Starfields Vanquish: The Reviews

Bodyrox
The UK's house music maestros Bodyrox took the stage as the tent headline act on the Sunday evening. Nick Bridges, one half of the Bodyrox team, commanded the decks and dominated the crowds with his take on electro, house and dance classics. Bodyrox, famous for their UK no.2 single with Luciana 'Yeah Yeah', have received wide spread acclaim.Their songs have charted in countries across Europe, been described as some of the biggest in Miami and have even featured in a Ford TV commercial.

At Starfields Vanquish their hour and a half set bellowed out from the impressive sound system and electrified the crowd. Some critised it for being too housey, but from an electro house group, what do you expect? The mixes were precise and the overall performance inspiring, the light show mixing seamlessly into the music. Throughout all of this, the greatest thing to see was the smile on Nick Bridges face, which never failed to fade and showed he was enjoying himself just as much as the crowd. The two highlights were the opening use of 'Yeah Yeah', igniting the crowd and setting the level for the rest of the evening; and the world premier of Bodyrox's new song, a special treat just for St Andrews.

First two day event hits St Andrews by storm

Starfields Vanquish makes a name for it self

Two weeks ago today saw Starfields Vanquish descend upon St Andrews. The town's first two day student run music festival saw a whole host of international artists grace its streets. Over the weekend we saw Drum and Bass pioneers 'London Elektricity', UK beat boxing champion 'Beardyman', DJ legends 'Scratch Perverts', dance music maestro 'Bodryrox' and the institution that is Utah Saints. The focus was not only on the DJs and we were also graced with performances from local four piece 'DanDanDan', T in the Park performers 'Day of Days' and up and coming band 'The Gentlemen'




The event was held in a colossal festival tent in the grounds of one of the University's oldest colleges. Unfortunately for the event goers, the site had to be evacuated on the Saturday due to severe storms and gale force winds, however the event was saved by moving it to the local student's union where people didn't even notice the change. On the Sunday, all was well and the festival goers enjoyed an afternoon and night of entertainment on the festival site which had everything from a red bull support tent, food stands, University society village, an epic dance floor and one of the grandest structures in St Andrews.



The question on everybody's lips is now with the unheard of 'two day event', what will be next to the St Andrews event calendar? In the space of one year, we have seen the first St Andrews music festival, a full on rave in a 15th century quad and now a two day full blown music extravaganza. All I can say is watch this space.

Reviews of the acts to follow