Moving away from there though Cocoon last year enjoyed the privilege of hosting their own arena at Global Gathering, This might not sound much but it is, I have been to festivals in the past were half way through the night the arenas have had no more than 10 people in them. Its a harsh thing to see but Cocoon didn’t suffer such embarrassment, the tent had its own micro atmosphere which i guess can only be created by the Dj’s playing for Cocoon.

A bit more recently Cocoon took it a step further and held their own one day festival. Cocoon in the park took place in Leeds and with most things to do with Cocoon it went under the radar for a lot of people, This however is not a bad thing, Their are enough lovers of techno and Cocoon to sell out events like this and not have to plaster the event on every bus shelter and bill board, keeping under the radar is a good thing, operating under the radar is how a club gets its name, the people who attend are attending because they love it not because they have heard its popular and want to see whats going on. There is nothing worse than being in a club and seeing people who don’t have a clue what they have bought tickets for and end up just stood there not really knowing what to do and not being immersed in the music.

The main man of Cocoon is Sven Vath, he is worshiped amongst his followers and he is the face you want to see being the decks. He has a special ring of friends which also make the events what they are, these include Richy Hawtin and Luciano and other massive names in Techno, Together the lineups keep smashing the clubs around Europe, the under the radar club is getting bigger,  hopefully it doesn’t burst a bubble as that would be a sad day.