Creamfields: In search of David Guetta's Caviar
|15:15 UK time, Sunday, 29 August 2010
It's Saturday morning and we're currently mid-flight from Ibiza to Liverpool. Last night was a late one, DJing with Fatboy Slim, Jakwob & Tom Staar at Wonderland Vs Moda. For that very reason, we can't seem to string a coherent sentence together.
I've just taken delivery of two meals I didn't order, which has confused me somewhat. To my left, Andy's fast asleep against the window. He seems to have forgot to turn his phone off and has started receiving emails about discount viagra.
To my right, the previously vacant seat next to me is now being occupied by a pale faced women who appears to be on the verge of regurgitating her entire digestive system. I'm caught between a rock and hard place, but alas their is light at the end of this tunnel - and that light is the UK's biggest Dance Music festival Creamfields!
Two
hours later and we're reunited with team R1 in the artist area of
Creamfields, Vernon's in control of the music, whilst Andy and I are on
the frontline, reporting from the thick of the action.
Rumour has it that the worlds smallest clubs has been erected somewhere on site, with a capacity of approximately seven averagely sized, non-agrophobic, humans. This seemed like an opportunity not be missed! Our expert detective skills (aka a phone call to the site Manager) soon lead us to what was effectively a silver garden shed. The owners of this micro-rave tell us the whole thing came from a random afterparty that lead to her and her friends (all dressed in 80's clothes) piling into her shed, for reasons we will never know. One thing lead to another and now they're set to be in the Guiness Book Of Records. Proper boss! *ahem*
Next
on the agenda was a trip to the tattoo parlor. And by parlor, I mean
bus, obviously. Few things could be more logically then getting a
permanent drawing inked on your body, whilst semi-drunk at a festival.
We chatted with some willing punters and attempted to convince Vernon
to have the Family Fortunes logo embossed on his forehead. The latter
was unsuccessful, but we made some new friends, so all good.
Our final excursion, before wrapping up the show and heading to our gig, was to infiltrate David Guetta's dressing. We informed Vernon and the rest of the posse in the studio of our plans, and set about our mission. Tension levels were high as we coyly blagged our way pass security and into the Gallic superstar DJ's backstage hideaway... What would we find? Oceans of champagne? Vats of caviar? A bucket of of shampoo?... Erm, no. All we found was a meagre selection of snack-sized confectionary, a fridge of Redbull and a free-standing mirror. Hardly the joie de vivre, Dave!
With our objectives achieved we headed back to base for a round of high-fives before we all headed into the night for yet another crazy Creamfields. And lets face it, when the lights go down the freaks come out!
Mission complete. Over and out.
:: Listen to Vernon's Creamfields show here and see the pictures here.
:: Thursday 2nd September 9-10pm: Jaymo and Andy George's In New DJs We Trust show with exclusive sets from Creamfields
We continue the Ibiza theme as we check in with a guy who's been smashing it as one of Cream's residents on the island this summer. He's one of our most accomplished house producers in the UK who made his Essential Mix debut three years ago when he was riding high with 'Changes'. Since then he's gone from strength to strength, conquering America as a DJ, nurturing his label Rising Music into its 5th year and landing the first Essential New Tune of the decade for his collaboration with Deadmau5 on 'I Said'.. Chris Lake.
... in Central London and I'm still reeling after such an awesome weekend. In my opinion, the shows on Friday from Ibiza Rocks were the best ever start to Radio 1 in Ibiza in all it's 15 years of broadcasting from the island.
Hi I'm Huw and I'm the Executive Producer for Radio 1's Essential Mix. 
... I am exhausted after a whirlwind two hours on stage at Ibiza Rocks. It was amazing! Tinchy smashed it, Chase and Status tore the roof off and new girl Katy B made everyone fall in love with her with her tune 'On A Mission'. Riva Starr kept it bouncing with a wicked party house set and then Mark Ronson (the only man who can rock pink baby slacks) and his band ended the show covering Spiller's Groovejet and Stardust's Music Sounds Better With You. Alex Greenwald from the band got crowdsurfed all the way into the pool! 
So our 3rd show from Ibiza this summer went really well...I love going there...it's like a family. Familiar faces and places...plus with the sun shining it's not a bad place to work! Ibiza was noticeably busier than previous weeks - be warned if you're heading out I had to queue for over an hour to get a cab from the airport when I landed (tip - one of you run out and get in the taxi queue as soon as you land!!)
The quality continues on the Essential Mix as we hand a debut cap to one of Germany's hottest underground djs, he's the man behind Cécille Records, home to Markus Fix and more - he's a regular at clubs like Watergate in Berlin and Circus in Liverpool and he's landed himself a Space residency in Ibiza this summer alongside Booka Shade and Tiefschwarz.
