Looking forward to Rockness 09
- Apr 06, 2009
Never ones for exclusion, the Scots look set to bring the diesel power to the summer months as the UK's best-named festival returns for its fourth year and boasts as an eclectic line up as any set to grace the tail-end pages of the NME in the coming months. Set on the banks of Loch Ness, sightings of mythical beings roaming in its murky waters may well be few and far between during a weekend in June but there's a concrete guarantee that amazement and wonder will ensue.
A blending of the boundaries that set guitars and hair styles apart from synths and strobes is scribed all over the cards this time round although there are sure-fire hit-makers across the spectrum. From the international to the local, unsigned champions to chart-topping juggernauts, Rockness has every base covered; Super Furry Animals and The Flaming Lips trawl their unique brand of meaningful psychedelia up the Scottish moors and down the other side to the Loch, The Prodigy, Basement Jaxx and Dizzee Rascal bring their mainstream musings to the download-chart generation and Scots Biffy Clyro and Mylo bring their speaker-crunching sonic sytlings to proceedings, brandishing St. Andrews flags all round.
If all sounds somewhat familiar, Rockness has surpassed itself with pristine stereo gems, from the glitchy electro-pop of Chew Lips to the battering beats of Ed Banger, home to Justice and just about every credible French strand of electro since Jean-Michel Jarre. And that's all before Orbital's essential return to minimal techno.
Monsters aside, Rockness looks set to strive in its subdued surroundings free from the splatterings of corporate sponsors, bringing this summer's unmissable party extravaganza to the rolling hills of Clune Farm. Roll on June.
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