Aurora Festival 2009 :: 19.20.21.22.23.24 August :: Asprovalta :: Hellas

On 2009-08-28 23:31, Tescobar wrote:
Dont know if i was in the same festival like some of you but......
I dont know how the fuck you know who played and when since the timetable was fucked....
I didnt manage to see any of the artists i wanted to see because the timetable had nothing to do with reality. I supported the first festival bacause unfortunately we live in Greece and even making sth actually happen and not get cancelled or raided by the smurfs is a huge success. Thats why my review last year was positive. But this year its a bit different since i m expecting more than just not getting arrested or loosing my money.

Musically this event was nothing special. Not last year and not now. I supported it knowing that in advance because i wanted to support anything happening in Greece. But when the first year i wanted to listen to 3 or 4 acts and they all get cancelled, when this year i want to listen to another 3-4 acts and most of them are cancelled (Etnica pleiadeians) and the rest play whenever (alternative stage had a generator problem, started late, new timetable was made and not even that followed) i dont know what to say. Mate you fuck up once due to a generator (for fucks sake) problem, you make up a new timetable, and you manage to fuck up again. On the main stage theres no problem, only two-three-four cancelations (sth that is normal for most of you (therefore you should be prepared), and you still manage to fuck up. Sorry guys but thats not successful for me. Maybe for you it is.

As much as i like to support this kind of events, next year i ll go somewhere abroad, where cancelations are considered a problem and where i can actually see the artists that i paid to see as there is a timetable that actually works, and the organisers care about it.


On a sidenote and to be fair the festival was better organised i.e better decoration, better facilities.

Overall a nice small festival that cant get any bigger unless some things are seriously improved.


As for the artists, your job is to play music. Your opinion matters when it concernes the circumstances prepared for you to play, but you cant say a festival was great or not. Cause if you play crappy music maybe you are happy with your self. People maybe ar not. So please dont judge a festival, you r there to make it happen. Not to say if it was good or not. You are part of the festival, not a customer that can express his opinion.


For me highlight of the festival was Astral projection, Asura, Highlight tribe, Banco de gaia, Neurologic twist, Nikitas, Carbon based lifeforms that i can remember of.

Letdowns were al the dark artists (personal opinion though since i dont like this music style anyway)silicon sound, man with no name, eat static, Youth.

I d like to see DNA , Melicia, U-recken, Doc, Tripswitch, Liquid ross, Kick bong, but didnt manage because of majour timetable fuck ups.

Good day to you and good luck in future events but i wont be there for sure....

On 2009-08-29 13:27, GuyShanti wrote:
before i make a full review 2 words on the timetable.
the timetable was 95% accurate, we were behind schedule due to delayed arrival of dna and melicia in the first day and artists stealing a few extra minutes in their sets. in th next days we decided to make the break later in the day so the dancefloor will remain wet and as dust free as possible after wetting it with water for the night, so the time table was 1-2 hours behind schedule. ALL artists (except of me) played according to their time slots.

Cancelations that happend: Etnica-Paledians, Vibrasphere and Motion Drive (who didnt come due to medical reasons and I played my set in MD time slot a few hours earlier)

we had a lap top on stage, connected to a huge LED screen on which names of the artists playing were displayed (at night)

Tescobar - all u had to do to know who is playing in case u were still confused is just come to the stage and ask the (very) friendly stage managers

G

On 2009-08-29 14:43, DR SAMMY wrote:
It was a desaster man..

Boom!

On 2009-08-29 15:14, "42" wrote:

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On 2009-08-29 14:43, DR SAMMY wrote: It was a desaster man.. Boom!

NOTHING in this festival was a desaster!!
The festival was great!
The Vibes
The Music
The People
The Artists
The Location
The Sound

Yes, there were some faults... but I will say again, Nothing! was a desaster!

On 2009-08-29 16:28, JOHN GOA wrote:

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On 2009-08-29 15:14, "42" wrote: Quote: On 2009-08-29 14:43, DR SAMMY wrote: It was a desaster man.. Boom! NOTHING in this festival was a desaster!! The festival was great! The Vibes The Music The People The Artists The Location The Sound Yes, there were some faults... but I will say again, Nothing! was a desaster!

what dr sammy means is that how possible after the live of orestis in the 1st night how possible to put oxya and opsy to play.....
1000% different kind of music......
the guy responsible for the line up could bother himself to listen to their demo before putting them to play after the dark artists....also how possible for the hilight tribe not to make the close to the main stage.....i mean u bring maybe the best artist of the festival and you dont put them in the main????this things i cant understand.....

everything else was perfect......
the camping fantasticcccc.....the people more fantastic.......the organization of the festival was also good......all the crew very kind to the people.........
congatulations i hope to make it happen again .....

ram ram