The Good:
I loved JOC, Aly&Fila, Shogun, and Sied van Riel's sets. Although overall JOC really, really ripped it up. Super excited to see him this upcoming week in Miami.
The Bad:
Arty.....is well Arty. Same set he has played almost for an entire year. Someone tell this guy people don't want to just hear your productions mixed/faded into each other for an entire year...
As for Gareth, he was all over the place. His set was not cohesive at all and was more or less a collection of music from all genres. Glad I will be missing his set at Ultra next weekend to go to an afterparty instead.
The Ugly:
Do I even have to say who is in this section? Fei-Fei did not play anything other than Trance. It was horrendous. That whole prisoner of your own style bullshit is played out. This is called "A State of Trance" not a dubstep. Why in the hell would anyone book a dubstep dj for a trance event is beyond me, but whatever "She's popular in LA..."
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You can defend them all you want, in fact I admire you for doing so, but don't you find it a little suspect that whenever these characters change their style and sound - it's always a "coincidence" they select whatever sound happens to be "popular" that month? - John Askew
A lot of artists today are just victims, not having control, and they're not free. And that's pathetic. If you start being dependent on money, then money has to reach a point to fit your expenses. - Thomas Bangalter
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