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Antiworld, the "scene", bitching, and where UK trance is going

dub acid trump head
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Posted : Jul 12, 2007 06:50
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C'mon, Steve, come down off that fence and tell us what you really think.



Shush yuu Don't blow my covers off or I'll superglue a pantiworld flyer to your arse
dub acid trump head
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Posted : Jul 12, 2007 07:23
We found a BMW with the engine running - so 'borrowed' it and drove back to home, then called the OB and said we found a car on the drive - norty - the alarm was surprisingly danceable great melody
Justin Chaos
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Posted : Jul 12, 2007 15:17
I just saw something even more emotional than Eastenders, screw that or any other Soap Opera...here we have Enrico keepin' it real
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Antiworld would like to apologise to all festival goers, artists and crew who attended last weekend’s 070707 Festival at Rushmore Arena and thank them for their support and understanding. We are very sorry about the early closure of the festival and the problems that occurred. We’re going to try and address some of your concerns below as we are well aware that there’s more than a few rumours being spread and we would prefer that people know the truth.

The festival opened around two hours late on Thursday afternoon after passing all its health and safety checks. We were scheduled to open at 3 pm but gates finally opened at 5 pm after a later fire inspection took longer than anticipated. We apologise to the people waiting at 3 pm, but we could only wait until the council carried out their vital checks to ensure the site was safe.

On Saturday at 2.45 pm the company responsible for waste disposal pumped raw sewage into a pipe near the top of the festival site. We would like to stress that this company had been paid a substantial deposit to provide the portaloos around the site and dispose of the waste at a facility nearby, and given their many years of experience at other major UK festivals, there was absolutely no reason to doubt their ability, nor that they would take shortcuts. Unfortunately however the pipe the sewage was pumped into exploded and the sewage surfaced in the backstage area, specifically the artist and crew kitchen and catering area, which was immediately shut by the council.

On Saturday evening we managed to deal with this situation by arranging meals for artists and crew through the various stalls on the site, and with so many of the public already on site waiting for the main headliners, the decision was taken that it was too dangerous to evacuate at this time with little or no public transport and not much chance of it being safe for people to drive. We’d like to thank all that helped out here, especially the Veggedelic stall who saved the day and provided great wholesome food throughout and all the other crew who did more than their fair share. We can only apologise for the stress and extra work this caused. We appreciate that you all worked far more than had been agreed and will be in touch with you individually about your refunds. We would like crew to know that we had actually spent thousands of pounds on food and supplies to get us all through the festival, but due to regulations we could not actually cook or start fires on the site ourselves once the crew kitchen had been closed.

By Sunday it was evident that we couldn’t feed all the crew and the environmental health issues were growing. There were concerns that if it rained the sewage would get into the water table and contaminate the festival area, putting the health of festival goers, artists and crew at risk. The festival was closed around midday on Sunday after a council inspection showed that there was no way that the environmental safety issues could be resolved in the time we had left. We couldn’t feed the crew we had left and the medics had left thanks to the health and safety issues, so the police recommended we close the site or else they would be forced to take further action. However with so many party-goers still in festival mode it was impossible to evacuate the entire area in a hurry, although we couldn’t start cleaning up or doing any work until the public were off the site.

If we hadn’t shut when we did Skazi and Talamasca would have played. They were waiting and were just as disappointed as the rest of us that they didn’t get to play in the end. Whether artists play or not, they still need their flights and hotels paid and it’s a long way to come and sit in a hotel room.

Another point that should be addressed is that we placed too much expectation on our ticket sales when planning the festival. Originally our plan was to stage a 5,000 capacity camping festival, but we then found out it needed to be bigger if we wanted to use the awesome Rushmoor Arena site. The licence was granted for 15,000 campers — another mistake, because there was no possible way for Antiworld to sell that many tickets in today’s current climate, despite the great efforts of the many promoters, artists and crew involved.

By April 2007 sales were still slow and the festival should have been cancelled and tickets refunded, but we still felt we could move forward with the help of sponsorship and more advance sales. By June 2007 sales were steady but not in the numbers we had hoped and sponsors were not available due to commitments made to other festivals. By this time, we had spent a lot of money in advertising and in fees toward artists to secure the dates. Many of the artists who didn’t turn up to perform had already received 50% of their fees in advance but decided not to turn up because the remaining 50% due had not cleared into their account on time. We know this was a big disappointment for some of those who came to the festival hoping to see a favourite act; again we can only apologise.

After years of planning and preparation we are devastated by the outcome and can only apologise to the many festival goers, artists and crew who were as sorely disappointed as we are after losing out on the final seven or so hours of the festival. We’re also aware that there were some organisational problems with the festival itself and due to there being lower numbers than expected, some artists and stages were cancelled. The cancellation of the stages/artists was down to agreements between the specific artists and promotions involved: as explained above, deposits had been paid.

We’d like to thank the council for making sure the festival opened in the first place and for helping us provide a safe yet beautiful venue for people to party in. We all had the welfare of festival goers at heart and did our best to make sure things were as safe as possible at all times, especially given the extreme recent weather conditions. We’d also like to thank the police for their help closing the festival on Sunday afternoon. Closing a busy festival at its peak was always going to be a challenge and the police made sure festival goers and crew were informed and able to stay on site until they were ready to move — leading to many saying that Sunday was their best night of the festival, with so many groups of chilled out festival goers and crew making the most of their time left.

Most of all though, we’d like to thank the 5000 party-goers, artists and crew that made this such an incredible event. Yes there were a few things that went wrong, and the people involved will be contacted over the next couple of weeks to discuss their individual situations and try and make amends. Overall however the crowd, site, stages, music and production were fantastic.

We hope that festival-goers, artists and crew and anyone else who has suffered as a result of this event can bear with us over this difficult time and ask you to please understand that we are not doing this for the money: we have lost everything — the income from many successful events, years worth of planning and hard work and any goodwill we may have built up over the years from party goers, artists and last but by no means least, our crew.

Please direct your feedback to e303power@hotmail.com or text 0779 321 9497. Don’t call or leave a message but text and we’ll get back to you over the next couple of weeks. We realise that many people need refunds and compensation for the money that have lost, but this is a situation that is going to take some time to sort out. We need to hear your suggestions and concerns, especially if anyone has any video footage of the waste that ultimately led to the site being closed, as we will need as much evidence as possible for our legal proceedings.

Thanks again to all the festival-goers, artists and crew who made this one hell of a festival.

Peace and love,
C
Antiworld



Can you hear the violins?
          My fake plants died, because I did not pretend to water them.
koalakube
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Posted : Jul 12, 2007 19:42
What I really dont understand is why people that were not involved in anyway with this festival (i.e. were not playing there,didnt attend) are having fun slacking off this event.

Very childish and stupid in my opinion.
canyouhearthegoblins


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Posted : Jul 12, 2007 19:44
justo can you bloody stop using my name in vain
DJ Buju
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Posted : Jul 12, 2007 22:45
@ Dumb acid trump head

Please watch your language and follow the guidelines or your posts will be deleted.


Also this is not a specific antiworld thread people so please all your 070707 comments you should address to the festival section and to the right thread
Here we were discussing the "UK Scene" as a whole so please lets keep it this way.

My comments on this horrific experience will be told soon on the festival thread.

BUJu
Justin Chaos
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Posted : Jul 13, 2007 12:03
Georgie

          My fake plants died, because I did not pretend to water them.
dirty 1

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Posted : Jul 13, 2007 19:21
buju..if its held in england surely the multinational audience can comment even if its not in the festival part of the site.dont get to emotionally connected to the failure of this organisation as a moderator.its not open minded which u need to be to moderate
Si B
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Posted : Jul 14, 2007 16:57
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I DON'T understand trance purists and I would cream my pants if a regular night started where psy, techno and maybe house djs actually shared the main room rather than relegating one style to a broom cupboard ghetto. I've even seen this done BACK TO BACK at house parties but I don't think anyone would dare do that at a club. So yes, I want change, and I am a fantasist, but I think I speak sense.. So yeah save trance, promote techno ;p



http://www.minimal-mayhem.co.uk

We've been trying to do this in the last year!
DJ Buju
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Posted : Jul 14, 2007 17:03
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On 2007-07-13 19:21, dirty 1 wrote:
buju..if its held in england surely the multinational audience can comment even if its not in the festival part of the site.dont get to emotionally connected to the failure of this organisation as a moderator.its not open minded which u need to be to moderate



Wow dirty thanks for letting me know what should be done as a mod
Im asking to maintain a civil language in this thread. No foul language is accepted here mate.
Also pointing out that this is not the official "festival review" thread and that comments regarding festival should be written there. kapish?

BUju
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Posted : Jul 17, 2007 02:06

For me it is quite easy to be critical of Antiworld, For there parties mostly laden with Hommega artists etc. However for me it was my gateway into the world of trance if it was nt for the antiworld indoor festival at ali pali 2004 i would never have discovered trance. The party left me overwealmed and completely amazed although over time my tastes have evolved without antiworld this would nt have occured. Although it is not really for me now surely how we define trance or what we feel sounds good evolves over time and antiworld is a good way to enter. Although i would agree with previous comments that more UK based artists should be represented to give a more complete party. For me wild things records are just superb at the moment Reality Grid etc thats psychedelic trance for me just sensational. These guys rock not to mention Liquid records. In my opinion parties should represent a cross section of artist from different labels and not just rely on any particular label in its entirity, perhaps this gives amore complete view of trance and the differing directions the labels take. The Uk scene is very much alive however perhaps for Antiworld a more progressive approach to parties is needed.
Justin Chaos
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Posted : Jul 18, 2007 14:01
Mate...Antiworld doesn't give a flying f**k about the scene or giving chances to artists, they are here for the business of making money and that's it.
          My fake plants died, because I did not pretend to water them.
Michael H


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Posted : Jul 22, 2007 02:34
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antiworld parties are the very bottom rung of the international psytrance ladder.


Caligula
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Posted : Jul 23, 2007 14:16
okay.. moving on to something a bit happier and positive..

i apologise profusely my somewhat caustic rantings about the state of the uk scene.. because Glade festival this weekend was absolutely mind-blowing! what a party.. great people, incredible system, relentless lineup.. it just got better and better. Eat Static.. oh my god!!! Tristan, Laughin Buddha and vibrasphere also kept me stomping from the moment i arrived until i left.. except of course when they turned the music off between 12 and 12 (wtf??). The UK has shown up many countries i've visited for fests in europe.

truly top class!
          difficile est non saturam scribere
koalakube
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Posted : Jul 23, 2007 17:05
Just came back from Glade.
Awsome.Even tho weather conditions were quite bad.
Big ups to the ID SPiral crew ,productions office (they have been very helpful,especially on our way out with 30 kgs of equipment ) all the stewards ,artists and party people.

Respect,

Peace n Dub


mb



p.s. just an off topic consideration.Its very funny to read comments dissing 070707 from people that have been begging to play there . lol
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