COACHELLA thread

[Enjoyed]

They left the ambient holding music playing on top of TEEDs set 😭

Edit: OK. They caught it after 25 minutes 🙃

[Bosco]

I was reading that Yuma acts will be covered on weekend 2, so stuff like Groove Armada and Royksopp can be caught next weekend. If you want to see something in Sonora watch it NOW, because it wont be available next weekend. 

And on the DJ front, I did catch a little of Tiga before I went to bed the other night. He's still really good!

[Csar]

They left the ambient holding music playing on top of TEEDs set 😭

I mean, I really love that ambient music, tbh, but that just sucks. 25 minutes is real bad. They didn't even clean that up in the replays.

I was reading that Yuma acts will be covered on weekend 2, so stuff like Groove Armada and Royksopp can be caught next weekend. If you want to see something in Sonora watch it NOW, because it wont be available next weekend.

Ah, I was wondering. Thanks for the heads-up.

Enjoying Royal Otis right now on the Mojave stage.
Nine Inch Noize sounds interesting, too (Sahara).

Several hours later:
Just going through some streams. Then this Yousuke Yuk1matsu comes up. Pretty eclectic mix of all sorts of styles but mainly (cheesy) technoy stuff... Wasn't that interested and skipped thru the set... Then he plays Sigur Rós' Ara Batur...  What? What's going on? And almost in full length?! And the crowd cheers. That was unexpected as f*ck.

[Born In Planet Dust]

Suicidal Tendencies fucking ruled!!!

[rynostar]

Just going through some streams. Then this Yousuke Yuk1matsu comes up. Pretty eclectic mix of all sorts of styles but mainly (cheesy) technoy stuff... Wasn't that interested and skipped thru the set... Then he plays Sigur Rós' Ara Batur...  What? What's going on? And almost in full length?! And the crowd cheers. That was unexpected as f*ck.

Portola last year same story. Playing mainly techno then drops salmon dance...not even crookers remix...straight original.

[Enjoyed]

I've just been reading up on The Rapture. Should I be boycotting their performance right now? Sounds like performing with Jenner wasn't the most pleasant experience. And I had no idea Matty Safer wasn't a founding member. Weirdly his name is the only one I know from the band.

I do absolutely love the bassist's t shirt. The word "sorry" written in the Korn font. Bloody brilliant.

[ThePumisher]

Nine Inch Noize sounds interesting, too.

I've just been reading up on The Rapture.

Haven't they made the song that was used as the theme song for Misfits (the tv show whose first two seasons are the best thing ever released on the telly?)

[Bosco]

Nine Inch Noize...  I liked the music and I can live with the fake LIVE vocals, but I hated the ridiculous over the top stage production.  Way too much for my liking. They took a bleak and demented style of music and turned it into a sleek and sterile freak show?

Trent looks amazing at 60 though. Putting a lot of us to shame. 

[ThePumisher]

Trent looks amazing at 60 though. Putting a lot of us to shame.

Talk for yourself. I'm looking like Brad Pitt or George Clooney when im 60+ 

[Ben_j]

Several hours later:
Just going through some streams. Then this Yousuke Yuk1matsu comes up. Pretty eclectic mix of all sorts of styles but mainly (cheesy) technoy stuff... Wasn't that interested and skipped thru the set... Then he plays Sigur Rós' Ara Batur...  What? What's going on? And almost in full length?! And the crowd cheers. That was unexpected as f*ck.

His sets are something. This is a good summary :

[Csar]

His sets are something. This is a good summary :

Ha. Thanks! Even though it came out of nowhere, I really like his intention of exposing his audience to this wild mix of styles and bands who most of them probably had never heard of. A great way to expand the musical palette. I gotta respect that.

[Bosco]

being subjected to flowerovlove two weeks in a row is painful.

What in the jailbait is this group?

[Wolkenkrabber]

..Then this Yousuke Yuk1matsu comes up. Pretty eclectic mix of all sorts of styles but mainly (cheesy) technoy stuff... Wasn't that interested and skipped thru the set... Then he plays Sigur Rós' Ara Batur...  What? What's going on? And almost in full length?! And the crowd cheers. That was unexpected as f*ck.

His sets are something...

Y'all remember that this guy supported the Chems at their not-the-beach DJ set in Japan last year, right? Here's a Forum link.
He DJs like he's doing a really tough martial arts task. Chill dude... they're just records! Sometimes they're Chemical Brothers records.
The first two of these you can click to play:

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Spotted Diplo in a Coachella stream bumper wearing this:


...they also had NY Mets font styled Enya hat too

I didn't think Enya would be cool enough for Diplo, but I guess he respects the production side of her work.
Also she was once sampled bigly by The Fugees, so maybe that makes her cool?

The YouTube algo wanted me to watch this video. OK it starts out going for easy prey: "influencers", but it actually gets better once it dives into the price of everything. What did that guy pay $10k for???

I can't imagine forking out $$$ for a festival where the headliners are Justin Beiber and Sabrina Carpenter. As for Karol G, I just had to google her and I'm thinking: nope.
I'll probably never go to Coachella but the point about prices reflects other festivals and gigs too, I think. I yearn for the days when more people bought records and less people went to live shows. It used to be cheaper and easier to go. And maybe the FOMO angle is partly social media's fault.

YouTube then offered me another video on the subject which further delves into the jump from Pearl Jam and their anti-corporate stance to ...whatever Coachella is now.

[Enjoyed]

FOMO for an event that is streamed live on the Internet is kinda crazy to me. My buddy and I watched Sabrina's Week 2 set together from the comfort of our perspective couches and we felt very much a part of the event.

I will remember watching TOMORA week 1 for a long time too. All I missed out on was sticky heat, more people than I'm comfortable being around, and spending the $$$ you mentioned!

Might be kinda sad, but it was more Fun On My Own.

[Bosco]

Coachella is worthy of all its criticism and worthy of all of its praise.

It was once a really great music festival, it's now different. If you're a Coachella veteran from the past, you can still see the spirit of the original festival lives on, albeit, to a much smaller degree.

I suffer from migraines, I easily get overheated, I still went multiple times, and would still go again if it weren't so expensive.

The main Coachella fest negatives in my mind, apart from price, is the capacity has only gotten larger since I've been there in 2013, and the motivation of the crowd has drastically changed. Furthermore, I would not be happy around all the influencers.

Beating up on the lineup in terms of quality, seems silly to me now. YES, the headliners suck it's gone Pop. And there's certainly been some down lineups over the years... But there's definitely a path for music minded folk at this festival. You got to be open to different genres, and go with the flow. Obviously, don't go if nothing whets your appetite from the get-go, just don't assume your gonna hate everything you might not fully be invested in.

What maybe doesn't translate to everyone, is the location is one-of-kind. It's a beautiful atmosphere, the weather is almost always perfect, and nowhere else will you experience: flat, lush, manicured, green grass, at a large scale music festival.

This is the type of Coachella I remember:

The first three years I went, I never spent over $1000 for the whole weekend/trip. As a matter of fact, I never spent $1000, and I came home with a whole bunch of merchandise. It used to be feasible and very much worth it.

Was happy to experience when I did, thankful for people on this forum detailing their experience back in 2005. I would have probably never taken the chance if you didn't open my eyes to it.



By the way, I happened to catch the Groove Armada, Royksopp, and Fatboy Slim (WKD 1) streamed sets. They all at one point played Radiohead's "Everything in Its Right Place"


Favorite stream shows over the 2 Weekends:

Tomora
Nine Inch Noize (dig the album!)
Jack White
Interpol
WetLeg
David Byrne
Little Simz
DEVO (are we not SPUDS?)
The Strokes
Moby
Iggy Pop (Punk Rocker to his last fucking breath! Admittedly his appearance is quite sad nowadays )
Suicidal Tendencies
Bob Bakers Marionettes (The dog marionettes looked very life like)
Wet Leg
Dabeull
Royksopp (DJ Set)
Fatboy Slim (It was his usual fun self, but it look like he scored big with Coachella crowd) 
Groove Armada (DJ Set, do they ever play live?)

[ThePumisher]

[WhiteNoise]

Ha. Thanks! Even though it came out of nowhere, I really like his intention of exposing his audience to this wild mix of styles and bands who most of them probably had never heard of. A great way to expand the musical palette. I gotta respect that.

You owe it to yourself to listen to his Boiler Room set in full!

[Enjoyed]

OK. I just listened to both Yukimatsu sets.

They were great! And a lot of fun (Moaner should be played more by everyone)

But...
Is he really doing anything super crazy when it comes to mixing things? Those people in that reddit thread should try listening to a Fred Deakin mix if they want to hear things mixed together that absolutely have no place being mixed together - but somehow work perfectly.

I was expecting genres to jump around all over the place and blend together but, for the most part the "surprising" tracks were cut into and out of - and I wouldn't argue particularly deftly. The mix into TDTYF in the Boiler Room set was wonky as heck.

It's cool that people are getting a little taste of a range of genres - but it is still predominantly electronic or well known slabs of rock/pop.

Seriously, give Deakin's mad annual mixes a listen:
https://www.mixcloud.com/freddeakin/fredmix16_this-is-pedagogical-pop/
https://www.mixcloud.com/freddeakin/fredmix14_love-popeye/

[Bosco]

I'm gonna try and avoid forming a strong opinion about Yousuke, I just like his track selection and wholesome approach.

Read his notes in the Coachella YouTube clip that @ThePumisher posted:

At Coachella weekend 2, even more people gathered at the Sahara Stage than in the first weekend—that's how it felt to me—and it made me really happy.

As for my set, I made a few mistakes this time, especially from the beginning to the middle, and I wasn't entirely satisfied with my performance. It was probably because this was my fourth DJ set in four consecutive days, so the fatigue might have caught up with me.

But that has nothing to do with the people who came to listen, and making excuses like that isn't professional. So I reset my mindset and pushed myself to deliver the best possible set in the second half.

I checked my set again through the livestream afterward, and thankfully the mistakes weren't very noticeable. There were also some parts where I felt I achieved really good mixing, so in the end, I think it turned out to be a solid performance.

For both weekends, I put a lot of message into my sets, but I'd be happy if everyone who listened could interpret that in their own way.

There's just one thing I want to say. I believe this is a phrase that everyone in the world today should carry in their hearts:
"Treat each other right."

It's also the title of a track by Jamie xx that I played this weekend, and I truly think these words are especially important right now. Not only is the message powerful, but the track itself is incredibly cool, and I want to express my sincere gratitude to Jamie for creating it.

To everyone who was there in person and everyone who watched via streaming—thank you so much.
And I'm deeply grateful to Coachella for giving me such an amazing experience.

I hope I'll be able to come back here again someday.

@Enjoyed Thanks for the Deakin links, I've been meaning to listen to a DJ set from the Lemon Jelly duo.

[Enjoyed]

Thanks for the Deakin links, I've been meaning to listen to a DJ set from the Lemon Jelly duo.

If you ever stumble across his 3CD mix 'The Triptych', I HIGHLY recommend giving it a listen.

His 'Nu Balearica' mix is also a staple soundtrack of mine for long runs. Less eclectic, but a great collection of sunny tunes from that era of balearic house.

I have to imagine he spends HOURS listening to music to find things that fit together so well. But maybe not? Maybe he just has a gift for finding puzzle pieces that fit together like that. I've been meaning to try some mixes at home that are more varied in terms of genre. Seems like a tonne of fun!