Creamfields

You could definitely feel the buena onda at Creamfields BA. People were relaxed, having fun, properly raving. It felt very similar to the very first ever Creamfields festival, which took place in Liverpool in 1999. Nearly everyone wore their sunglasses throughout the night thus avoiding signs of 'clubbers eye' ie when you like a mangled wreck after consuming too many narcotics. In England no one cares about looking wasted, which is why people in clubs take on the appearance of the living dead after 4am.

On the Corner, the Buenos Aires blog which snaps eye-catching portenos, produced a Creamfields special and photographed the shiny happy people. It was great to see people feeling free to express themselves through interesting outfits. I love these three girls above, they look oh so pretty and sweet.

Music wise, Simian Mobile Disco were thumping, they looked like evil geniuses on stage, meddling with a massive 80's Moog and making all kinds of crazy noises. Derrick May played in his usual rhythmic Detroit style, though maybe too quick for the Argentinian crowds. He is consistently great as you might expect from one the forerunners of techno music.

Gorillaz on the other hand were laughable, a dude onstage waving his towel around and jumping up and down and a woman MC'ing badly over Daft Punk's 'Around the World'. I can't believe they were paid to perform, what a load of rubbish.

The more progressive trance / house style DJ's, Erik Morrillo and David Guetta attracted massive crowds. Their music is Latino friendly, more so than the unrelentless, ear bleeding types of techno favoured by Scousers which doesn't give you a pause to breathe let alone pose in your sunglasses.