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Creamfields: Reviewed Reported by Adam Symbiosis / Submitted 12-09-07 23:41 It won’t be long before I have festivals coming out of my ears I think. I’ve certainly picked them well this year though, from the unfortunate Antiworld, to the wash out Global, it’s certainly been a journey. Part of that journey found me in front of the amazing Above & Beyond and so it was they along with the Chemical Brothers that got me on a train late in the day and off to this year’s edition of Creamfields. Escaping the spongy earth and beating sun of another park was hard work but by the time I was comfortable in my seat on the train things were looking up and I was as raring to go. The journey went quickly and we were in Liverpool in no time, though I was disappointed to find a complete lack of buses or signs for transportation to the festival site. A quickly cut deal with a taxi driver got us on the way again and we were at the site in less than half an hour, but actually getting into the arena was a different matter. A long walk round the outside heightened my impatience to just get in there and get dancing, as the music was wafting over the high walls and look out points, though there was still plenty more walking to be done once we’d picked up our wristbands. Three different checkpoints checking for metal, aerosols and wristbands along with one disinterested dog had to be negotiated, but after all that we got in to see the very last part of the very last song from the Chemical Brothers! Boo-hoo. My partner in crime had been raving on and on about Kutski all the way up and was trying all her contacts to find out the time he was on to make sure we wouldn’t miss him. I’d seen him was a few years prior, possibly at the Mass and I hadn’t been that impressed back then. Still they don’t hand out Radio 1 shows to just anybody and I was keeping an open mind on the matter. The Tidy tent had been kitted out suitably er, tidily, with giant inflatables covering the ceiling, two large projection screens straddling the DJ booth either side and a pretty neat lighting rig pumping out rich reds and bright whites. The music our jock was playing was cool as well, tracks like Out Of Space brought a smile to many a face including mine and not even plums like the chap launching every bottle he could find on the floor into the centre of the crowd could dampen my buoyant mood. I was up for helping that mood and decided I certainly needed to take on board more liquids and so made my way over to the Stongbow Cider House to catch up with their smooth grooves and chilled apple juice. While lacking the floor that came in so handy at Global earlier on in the year, the tent more than made up for it in size with plenty of people rocking away to Sinden. Back at the Tidy tent and Andy Whitby was destroying System F’s Cry while streams of people walked out. Still as quick as people could leave more walked, or should that be bounced, in to Only Me, though only the riff was intact from Hyperlogic’s seminal track. Of course this was deterring no one except possibly myself and as the tracks pumped out the crowd shouted for Whitby to turn it up. Maybe it was time for me to make a sharp exit stage right. Much drinking was to be had as the night descended further and most of the darkest (and coldest) hours became a haze of bouncing round from tent to tent, avoiding the bodies scattered across the ground, moving through the constant droves of people seemingly being herded from place to place. Of course there was no organisation to this mass of people, instead the areas and gates where security guards and police congregated funneled people from area to area merely giving the suggestion they had some control. Ferry Corsten was on in the main tent and seeing as it had been a while since I had last seen him I was quite excited to see what he could come up with. Bodyrock was certainly an upbeat and welcome introduction into his set. Rather surprisingly (though I’m not complaining in anyway) he kept the set uplifting and punchy eschewing for the most part the tough, electric sound of the last set I heard him play, his LEF left at home maybe? With the music so good it was nice to see some tied in visuals as well; show-reeling snippets from his burgeoning collection of music videos. Anyone familiar with his appearances on channels like MTV Dance or Rapture would easily be able to pick out the 'here’s one I broadcast earlier' sections. I would have liked to have seen a bit more inventiveness with the visual set on top of Ferry’s logos, likeness and videos but maybe I’m just picking holes now?! With Above & Beyond closing, I kept thinking something was wrong. Surely I couldn’t be at an event that was determined to close on an uplifting high?! Not that I was going to try and wake myself up from this dream. No thanks, I think I’ll slumber just that little bit longer. Dropping monsters like the Greg Downey mix of Heaven Scent, as the spine tingling riff rung out around the arena who could blame me for wanting it to go on forever. Unfortunately it didn’t and at about quarter to 5 the music stopped and the lights came on. What had happened? Did they want to get rid of us early? Were the A&B boys taking a break? No, instead just some rival gangs decided they needed to assert their superiority over each other at the back of the tent and the police had to pile in to break it up. It all took a while to clear up but eventually the music kicked back in again this time though with a tougher edge to it. Maybe the events at the rear of the tent had affected the 3 lads up in front of us as the tracks certainly lost their uplifting tip while I, down below, was losing my ability to stand. Fine as due to the lack of mud there were plenty of places to sit down in the rapidly cooling tent, not fine as the tracks began to build up again leading up to the awesome Oceanic. Humbug. Well what can I say really about this round up to my UK 2007 festival season? The weather was kind to us even though it became bitterly cold the later it got, so spare a thought for the hard house bunnies bounding around in their bikinis. The organisation of the event seemed more focused and even though it took us a while to get in all staff were welcoming and getting out of the car park in the morning seemed a doddle! The music for the most part was good though it was a shame I missed the Chems and A&B were cut short in mid flow. The police at first seemed intrusive but after a time I got used to seeing them everywhere and events proved they needed to be, but in the most part people were friendly, chilled and up for a chat. In all I’d say it was a pretty successful if incredibly short jaunt up north and if you’ve yet to do Creamfields maybe you should think about booking it into your diary next year. Adam Symbiosis Photos courtesy of the HarderFaster archive. Not to be reproduced without permission Share this :: : : : Follow HarderFaster :: Other Features By Adam Symbiosis: Godskitchen Xmas Party: Reviewed The Big Chill: Reviewed Tiësto at Victoria Park: Reviewed Lilly Allen: Reviewed Digital Society May 2009: Reviewed The views and opinions expressed in this review are strictly those of the author only for which HarderFaster will not be held responsible or liable. Comments: From: Pathfinder on 13th Sep 2007 15:33.54 Glad you had a good day and the weather was kind to you. I enjoyed it a few years ago when I was there.

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