Forbidden Fruit 2015 : May 30-31

BadTurtle · 30-05-2015 1:29pm

Thought he was going to break into rock the boat. Almost a shame he didn't really.

nmg_ire · 30-05-2015 1:39pm

Site was grand prob no need for wellies. Good first day, main stage was fairly packed for fbs and it looked to me that people enjoyed it. Played a set I would expect him to play don't see why people complaining so much but then again not everyone likes the same thing that's why there's more than one act on at a time

Birneybau · 30-05-2015 3:00pm

Saw Patty Smith at Primavera last night, I'd highly recommend people to go see her Monday, seeing as it's free and that.

RolandGoose · 30-05-2015 3:28pm

Birneybau wrote: »

Saw Patty Smith at Primavera last night, I'd highly recommend people to go see her Monday, seeing as it's free and that.

Free? €49.50? huh!

I would have imagined Patti Smith live in 2015 would be a rather dull affair.
An absolute legend in her time, but these days I can't see her live performances being too vibrant or special.

wacotaco · 30-05-2015 10:20pm

Were there people selling tickets outside the venue?

Mrs Shuttleworth · 31-05-2015 12:46am

Great night at Forbidden Fruit, Jamie XX tore the roof off.

Good food, easy bar access, lots of room to move.

Great festival, shame about the weather (but could have been worse).

Meglamonia · 31-05-2015 11:41am

Thinking of heading today, If you buy a ticket on ticket master will an electronic version do as I don't have immediate access to a printer at the moment.

evil_seed · 31-05-2015 11:45am

Wu Tang & Joey Bada$$ were ****in' awesome. Very tempted to go just for tun the jewels today

Pudsy33 · 31-05-2015 11:45am

Meglamonia wrote: »

Thinking of heading today, If you buy a ticket on ticket master will an electronic version do as I don't have immediate access to a printer at the moment.

You'll have to collect a physical version at the box office out there

Birneybau · 31-05-2015 11:52am

RolandGoose wrote: »

Free? €49.50? huh!

I would have imagined Patti Smith live in 2015 would be a rather dull affair.
An absolute legend in her time, but these days I can't see her live performances being too vibrant or special.

Free to those that have weekend tickets. Also, you imagine incorrectly.

Blut2 · 31-05-2015 11:56am

Hows the ground holding up? After last night's rain are wellies needed?

kram00 · 31-05-2015 12:40pm

Blut2 wrote: »

Hows the ground holding up? After last night's rain are wellies needed?

Be interested in this too. We'll be leaving soon. Nice morning so far....

Ferris_Bueller · 31-05-2015 12:50pm

Ground was fairly grand, don't think there is a need for wellies, but I wouldn't be wearing a brand new pair of runners either!

nmg_ire · 31-05-2015 1:18pm

Yeah ground was pretty solid at the end. Few muddy patches but don't think wellies will be needed

breakfasttime · 31-05-2015 2:07pm

Can't wait for Run the Jewels tonight!

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 31-05-2015 5:17pm

Jamie xx was kinda crap, played very little of his own music. I just don't get the concept of DJ sets really.

iamanengine · 31-05-2015 5:32pm

georgiecasey wrote: »

Jamie xx was kinda crap, played very little of his own music. I just don't get the concept of DJ sets really.

He was ridiculously good...

Arne_Saknussem · 01-06-2015 1:21am

Is there anyone who's done with a weekend wristband who'd like to donate one so i can head to Patti Smith on Monday evening??

but1er · 01-06-2015 1:29am

Can people just tell me how good run the jewels where?? Picked nas over it

breakfasttime · 01-06-2015 1:58am

but1er wrote: »

Can people just tell me how good run the jewels where?? Picked nas over it

It was fantastic, they blew the place apart. Their entrance music was 'We are the Champions' - Queen. They'll be back again and Nas playing Illmatic start to finish is pretty rare

suicide_circus · 01-06-2015 10:12am

Enjoyed yesterday, the amount of ropey young ones plastered in bad fake tan with their arses hanging out of their hotpants and side boob on show was hilarious, they all looked identical, must be the uniform now.

Right Turn Clyde · 01-06-2015 10:40am

georgiecasey wrote: »

Jamie xx was kinda crap, played very little of his own music. I just don't get the concept of DJ sets really.

There's an awful lot of guff written about 'the art of DJing', etc. However, the best DJs out there join the dots between different eras and genres and place everything in context in relation to each other. Seeing someone like Floating Points or MCDE drawing from 40 years of music can be a revelatory experience. I've often went to a gig to dance about to some house and techno, but came home a fan of funk, boogie, industrial and god knows what else.

People often debate the merits of a DJ versus a live act. That's totally missing the point. You wouldn't compare a science-fiction novel to an anthology of the best-science fiction writing.

breakfasttime · 01-06-2015 11:21am

suicide_circus wrote: »

Enjoyed yesterday, the amount of ropey young ones plastered in bad fake tan with their arses hanging out of their hotpants and side boob on show was hilarious, they all looked identical, must be the uniform now.

yeah i thought picnic was turning into oxegen but forbidden fruit showed me that we've a ways to go yet!

Ferris_Bueller · 01-06-2015 12:45pm

Successful weekend overall, weather wasn't great on Saturday but the other two days it was fine. Highlights for me were Jamie XX, Floating Points or Tensnake, also had brilliant craic any time I went down to the Bulmers Lounge. Seemed to be a bit of a different crowd to last year alright, felt like a lot of people were there for the event rather than the music, ridiculous amount of young ones done up to the max and Geordie Shore type lads strolling around. Didn't see any trouble all weekend though so can't have too many complaints about the crowd. It felt extremely busy on Sunday, couldn't even get in to see Cyril Hahn and Dusky was very squashy, IMO they could have done with a bit of a bigger festival site this year as it definitely felt busier than the previous year!

If I go again next year I don't think I'd bother with the after parties, having to leave the festival and queue up for a nightclub really deflates the buzz. Pyg/Powerscourt was unbelievably packed on Saturday night for Groove Armada, had a ticket for Tensnake last night but the queue wasn't moving for about half an hour so we just went somewhere else. Happy I chose to go to Forbidden Fruit over Life all things considered!

iamanengine · 01-06-2015 6:57pm

Adam Beyer in Hangar was easily one of the best sets I've ever seen, great finish to the weekend. He finished up at around quarter to 4!

Laurel_Patente · 01-06-2015 7:38pm

Highlights of the festival for me were Fatboy Slim on Friday, Groove Armada on Sat, and Run the Jewels last night...Steve Bennett, Alison Spittle, and Kevin McGahern were brilliant in the comedy tent as well.

Gavin "shels" · 02-06-2015 1:48am

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

It felt extremely busy on Sunday, couldn't even get in to see Cyril Hahn and Dusky was very squashy, IMO they could have done with a bit of a bigger festival site this year as it definitely felt busier than the previous year!

If I go again next year I don't think I'd bother with the after parties, having to leave the festival and queue up for a nightclub really deflates the buzz. Pyg/Powerscourt was unbelievably packed on Saturday night for Groove Armada, had a ticket for Tensnake last night but the queue wasn't moving for about half an hour so we just went somewhere else. Happy I chose to go to Forbidden Fruit over Life all things considered!

Managed to get in for Cyril Hahn no bother, Dusky was very uncomfortable, ended up bailing to Richie Hawtin who was quality!

Hangar last night was grand, no queue at all. Organised **** might you with tickets, having to show the receipt at the door but not all 6 of us were there meant nothing but hassle getting the 6th person in!

iamanengine wrote: »

Adam Beyer in Hangar was easily one of the bests I've ever seen, great finish to the weekend. He finished up at around quarter to 4!

Unreal! Hangar was hopping, pity the bar was poorly organised!

nxbyveromdwjpg · 02-06-2015 9:58am

Right Turn Clyde wrote: »

There's an awful lot of guff written about 'the art of DJing', etc. However, the best DJs out there join the dots between different eras and genres and place everything in context in relation to each other. Seeing someone like Floating Points or MCDE drawing from 40 years of music can be a revelatory experience. I've often went to a gig to dance about to some house and techno, but came home a fan of funk, boogie, industrial and god knows what else.

People often debate the merits of a DJ versus a live act. That's totally missing the point. You wouldn't compare a science-fiction novel to an anthology of the best-science fiction writing.

Just have the lad email over a playlist then.
The whole idea of a 'superstar dj' is a farce.

But this is off-topic..

St. Lupulin · 02-06-2015 12:10pm

I chose Life...

How many Wu members showed up?

And what was the set like?

Right Turn Clyde · 02-06-2015 1:19pm

nm wrote: »

Just have the lad email over a playlist then.
The whole idea of a 'superstar dj' is a farce.

But this is off-topic..

Yes, it is a farce and it always was. It died out a few years ago but it's making a return again. But they're not the people I'm referring to. They're just Hollywood. The glamour and bull****.

You need to look at places like Life this weekend. Most DJs playing there are also musicians and producers, many of them primarily so. It's almost unheard of these days for someone to break through on the strength of their DJing alone. That's what the modern electronic scene looks like. Wall to wall with original, creative artists.

Forbidden Fruit 2015 : May 30-31

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