RTP Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 You guys, you guys... Last night I was on a party and experienced the best ambient/chill floor ever. And really, it probably was! This party was held in a planetarium and they opened the observatory dome for the guests (they normally never do this). And they played pure ambient there! It was sooo cool ... I assume you guys have been to planetaria already, you know, this biiig dome where they can project the star constellations on with a huge projector device. And they switched it on! It was like sitting on the starlight deck in a space station, to watch this big star dome that showed a big part of our milky way galaxy and so many stars, rotating with an endlessly slow speed ... some cool ambient visuals flowing in from the sides sometimes as they put up rotating projectors ... and all that to an ultimae-style panoramic sound ... comfy seats ... AWESOME I tell ya! AWESOME! The best ambient floor I have ever been to ... I mean, I haven't been to many yet, but I think it's not easy to top this, isn't it? Man... Unfortunately they closed it at 5 ... and I was really pissed off about that, because what are you supposed to do after such a massive panoramic chill session - go to the fullon floor? Ridiculous. But still ... I'm so happy I have been there ... it was sooo cool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redington Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Hey! At least you got to experience it even if it was short? Sounds like you had a blast. I wish I was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen dream Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 wheres the pics sport? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTP Posted July 7, 2008 Author Share Posted July 7, 2008 wheres the pics sport?I'm sorry, no pics. I guess you know how a planetarium looks like ... and if not then it's time to go to one Besides you wouldn't have seen anything it that almost-darkness anyway ... and photos with flash would have been cruel to everybody in there. It was undoubtedly the best ambient experience I had so far apart from smoking Shisha to CBL's Hydroponic Garden. I now want to rent that planetarium just to put some of my Ultimae CDs in and listen to them ... I mean, this was so great... Are there other locations that great for ambient music? A real sky full of stars maybe, but you almost never have a view that good, besides you must be out of the city to have no light sources near that dim the star light... Gothic buildings such as churches must be awesome locations aswell ... in the french town Guebwiller there's such a location called "Les Dominicains de Haute-Alsace" ... and there they already had ambient concerts with Solar fields for example ( http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=tccKOgYFMZo ) ... looks awesome, but I wasn't there. I'm even too stupid to attend these concerts around here. I missed Solar Fields as he was playing here ... and I also missed an ambient concert in a church once (that was Sunn O ... I could bite my ass for that ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p(sy)ayam Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 an ambient set in a planetarium !?!?! oh man, i have fantasized this for myself couple of times simply AWESOME... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabaquara Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 sounds cool - shame no pics.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Planetariums as chillout arenas are cool as cool can be Failing that take you portable music player loaded with spacey chill out into the country on a summer's evening lie back on the grass & stare at the stars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTP Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 Planetariums as chillout arenas are cool as cool can be Failing that take you portable music player loaded with spacey chill out into the country on a summer's evening lie back on the grass & stare at the stars Yep, I really really hope they are going to repeat that some time again ... they can even bring terrible Skazi music on the fullon floor, doesn't matter, I'll go there nevertheless just to chill in the planetarium Well, see, that's the problem ... the sky is almost never clear and even if it was then it's difficult to find a good spot ... and "out in the countryside" is easier said than done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryll Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 they did this once here in Belgium, in a real planetarium, with all ambient acts flyer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTP Posted July 11, 2008 Author Share Posted July 11, 2008 they did this once here in Belgium, in a real planetarium, with all ambient actsreally cool ... have you been there? You know what's interesting? The combination, that once man becomes calm, relaxed and chilled to ambient music - or even without - the best stuff that fits visually is sights of masses and masses of stars, galaxies, the endless universe ... nothing terrestrial like a forest or such (I mean, that fits aswell, but not in that extent, you know - at least in my opinion) ... I guess it has something to do with where we came from and where we will return to ... in a way ... don't you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prio Alea Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I'm getting huge south park flashbacks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTP Posted July 13, 2008 Author Share Posted July 13, 2008 I'm getting huge south park flashbacks... I don't get that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryll Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 really cool ... have you been there? well, i just saw on formik's myspace they had to cancel the event because of a lack of presales i myself couldnt attend this one, as i didn't have time back then but i think i should write them about postponing it or something, and then do some publicity for them myself :-) these are definately initiatives/ideas that should be supported imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTP Posted July 13, 2008 Author Share Posted July 13, 2008 well, i just saw on formik's myspace they had to cancel the event because of a lack of presales i myself couldnt attend this one, as i didn't have time back then but i think i should write them about postponing it or something, and then do some publicity for them myself :-) these are definately initiatives/ideas that should be supported imo lack of WHAT? goddamn, it's a Platetarium, IT CAN'T FREAKIN' GET BETTER THAN THAT! If not even this event sells enough tickets to actually come up for the costs to organize it, I abandon my hopes for ambient gigs altogether Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryll Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 lack of WHAT? goddamn, it's a Platetarium, IT CAN'T FREAKIN' GET BETTER THAN THAT! If not even this event sells enough tickets to actually come up for the costs to organize it, I abandon my hopes for ambient gigs altogether well, they probably didnt have the budget to risk major losses, and the rental-price of the planetarium probably costed heaps i'm assuming something like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTP Posted July 13, 2008 Author Share Posted July 13, 2008 well, they probably didnt have the budget to risk major losses, and the rental-price of the planetarium probably costed heaps i'm assuming something like that Yeah, I bet renting the Planetarium here wasn't cheap either ... although they sometimes rent it out for parties (I can somehow sense they got a bit monetary problems), but they never allowed people to rent the dome room until last time (there hasn't been an ambient floor till that night). But it was combined with a big (fullon ) party, so the guests there also paid the rent for the dome room with their entry fee... I think that's - on the long run - the only way not to make a loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryll Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Yeah, I bet renting the Planetarium here wasn't cheap either ... although they sometimes rent it out for parties (I can somehow sense they got a bit monetary problems), but they never allowed people to rent the dome room until last time (there hasn't been an ambient floor till that night). But it was combined with a big (fullon ) party, so the guests there also paid the rent for the dome room with their entry fee... I think that's - on the long run - the only way not to make a loss. well.. i think this one was more of a concert than a party.. u know a musical event, not a dance event Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTP Posted July 13, 2008 Author Share Posted July 13, 2008 well.. i think this one was more of a concert than a party.. u know a musical event, not a dance event Even better and even more cool ... but well, you see how well the tickets for it obviously sold It's sad, but if they had made the ambient standalone here, without the party connected to it, I assume just as few people would have come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prio Alea Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 I don't get that In a SP episode they go to a Planetarium where they brainwash them to think it was the most awesome ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTP Posted July 14, 2008 Author Share Posted July 14, 2008 In a SP episode they go to a Planetarium where they brainwash them to think it was the most awesome ever. Haven't seen that one yet ... wouldn't even have found it cool before that experience though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I'm getting huge south park flashbacks... You love the plane'arium! The plane'arium is your life! To not think about the plane'arium will bring you icky pain!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapinho Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Hehehe... I hadn't seen that episode in ages, and with a stroke of coincidence it was on telly last night. Funny stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTP Posted August 31, 2008 Author Share Posted August 31, 2008 I HAVE BEEN THERE AGAIN! Absolutely wonderfully amazing I'm for a law that every citizen of this country must visit a planetarium ambient session at least once a month! Would make our society a lot more chilled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 Sounds very cool what music/artists did they play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damon Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Raphaël Marionneau (the guy behind "Le Cafe/Voyage/Classic/E'te Abstrait" series throws his parties@Hamburg's planetarium as well: http://www.abstrait.net/voyage/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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