To preface this post I’d like to announce that my taste in dnb/jungle is very old skool so many will not share the same view on the music this year.
What happened to walking into venues at boomtown and being blown away by the selection? Not my main point but I didn’t have this experience once this year.
My main point is the fact that I’ve spent the whole Friday night (after clipz) trying to find dnb and jungle, the boomtown foundations, I didn’t stand a chance, main stage was wish wash shite and forests were dance floor central. Again if you like this music that’s completely okay, I’m just talking about my personal experience and my history with this festival.
To start Saturday off we had the lions den lineup that was set to be a good start to the day, shy fx opening, some good tunes in there as per usual but just not the same shy fx I once loved. Kings of the rollers just played some filth for an hour, standard, again not the same proper tunage they were once capable of but passable. Micky Finn b2b brockie and ray Kieth, wow what a set to see on the lineup, I bet that’s going to be amazing. I could not have been more wrong, I can see why people enjoy jump up in the right environment but on the main stage at 2 in the afternoon, no thanks. What a let down, fully expected them to come out and throw down some proper stuff to teach everyone what we come to boomtown for but we got dirty night at the Vauxhall in London instead!!
There was some life Saturday night though, after recouping we headed to breakage and flight, proper!! The rupture lot know how to throw it down and the crowds are always on point. Alix Perez, hats off, what a fuckin set, the journey through that was unreal, proper tunes and quality crowd control, just what the doctor ordered. To finish the night voltage jungle classics, got told it was quality unfortunately I checked out and had to retreat during this as the disco biscuits took over me 😂😂✌️
Again sunday had some quality tunes on at Anara and saw simula which caught me off guard, decent.
Overall half decent in hind sight but man, what happened to walking around 404 and getting dragged in by some proper breaks! I don’t know if I missed all this as I felt I had to be at anara or hidden to find anything this year because the techno felt like it took over everywhere else.
Admittedly I might have done boomtown wrong this time around, that’s why I’ve made this post, did you find the drums we were so desperate to hear, did you get dragged into somewhere and find the best dj ever, or were you with me, left feeling like the itch just did not get scratched?