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Definitely remember hearing new Rolasoul and Cortona too that sounded monsterous

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!

          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 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!

                    Nothing wrong with small spaces and a decent sound system - most of the best nights I’ve been to have been in smaller venues with a tighter knit crowd

                      Hursty Phonox is pretty small and a class venue.

                        erik think there’s some subtle differences. Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a Cortona jobbie

                          Christian Loffler was terrific in Brighton last night. The cheese from his last album sounded much beefier and better live - was honestly expecting to be on my toes after twenty minutes. The oddest mix of people at a gig I’ve ever seen.

                            Beck at the RAH was immense. So good.

                            What wasn’t so good was the support act. A lady whistling for 30 minutes! Very bizarre!
                            Was half expecting/hoping she’d start playing a flute from her fanny. Sadly, didn’t happen!

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                              Manski Going off that still, ‘molly’ looks more likely to have a flute than a fanny!