A Day at the BEACH... KOSHEEN(uk) THE BIRD(syd) Dec27@Shores

Posted: **28 Dec 2005, 8:14am**

Awesome, awesome show!

The bird fucking rocked, blake's breaks set was cool, KO were the fucking BomB! and Havok's set really impressed everyone i think.

then Kosheen came on. It was cool til Sian left the stage, then it felt like i was listening to fresh. disappointing.

never mind tho top show boys bring it on!

Posted: **28 Dec 2005, 8:48am**

top night everything was going awesome then kosheen came on and i ran away as fast as possible screaming and raving about how much house sucks..

K-Oscillate

you know it

The Bird good but i wish they wouldnt genre swap so fast.

Posted: **28 Dec 2005, 9:06am**

The bird and KO rinsed it out good...

Was a little disapointed (confused) about kosheen but the main punters seemed to get into it..

Was worth the ticket price just for KO imo... love the really produced sound they get while still maintaining that live energy!

Posted: **28 Dec 2005, 9:44am**

WTF happened to Sian?

A lot of people paid tickets to basically see her and her beautiful singing but she seemed to very quickly disappear.

So disappointing and after talking to many people they believed the same.

However the night on a whole was good.

Posted: **28 Dec 2005, 11:58am**

the bird were ok, k-o were pretty good. no offence to dale and andy but kosheen sucked. after party was good though

Posted: **28 Dec 2005, 12:24pm**

the bird rocked it!!! best act of th enite, for me...easy!!! dub, synthy dnb, drums and awesome lyrics. cant get much better than that

loved the start of kosheen's set too, sian has a crazy powerful voice!!!

Posted: **28 Dec 2005, 1:40pm**

i was dissapointed with kosheen however k-o were really good and i was impressed with havok and the bird.

good to see heaps of people down there too

Posted: **28 Dec 2005, 2:05pm**

Big ups dale and crew for putting it on

big ups http://www.novatechproductions.com.au/ for da bomb Kudo sound system

most of all big ups Koscilate they are some of the nicest people i ever met i would hate to think how much work go's on behind the scenes to pull off a show like they do

also as i told them get your self to http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/ and vote for them in the hottest 100....haha these dudes didn't know till yesterday they were on the JJJ play list

Posted: **28 Dec 2005, 9:47pm**

well what can i say...im in love!

...the bird Jawdrop ...fucking sensational!

was just really refreshing to hear!!

and K-O were awsome once again!! @ the shores n after party...

big ups to piety! rockin! i really enjoyed his set at b cat a few months back too...

kosheen...mmm..well wouldn't say it killed me...i hadn't seen them before, so i didn't know what to expect..but eh - you know what, its funny how things like that dont seem so important when your having a damn awsome time!!

..plus i was already satisfied with the above... Big Grin

big ups to all involved...

big ups to the peeps i got to share the day with...

DeeJoined: 29 Dec 2005 Posts: 1

For anyone wondering what happened to Kosheen after only half an hour, here is a direct quote from their official website;

The gig in Adelaide was not a full live set, it was DJ / PA night which means the guys are playing a mini set in a club environment. They do try and distinguish between the two different types of gigs on here and make it quite explicit but alas people such as yourself still go to DJ / PA sets expecting a full live set.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Posted: **29 Dec 2005, 9:18am**

i dont think it was whether they played a proper live set or a dj set i think what most people had gripes with was the style that was played..

personally i cant comment as i only heard the opening 5 mins but i think more d'n'b heads were expecting something more d'n'b-ish

Posted: **29 Dec 2005, 9:39am**

yeah Sian went straight back to her hotel room after. maybe she was just over it

Posted: **29 Dec 2005, 9:39am**

yeah exactly i didnt hear anyone complaining that it wasnt a live set... we just wanted dnb is that too much to ask for.. they shouldve atleast done a mix of the 2 styles but meh its neither here nor there. though on the night it was like "a boot stomping on your face, forever."

Posted: **29 Dec 2005, 10:13am**

for me...and i repeat, me...

it had nothing to do with it not being a dnb set...i just found it to be a bit monotonous....

anywho...also big ups john doe, del and fiction...caught most of their sets and boogie down hard....

...nice one

Posted: **29 Dec 2005, 10:28am**

btw, what time did k-o finish at the crown and sceptre? i left at 2 and that was a good 2 hours i reckon they had been playing for then... machines!

Posted: **29 Dec 2005, 11:28am**

The Bird absolutely smashed it, still one of the countries best live acts.

Sian had a really powerful voice but I thought she was a pretty average performer, saying stuff like "who wants to heard me sing?" well duh, though it would be cooler if u started breakdancing and cooked me dinner. Their DJ set wasnt too bad, I think most people are just griping cos it wasnt a straight up drum and bass set which is what they were expecting.

Posted: **29 Dec 2005, 11:47am**

Professor Booty wrote:

it would be cooler if u started breakdancing and cooked me dinner. .

yep no doubt

Posted: **29 Dec 2005, 12:35pm**

enjoyed bits and pieces of kosheen. what i saw of the bird was really good, but i missed k-o at the shores. they rocked it at the C&S though. static did a nice job in the vibe room and what i heard of blake's breaks was great.

really have to stop getting drunk and dancing like a minda though

Posted: **29 Dec 2005, 12:49pm**

Well I Loved Kosheen and am a fan whether they play their tunes DnB style or not. Alot of poeple there would not have been DNB heads and would have appreciated hearing the housey/electro versions.

Sian has a beautiful voice and I loved hearing her sing! From what I hear she was very very tired from touring and would have partied on more but just couldnt.

I thought the boys played some funky tunes! We were all funking out to it backstage anyway

KO and the Bird were fine, not really my thing though and had already seen KO the week before so yeah....and i was a little well..fragile for early part of night due to xmas night partying.. hehe

Party was great though, BIG BIG UP DALE and promoters for putting it on in so little time at such a fab venue!

Posted: **29 Dec 2005, 1:57pm**

Pretty cool day out. Would have prefered Kosheen 2 play a bit more d'n'b but there u go!

Posted: **29 Dec 2005, 2:19pm**

ummm.... well i saw a lot of grass that day, enjoyed that.

listened to the bird for 15 mins Sleeping interesting to listen to but does not get my dancing shoes running for the floor

k-osillate where awesome, and missed most of kosheen Neutral

but had the bestest time ever and ever and ever....

Posted: **29 Dec 2005, 3:26pm**

Hey everyone, a few things...

The Bird & KO smashed it. Good to see everyone embracing the LIVE stuff.
Blake, Havoc, Static and all the VIBE contingent, nicely done!

Sian wanted to pass on her apologies that she couldn't go on past 45 minutes singing... poor girl had a twisted knee and was pretty exhausted to boot so had to be taken back to her hotel room and hand the reigns over to the lads to get cracking on the dj set.

Markee and Darren (great guys by the way) make no apologies for the direction of their set however. Though they sympathize with how their dnb based fans will feel (including Cam and I, lol)... they knew there was a strong dnb contingent in the crowd but took it as a challenge... to win the crowd over with what they are currently most passionate about rather than just give them a set from where they were at several years ago. The new album is kind of electro based so thats where they went with their set. Gotta say the whole room was rocking to electro boiler room style and not too many left before the bitter end so they certainly did their job. Electro acts like Tiga & Miss Kitten bypass adelaide on a regular basis because Electro is a hard sell. I hope everyone took note that it doesn't have to be that way.

Finally, third album is out next year. The tour will be a LIVE tour with instruments and new material and Adelaide is definately going to be ON after the wicked response at The Shores. Lets do this again in a year but twice as big I say.

Posted: **29 Dec 2005, 9:04pm**

Had a Cracker of a time all day & night!! The fabric crew etc were there for Kosheen im sure!! I certainly wasnt expecting D&B from them. The first tracks were phat and breaksy.. Sounded so fresh (as in new) and i appeciated the new sound! It turned into karraoke massive with hide U & hungry etc.. I think kosheen fans got what they wanted!!

Big ups Havok on a wikid set! 4 MC's aye?? pitty the sound engineer wasnt aware of the mic that wasnt up loud enough to hear!!

Good to see so many happy crew out

Posted: **29 Dec 2005, 10:46pm**

b@ch wrote:

It turned into karraoke massive with hide U & hungry etc.. I think kosheen fans got what they wanted!!

suicide?????????????????????????????????

Posted: **30 Dec 2005, 9:39am**

Well what i can i say, was well dissapointed with Kosheen, just expected way more. The Bird was a bit meh too even though i can totally appreciate what they do. Once again the K-O boys rocked it

Even though Kosheen are trying to push a new sound i was totally not down with it. any way thats my 2 cents

Posted: **30 Dec 2005, 6:14pm**

k'o are just trying too hard to smash it out, and lose some of the crispness that acts like the bird have in their music...i'm not really into the pendulum massive thumping sound either, each to their own i spose!

hey found some pics at ITM

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Posted: **30 Dec 2005, 9:27pm**

suicide?????????????????????????????????

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"Dj Jason"- Rave Adelaide 28/12/05

"kosheen produce mostly prog house tunes if you even listen to their stuff. yes they have made some dnb tunes, but thinking they would play moslty dnb is just silly. listen to their album and you might actually see what im talking bout!!!"

"Funshine"- Rave Adelaide 28/12/05

"Stood back and watched Kosheen, love having tracks with vocals, they certainly had the crowd singing their asses off."

These were my two points exactly!!

Exclamation

Posted: **30 Dec 2005, 11:50pm**

trashy_chica wrote:

hey found some pics at ITM

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i didnt realise bekky was working for itm hahaha

Posted: **31 Dec 2005, 10:52am**

Venom wrote:

Pretty cool day out. Would have prefered Kosheen 2 play a bit more d'n'b but there u go!

i myself thought the bird woulda been cooll for a morning after or somethin K'O boys smacked it to pieces AGAIN.

i know kosheen aint really my bag but i expected a bit more from decoder and substance i mean the mixing was non exsistant Sleeping

Posted: **31 Dec 2005, 4:01pm**

I was pretty unhappy that kosheen didn't do suicide,
I know they're not all dnb i saw them at big day out and i have resist
But hell, it's a classic!

It was the track i wanted to hear the most all night and because of that i waited till the end of the night listning to shit that kept building up to nothing.

Once that Cian got off stage i felt it went downhill from there.