Music highlights for me were: Jeff Mills on Saturday night - incredibly funky and intense, with several mindblowing moments, including a blistering 909 solo and a jaw-dropping piece of work using Sugarhill Gang's Rappers Delight on the new Pioneer DVD deck...
Francois K on the Friday afternoon - from Burial Mix to Tres Demented to dub poetry to Stardancer to Instant House to Strings Of Life via loads of top-notch laptop, FX and EQ wizardry, in the sunshine with beer in hand... Soma party at La Terrazza on the Thursday night - not strictly part of Sonar but probably the best vibe of the whole last week, with what seemed like half of Glasgow in attendance. Truly stunning open-air venue on the hillside and loads of smiling people... Roots Manuva at the Sonar Pro party on the Thursday night - went here before the Soma party and was most impressed with Roots Manuva's live set. Great sound, tight band, top tunes... Madlib and co on the Saturday night - jazz drum solos aplenty from Madlib and Prefuse 73, some seriously phat beats from J-Rocc on the decks and some amusing rhyming from Prince Po... Honourable mention also to Matthew Dear's live set on the Friday... Didn't really see a huge amount of music, but the stuff we made an effort to check out was generally excellent. Had an absolutely brilliant time overall and I'm really glad I decided to go again... Cheers, Tom
