The Warp Rave Thread

Post by **gribbles** » Sun Dec 22, 2002 4:26 am 0

I've just read through this thread with a huge smile on my face

I suspect like most of us who weren't there, I'm gutted that I couldn't be part of that.

And like most of us who have been customers, then 'followers', and hopefully finally friends of YaK, I sincerely hope that this really is the start of something personally fulfilling for you, Jeff. Goat, I think you deserve it after all this time slogging away, but things must feel good for you at the moment with ******** happening, and now VLM-3 being a huge hit on it's first outing.

If I had a drink in my hand, I'd raise a glass to you. To the future....

aureole · Post by **aureole** » Sun Dec 22, 2002 11:48 pm 0

Posting here from my parent's home computer 'cos I'm baack doing the family thing. But I have to chip in here and vehemently agree with the others. Top, TOP night, one of the best I've had in as long as I can remember.

Persuaded my ex-flatmate to make the trip too based on the Warp records music, and gave him some vague promises of good visuals (Me: "Know the VLM on my Nuon? Like that, only apparently it's about x20 better", Him " ... Fuck"). Had a bollocks-awful day at work, not good at all and was knackered on the train ... Topped up with Red Bull and Lidl's cheaper alternative and felt ready. Met up with Ceri JC off the forum before we came in, started feeling a bit welcome and a bit cheerier. The music was starting nice and slow so we had a beer. Chatted with the performers and admired the "VLM CREW" badges they'd made up. Met Fuseball and manged to shoot a little film of the crew and the visuals - and almost better to watch - people's reactions to it live (although I had to be reminded to take of the lens-cap, so that's pretty much my skill with a camera

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Really nice to have a bunch of llamasofties and other friendlies around that you could talk to as well ... good to know there's a lotta people you know around you...

The at 11, they put the "Roscoe woofed" short film by Chris Morris on, hilarious and rather odd, set the tone nicely and then after that it was time to DANCE. The VLM taster session hit then, and went off amazingly. Someone else had had a lightsting on before and was blown away, totally. VLM2 on the nuon has also been blown away. Totally amazing. Quote from James "This is too much for my fragile little brain". I guess a little like VLM on the nuon but *more* of everything. More depth and detail and running on the insides of cubes floating in space with all these other artifacts floating around and a blended psychadelia layer on the top - all with each guy working his own groove into the patterns ... Hypnotic AND addictive - you couldn't look away.

I was lucky enough to get a fiddle too, and I was entranced .. so much going on and the way you can see what all the other users are putting in .. Fuseball was nice enough to let my friend have a go and he was well away as well - another convert, I reckon. Actually, the general consensus around was massively popular, it formed a huge visual focus for everyone in the club. And the feeling when YOU'RE contributing to that, is really something else.

The last four hours of the evening just disappeared, one long alpha-blended haze ... can't really distinguish much but that it was fun, all of it. Music was just fantastic, off the charts to the end, and the VLM buzz was great too. Good combination! Basically ended the night with a grin from ear to ear that you couldn't shift with a crowbar, felt like I'd being doing drugs all evening and was all fluffylove.

Hung round at the end, wandered New Street 'till the tubes opened, light a fire to keep warm with a few others, then barely kept awake and made it back home. Good times.

Massive shouts to Yak for making it happen, to RiK for letting me play, for SickBoy, Jed and Fuseball for being a top laugh and really friendly too, and the Warp people for the top tunes. Awesome, all round.

Hope you're all totally jealous now.

Andy Pandy · Post by **Andy Pandy** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 12:03 am 0

All I can say is that must of been one hell of a trip... set the controls to the heart of the sun.

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 2:00 am 0

I just want to say thanks to everyone who has wished me and the project well in this thread. I think from the whole vibe of this you can see through all the silly secrecy that has had to surround this project so far and get an idea just how buzzed me and the few who know about it are feeling about this. If this is the result of the first few months' exposure to new hardware, then what the fuck is it going to be like after 18 months?

Friday night was just magical. I work really close to this stuff all the time, and sometimes doing that you lose confidence, fall into a way of thinking that it's not good enough, you have no external reference to reassure you that you're doing OK. I got a massive external reference Friday night. I really can't describe how wonderful it felt to be there on the dance floor, surrounded by people who were LOVING it... being able to give them control, right there, on the dancefloor... "here, take this, twiddle these with your thumbs, press that when you feel it would be nice..." - give them Controller Zero, and it was "HOLY... FUCK..."...

I have wanted to do that for soooo long. I'm three months in and already I can. And I'm not saying that to big myself up, IT is wonderfully easy to program, it's not hard. It's just what it allows you to *do*. Sweet Christ, the game I am going to be able to make with this thing...

The contrast between the start of this year and the end of it couldn't be more massive. It started with me out of a job, not knowing what the fuck to do, scared that it would just be Game Over. It's ending and bugger me, everything is just going off big style. Friday night was the embodiment of that feeling. Right there in that club, the dreams of 18 years were coming true. I am so glad that some of you were there to share that experience with me. And to everyone who missed it - don't worry. I want that to happen again, and again, and again, until I'm in my Zimmer frame and unable to move :-]. And to everyone who helped make it happen - and you know who you are - the biggest, stinkiest beastie love I got

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'03 is going to be a great year

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(:-) - Yak
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jshawnd · Post by **jshawnd** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 7:03 am 0

Great to hear it, Yak. I know I speak for a lot of us when I say it's great to see you psyched for the future. I also began the year in a huge state of flux, and was lucky to have things work out as well. Thank you and the llamasoft gang for bringing this board group into formation. I first found out about it in <March?> when I clicked on an old link to one of your (old) blogs. It's been a nice constant in an otherwise difficult year.

Can't wait to see what 2003 brings everybody! Take your time with whatever IT is...I'll be content with GR++ for as long as necessary.

Ceri JC · Post by **Ceri JC** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 10:22 am 0

Hi all,

I had a great night- thanks to all the llamasofties there. My first "mini-jolly" good fun. Thanks to Sick Boy in Particular for patiently explaining the reason some people were using wavebird controllers in the crowd in terms that even in my drunken state I managed to grasp

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Respect to Yak and team for great visuals and hi to Aureole.

jshawnd · Post by **jshawnd** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 1:02 pm 0

wavebird, eh?

t0ne · Post by **t0ne** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 1:20 pm 0

Sounds like a fantastic experience was enjoyed by all. I had the full run down of events from RiK last night over a rather splendid curry ... we NEED an envy emoticon

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 1:32 pm 0

jshawnd wrote:wavebird, eh?

Or something extremely similar.

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 1:59 pm 0

Figured I'd post these here too in case anybody missed them over in the Lightsynths forum. Better too many copies of them than none at all :-].

If you think that looks nice, you should see it mooving at 60FPS...

VLM Crew buzzed after a successful mission

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(:-) - Yak
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Post by **Jedburgh** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 2:42 pm 0

Aw, can't you just feel the love? I'm certain I've never hugged so many people in a single night.

My only bad vibe from the night is that early on when we were just getting going, this slightly mad girl in lots of bright jewellery, tinsel and pink leg warmers came up and asked for a go. But because we were still getting going and I wasn't sure about how sensible it'd be to let just anyone take the controls, I felt obliged to say no. What a cunt, eh? On the off-chance that anyone here knows her, I feel rather bad about that now and I'm deeply sorry.

Thank goat it was such an otherwise brilliant night, eh?

Rockers Hi-Fi · Post by **Rockers Hi-Fi** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 5:12 pm 0

Jedburgh wrote:Aw, can't you just feel the love? I'm certain I've never hugged so many people in a single night.

That'll be the drugs

Sickboy · Post by **Sickboy** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 5:27 pm 0

Rockers Hi-Fi wrote:
Jedburgh wrote:Aw, can't you just feel the love? I'm certain I've never hugged so many people in a single night.
That'll be the drugs

Well, sort of. If they kick down a few of those silly social barriers, good on 'em.

arron · Post by **arron** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 5:57 pm 0

I can't understand why some people have problems with hugging people of the same sex for some reason. It's not as if it is a prelude to jumping into bed with them or something

Post by **RiK** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 5:58 pm 0

Jedburgh wrote: My only bad vibe from the night is that early on when we were just getting going, this slightly mad girl in lots of bright jewellery, tinsel and pink leg warmers came up and asked for a go. But because we were still getting going and I wasn't sure about how sensible it'd be to let just anyone take the controls, I felt obliged to say no. What a cunt, eh? On the off-chance that anyone here knows her, I feel rather bad about that now and I'm deeply sorry.

Ahh I remember her, dont worry dude, she came baa-ck a bit later when we were playing pass-the-controller and had a go.... she went away very happy....