Coachella 2006
Well, I've had about 4 days to gather my thoughts and recuperate from the madness that was Coachella 2006. I must say it wasn't as thoroughly enjoyable as 2004 (Radiohead, Kraftwerk, Pixies, The Cure, Air, Flaming Lips, Crystal Method, Paul van Dyk, Ferry Corsten), and the dance tent wasn't as good as 2005 (Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Hernan Cattaneo, Junkie XL, Miss Kittin, along with Coldplay, Weezer, Nine Inch Nails, and New Order headlining), but Daft Punk really took their set into epic and legendary status (it's all over the Coachella and electronic music forums).
To show you all what you missed *snicker* here's a sampling:
(Daft Punk playing a mix of Superheroes and Face to Face)
(Daft Punk - Brainwasher)
Both of those videos were recorded by yours truly. The set was very, very fun, the audio really really really loud (Robert you would be covering your head with your jacket, fingers, hands, arms, and shoes), and 35,000 crazed festival attendees packed into one big tent.
Their set was scheduled to run from 11:10 to midnight, as the tradition for Coachella is that no acts can go past midnight (The Cure went 40 minutes past midnight, and Goldenvoice was fined something like $2k or $10k for every minute they went over), and at midnight Daft Punk cut the music from an hour of crazed straight "electronica". Of course, to top it off, they went straight into One More Time (i think) and played another 20-25 minutes. I can't describe how everybody was cheering after the set ended, suffice it to say that the traditional European festival applause was there, and people standing around for 5 minutes cheering when the lights came on, but I can leave with this:
England has Glastonbury, Spain has Sonar, the 60's have Lollapalooza, but we have Coachella. You owe it to yourself to catch this festival at least once in your lifetime, preferably before you get too old =)
To show you all what you missed *snicker* here's a sampling:
(Daft Punk playing a mix of Superheroes and Face to Face)
(Daft Punk - Brainwasher)
Both of those videos were recorded by yours truly. The set was very, very fun, the audio really really really loud (Robert you would be covering your head with your jacket, fingers, hands, arms, and shoes), and 35,000 crazed festival attendees packed into one big tent.
Their set was scheduled to run from 11:10 to midnight, as the tradition for Coachella is that no acts can go past midnight (The Cure went 40 minutes past midnight, and Goldenvoice was fined something like $2k or $10k for every minute they went over), and at midnight Daft Punk cut the music from an hour of crazed straight "electronica". Of course, to top it off, they went straight into One More Time (i think) and played another 20-25 minutes. I can't describe how everybody was cheering after the set ended, suffice it to say that the traditional European festival applause was there, and people standing around for 5 minutes cheering when the lights came on, but I can leave with this:
England has Glastonbury, Spain has Sonar, the 60's have Lollapalooza, but we have Coachella. You owe it to yourself to catch this festival at least once in your lifetime, preferably before you get too old =)
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