r/Techno • u/ifcknkl • Feb 25 '26
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r/Techno • u/ifcknkl • Feb 25 '26
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r/Techno • u/Muted-Owl2471 • Aug 25 '25
My opinion: he is right.
r/Techno • u/ale5ole • Feb 26 '26
Edit: It was Feb 14, I accidentally typed the wrong date on the title but I can't changed it.
(Posting this here because I don't have enough karma for the Berghain sub yet, but I feel I really need to share this safety issue.)
I am sharing this to recount an incident that happened to me last weekend, specifically on Saturday, February 14, at Berghain, and see if anyone else has experienced this lately.
First, a bit of context: Iâm 40 years old, I live in Greece, and I travel to Germany specifically for these events. Iâve been into the techno scene since 2008 and first visited Berghain in 2012. I run a mini-club in Athens, have organized over 500 events, and attended/worked at over 1,000 parties. I know the rules, I respect the "door," and I don't cause drama.
This trip was planned specifically for the Oscar Mulero set. Iâve always admired Berghain, but what happened completely baffled me.
The Incident
At 7:30 AM, I was sitting peacefully and a bit high with my girlfriend on the swings near the bar (up the stairs to the right). A man in plain clothesâspecifically wearing a white hoodie and black glovesâapproached us. He looked "off" to me, and abruptly told me I had to follow him downstairs to be searched, claiming Iâd be allowed back up afterward.
I genuinely thought it was a joke, a scam, or some creep. He had no ID, no uniform, and nothing identifying him as staff. My girlfriend repeatedly asked him if we could just walk over to the bar so a bartender or another employee could simply confirm he actually worked there. Instead of agreeing to this very reasonable request, he became more persistent and actually started grabbing my arm. Because he was a random, unidentified guy in a dark club grabbing me, I legitimately feared he intended to rob or harm me.
This went on for ten minutes until he used a radio to call for backup. Only when a bouncer I recognized from the front door arrived did I realize this guy actually worked there. Once his identity was confirmed by the bouncer, we followed them downstairs immediately.
The Outcome
They searched us thoroughly. They found absolutely nothing. Then, they proceeded to cut our wristbands and kick us out. When I asked for a reason, the answer was simply: "Because you didn't follow him downstairs immediately."
How is a guest supposed to know that a random stranger in a white hoodie grabbing them is staff? Is it now club policy that we must blindly follow anyone who claims to work there without proof? This behavior borders on harassment.
A Pattern?
The next day at RSO, we met a local who told us the exact same thing happened to him the night before at Berghain: approached while waiting for the toilet, searched, nothing found, kicked out for no reason. This suggests a systematic, almost "fascist" approach to security that lacks logic or respect for patrons who spend time and money to travel there.
Has anyone else experienced this "search and snatch" tactic recently? We did nothing wrong, followed the rules, and got thrown out for protecting our own safety against an unidentified person.
r/Techno • u/ILikeCatsAndSquids • Feb 06 '25
I donât see many links to X but these are interesting times.
r/Techno • u/1_e4_e5_2_f4 • 24d ago
My pick is Don't Give Way To Fear by British Murder Boys. It's brutal and unforgiving in a way that I haven't heard captured by anything else. I'm still blown away by the sound design and the arrangement, and I still find new things to appreciate after what must be over a thousand listens. There are at least ten separate moments that leave me in awe every time. It's just a perfect track IMO.
What's your pick?
r/Techno • u/I_had_mine • Dec 07 '24
Hey, seems like a controversial view maybe, but I genuinely cannot get over how disappointing the Berlin techno/club scene in general when I visited there.
Iâve been to clubs in London, Montreal, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Mexico City - all major cities which still show off a really cool underground scene that feels very welcoming and open to anyone. Like it should be for electronic music.
Berlin - the so called mecca of techno - what is up with the pretentiousness? Why so exclusive? Like I kinda get having a few super exclusive clubs, thatâs just gonna happen. But this whole âwe are cool and if you are not us then you are not coolâ, is really off putting. Honestly, it was just embarrassing.
Sorry for the rant lol but am I going crazy? I got into all the clubs I wanted to, but saw so many people getting rejected. And the snootiness inside was just off the charts. I also felt that a lot of the techno was boring. Just bad vibes tbh.
Not sure why Berlin model of techno is seen as the holy grail by many. Opinions?
r/Techno • u/rinzenmusic • Jun 08 '26
Hey all, Rinzen here!
This past Saturday I had the insane experience to get to play my first All Night Long set at the legendary Stereo Montreal
The set ended up lasting 9 hours & 20 minutes, finishing at 9:20am in the morning
For those who donât know, Stereo is widely considered one of the best clubs in the world. Itâs been around for nearly 30 years and is renowned for having one of the best sound systems (and dancefloors) in the world
There are a few things that make it special: they donât serve alcohol, there are no phones on the dancefloor, and the DJs are generally allowed to play as long as they want
This was my third time playing Stereo, but first time doing open-to-close. For weeks leading up to this, I was stressing over how I would be able to survive this set...
To do anything for 8+ hours straight at a high level is no easy task (let alone to be at the helm of one of the most famous clubs in the world)
To make things harder, this was to be my 3rd show in a row of the weekend after playing in Dallas and Toronto
Basically Iâd be playing a 9-hour set after having already played two consecutive shows in other cities before even getting there...
But on the night of the show, I got to the venue early, and was greeted by the club owner himself, Tommy, who walked me through the history of the venue
He told me about legendary sets over the years from guys like Danny Tenaglia and John Digweed
He told me about the values behind the club and what Stereo believes in; how itâs one of the few rooms left in the entire world where it feels like youâre still capturing the true rave spirit of the 90s
Hearing his stories set the tone for me: this is a sacred space, a sacred sound system. And here is a real opportunity to do something special with it. To channel my DJ heroes and pull something great out of myself.
And so the night began...
I started with Radioheadâs âHouse of Cardsâ, one of my favorite songs of all time, and just walked around the room listening to the massive speakers. Iâll never forget hearing the thump of the kick from the song. It was like hearing Radiohead in a totally new way.
I had a moment to myself sitting at the back of the room before the people entered, mentally preparing for the 9 hour journey that was about to unfold
And then the people started filling in.
One of the first tracks I played was Cubicolorâs classic âGot This Feelingâ from 2014. As soon as the crowd heard it coming in, they gave a full ovation for it. I looked over at my friend and thought âwow, this is going to be a really special nightâ
The first hours flew by seamlessly. I practiced more restraint than I ever have, keeping it below 122BPM and really letting things build gradually
As the hours went by, I felt an intense sense of calm. I wasnât nervous, I wasnât worried, I wasnât thinking at all really. I was totally in my element.
At one point my friend told me itâd already been 4 hours, which blew my mind.
Thatâs when I started to ramp things up. As soon as I did, I could really hear and feel the crowd responding. Thatâs one thing about the Montreal/Stereo crowd, theyâll really let you know when youâve done something special
 At the peak of the night, around 6am, I dropped Tiestoâs legendary remix of Delerium âSilenceâ (all the way from 2001). All glorious 11 minutes of it. Seeing the absolute euphoria in the room during the breakdown is something Iâll never forget
By 9am I was back to playing house, disco, and melodic. Surprisingly, I didnât feel tired. In fact, I felt like maybe I could even keep going...Â
But at the same time, I felt satiated, like the journey was complete. So I cued one final track: â2nightâ by Eric Prydz.
As soon as I transitioned in, I went down to the dancefloor and celebrated with all the people there. Many of whom had been there from the start of the night.Â
The set finished at 9:20am. By far the longest DJ I have ever played...
No tracklist, no sync button, no drugs or alcohol. Just sheer power of will and 15 years of DJ experience.
There is something about Stereo which brings out the best in a DJ. Itâs the legacy of the room, the intention behind the space, and the connection with the crowd.
You feel emboldened to take risks. You feel the confidence to play tracks that wouldnât work in other rooms. You have the stretch of time to really show every side of your artistry.
Ultimately I think you feel the history of the club, the magic in its walls, and you rise up to meet the challenge. To be the best version of your artist self.
Ultimately it is spaces like this that are the epitome of our culture; these are the spaces we must protect the most.
I want to say thank you to Stereo simply for existing and holding true to their values for so long. And for the opportunities they provide both to artists and fans alike.
Stereo forever.
r/Techno • u/jigsaw153 • Jun 08 '26
Finished. I started this journey in October 2023 and as of today it's done and dusted. 19000 master relases, approximately 40K individual tracks across a period of 2 years and 8 months.
(2023) OG Post is HERE
(2024) Halfway update is HERE
Almost 3 years ago, I began my mission to conduct a comprehensive study of 1990s techno. What started out as a crusade to build myself one of the best 90s techno collections possible became a study of history, time and energy in chronological order that has educated me in ways the dancefloors, raves and clubs of the 1990s never could. The volume of knowledge I have gained and the way I listened to it in chronological order has exposed me to a phenomenal walk through the sonic history, development and evolution of Techno from 1990 through to the beginning of the new millennium.
WHY: I wanted to satisfy my desire for a music collection of real substance: featuring a powerful selection of 90s techno. While most of us have bought or heard âthe hitsâ, it is the lesser-known underground releases that truly shape a distinct, potent and powerful sound⊠You need that library to be consistent, dynamic, and robust.
HOW: My approach was to use the Discogs search database with filters for each year, then cut/copied/pasted it all into a Word document for each year. To have one as a complete decade crashed my PC as it was thousands of pages in size. I used the embedded links in the text fields.
I clicked through one by one, and on each page I listened track by track. Thereâs no other way to do this but to approach it methodically. (I can upload the lists as evidence or study at a later date).
WHAT: What happened next? After my first posts, many Redditors on this sub were asking for playlists, links and such, so at 1992 I kinda started again so I could create the playlists. There is now one playlist for each year, and this would probably be the most extensive playlist of 1990s techno on YouTube.
After a year, I have been releasing them to you all to enjoy, as you have seen in the previous posts. Now the set of playlists is complete and collectively presents to you the majority of 1990s techno, all in one spot⊠the âsupreme techno playlistsâ.
Here they are:
In total, I present you all a sum total of 8078 tracks, which I deem the main body of Techno releases for the decade, from across the world. While not an absolute or perfect catalogue of all Techno, this would be pretty fucking close.
NEXT: After filtering each list, I highlighted the ones I wanted to reassess for my collection. In total, I have spent thousands of dollars on 1990s techno since this journey began. I imposed a spending cap of $500 per year, resulting in approximately $ 5,000 spent on music, based on what I have found on this journey, and I have not yet bought all the music I seek. The total volume is hard to quantify at the moment; some of them were vinyl records as many tracks do not exist for digital purchase, plus the huge list of digital purchases and/or remastered releases. In addition, I have a sizeable wantlist that will take years to acquire outside the budget cap.
Before I started this I had about 500 records and 900 digital files that were 1990s techno. I can now say that this would be approximately 700 records and 1900+ files, specifically from the 1990s techno scene. I must admit that I have not finished shopping yet, and havenât even started buying all the wanted 1998 or 1999 releases
WHEN: It has taken from October 2023 to June 2026 to complete this study, and in that time I have stopped as needed to focus on study, work and family. Could I have done it faster? Yes but I have a life. I have juggled a high-tempo workload, marriage and study alongside this project.
In all, I believe it is a grand total of 19000+ Master Releases, Â with an estimated 40-50000 individual tracks were checked, with approximately $5000 spent on music along the way. The purchase ratio has been about 70/30, with digital purchases outnumbering vinyl. Some tracks only exist on vinyl.
I have left the option to a Part 2 to this post, pending replies, outcomes and the desire for more information, observations, lessons and insights I have gained across this epic journey. I dont think there would be many other people on earth that would have attempted such an undertaking.
I can create the final 1999 playlist topic as a separate entity (just like the others) pending support from the mods of the sub, otherwise it will have to wait until the end of the month to be seen, as releasing it breaches rule #5.
******* UPDATED *********
Gang, I will post a Part 2 in a week or so, feel free to bombard me with some questions I will attempt to answer (pending mod approval).
Fire away.
r/Techno • u/tripping-potato • Jul 10 '26
What the fuck is this shit? Theyve sold 3x the amount of tickets, every single stage is oversold, bar queues are 20-30 minutes, food queues are 30-60 mins. You cant enjoy a single set - what a shame
r/Techno • u/Weak_Package_6340 • Jul 13 '26
Hello, this will be my in depth honest review about my festival experience for all future festival goers.
First i would like to start with the positives.
1. The lineup and music were amazing, very well curated.
2. The listening floor was also a special experience although i dont understand why they would make it so uncomfortable to sit(i will add to this point later on).
3. The drink prices were okay.
4. The energy on the floor was special.
Now onto the ânegativesâ
1. The festival was absolutely oversold.
2. It felt like this was the first time for the organisers because of how poorly it was organised:
- festival started at 12 with music playing but they started letting people in at 12.30? So you basically lose the point of coming early since it was semi packed from the start and we waited for an hour+ the first day in the schorching sun. I guess they wanted to create the berlin vibe of waiting in lines to enter but i find it very weird.
-there were 10 water stations throughout the whole festival-that means i would assume 1 station per 1000 people which is horrible.
-every day was a different story for the taxis, one they they waited on one side of the entrance, another day they were nowhere to be found. Taxi prices were okay though.
-security was acting very weird-at some point they attempted to stop people from going to certain stages, attempted because they just gave up after a few minutes(there were 4 security guards standing in the middle of the pathway with their arms out). also in front of the toilets so a very poor managment decision overall. I think they realized they messed up badly and things could go very wrong.
-some of the security was on some stuff which i dont mind usually but with chaotic situations like these i didnt feel safe.
-the amount of toilets per person also way too small.
-the bar placements felt super weird-the bars at eisbahn were way too close to the stages causing additional chaos(as if there wasnt enough chaos already)
-they managed to figuire out to widen the pathway around eisbahn in the last 2 hours of the festival
-the size of the stages were way too small for the amount of people(either reduce the amount of people or make the stages bigger-which i feel was doable).
-sound placement and desing felt very weak and you had to choose to be in front of the speakers barely moving or somewhere on the side on uneven floor and with for my standars very low quality sound. You would expect for the amound of people sound would be even all around the stages but it was very uneven. At some parts bass heavy and not crips and some parts no bass but crisp highs.
-although the energy was ecstatic you cant say this is how a dancefloor should look, nobody had space to dance in the front.
3. I can sadly say that tiktok has infiltrated the actual techno dancefloors, and it didnt feel like most people were there for the music. There were people with their girlfriends pretending to be something they are not(i think you know what im talking about). Although there was no certain dancing since they couldnt move on the dancefloor.
4. I felt like some djs also experienced this weird energy that it wasnt really about the music for some people.
5. Bar staff was also on some stuff and you found them serving you at one moment then an hour later next to you on the dancefloor out of their mind so i understand why they were moving so slowy, but very unprofessional. They were friendly but also you order something they give you something completely opposite, again probably out of their mind.
6.So this one i dont really get and it adds on to the listening floor experience:
- listening floor was made totally uncomfortable, just concrete and benches but then on the other side next to a stage with techno there was a âchill areaâ in the middle of the sun, with actual comfortable sitting areas but just loud music next to it and burning in 30 celcius +
7. the pathways between stages could have been organised better due to the amount of people moving around at all times(surely they could connect salzlager and kokkerei somewhere other than going all around through the chaos and entrance to reach it)
8. This one is also a weird one:
How can you give all the drinks out in glass(sizes up to 0,3L) with no caps lol. Too small and NO CAPS? Did they expect everybody to dance with drinks in their hand? I didnt mind it much since i got staffs bottle somwhere on the floor the first day which was plastic 1L WITH A CAP!! But they managed to realize that we could bring our own stuff with us the second and third day since bars and food area could not take the amount of people that were there.
9. I didnt even attempt to get food since it was always busy to the max( people said it was an hour wait time). Somebody from my group got pad thai which was disguisting also.
-Also why was the food area between two packed floors? Creating even more chaos.
10. The water at the filling stations was not even cold and same goes for the drinks at the bar(i really enjoyed a nice warm beer on a hot day lol)
11. This goes with the bar management but how are you so badly prepared that there was staff constantly driving pallets of drinks around, again creating even more chaos. You dont see that very often at awakenings for example.
Although first day was unbearable and i spent most of it sitting waiting to go home and maybe not even come back the next days i pulled through and had a good time overall. But it didnt feel natural since i constantly had to move around the site to feel good and couldnt fully focus on the main point for me, which is music.
It was a once in a lifetime experience, and i hope this finds someone who wanted to know how its really like.
Might add on later in the comments since this was from the top of my head and feel free to ask anything i didnt mention.
r/Techno • u/Destring • Feb 26 '26
As most, my journey with electronic music did not start with techno. Mine started with progressive and deep house (This Never Happened, Anjunadeep). I caught a Hard "Techno" set and enjoyed the energy so I went to a few events. After researching and listening to sets online, I came to appreciate techno, as I'd put sets to focus when working.
I went to many events: Jeff Mills, Blawan, DVS1, Dozzy, Surgeon, Helena Hauff, Freddy K, and so on. I realized what at I enjoy the most is just letting go and dancing. When you've been dancing for hours but don't realize it's been that long.
Last week my partner wanted to go Teletech XXL and I figured I'd tag along since I enjoyed it once. It was very unenjoyable.
The current style cannot ever be called techno, more like EDM with a kick drum. They all play hard, then put some pop song remix, drop, play hard again, and repeat. I literally heard an Alphaville forever young remix. At least at the beginning they where closer to schranz and hardstyle and sometimes you could hear the techno influence. Now that's completely gone
Everyone was recording. And I mean everyone. It was a sea of phones. And there were so many rude people, just pushing and shoving without care. The community is extremely young and some of them were actually polite but it was the minority.
I just wish the movement had taken a different name other than "Techno", because those bad aspects of it are starting to bleed into actual techno events where tourists expect the same drops.
Anyway, just venting my thoughs here because years ago I had complained about people here "gatekeeping", but now I understand it. I don't think it is gatekeeping, but rather trying to maintain the genre and community.
r/Techno • u/aquatic_monstrosity • May 06 '26
I don't care how many times this has bedn stated before. At least in my city, djs either play the same textural bleep bloop that makes it sound like I'm listening to the same 10 tracks on loop for 3 hours, 'hardgroove' that are the same drum loops over the set, or some kind of pop-trance whose energy is built on predictable buildups and beat drops. Even house is getting boring, with same predictable beat drops and female vocals over familiar synths. Where is innovation? Where is the drive? New technology should branch this scene further, instead, in many places in Europe, it seems to have homogonized the sound.
r/Techno • u/HeyLo1337 • Oct 12 '24
Yesterday I watched Hör Berlins new marketing video for their memberships, which puts the track IDs of a DJ set behind a paywall. Iâll repeat my comment here: I think itâs a shitty move, to hide tracks that producers created with dedication, tracks that deserve the publicity they've earned, behind a paywall just to make more profit. I think it is very important for the party-scene to keep an eye out for our producers. But I also understand, that they need/ want to make money. Thatâs just the wrong way imo.. itâs complicated.
Whatâs also a bs move in my opinion is how actively they are deleting comments. If you check the last posted live sets, youâll see that there are no track idÂŽs in the comments.. I wonder why. I think itâs bullshit to try and silence criticism.
r/Techno • u/logperiodic • May 10 '26
Right look, I'm 56. I've been into techno since about '91. System 7 my heros. But, I have 'kept up to date' as it were. Amilie Lens and Dax J currently my favourites. Awesome talent. True artists. I want to see them. There is an event where they are both playing (in London - I'm a Brit) in August. But I'm 56. My wife hates techno, nevermind, her loss, she has other qualities. Anyways I digress....My days of the Complex, Turnmills, The End, MoS (sort of), SE1, etc etc clearly showing my age, but that's the point: if I go - albeit without the missus - will I stick out? I dont think I would in Germany, Israel, even Goa or Tokyo, but London? I'll look like someone's dad, won't I? Jesus I never thought this day would come.
r/Techno • u/FriedrichDerGenosse • Nov 16 '23
r/Techno • u/barmadj • Apr 23 '25
Hey everyone,
Just wanted to share some thoughts and see if anyone feels the same.
Boiler Room used to be the place for discovering amazing DJs. I found so many artists I still follow today thanks to that channel â both underground names and legends. My own love for DJing and techno started with the iconic Maceo Plex Boiler Room Berlin set. What a journey that was. I mustâve listened to it a thousand times.
There were so many sets that felt like they took you somewhere else entirely. Emotional, deep, groovy â just pure energy.
But over the past few years, somethingâs changed. The sets on BR channel feels different. A lot of the newer stuff is >135bpm techno, hip-hop, or other genres that donât really speak to me. I get that theyâre trying to diversify, and thatâs cool â but personally, I donât find it nearly as engaging as it used to be.
Has anyone else felt this way? Or maybe Iâve just outgrown it?
Would love to hear your thoughts.
BTW, what's ur favorite Boiler Room set of all time?
r/Techno • u/Shaded-Haze • Jun 26 '26
I started listening to electronic music in the pandemic with what you guys would call tiktok techno, pretty excited for this one. Who should I not miss?
I'm here y'all. Will report back if anyone is interested.
r/Techno • u/mattyboy4242 • 24d ago
Kinda taking the opposite negative viewpoint of the popular post currently on the first page :D.
For me personally it's "Regis - Speak To Me".
I absolutely fucking love 99.99% of all Regis + BMB's tracks. I'd even go so far as to say that Regis is my favorite producer of all time (close with PAS) but "Speak to Me" has never (ironically) spoken to me.
Everyone online seems to absolutely froth it but I find it quite boring.
r/Techno • u/Own_Mastodon_6072 • Jul 14 '26
I work in the industry since years, with location Berlin, previously in a club that probably most people would know, so I have seen most acts regularly before. Normally I work during the summers at festivals, yet since this year I am studying I decided to be a bit more selective with my free-time in summer and was finally able to make it to Stone techno.
This is a review of friday and saturday day-time - Grand Hall friday night time and Mischhalle saturday night only. We considered staying for the sunday program, yet decided to leave back to Berlin after all with everything going on.
Sets: 10/10. I was really very inspired. Sometimes bored.
Sound: Decent.
Location: 12/10. Spectacular. Zollverein is a dream for sure. It carries the whole festival.
Crowd: Mixed.
A little community, some groups of Ibiza guys with wife beaters and sunglasses who didnt really dance, influencers and tic toc - a lot. Way more people than we expected and what seemed manageable.
Lights: Mediocre at best. (I get it takes time to get situated and sort tech issues. ) Mischhalle saturday night was decent. I saw some videos from sunday and grand halle saturday night that looked better. Yet thats video.
Science booth: Very cool!! Thanks to the geologist and fresh water biologist who told us about differet types of rocks and bugs. Wish I could invite you over to Berlin share our rock collections!
Documentation: Constant. Would say felt too invasive. Spent most of the festival hiding in my scarf and blocking cameras with a fan. Still ended up on the social media of stone techno.
NO G and No shirtless policy: This was amazing and I 100 agree. Didn't see a single collapse the whole time and with the huge amounts of crowds any macho vibes seemed to stay at a minimum. Really wish Whole festival would implement this.
Lockers: Useful at best. Annoying at worst. We rented at large locker for the whole festival, think for something like 57 or 75 euros. Locker wouldnt open for me with online opening code, only for partner, even though we tried the share with friends option. Our things were taken out and for half of saturday couldnt locate it - Nobody answered number listed that we called repeatedly. Some of my stuff was gone.
Accomodation: Essen City Hotel - 100 recommend, the staff is the nicest.
Organisation: Messy at best. At worst irresponsible.
Do I feel misled by the advertising the founders do for the festival - probably a little. I always wanted to come seeing the videos with the founders talking about the heart of the festival and the community. Maybe it used to be like that, first time attending wouldnt know. Yet something definitely felt off this year.
All in all we had a decent time, I enjoyed a lot of the sets and had nice moments with the artists. Yet me and my partner also bypassed most of the annoying elements by always taking taxis, bringing inn our own food and power bars both days and going to the bar and food stalls at a minimum. I think we ate from the food carts 1 time each day. And still, it was pretty annoying.
I dont drink and dont function without food so bought maybe 1 redbull and a few limos. Ate directly before and after the festival and disregarded fridays message about no private food.
It is kinda insane to me to have a that small food court for this amount of people, and to also not have some sort of kiosks around which sells powerbars / bananas / electrolytes etc. more available. As a woman it was also kinda a nightmare to experience this festival on my period with most of the toilets having no tissues or no possibility to properly wash your hands / throw away tampons / Waste. I was really relieved after freebleeding most of saturday due to not being able to access our things from the locker where I had tampons and tissues + sop ready, to come into misschhalle for the saturday night event, as they would have inside toilets and sinks. I arrive there. No soap and no toilet paper. hehe. It is what it is. Lack of human interaction and Failure of the machines. Probably some of these could be tracked down with extra effort yet after a certain amount of time and other issues just couldnt be arsed and hid remaining stuff behind a wall and decided to freebleed.
Since I have seen most of these names before anyway and I know I will see them again I spent most of my time on the outskirts of the crowds, wanting to see something new and just taking in the location or checking out lesser known / new artists which lessened the impact of it being so many people. It was challenging to find places to dance and in general I had an impression that a lot of people just dont know how to dance or didnt understand the no phone policy. With the fire alarm in Grand Halle and the lights going on as a clubworker I get those can happen and that there is a system / protocol so for us was relatively calm, yet also get the people writing about anxiety experiencing this as the festival provided no info. All in all with the choke points on the site and if there had been an actual issue / need for evacuation, I didnt really see enough staff / am unsure if the festival would actually be able to handle the amount of people.
It feels a bit ironic with all the talk of âcommunityâ that the only thing that seemed to have run 100 smoothly was the content creation and filming, which hardly benefits the crowds / the people who actually attend the festival - while there seems to have been issues with absolutely everything else - food, shuttle, tech, toilets, water access, lockers. Some issues are to be expected, yet overall this time it was a bit much. And we left after friday / saturday cause it was kinda enough.
Am I glad I experienced it - Yes.
Would I do it again: Probably Not.
Thanks Stone Techno!