Great great night. Firstly, the music was out of sight. The first couple of hours were full of tough classic bedrock style bangers. Driving kick drums. All brilliant new stuff. Consistently saying to myself “wow, that’s fucking good” …………and they just suited the whole vibe. Never heard of any of them. I was fucked and at about 2 kept saying to myself when he plays a shit one I’ll go but he just kept pulling them out of bag. Much Bigger crowd this year. Usual friendly bunch. Always surprised at the diverse age range -lots there in their 20s and 30s really into this music. The energy levels in the room were really good. Had a great drink with Ed and Wasily and we bumped into Nick M who is well up for the special event next month! So much better than last year and can’t wait for Scotty’s reflections on those new tunes.
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LT42 agreed!
baggers44 totally agree with you! It was a million times better than last year and I’d go as far as saying it was my favourite Diggers gig ever in a venue that size. Obvs not as good as his set at Sub Club a couple of months ago but he managed to get the atmosphere where it needed to be in that big space this year. Like you said, it was just banger after banger right till the very end! He didn’t drop the ball once. Insanely good sound and such a lovely crowd! So glad I didn’t sack it off and made the effort to go after the disappointment of last year! Memories were definitely made in the best way this time around.
Either not many went off here or they are still going at the afters….I’m guessing it’s the latter!
Great night last night. John was on form and the place was packed (in a good way). As per the norm’ I didn’t recognise many tunes, so I imagine they’ll all be coming out on Futuro 2 later in the year 
Great to catch up with @Wasily @Smallman1 @baggers44 again, and got a brief chat in with Nick Muir about Stage One too.
Until next year…
Top night last night, Baggers, Scott, Was and Nick Muir all on great form.
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ScottBailey definitely planning to go again next year!
The Netherworld remix Diggers dropped last night was definitely one of my fave moments. Blew my mind, it was so good, and great to see the crowd respond in kind.
Definitely remember hearing new Rolasoul and Cortona too that sounded monsterous
Few clips I took of last night
CindyLouWho The Netherworld remix Diggers dropped last night was definitely one of my fave moments
Brief clip of it on my last video above
ScottBailey these are fab, thank you for sharing. A lovely souvenir of a really special event. This year I was dancing the whole time at ground level towards the front so it’s interesting to see what it looked like from the balcony bit. Definitely looks and sounds a hell of a lot better from up there than it did last year!
ScottBailey awesome, cheers! Appreciate it.
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CindyLouWho I still think the sound was a bit shit tbh, but the best place I found was at the front of the VIP balcony right in front of where the main speaker stack was flown about JD. Perfect angle for where I was stood, and the bass was so much better than down on the dancefloor, where I did go and have a brief boogie too 
Pretty sure I heard this too, but not a fan of the Street Fighter samples
ScottBailey sounds great! Gimme a shout if you go again next year and maybe you can show me where the ideal spot is. 
ScottBailey Few clips I took of last night
The first track seems surprisingly heavy for what I’ve come to expect from present day Digweed; could almost be something off Los Angeles.
The metal barrier with the big gap to the DJ booth looks a bit odd though.
Morning all.
Firstly - big shout to all the Bedrock regulars. Always nice to see familiar faces from previous events going right back to Heaven and before.
Smooth transit getting in. No queue or security issues. Seemed a friendly-ish bunch on the door.
The venue is super smart. Plenty of space and capacity. As someone put above, it was busy but a nice busy.
Now - here’s my continuing depression with ‘event spaces’. The sound system. Has it really come to this that Sir John of Digweed is stuck in the corner with only one large set of speakers above him?
Think of the cathedrals of sound. Stereo, Pacha, fabric, (bloody) Ministry! Purpose build venues! Breaks my heart to go to these venues where a tiny set of Sonos speaker has been shipping in for one gig. Reminds me of my days spinning at our local village hall.
Loved the tunes from Diggers. Some really nice stuff off his recent Transitions shows and plenty of new gear.
Really hoping Bedrock returns to a purpose made nightclub soon - if there’s any left in London!
See you later in the year x
delged agree with everything you’ve said here. Massive improvement on sound compared to last year imo although you’re right, it’s still not the same as hearing him in a purpose-built venue. Hence my comment about it still being no comparison to the gig he did at Sub Club a couple of months ago. Much smaller audience obvs but brilliant sound as that space is made for that.
Feels like whatever Diggers would do in that space it still wouldn’t compare to purpose-made venues, although as you rightly say, these appear to be increasingly few-and-far-between. Feel like with Outernet it’s the gig venue equivalent of that old relationship chestnut… rather than, “it’s not you, it’s me”, perhaps “it’s not you, it’s the venue” that seems apt.
Anyway, for all the reasons you’ve set out a huge improvement on last year and will definitely be back there next year. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!