Future Music Festival pretty much marks the wind down of the festival season and in Brissy it usually means one of the worst days weather-wise for festivals with torrential downpours and a venue of muddy swamp varying in depth from ankle deep to thigh high wading! But this year? New venue and for the first time in longer than most can remember, it was sunny!! Not just sunny but a comfortable warm autumn’s day. The pitch was a little crispy after the damage from the Soundwave Festival the week before but other than that, it ran like clockwork. There was even no wait at the ticket booths (unlike the dogs breakfast of previous years) and a separate colleciton point for media, bless.
Highlight of the day goes to Rudimental, there’s something unbeatable about live drum and bass!
Check out the gallery of all the action below while we have a bit of a lie down….
More Future Music Festival 2012 Brisbane photos here
Fatboy Slim
We’ve lost count of how many years Future has been under water, or mud as it were so when the previous day’s forecast said it was going to be partly cloudy we were skeptical but were really hoping for a good day. The day started with a bout of moderately heavy rain which laid a soggy foundation but thankfully held out for the better part of the day with only a few patches of light drizzle. Unfortunately it was too good to be true and as the headliners were beginning to take to the stage the weather man in the sky remembered what day it was and bucketed it down, but that didn’t stop us from getting some shots even with the thought of a dead flash courtesy of Soundwave Festival last week still fresh in my mind :-\
The sets however were nicely varied and LMFAO wasn’t heard -too- many times (though once is usually more than enough!) and dubstep seemed to be kept to its respective DJ’s. Highlights were definitely Aphex Twin with a lesson in how to play a broken beat set and Chase and Status with a mid afternoon stormer. PvD’s trance stage also provided a few sparks of interest to a genre I haven’t paid much attention to in a long time.
Check out the first batch of photos, more to come!
Brisbane Future Music Festival 2012 photos
Skrillex
Die Antwoord
What a day of nostalgic fun! The 90s was definitely the best decade for music and the headlining acts proved they still had it!
