Konemetsä look-back

I survived Konemetsä. Barely. Due to problems with the voice blog, you missed some hilarious moments recorded live, but I try to share the muddy moments by writing.
Konemetsä is a yearly open air festival located in Marttila, Finland. It’s basically in the middle of nothing, nearly a two hour drive from Helsinki and somewhat less from Turku. Getting there was a small logistic challenge and I ended up getting an official artist ride 11 hours before my set.

To make a long story short: I joined picking up from airport an Australian/Indian/English guy, who said Russians are godless, was amazed by GMS’ & Astrix’s excellent psy-trance and the setup of the Konemetsä main stage, got totally wet in the heavy rain during the morning hours, witnessed festival area turning muddy, slept three hours in a random caravan next to two very drunk Swedish guys, woke up to the middle of cocaine snorting merry-go-round, got very muddy and finally played a three hour morning set to the waking festival audience in the Konemetsä chill-out tent. It was the best chill-out gig experience so far for me – perfect weather, the first rays of sun, people getting out from their sleeping bags, eating breakfast and just being comfortable. An uncompromisingly good mood was in the air.
The festival producers Pete & Pete were incredibly nice, feet on the ground, ready to help and very professional guys. It was a pleasure spending some time together. Big thanks also to our driver for a good company and loads of fun all the way from Helsinki to Marttila.

The first 1,5h of my From Rural To Urban themed set the sound was more acoustic related, easier campfire chill-out and grew bigger little by little as the people woke up. The last hour was more urban – more beats, long pads and a bit more complex electronic touch. For a better view, see the full tracklist below:

Orion – From Rural To Urban Live @ Konemetsä 12.07.2008

01. Alcôve – Highways and Skyline
02. Karma – Kon Tiki
03. Phoniclux – Warming
04. Tepui – Caribu
05. Sleepy Town Manufacture – Fortnight
06. Alpaca Heads – Sushi @ Sydney
07. Nightmares On Wax – Night’s Interlude
08. Flashbaxx – Livingroom Adventures
09. Boards Of Canada – Hey Saturday Sun
10. Tripswitch – Roll Your Own
11. The Prodigy – 3 Kilos
12. Thievery Corporation – Holographic Universe
13. Ame – Doldrums
14. DJ Orion – One Sunday
15. Minilogue – Six Arms And One Leg
16. Slowhill – Valo
17. Navarro – Jeudi
18. Koss – Negai
19. Slowhill – Come Back As A Butterfly
20. Tom Middleton – Moonbathing
21. Jonas Bering – Melanie
22. Softys – No More Time For Us
23. Air – Alone In Kyoto
24. The Future Sound oF London – Dead Skin Cells
25. Budai & Vic – Cross The Line
26. Global Communication – 14:31 (+ We Are The Music Makers)
27. Tom Middleton – Yearning
28. Trentemöller – Miss you
29. Global Communication – Maiden Voyage
30. Softys – Neues
31. Placebo – Pure Morning (Les Rhythmes Digitales)