true what you say about the prog too Craig, definitely died in the arse a fair bit. But bring the big guns back here any time, Dave Seaman, Sasha, Digweed, Satoshi Tomiie, Sander K, Tom Novy etc. guaranteed they'll over fill and sell out any big night spot venue here.
Seen John Digweed play here at Future last year, but i think he was as about excited as to get his set done and out the way, as us punters were waiting for nightfall > it was f*&^n over 40 degrees that day, he played at 3pm in the blazing sun for a 1.5 hour set... bloody waste! The man needs at least 3 hours! And you'd want it to be the closing set of the day...
was still a top day with awesome sets from all acts; Diggers, Sven Vath <-- wicked minimal and techno from that bloke, Roger Sanchez, and then the Chemical Brothers (which was at night).
On the prog side of things this year - there have been a few acts down; Sander K @ future 09, Paolo Mojo @ the Bunka (upstairs part of the Austral i believe), and Hybrid a couple of weeks ago @ garage. I hardly ever go out any more, wish i went to all these shows. I did however go to future that day, and Sander played a ripper of a set. I took a few vids too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq9mGoQtOS4
and on the topic of minimal & techno, Richie Hawtin played straight after him. 3 hour set. Absolute gold. The bloke plays straight off a laptop - if you do a search in youtube, there is a 5 or 6 part series on the software he uses and his set up, its phenomenal!
another vid i took on the day of Richie Hawtin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg50buuQ0N0
Spewing my N95 nokia is very sensitive to sound and distorts so easily though ;/