2 overdoeses, 49 arrests... police and ambulance praise organisers on a successful year"

um

2 overdoses and 49 arrests... successful? I don't really care, but for parents hearing that 2 overdoses and 49 arrests are successful, it doesnt really give TT a good name. What are you thinking Channel 9?

It bugs me heaps. Big parties are now getting out there on mainstream media, which I dont care about..... but then your non partying people are hearing about them, only then to hear about the bad parts of the party.

First question I get asked today when I walk into work, oohh was that you that got done. I didnt even go to TT but cos Im into the scene, that was all the info that got across.

Disapointing that the positives we all see here dont get put across.

shepherd · Post by **shepherd** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:39 pm

Channel 9 target demographic don't want to know about the positive aspects of dance music. Like it or not it's better footage to have some girl in fat pants spewing all over the ground sitting in a gutter outside a facility owned by the state government.

I turned up to the recovery at seven around 9:30am and there was a Channel 7 cameraman setup just taking footage of people who were walking in/out ... didn't see any of it on the news.

Lil MiSbreaks · Post by **Lil MiSbreaks** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:43 pm

shepherd wrote:Channel 9 target demographic don't want to know about the positive aspects of dance music. Like it or not it's better footage to have some girl in fat pants spewing all over the ground sitting in a gutter outside a facility owned by the state government.

I turned up to the recovery at seven around 9:30am and there was a Channel 7 cameraman setup just taking footage of people who were walking in/out ... didn't see any of it on the news.

Fair enough. My question then would be is it worth the advertising at all if what gets displayed is the negative? I realise that the big parties bring awesome overseas acts and all that we may not be able to catch otherwise....

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:47 pm

That's all well and good, but...

MORE ABOUT PHOTEK YOU CUNTS!!!!!

great_magnet · Post by **great_magnet** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:48 pm

It's one of those situations that is always going to be portrayed in the same light, particularly given who controls the media and how obvious the political agenda is.

Penno · Post by **Penno** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:54 pm

Getting the same vibe from all my mates as well..

Prodigy killed it... and that's about it.

I got over it pretty quickly after that, very very dissapointed at Grandmaster Flash... skills for sure but I could have been at a uni pub sinking dollar pots to hear that shit.

By the end it just felt weird and skanky.... rubbish everywhere, trashy ravers and not enough people digging it.

And Hyper was the reason I went basically, and as has been said the set was good but the vibe of the punters just wasn't...

I had a great time with the people I was with so I'm over it. Prodigy were worth the ticket price.

shepherd · Post by **shepherd** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:54 pm

Lil MiSbreaks wrote:

Fair enough. My question then would be is it worth the advertising at all if what gets displayed is the negative? I realise that the big parties bring awesome overseas acts and all that we may not be able to catch otherwise....

but their advertising is in niche media who are careful to report on sensitive issues such as OD's as they don't want to lose the ad spend.

Nine couldn't give a fuck, either would seven, as they don't see any money from party promoters.

Regardless of the bad press Two Tribes/GK/Slinky still pack them in and seem to have a relatively smooth working relationship with the venue operator ... so the bad press doesn't affect them.

cammo · Post by **cammo** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:12 pm

Hardy wrote:That's all well and good, but...

MORE ABOUT PHOTEK YOU CUNTS!!!!!

aiiiight
woke up at three and headed down. couldnt be arsed seeing any other acts or hanging wit ravers for longer than needed.
saw the end of the breaks dj(dont know dont care who) who didnt really have the sound system pumping(6 subs, 4 mid highs).
4am photek jumps on and cranks the system to a better volume minus the mc all night (wot happened to armani?). played ball tearers for a hour n a half(instead of 2hrs) two many rewinds, not the best mixing(sort of look up to the guy more because of productions over 10+yrs) high light tune was the sidewinder rmx. 530 sharp and was out the fukn door. went past lounge on the way home to say hello to ficks and samo. and that was my night(didnt od and wasnt drunk and wit all the cops left my weed at home). nothing great.

nhd · Post by **nhd** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:30 pm

Heres teh TL for the photek set. i think its incomplete, (not compiled by me)

Calyx - True Identity
Calyx & Teebee - Follow The Leader
Calibre - Drop It Down
Kryptic Minds & Leon Switch - Hide The Tears (Remix)
Photek - Age of Empires
Photek - Baltimore
Photek - Sidewinder (Infiltrata & Hochi Remix)
Photek & Die - Thunder
Photek ft. Armanni & Sharpness - Fahrenheit Two Fifteen
Photek, Craze & MC MC - Numba 1 Sound
Hyper On Experience - Lord Of The Null Lines (Photek Remix)
Shx FX & T Power - Nature (Photek Vocal Mix)
Tubby T - Ready She Ready (Photek Remix)

so photek only played for 1hr30mins, i thought so! i lost track of time and was sure it passed by too quick

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 · Post by **Ag3nT[]0raNg3** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:32 pm

didnt he open with number one sound?

he rewownd baltimore like 3 times. not required really.

nhd · Post by **nhd** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:33 pm

yeah uh, that isnt in order it appears. oops

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:54 pm

cammo wrote:
Hardy wrote:That's all well and good, but...

MORE ABOUT PHOTEK YOU CUNTS!!!!!
aiiiight
woke up at three and headed down. couldnt be arsed seeing any other acts or hanging wit ravers for longer than needed.
saw the end of the breaks dj(dont know dont care who) who didnt really have the sound system pumping(6 subs, 4 mid highs).
4am photek jumps on and cranks the system to a better volume minus the mc all night (wot happened to armani?). played ball tearers for a hour n a half(instead of 2hrs) two many rewinds, not the best mixing(sort of look up to the guy more because of productions over 10+yrs) high light tune was the sidewinder rmx. 530 sharp and was out the fukn door. went past lounge on the way home to say hello to ficks and samo. and that was my night(didnt od and wasnt drunk and wit all the cops left my weed at home). nothing great.

one of the best reviews i have read.

and yeah i noticed you were sober when i jumped you on the street as you were heading towards lounge. Sorry about that. I was drunk

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:58 pm

who goes to a gig and writes down a tracklist whilst the dj's playing ffs?

LÃ³s Kasinoâ€” · Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:13 pm

Fents wrote:who goes to a gig and writes down a tracklist whilst the dj's playing ffs?

Spys working for APRA ?!?!

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 · Post by **Ag3nT[]0raNg3** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:18 pm

here is a blurry pic of the prodigy. it is. im not making this up.

person taking photos was really good at it.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:23 pm

Fents wrote:who goes to a gig and writes down a tracklist whilst the dj's playing ffs?

L337 muthafuckers.

aspekt · Post by **aspekt** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:27 pm

i think that's the last TT i'll be going to unless there is a totally awesome lineup or a free ticket.

it's been a while since i've seen glow sticks at a party. i can't say i missed them.

sniffer dogs caused some paranoia. obviously can't of detered too many people as there were no shortage of munted people.

prodigy rocked. GMF was disapointing. richie hawtin was good and so was photek.

saw some pretty massive punch ons between security and fence jumpers. easily 200+ of them trying to rush fences at once. got pretty ugly.

pretty trashy crowd. pretty trashy people.

nhd · Post by **nhd** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:37 pm

Fents wrote:who goes to a gig and writes down a tracklist whilst the dj's playing ffs?

haha, that list was formed from memory after sleeping on a the trip back to brisbane. so im told.

LÃ³s Kasinoâ€” · Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:06 pm

aspekt wrote:easily 200+ of them trying to rush fences at once. got pretty ugly.

hehehe.... got away with that a few years back...with about 50 peps
was teamwork at its finest...good fun...

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 · Post by **Ag3nT[]0raNg3** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:13 pm

there were people sneaking in when i got there.