which was your favourite stage and why?

topic posted Thu, August 14, 2008 - 12:14 PM by  david
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okay, i'll start!

the labyrinth, hands down! i thought stacy did a most excellent excellent job taking over management and working with everyone with such calmness, skill, vision, diplomacy, and just generally being such a pleasant person to be around! The main crew robert and gary and others busted their asses all week to create the majickal atmosphere, not to mention how much work and effort went in to decor by toni.

my favourite sets took place at the labyrinth: ahkentek's headlining set saturday night was friggin' incredible! the whole place was going off! that whole night was fantastic, right from sasquatch to jay michael, solar, akhentek, and blue lunar monkey. the mexican influence was a very nice flavour! adham's 3 hour set sunday night equally stellar, sandwiched by a 3 hour cheb i set and ganga giri. brad and dela from moontribe followed and my biggest regret is not catching those sets.

my only complaint about the musical programming was whoever played opening the stage sunday morning. the live music and vocals were just a bit too jarring for those of us in dreamland, which at that time there were quite a few. downtempo, dub, or something chilled would have been nicer to wake up to.

i liked the community and family feel to the whole area, and i liked how it wasn't just a stage but also an encompassed an art gallery, art installations, a tripped-out forest walk, a sheesha lounge/chill zone (with djs), and many other personal contributions. i'm looking forward to next year already! especially knowing the seed of life will also be returning to that zone.

anyone else? (no stage slagging please!)
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david
Vancouver
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  • Re: which was your favourite stage and why?

    Thu, August 14, 2008 - 10:04 PM
    Have to say for me you can not beat the river: the Living Room with Lorin (BassNectar) at dawn .. .. BUT getting to dawn, the Village rocked reaaalllly hard, and do have to say that the visual of the Pagoda was soooo beautiful to me (and I liked the techno too!!)

    GOOD TOPIC!

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