vip She’s been framed
Isn’t that Phil Collins?
The Mixmag Terrace tears it right up
Guilty as charged Specs appeal
Last year’s hat not holding up so well
“Kanye see him from here…?” Pool party!
Sam ‘shrinking violet’ Sparro
Brolly dollies
Idyllic festival weather
global gathering
Best Global ever!
Rhymefest and Ronson: crowdpleasers
naki
In its eighth year, Global Gathering gets it bang on the money
n Global Gathering 2008 was arguably their best yet thanks to a friendly crowd and scorching weather. The inebriate-friendly site layout was simplicity itself, and with the Mixmag Terrace smack-bang in the middle, no one was ever far from a party, started by our competition winners Siegfried Android, who then passed the cans to Âme, Hervé, and dubstep supercrew Caspa & Rusko, one of the coups of the festival. Kanye’s main-stage reception was somewhat mixed (thanks in part to his not bringing his expected Glow In The Dark production), but Mark Ronson saved the day with surprise appearances from Wiley, www.mixmag.net
among others. Moby remixed the living shizzle out of all his eclectic classics, David Guetta tore lumps out of the Global arena, the Scratch Perverts perved the airfield up like funk rogues in a beat brothel, while back on the Mixmag Terrace Jesse Rose, Yuksek, Commix and Jamie Jones kept our arena rocking. Memorable moments included the man in bra, old woman in no bra, Micky Slim’s free kick, the dude with the ‘Mixmag fucked my mum!’ T-shirt and the way every DJ in the place took the cred for the huge cheer as the Red Arrows split the sky and out-bassed the biggest rave-up of the summer. PHIL DUDMAN september 2008 035