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WORLD BRIDGE IV August 7th - 9th Deerfields, NC
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bastardsamadhi
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Posted : Aug 11, 2009 00:40
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fun was had...
music was trippy..
good to see everyone 
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Squee.Isme
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Posted : Aug 11, 2009 00:59
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deer fields is by far the most beautiful land i have experienced for a trance event. the land is some 940+ acres of sprawling orchards and glorious fields, 2 large beautiful ponds with boats, rustic old cabins and a huge-mongous stage. The west coast artists were given a cabin to stay in with full facilities and food prepared throughout the weekend. The weather was perfect, a little humid of course, but only 30 minutes of rain around noon on saturday. I didn't have to wear a sweater much throughout the whole weekend. I got to see a cardinal bird, which i have never seen before, they are sooooo bright red! The ponds had turtles in them and big fish swimming all about, the water perfect for diving into from your floating platform with the bed on it. decks and wood bridges, SHIT, i don't know i should just stop the place could be talked about forever!
The music was good throughout the weekend, with a nice smattering of talent from different states. I was a little dissapointed in how many "dj's" are using ableton to mix prewarped tracks and just pushing play, standing up there dancing, doing nothing while the track does its thing... but the music was good and the first night people properly didn't rock to hard to save energy for saturday. I slept most of friday night, which was a much more apocalyptic night, much truly darker music this night. Saturday night was really nice, good music throughout. I got to help create Catatonic Despairs live set in ableton as he had not ever used it before. His music was very creepy and experimental psy, very low frequency and heavy. He played around 1am and after him was kelly, a georgia local with a heavy more russian style music he dj's, followed by the west coast section of the day. Freaks of Nature set was awesome, very clean. we had a great time playing the sunrise set and being able to finally see the dancefloor. Dylans set was incredible as always and was the best way to spend the sunny morning, i was a little bummed that when he played the 'everybody get naked' sample, no one did, but you can't get everything you hope for... naked trancers are good for everyone! Pan Tripsa followed with some really pushy kind-of progressive basslines with a psytechno feel, was really nice. Then psoinic finished with some more pushy music. The rest of the day involved several swimmings, and good conversation.
when i was helping catatonic despair setup the computer for his set, this dj from texas was playing. he had one track left and cued up, a 12 minute track. while i was plugging rca's into sound cards and such he pushed play on his last track and .... it was our track, FUNKY TOWN!!!! before 5 seconds passed i had thoroughly rebuked the kid and forced the song off the sound system. Major party foul!!! I did thank him for liking our music hehe, and was happy that i was behind the decks when the blunder began. hopefully in the future this dj can be a little more aware of who is playing at the party with him. and for those who haven't figured it out yet... DON'T PLAY MUSIC BY AN ARTIST THAT IS PLAYING LIVE AT THE SAME PARTY!!!
i had a great great time there all around, one of the best! the dancefloor was solid and the people over in the south are just so freakin chill and they walk so slow, they feel very much like nw-ers on a slightly slower pace. I had some great conversations and met great people. Spent a lot of hilarious times mani and jeff and dylan and kevin, what a bunch of freekin jokers we all are, i felt as if the comedy troop had come and unleashed itself on whoever dared step up to the rockingchair-covered cabin porch. we really are a family us west coasters, and i think that this particular little group of artists we had at world bridge will become more connected and be touring together soon, slammo-ing it up all over the place.
now i am hanging out with Jason and his wife Meg, 2 sweet people with smart heads on their shoulders who have a really nice big lcd screen and cable and ac in their house!!! tonight we all eat with dave and casey and then tomorrow back to seattle on the plane, wednesday back in portland to my bed. I have had a wonderful time here and i can't wait to come back for the next world bridge.
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OpenSourceCode
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Posted : Aug 11, 2009 18:25
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supeeerrrrrrrrb party!
Well-organized and run, insane music, wonderful feeling of family and community.....I could go on for hours!
the musical highlights for me were Freaks of Nature & Secret Society, but EVERYBODY was awesome. I feel like I'm pretty intimately familiar with The State of Dark Psy Today. And I like what I hear! Like somebody said, we've come back around to include a few dancier elements among the madness.....and the production levels all around were just astonishing!
Great people, great land, great music, GREAT TIMES!
Thanks to all who made it happen!
 Quantum Frog / Anomalistic
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@ktif
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Posted : Aug 11, 2009 18:50
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@ Squee
That might not be the correct approach to someone playing your music. First of all the version of funkytown that was being played was SUUUPER DIFFERENT and reworked compared to the version that the other dj (whoever it was) had. Your version was WAAAAAYYYYY better. Right?! At least from the last time I heard it at Sacred Seed.
Also it is nice to hear your tracks being used in a different context to what you are using them for. Look at it as more of an endearing compliment rather than slam. Although I live by the rule of not playing tracks from artists at parties, others might have different personal rules for that. But at the end of the day it is another enthusiastic fan of YOUR music who wants to share YOUR music with others, and give others the experience you gave them with your music. On the other hand the "funky-town" ISSS kinda super unique and I understand you wanted it to be saved.
I looooooved your stuff guys. Please keep up the good tunes. Be careful though, the more solid sounds you make, the more dj's are gonna want to slang that shit. This is just my $0.02 on the matter.
Chillumafia
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emilybobemily
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Posted : Aug 11, 2009 18:58
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it was only a couple hours before they were about to play... thats hairy. lol
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Vortex Psytrance
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Posted : Aug 11, 2009 19:24
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We landed safely into home territory bout 4 hours ago.
UN_FUCKING_REAL!!
That's the only words that come to mind at the moment.
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@ktif
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Posted : Aug 11, 2009 19:28
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On 2009-08-11 18:58, emilybobemily wrote:
it was only a couple hours before they were about to play... thats hairy. lol
maybe if it was friday night...
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Good point, I didn't consider it. |
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psymonk
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Posted : Aug 11, 2009 19:33
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boom to world bridge! |
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mist
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Posted : Aug 11, 2009 19:41
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thanks to those people for having me to come out and play while i was in town visiting the folks. wish i could have spent more time at the festival, but you know how parents can be.  it was great to see so much extended family and meet lots of new people. great times, indeed!
ps - the texas dj in question was probably uhm. i've heard him throw down that track before....
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MR VOMERS
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Posted : Aug 11, 2009 19:59
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lol no need to call anybody out on the matter. sick tracks from everyone indeed. I still need to finish up the novel of a post i'm working on about the festival.
When tracks are released, technically they are free game. It's a debateable topic for sure, unreleased music is SUPER OFF LIMITS but when this music is already out it makes the terms a little bit different. Common courtesy to not play these tracks is what it boils down to  . I respect all artists also whom are playing festivals but some people may not even realize the artists music they are always playing. I've asked many people playing "WHO IS THIS?!?!?!" and MOST of the time the person playing says "I'M NOT SURE" lol.
ok more to come. lol
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mist
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Posted : Aug 11, 2009 20:13
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guess i should clarify that i'm not trying to call anyone out as i wasn't even there saturday night to witness it... but "texas dj" was mentioned, and i just didn't want anyone to think it was me.
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Axis Mundi
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Posted : Aug 11, 2009 20:31
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It's so great to hear people talk so highly of World Bridge... it's been one of my favorite parties to attend since I've been listening to this music, and it's been an honor to have attended, worked crew, and performed at past World Bridges. To hear it was such a success really makes me happy I hope I'm in a position to be involved with World Bridges to come.
Just a small note about about the side topic... I can understand the points of all sides. To me it would be a HUGE honor to hear a DJ play a track of mine at a party. It would definitely give me a lot of joy. If I were performing live, though, it would be kind of more than annoying because: to have my track played by another would make it rather redundant when I played it. I use bits and pieces of everything I've done in my sets, and I'd feel obligated to have to somehow rethink my entire set before I played with very little time to do it, which would be a real pain in the butt in my efforts to keep my performance unique. I use around 1000 to 1500 samples and loops (audio and midi) in a typical two hour set which takes a lot to prepare and coordinate. Fortunately I haven't had to deal with that yet. But of course it's always nice if a DJ would at least check to see if it was okay beforehand but hey, shit happens I guess. Seems like everyone handled it with a proper attitude and that's all contributing to the excellent vibe that's made every World Bridge special to the people who take part. Great job all!
Actually that whole thing reminds me of a funny story that happened last October in Spain... Mubali and I played the same party and just to mess with him, I dropped one of his tracks in my mix that he didn't play (I played a few slots after he did)just to see what he'd do (we were all a little drunk and silly on absinthe lol) and he didn't even notice, LOL! which totally spoiled the fun in my joke... He was out there on the dancefloor grooving right along and when I mentioned it to him later, he was totally surprised, and we all had a good laugh, haha... and that's what it was all about... definitely a fun and memorable party there! (He did catch me in the act trying to assface him while he was sleeping though... guess I need to practice some more to reach Kelly's superior assfacing level. hehe  )
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Squee.Isme
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Posted : Aug 11, 2009 23:19
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ya honestly i did see it as flattering and thanked him like i said, but flattering or not, i was not down for him to play it with us playing it so soon after.
my policy is don't play music of someone that is playing that party, released or not. either way though, i doubt it would happen again. we have all done something really stupid behind the decks, right? like, hmm, i have stopped the music during other peoples set on accident by taking out the wrong cables, i have pushed cue on a track while it is playing and started it over, my head exploded one time during a set and it was cut short plus all the ooze and grey matter had to be sopped up before the next guy played. it is a learning experience, this crazy life, and if we don't make mistakes then how do we learn, nuff said for me.
again, such a great time, i didn't meet a single person there that didn't belong there. everyone was hospitable and friendly. deer fields is heaven on earth. can't wait for the next one!
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Squee.Isme
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Posted : Aug 11, 2009 23:32
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ps...
im sorry that i even said what state he is from, i had no intention of bringing up who the person was, just mentioning the experience
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fuzzikitten
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Posted : Aug 12, 2009 00:45
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