how does it compare to sonar week? good atmosphere? parties going on all over the city?[/quote] there isn't a 'buzz' around the city when primavera is on.... its a low key festival where the acts are mainly bands. And there aren't any parties happening around the city directly related to the Primav...

anyone been to primavera? whats it like? im seriously thinking of doing that instead. i went last year to primavera.... excellent festival. very down to earth and the crowd is a bit more normal.... mixed crowd, young - old, ravers -rockers... the electronic acts last year were fairly decent. first ...

I agree, it's not so much about the official sonar events. With the beachparties gone though, I don't really see the point. Please post alternatives in this thread! preferably somewhere with the winning formular of sonar: warm/in a great city/near the beach/loads of great music :lol: as i said befo...

if you look at the lineup from 5+ years ago, the lineups are great. they sold-out big time.

anyone been to primavera? whats it like? im seriously thinking of doing that instead.

the kalabrese thing looks alot less interesting than shackleton, flying lotus, mad mike + jeff mills doing rings of saturn, roisin murphy...other than that, piss-weak lineup.

primavera has robert hood, model 500 and thomas brinkmann, and its mainly an indie festival for fucks sake!

perlon kind of sucks a bit now. hopefully portable will bring something new to the label.

i know theyve re-pressed a bunch of old villalobos records, but does anyone know what others (if any) have been, or if they plan to re-press more?