This year was my first trip to timewarp and I was very impressed with my trip from start to finish. Our group flew to frankfurt on the friday and also stayed in frankfurt. On the friday night we made a decision to go to the cocoon club for the pre party with Sven Vath and Gaiser which wasn't what some of our group had planned but turned out to be a great night.
On the Saturday after getting our heads straightened out from the previous night and getting ready for timewarp, we decided to catch the train to Mannheim as it was free for people traveling to timewarp. After arriving in Mannheim we found our only option was to get taxis from the station and we got there around 1am. There was hardly a queue as most people would of already been in by this time and we headed straight for floor 4 where Davide Squillace was playing. This was a good way to start our night as his set was brilliant.
After Squillace we went to see Jamie Jones who I thought was good but after listening to a few recent sets I thought he could of been better. After a few discussions within our group as to who to see next we had a split, half went to Carl Cox and half went to Loco Dice. Whilst im told Loco Dice probably played the best set this year I was happy with my choice to see Carl Cox who can be abit unpredictable at times but really impressed me with a hard style set similar to how he plays on his Tuesday nights at space.
After watching a quite average set from Marco Carola we then headed for Visionquest which was the set I really wanted to see the most. I don't think it is unfair to say it was a big let down especially from Seth Troxler who seemed more interested in getting wrecked rather than playing a decent set. His mixing was way off and he made the needle slip off the vinyl twice. At one point, towards the end, no one was dancing, he was a big disappointment!
The last set for me was the best by a long way. Richie Hawtin played one of the best sets I have heard in a long time. If you can find it on the net I would recommend it to anyone. He kept me going despite feeling abit worse for wear as the end approached. As we were staying in Frankfurt we could not make the after party which probably was a good thing as most of us just wanted to get some sleep by this point. Overall I could not of been happier with my timewarp experience and all of my group fancy returning next year. Does anyone have any advice about what to do differently next year? Would anyone recommend staying in Mannheim? Is there any other pre parties apart from cocoon? What did you think of your own trip this year? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks
On the Saturday after getting our heads straightened out from the previous night and getting ready for timewarp, we decided to catch the train to Mannheim as it was free for people traveling to timewarp. After arriving in Mannheim we found our only option was to get taxis from the station and we got there around 1am. There was hardly a queue as most people would of already been in by this time and we headed straight for floor 4 where Davide Squillace was playing. This was a good way to start our night as his set was brilliant.
After Squillace we went to see Jamie Jones who I thought was good but after listening to a few recent sets I thought he could of been better. After a few discussions within our group as to who to see next we had a split, half went to Carl Cox and half went to Loco Dice. Whilst im told Loco Dice probably played the best set this year I was happy with my choice to see Carl Cox who can be abit unpredictable at times but really impressed me with a hard style set similar to how he plays on his Tuesday nights at space.
After watching a quite average set from Marco Carola we then headed for Visionquest which was the set I really wanted to see the most. I don't think it is unfair to say it was a big let down especially from Seth Troxler who seemed more interested in getting wrecked rather than playing a decent set. His mixing was way off and he made the needle slip off the vinyl twice. At one point, towards the end, no one was dancing, he was a big disappointment!
The last set for me was the best by a long way. Richie Hawtin played one of the best sets I have heard in a long time. If you can find it on the net I would recommend it to anyone. He kept me going despite feeling abit worse for wear as the end approached. As we were staying in Frankfurt we could not make the after party which probably was a good thing as most of us just wanted to get some sleep by this point. Overall I could not of been happier with my timewarp experience and all of my group fancy returning next year. Does anyone have any advice about what to do differently next year? Would anyone recommend staying in Mannheim? Is there any other pre parties apart from cocoon? What did you think of your own trip this year? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks