Glastonbury to have 'silent disco'

Timbob · Post by **Timbob** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:19 pm

Dog wrote:
Timbob wrote:then they should invent some sort of force feedback floor
which vibrates at the bass of a song
Like Fabric have?

oh..
i didn't know that

don't blame me, i'm dutch

memly · Post by **memly** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:33 pm

Yeh the system in Fabric is great!

Couldn't see it working on a grander scale...
this idea is gonna cost a fortune surely.

Especially if the signal keeps getting intercepted by Radio Avalon

Nothing like a bit of Nick Harper half way through some kickin Techno

stargurl · Post by **stargurl** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:50 pm

I was writing a response to this when the forums went down the other day... can't entirely remember what I had written.

In short: sounds like a cute idea, tough logistics... who would hand out the headphones, would you have to return them, etc. Plus as others have said, the 'feel' of the music is such a big part... and that would kind of be missing.

Timbob · Post by **Timbob** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:28 pm

memly wrote:Yeh the system in Fabric is great!

Couldn't see it working on a grander scale...
this idea is gonna cost a fortune surely.

Especially if the signal keeps getting intercepted by Radio Avalon

Nothing like a bit of Nick Harper half way through some kickin Techno

how does it work then?
is the whole floor on some sort of hydraulic pumps? that just shake when the music plays?

memly · Post by **memly** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 2:34 am

Technically I have no idea

Just the vibrations are incredibly concentrated and certain tunes just sound terrific! On a few occasions the hairs on my arms were standing on end.
Last time I went James Zabellia played the original version of "Poison" by the Prodge and that was just amazing (shortly followed by Papua New Guinea!)

Taken from the Fabric website
"fabric opened in October 1999 after years of planning. It has three spaces, two of which feature stages for live acts. The rooms house Europe’s first bass-loaded ‘bodysonic’ dancefloor, 5 soundsystems and 3 bars over two levels and a total area of 25,000 square feet."

Timbob · Post by **Timbob** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 9:52 am

ooh, that sounds nice..

last time i had my armhair raised was with the massive attack concert

my god, they had bassss!
oh, and the leftfield concert too

always nice to feel the music too indeed.. that'll surely be missed with the headphones disco...

hippy dave · Post by **hippy dave** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:25 am

one of the organizers posted on another board about this, i'll find it & post it up later. sounds like it'll be reasonably well done.