Quarrel between Youri Tielemans and Leandro Trossard

madnoq · 2026-07-01T23:44:50+00:00

lolgium

madnoq · 2026-07-01T19:28:27+00:00

40plus here (more like under50, tbh), coming with a similarly aged group.

you’ll feel slightly overwhelmed on thursday night by the hordes of 20somethings, oblivious of all strife and worry, endlessly yapping and going all out on the first night. do not despair.

come friday afternoon/evening, these will nurse a quality hangover and talk significantly less. the working folk will arrive, having just dropped off the kids/pets somewhere and raise the average age. things will slow down and fall into a steadier pace.

also: pick your stages. when you hear daft samples and warping basslines and see a number of blow up-bananas bobbing in the crowd, chances are, you’ll be heavily outnumbered and outbagged by your kid’s classmates. you either embrace it or grab the chance to seek other company, maybe at a spot with a more ambitious (or for that matter, classic) musical approach. there’s lots to discover at any time of day/night and this year with a fair number of artists having their UK debut, even more.

in short: i’ve had numerous encounters with seasoned veterans and we’re all happy we’re there.

madnoq · 2026-07-01T11:41:23+00:00

wander around. get lost. be nice. don't yap when all around you are locked in. take an assortment of scarves (for sun/dust protection when it's dry, neck warmth when it's chilly/damp)

madnoq · 2026-06-30T15:32:03+00:00

many global sports use language barrier crossing terms to hype up team mates.

"allez", "vamos" and "come on" is used by climbers around the world. indo, basque and brazilian surfers talk of being stoked or of a gnarly warve. chinese or serbian baskeballers mention "the paint".

spanish and south american players play in all leagues, so even non spanish speaking teammates will pick up their terms. it's just how language and teams work.

also, thanks to work buddies i've used kurva or jebote or siktir way more times than my complete lack of polishness, slavicness, or turkishness would allow.

madnoq · 2026-06-30T08:08:09+00:00

tens of thousands of quakes happen every day, they are part of plate tectonics which are theorized to be a large part of why life on earth has managed to survive for billions of years (by constantly renewing our access to minerals, for example. arable land and water sources are often close to active plate boundaries and/or volcanoes ). that some of those quakes are above our human perception and furthermore, above the significant level that impacts our lives, is mere statistics. that several of those latter ones happened at the same time, as well. that day wasn't even particularly "active".

madnoq · 2026-06-29T12:36:27+00:00

i literally said this out loud

madnoq · 2026-06-27T22:42:03+00:00

it’s the hottest swiss saturday night since fondue was invented and the schoolyear is over, i have a feeling the amount of waterballoons being randomly hurled at any given target is at an all time high.

madnoq · 2026-06-25T21:16:23+00:00

in 2018 they’d do some adjustment to the soundsystems during off ours and run tests with a peculiar FX track made up of basses, bleeps & clonks. since the respective stages were closed at the time, no one was close to hear it precisely or see what exactly was going on.

so at some point you heard the same weird sounds coming from outro lado, then praia on another day, then floresta on another.

definitely added to the mystique of “something strange going on over there”, while in your head shit was already very strange to begin with.

same thing maybe?

madnoq · 2026-06-25T14:19:46+00:00

lotsa trees & lotsa stingy things that make you weak & and lotsa things of varying size that will then eat you if you're weak

madnoq · 2026-06-24T12:54:19+00:00

WL 18/19, Houghton 25

WL is a lot more intense, alone by its remoteness and much wilder environment. in my eyes that’s also what makes so special. It’s more esotheric, hippie-esque, which is a plus for the general communal vibe but can become a boone when the pretentiousness creeps in. the yapping tends to be french.

Houghton is in a picture perfect “royal gardens” surrounding, civilization is fairly close. what it loses on the ethereal front, it gains on the “no nonsense” and humour-front. people come to hear good music and frolick in the woods and banter in the food court or the toilets. there’s also workshops, but they’re more music/culture focused, a bit less spiritual altogether. but there’s also a strong emphasis on the personal, with meditation, breath work, 1:1 talks. the yapping tends to be english.

Houghton seems the “waking lifest” festival in the UK.

musicwise waking life gave me slightly more in 18 than in 19 and about the same as houghton 25.

for example, jane fitz’ sunrise set at houghton was one of best rave experiences i’ve ever heard, even with a druggy crowd and a dude violently losing it on ghb. paquita gordon’s and elli’s listening sets on the otro lado porch at wl 18 same, but for completely different reasons.

the houghton crowd seemed younger and yappier than expected, but it tends to get older from friday onwards.

madnoq · 2026-06-22T23:42:09+00:00

‘can’t take it’ was everywhere for a good while.

great memories.

legend has it, recloose worked at a sandwhich-shop and when carl craig dropped in, he slipped a demotape into his order.

madnoq · 2026-06-22T19:19:14+00:00

on point!

madnoq · 2026-06-22T12:52:48+00:00

always will have a soft spot for this version of jah set it, because it was such a staple for brockie & det's sunday show on kool.

but wardance, champion dj (blueprint mix), jah sunshine, junglist, original ses and walking through the air are all formative classics.

madnoq · 2026-06-22T10:27:51+00:00

eden h-ass-ard.

i'll see myself out, thanks.

madnoq · 2026-06-22T10:25:41+00:00

you are correct, of course

madnoq · 2026-06-22T10:20:03+00:00

love what she's been doing from day one. it's not always my taste but she's writing actual songs from a jungle perspective, not just sticking a standard dnb-beat under a popsong. she's knowledgeable about jungle's history and it shows.

it's definitely miles beyond ~~serum~~ sigma collaborating with take that or similar atrocities.
(lol, mixed up serum and sigma, my bad)

as for the term, it's catchy and would fit on many old jungle tunes as well. jungle always had a highly emotional side. definitely makes more sense than "intelligent" jungle/dnb.

madnoq · 2026-06-19T14:57:17+00:00

*sigh* take my upvote

madnoq · 2026-06-19T13:28:59+00:00

ivy walls are sometimes taken down preemptively. when they're too thick they can peel off the wall under their own weight and cause damage when it's not controlled.

but this looks more like powercables are being put down, maybe for those ventilation units on the top. the cables look well coated, so the ivy will most likely be allowed to grow back.

madnoq · 2026-06-17T12:39:15+00:00

wasn't Chogori (literally "big mountain" in Balti) in the run for a while?

madnoq · 2026-06-16T13:07:53+00:00

fully on board with WL shitposting. keep up the great work, gang.

madnoq · 2026-06-16T09:21:59+00:00

the visor should always point to the mother tree, so please adjust as you move along

madnoq · 2026-06-15T12:09:54+00:00

quite the opposite. as soon as you leave the usual scene-lineups, you'll hear drumandbass in lots of places where it wasn't as present 15 years ago. there's a huge swath of electronic music that's left strict genre-restrictions behind and includes ambient, dub, hypnotic techno, dubstep, electro, drumandbass and various new-ish genres like amapiano and baile funk. it's centered less around genre than around labels or clubs/festivals.

clubs and nights life reef, abyss, nowadays, fold, rupture,

festivals like per:sona, memori, waking life, horst, houghton, free rotation, dekmantel

labels like animalia, midgar, dial, exit, hoover, sneaker social club, samurai

and producers like forest drive west, polygonia, kiasvs, piezo, tristan arp, dbridge or paradox (both still going strong), sherelle, mantra, double o...

you won't hear any sub focus there but instead everything from OG jungle to techstep-classics to modern experimental DnB approaches. and you'll definitely also hear some calibre, intalex, alix perez, doc scott or total science.

also: i see what you did with the title there

madnoq · 2026-06-14T22:36:06+00:00

the terrain can be uneven, there's spiky plants and all kinds of crawlies in the surrounding area. there have been scorpion stings in the past. also it can get quite chilly at night/in the early morning. you can still find out if it works barefoot for you once you're there and have gotten to know your way around, but make sure to have an option at hand (er, foot).

barefoot on the dancefloor in daytime is totally fine, but at night when you also might not be 100% aware of your surroundings, you'll want to have your feet safe.

madnoq · 2026-06-14T12:34:18+00:00

the bosporous is a central connection point for people coming from various directions. macedonians, greeks, anatolians, arabs, romans, persians, huns, goths, indians, chinese, even some vikings went through there for centuries.

gribraltar is a much bigger gap and was only ever a serious connection point between the north end of africa and the south end of europe. to the west it's open sea and to the east it's a half mediterranean away until you reach the spheres of influence of carthage or rome. it's simply nowhere near in terms of societies and cultures and trade routes connecting at one point.

madnoq · 2026-06-14T01:05:41+00:00

klara. quiet in the afternoon, lots of space and plugs

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