YEAHH! WE BOMBED! We certainly rocked the best stage at this year´s 2008 Melt! festival. Never mind the mud, never mind the rain - we blasted it for more than 10 hours nonstop. Even Franz Ferdinand came down to bounce.
See the first selection of shots, we´re still collecting further footage.
MELT FESTIVAL MAN RECORDINGS STAGE LINE UP
07.00 PM - 09.00 PM DJ BEWARE
09.00 PM - 09.45 PM MC GRINGO LIVE
09.45 PM - 10.15 PM DANIEL HAAKSMAN DJ
10.15 PM - 10.45 PM DEIZE TIGRONA LIVE
10.45 PM - 12.00 PM DANIEL HAAKSMAN DJ
12.00 PM - 02.00 AM EDU K
02.00 AM - 03.00 AM BONDE DO ROLE
03.00 AM - 05.00 AM CROOKERS
The night´s only downturn: Count+Sinden cancelled their show. Sinden caught an ear infection and as he is the guy repping Count+Sinden Live on international stages, he had to cancel the show short termed. A real pity, but it allowed the others to prolong their bombing.
Here´s the chronology - further shots will be added soon.
THE PICKUP IN BERLIN
Daniel Haaksman ready to leave
MC GRINGO TUNING HIS GUITAR
RAIN POURS
Our floor opened at 7pm. Within 15 mins, DJ Beware got the floor from 0 people to ca. 1250 and instantly, hands were up in the air. Unfortunately, at the end of DJ Beware´s set, rain poured. Manic dancing prevailed.
MC GRINGO ACOUSTIC
Despite a merciless 15 min thunderstorm with hardcore rain, die hard fans of MC Gringo remained on the floor.
IN THE SCHLAMM PIT
The heavy rain turned the dancefloor into a mud pit. But shortly later, people didnt cared too much.
DANIEL HAAKSMAN PUSHING THE VIBE
Daniel kicked off with half an hour straight baile funk and backed Deize for her show. Impromptu-hands-up-in-the-air ensued.
DEIZE TIGRONA ROCKING IT
For the very first time, Deize Tigrona performed her anthemic "Sex-O-Matic", live with Edu K
EDU K BLAST OFF
Edu K got the crowd into a craze with his muscle ballet performance with which he supported his block rocking party set to enthusiastic response.
IN THE MEANTIME: BACKSTAGE
Some photos from behind the scenes
VISUALS BY SAFY SNIPER
Our favourite VJ, SAFY SNIPER, produced the most outstanding projections. Wiggleing booty dancers? Michael Jackson lip synching to an Edu K mashup? You name it, Safy had it all in stock....
BOYS R US - THE MAN REC CREW
From left to right: DJ Beware, Phra/Crookers, Bot/Crookers, Daniel Haaksman, MC Gringo, Giorgio Ronna, Edu K
DEIZE TIGRONA + DJ GORKY
DJ BEWARE + DANIEL HAAKSMAN
BONDE DO ROLE
Bonde Do Role tore the roof off and the crowd went bananas
BONDE DO ROLE + DEIZE TIGRONA
BDR invited Deize on stage
CROOKERS BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Our favourite ragazzi smashed it. Cazzzoooo!!
MORNING DAWN
When Crookers dropped their last tune the floor was still rammed.
And then there was still mud:
BACK IN THE BUS
Crookers, DJ Beware and Daniel back in the bus with some friends
BIG THANKS to everyone involved in making this night so wonderful: Stefan Lehmkuhl @ Melt!, Julia Gudzent @ Melt!, Safy Sniper for the great visual projections, Alexandra SickGirl for taking care of us, Giorgio Ronna for the patience, Tobi Seen for the free T-Shirts, Angelika Götz for the Apfelkuchen, and of course: All artists. Thanks for the photos: DJ Beware, Katrin Näher, Edu K. See you next year again! VALEU!
