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10 massive tracks from Gottwood Festival 2018

The big moments from a vintage year in the Welsh forest of Carreglwyd...

Gottwood Festival returned last weekend (7th to 10th June 2018) for a celebration of the best electronic music surrounding the UK’s house and techno scene. Nestled in the Welsh forest of Carreglwyd under a canopy of trees, the leafy festival site is famously one of the most beautiful in the UK, hosting stages surrounding a spectacular lake in the centre of the grounds.

The weekend was graced with sunshine from Thursday right through to Sunday and was soundtracked by names including Hunee, Palms Trax, Andrew Weatherall, Zip, Jackmaster, Craig Richards, Willow, Binh, Nicolas Lutz and many more. Live sets from Romare and Rodriguez Jr. also shook the natural surroundings.

On Thursday night, Jackmaster’s cheeky spin of Artwork’s ‘Let Go Of My Acid’ was a highlight, while Dutch DJ don Job Jobse rounded off the first day with a fun set featuring ABBA and Dead or Alive’s ‘You Spin Me Round’.

On Friday Paul Woolford featured twice, once under his d&b and jungle-focused moniker Special Request, as well as under his Paul Woolford alias. His Special Request midday set at the Trigon stage was particularly epic, while later on Axel Boman supplied some serious grooves over in Ricky’s Disco.

On Saturday, the standout track from Ben UFO’s excellent set was LSDXOXO’s ‘Burn The Witch’ — thanks to the tune’s bouncing breaks and sassy vocals.

If you missed out on Gottwood 2018, panic not! DJ Mag was at the festival soaking in all the sights and sounds — check out the 10 best tracks from Gottwood 2018 below...

Grain B2B Jackmaster @ Trigon
Track: What Time Is Love (Live at SSL mix) - Lifelike, Kris Menace

Job Jobse @ The Nest
Abba 'Man After Midnight (Ziggy Phunk edit)'

Special Request @ Trigon
Outlander 'Vamp'

Zip @ Ricky’s Disco
Son of Sound/ Jus Ed 'Cuchfritos'

Crazy P Soundsystem @ Curve
Crazy P 'Stop Space Return'

Lukas Wigflex @ Trigon
Vex'd 'Angels'

Ben UFO @ Trigon
LSDXOXO 'Burn The Witch'

Bradley Zero B2B Bufiman @ Curve
Barbatuques 'Baianá'

Binh B2B Nicolas Lutz @ Trigon
Dawl 'Party’s in the Basement'

Hunee @ Curve
Alfredo 'Action (Piano Mix)'