Review: NYE Knalwerk

BigSNoise was @ Knalwerk on NYE. Knalwerk, in Dutch, literally means 'bangworks', and yes, the works were truly banging! The entire night was filled with good danceable music. But for us, loving the raw sounds of electro, there were a few highlights.

The MAX Area

With his 13 minute intro SebastiAn raised the expectations to a level only a certain few can meet. He played tracks from everything that's French & good, like Le Petits Pilous, Mr Oizo, Daft Punk, Justice. But also from zie Germans, like Boys Noize, from English blokes like The Prodigy, and the beautiful remix of Gossip's Heavy Cross (from the USA). So what he's predesessor LeLe was singing about 'International Pants' and 'Disco Monster', SebastiAn personified. And score: He certainly met our expectations and brought us a smashing start of 2010.

SebastiAns 13 min long intro


SebastiAn - Threnody (Original mix)



VAgE gASTEN Area

After enjoying a bit of DJ Feadz' clash of Hip-Hop and Electro we went to the VAgE gASTEN Area. Here, also DJ's were letting Hip-Hop, Electro and Dubstep collide smashingly. But then... in the last half an hour the Vage Gasten Dj's really played to our tune. Warp 1977 came by, one of my personal favorites Justice's Phantom II (Boys Noize Remix) and even our home-promoted Huoratron with his chaos song Corporate Occult, that really made us gasp for breath!