OK, so maybe Bradford student union isn’t the place you’d think of when it comes to festivals; to most people download, Leeds/Reading, Bestival and things like that come into peoples minds. However it plays host to Infest, the UK’s only alternative electronic music festival, although without camping facilities is a fantastic festival to experience with the option to stay in halls (which hold fantastic after party opportunities!) or in nearby hotels.
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| Mandro1d |
After a 6 hour drive from Southampton area we finally reach our destination get changed and head for the venue after a couple of cheeky drinks at the local Wetherspoons. At 7pm on Friday the venue opens and as you can imagine it gets very busy very quickly in the small sports bar to facilitate people before the main party kicks off wearing some fantastic outfits and hair pieces, playing games of pool with friends and having drinks.
8pm and the main doors open with DJ Nice
Andy getting lovely tired travelers in the mood
for some stomping goodness while the first
local band, Mandro1d are preparing
themselves to kick off the festival with a bang!
After a 45 minute dj set while everyone filters
through into the main hall one of the people helping to host this fantastic festival
‘Tails’ comes out on stage wrapped up in newspaper in front of an unknown crowd.
This being his first of many costumes
to come over the following weekend, I wasn’t sure whether or not Mandro1d
were going to be any good after hearing them on MySpace and not being
overly impressed. This being a year not too be taken TOO seriously on the
other hand I stuck with it and thought “seeing as I’m here I might as well see
what they’re like…”.Actually seeing them however was completely different
– all of a sudden their whole image and sound came together as a joke band
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| Heimstatt Yippostash |
and it worked rather well. With songs like ‘Burnt Out Car’ which takes a
cheeky jab at chavvy antics of stealing cars. Another fun song of theirs is
‘Count To Evil’, with its Sesame Street-gone-wrong feel, it’s definitely a
fun track to sing along to! This band were a surprisingly good way to kick
start the festivities getting everyone in a brilliant mood after a good laugh and
a bit of a dance even though it was rather cheesy – having said that though, I
probably wouldn’t go and see JUST them.
After another delightful DJ set from Nice Andy where more people are starting
to dance, at 9:45 Heimstatt Yipotash grace the stage. They had teamed together
after 2 solo careers to form an experimental combo that cant really be pinned
down to just one genre of music, but personally I found them to be using too many
samples for my liking and didn’t look like they
were enjoying themselves as much as Mandro1d
had. They did succeed on getting people dancing
but that could have been to the student priced
drinks… although I will admit they had me
dancing too, I wouldn't have chosen to listen
to them outside of the festival but after hearing so many great things about them
I couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed when I actually saw them.
Unfortunately in my drunken state I missed actually seeing De/Vision but from
what I heard of them they were really good live and I’ve seen photos that my
friends have taken and they looked like they were loving it, which I really enjoy
when bands play live – and they certainly got the crowd going.I was going to
catch the last part of their set but it was so crowded I couldn't get to the main
bit! I would definitely pay to see them again though which is certainly a good
sign! After De/Vision, Nice Andy came back on; by this point the dance floor
is filled with people stomping away, everyone’s chatting to everyone which is fantastic!
But on that note I have to say DJ JuDas stole the show DJ wise finishing the night off
with everyone wanting more – the Saturday couldn't come quick enough!
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