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I am going with a group of non-reggae fans / Carnival virgins on Sunday. Which will be interesting. Don't know how it'll go - fighting through the crowd to get to Stone Love, Dub Observer or Killawatt. They might enjoy it, or stand around bored. Doing everything I can to persuade them to avoid the floats though.
Does anyone know what Sancho Panza's like? Is it a tent? Cos someone wants to go there.
Does anyone know what Sancho Panza's like? Is it a tent? Cos someone wants to go there.
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
I think I went to Sancho Panza a couple of years ago, and it was shit house/shithouse.
I always go to Talbot Road - have no idea what the soundsystems are called there, but it's the one where ther'e a big reggae pirate ship on the Monday. Good hip hop too.
I always go to Talbot Road - have no idea what the soundsystems are called there, but it's the one where ther'e a big reggae pirate ship on the Monday. Good hip hop too.
john eden
male pale and stale
Do not plan. Rule number 1.
Hanuman
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baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
Really? The times I've gone when it hasn't been planned have been abysmal 9so much that I refuse to go without a plan again). I think you probably need to have a good knowledge of soundsystems etc to be able to get away with doing that...
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The FACT guide to Carnival Weekend
http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3304&Itemid=68
Some nice afterparty lineups this year.
http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3304&Itemid=68
Some nice afterparty lineups this year.
unknown soulja
Wild Horses
I always enjoy the Nasty Love sound at Colville Gardens, pretty rowdy but they play the best dancehall, plus your not too far from channel one and the Gaz's rocking blues which non-reggae-loving friends can enjoy. On the downside its a trek from Aba Shanti...
I've always had a wicked time at Sancho Panza. More for the vibe than the tunes - just good danceable deep house music. It's just round the corner from Good Times which you can reach fairly easily if you go that station just to the North of the carnival (Kensal Rise - I think) - always pleasingly unpacked if you go this way. I am less enthusatic about RAVING ON FOR ALL TIME than I used to be, but I think I'd still enjoyable, pretty infectious vibe.
EDIT: Obviously this information dates from a few years ago when I had all my hair and teeth left, so it may no longer be accurate -but they do seem fairly stable from year to year.
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Slothrop
Tight but Polite
Nuum stuff was pretty marginal when we went last year, certainly didn't seem like the point of the exercise. More about various flavours of reggae, dancehall, soca etc, and just drifting around.I hope not. Going for the first time this year
I dunno, which nuum sounds have actually had much impact at carnival and when? UKG? Grime? Jungle was presumably big back in ragga days? It'll be kind of interesting to see how much business funky is doing this year...
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
Jungle was huge when i went in the '90s....but then it crossed over in a BIG way.
matt b
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There was a grime soundsystem at carnival about 5 or so years ago, which was pretty good. Not seen it again.
We will be at Channel 1 all day on sunday, as we are every year, although we will probably discuss moving on to Aba. As we do every year.
Slothrop
Tight but Polite
Heard a bit at a system somewhere at the far north early on, where we were about the only people dancing. We went on sunday though.Carnival was very good. Heard some funky house
Lots of good stuff, generally, though.
Was I confused or were Channel One playing a load of dubstep?
Things to remember in future: if it's at a bar in Islington, it almost certainly bears no resemblance to a carnival afterparty, and is probably not worth going to even if you're a bit knackered and fancy something low key and reasonably handy for the buses. Man up and go to something proper instead.