zog Posted January 14, 2018 Posted January 14, 2018 (edited) This years Rainbow Serpent Festival has a good lineup, I especially like the acts playing on the Market Stage https://www.rainbowserpent.net/the-market-stage The Chill zone stage lineup also ain't bad: https://www.rainbowserpent.net/chill-stage tickets are sold out though Edited January 14, 2018 by zog 1
Jim Johnston Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 The vibe was great as usual, but I think this year the festival was a bit of a let down, the stages normally look amazing, this year they looked average at best. I also thought the music on the market was jarring with no flow from artist to artist, also some dj's sets went from high tempo to low tempo and back again, all over the place really. I won't even go there about the main, the least said the better. I've been going to rainbow since 2000 and have had some of the best times of my life there, but I think the organisers have gone a bit stale and its all about profit now. They keep rehashing the same artists every couple of years. I still had a fantastic time catching up with friends and new friends , but its not the rainbow it once was. 1
Jim Johnston Posted February 1, 2018 Posted February 1, 2018 I had a great time Steffan, still a beautiful place to be, so much love up there, will be there next year. How's the main and market sound systems, now that's head room ! cheers, Jim.
Addicted to music Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 There will be more photos and videos posted in the following days weeks. My son attends every year. A word of warning; its deafening! https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCy-rVHBZEOnscquXxVZcucw 3
LogicprObe Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 No sound level restrictions? Sounds great! 1
Addicted to music Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 3 minutes ago, LogicprObe said: No sound level restrictions? Sounds great! Not good. He's come back with a bloody ear. Apparently the music was that loud water was bouncing, he said he's never seen anything in his life like it. He's ordering special ear plugs the next time he goes. 1
zog Posted February 3, 2018 Author Posted February 3, 2018 14 hours ago, Addicted to music said: Not good. He's come back with a bloody ear. Apparently the music was that loud water was bouncing, he said he's never seen anything in his life like it. He's ordering special ear plugs the next time he goes. I always take earplugs to gigs.. although it's easier to adjust the volume at outdoor shows (by walking further back!) yes RSF was pretty loud in places, and I had my earplugs in quite a few times. I had a great time though the weather was challenging. I was fortunate enough to be one of the performers.. playing more ambient / chilled out music. Was good hearing "main stage" acid/techno in clear, loud, outdoor soundsystems with the laser lightshows, "how its supposed to sound". 1
O.Sydney Posted February 3, 2018 Posted February 3, 2018 This was my third year shooting for RSF so I'm probably a little biased in my comments so I won't too much. Culture, colour, music and art is what I notice the most and loved it all as usual. Our country is so dynamic / huge contrasts in weather. The sound systems were all really clear this year, (except in the pit as you'd expect) I noticed it was better tuned than in previous years. More than once I was walking away from a stage and turned around to soak up the big outdoor clear sound. I get in amounts the crowd dancing for close up crowd shots and could chat to them fairly easily (considering where I was) Next year we should have an SNA catch up there 2
O.Sydney Posted February 3, 2018 Posted February 3, 2018 1 hour ago, zog said: I always take earplugs to gigs.. although it's easier to adjust the volume at outdoor shows (by walking further back!) yes RSF was pretty loud in places, and I had my earplugs in quite a few times. I had a great time though the weather was challenging. I was fortunate enough to be one of the performers.. playing more ambient / chilled out music. Was good hearing "main stage" acid/techno in clear, loud, outdoor soundsystems with the laser lightshows, "how its supposed to sound". sorry I missed this thread earlier otherwise I would have made sure to come to see your gig 1
Addicted to music Posted February 3, 2018 Posted February 3, 2018 1 hour ago, jim13 said: Them function 1's, are incredible ! Yes, such pressure and clear deafening sound, would love to experience it. @O.Sydney good idea for a SNA GTG at the RSF. Apparently they coped all 4 seasons and a threat of a bush fire raging towards them! I toooo old for this stuff....to many pretty young beautiful women bobbing up and down flowing with the sounds..... My house, backyard is now a mess, my son emptied out he car, Shcitt everywhere that needs cleaning.... 2
Jim Johnston Posted February 3, 2018 Posted February 3, 2018 No one's too old for Rainbow , put it on the bucket list. I keep saying its my last, but I'm going next year , might even go to Pitch in March, now that's a line up. 1
Jim Johnston Posted February 3, 2018 Posted February 3, 2018 Hey just checked your DOB, your 9mths older than me, don't let that stop you mate, plenty big kids up there.
zog Posted February 3, 2018 Author Posted February 3, 2018 3 hours ago, O.Sydney said: sorry I missed this thread earlier otherwise I would have made sure to come to see your gig my initial post with the lineup was a quite coy about that, and I played very early, but still had a great time. For SNA gear head relevance I used my ATH-M50X headphones, played all FLAC, and it was the first "big gig" outing with my new-ish Pioneer DDJ-SB2 DJ controller :-) 2
O.Sydney Posted February 11, 2018 Posted February 11, 2018 On 03/02/2018 at 2:44 PM, Addicted to music said: Yes, such pressure and clear deafening sound, would love to experience it. @O.Sydney good idea for a SNA GTG at the RSF. Apparently they coped all 4 seasons and a threat of a bush fire raging towards them! I toooo old for this stuff....to many pretty young beautiful women bobbing up and down flowing with the sounds..... My house, backyard is now a mess, my son emptied out he car, Shcitt everywhere that needs cleaning.... Next year ATM...? never too old as @jim13 said. Year before last I took my 20 year daughter along. I'll post a link here when I get some photos online 1
O.Sydney Posted February 11, 2018 Posted February 11, 2018 On 03/02/2018 at 5:09 PM, zog said: my initial post with the lineup was a quite coy about that, and I played very early, but still had a great time. For SNA gear head relevance I used my ATH-M50X headphones, played all FLAC, and it was the first "big gig" outing with my new-ish Pioneer DDJ-SB2 DJ controller :-) good to see djs using flacs, I occasionally walked passed the chill stage and mostly good clean clear sound, maybe that was you 2
O.Sydney Posted February 11, 2018 Posted February 11, 2018 On 03/02/2018 at 3:10 PM, jim13 said: From 2017 main stage was amazing. they're pretty good clips, what was it recorded on? I'm only starting to record video on a new phone and am pretty happy with that This year same, great lighting and effects, heck of a lot of production set up for just one day 1
Jim Johnston Posted February 11, 2018 Posted February 11, 2018 This guy played a couple of years ago, loved him. 1
Jim Johnston Posted February 11, 2018 Posted February 11, 2018 Not sure, it wasn't me, I just posted it.
O.Sydney Posted February 11, 2018 Posted February 11, 2018 49 minutes ago, jim13 said: This guy played a couple of years ago, loved him great beats, especially for a Sunday afternoon 1
O.Sydney Posted February 16, 2018 Posted February 16, 2018 First photo album from the festival. First Nations cultural sharing, link to a few photos https://orlandosydney.com/2018/celebrating-first-nations-on-dja-dja-wurrung-country-at-rsf-2018/ Opening Ceremony Main Stage. Huge crowd 3
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