All Together Now 2023

Arcadia should provide that, when announced

Not the right kind of techno 😉 As stated before, whenever i visited it last year it was just the same bpm and style all weekend, no matter who was playing. No peaks and troughs, not banging and a bit of a chore really (except for the last dj on Sunday night who was half decent but still not great). Tbf i probably do have very specific tastes as to what's gonna get me moving and i rarely hear it at Irish festivals!

Hoping for some good DnB/Jungle at The Cambium Club though.

Mental live by all accounts. Saw most of their set at EP last time out and they were fantastic. There's stuff happening everywhere, dancing, moshing, whooping and hollering, great energy from the lads. And they can play. Not everyone's cup of tea but I'd have them down as a must see.

Looking back through the clash finder last year I'm not sure specifically who I'm referring to, but I do have a clear memory on the Saturday and Sunday night wandering around and as you described finding it very samey at a few different stages. Joy Orbison was one I remember dipping my head into and thinking nah. Would that not be something you'd classify as heavy?

In fairness I do like the lighter electronic, disco or melodic type stuff so there are plenty I'm looking forward to in the lineup this year. Would the likes of Robert Hood or Daniel Avery not be up your street?

Even though we are probably into different types of electronic music I agree with you completely on the 'going through the motions' feeling of a set not really going anywhere and people just dancing because their whacked. I found my fun eventually in Ping Pong Disco on the Sunday with Brian Ring but suspect that is exactly what you are avoiding! Also found Inside Moves very good on the Sunday evening at the AVA stage which was heavier.

Cheers folks. Will listen to more of them as liking it so far!!

Yeah, we're very much at opposite ends of the electronic spectrum!😀 I too popped into Joy Orbison for 15 minutes or so, but like everywhere else, it was going nowhere. Didn't find it heavy but i suppose it could be to someone who was into the lighter end.

I'm not really familiar with Robin Hood but what i have heard was quite minimal, which is something i love in guitars but not in techno. Daniel Avery i've never really got the fuss about, certainly not on record anyways, but i will check him out live.

The 'going through the motions' set is something we seem to get a lot of here. Although tbf maybe it's everywhere. How often do you see people really dancing and looking like they're genuinely enjoying themselves? It's a bugbear of mine that there's supposed to be some amazing dj on and folks are just gently swaying, wishing something would happen. Trying to convince themselves they're having a good time, afraid to admit that they're actually bored. Looks like most Boiler Room sets actually😂

Pod has been historically an electronic music promoter. Also guitars being back is in is subjective

I was literally about to use that lyric 😂😂😂

For me, standing there nodding is me enjoying the music 😂 I've been on plenty of nights out where I wished I had a seat at the side of the club/venue where I could enjoy it without the dancing/standing/bumping into people part!

I'd imagine Daniel Avery's set will be similar to this one:

I loved this mix of his own stuff he did during covid, mostly unreleased stuff and live sketches/stems/tools:

Robert Hood's earlier stuff was quite minimal, but these days he's a bit of a mix of genres, his Floorplan project focussed on gospel-tinged house, and his own sets tend to have some of that, along with techno and house, not much minimal (at least not of the older 90s or Kompakt styles)

You do realise I'm joking with the whole guitar thing buddy? I realise I'm an antique. That's OK. I'm just having a bit of craic with my electronic brethren.

Fanirish's dabbling with humour didn't last too long eh? Ah well...back to the cryptic/snarky/occasional-pearls comments i guess.

We could probably park the electronica chat for a bit though! Gotta be a snooze for the uninterested 😉

Yep 100%, I remember a few saying that on the thread here last year myself included, even though I am someone who likes the electronic stuff. In fairness to Electric Picnic it is really something they nailed with the variety of options they had post midnight.

Bitta Ross From Friends, Floating Points, Dennis Cruz, Tibasko, Leon Vynehall and even Saoirse who I saw recently.

A funk area would be great. As long as it did actually play funk and wasn't just an excuse to play yet more disco a la B&S a few years back.