Hahah I knew it! Danced so hard to squarepusher it had to be someone from this forum, had to check out and I was right!
Saw ae too, blown away as usual but I sat near the door and people kept coming in and out with flashlights from their phones, which killed the whole vibe. They should have limited entry after the show started, like most of ae shows I’ve been before. Otherwise it was a great set, sounded very NTS-y with bits of synth from SIGN/PLUS. The last 15 mins were mindblowingly good
Pavement were excellent. Caribou and Jamie xx were ok. Evian Christ was great. Ran into a Spanish band called Za! at the Ouigo and they blew my mind, what a find!
Was at the Young Turks showcase at Laut watching Two Shell and somehow got introduced to a guy who happened to be Danny Harle’s booking agent and so went to red58 and got on the guest list lol
You’re right about the hotel. I stayed at sb diagonal which was just outside the fest and stocked up on ammunition in the room