I wish all festivals could be like more like Supersonic Festival in Birmigham,
Supsrsonic is a mix of art, music, film, performance, good food & drink and has the right kind of explorative atmosphere that festivals of this kind need. There feels a group, hive minded consciousness full of excitement and intrigue, few ideas that try to push the envelope are rejected and the audience are trustworthy and give artists the freedom to explore without feeling the need to shout “Play one the drummer knows…”
The music was difficult, loud, abrasive and I got to see Swans and Neu! (in a different form), OVO, The Bordrum film, Matthew Barney’s Guradian of the Veil, Musicians of Bukkake and Khyam Allami, Eagle Twin, Cloaks, King Midas Sound, Demons (with Sick Llama) Devilman Lichens, OvO, Tweak Bird, Nisennenmondai, Factory Floor and many others. I really wish more people would come with me though.
