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Review: Paul van Dyk @ Space 03/27/2009
had a really fun night!!!
got to space with my before 12am ticket at 11 and there was no line. got right inside within 2 mins. edgar was opening and it was pretty slow. :/ i really wish edgar would just bang it out when opening for pvd... i mean its not like pvd cant follow it up properly. but i guess edgar does what hes paid to because he always opens up the same way for pvd.
1:30ish and paul shows up in the booth. took his tech guys 15 mins to set all his shit up and finally he starts. paul was so fucking banging for the first hour... nonstop banger after banger after banger with minimal vocal breakdown fluff that only lasted 30 seconds or so before the next bang would come in. at this point i thought it was going to be a legendary set. unfortunately after about the first 45 mins or hour paul kind of slowed it down. started playing a lot of vocals and tracks like long breaks. he was working everything, the mixer, the keyboards, his laptop, jumping all around with a smile on his face. he was def having fun. unfortunately the crowd didnt seem to dig it all that much. within an hour of paul changing his style the club seemed to thin out. by the time he was done (5:15) the club was half empty. it was never a fully packed club. def no sardine fest like i was expecting. but i cant believe he only played for 3 hours and 30 mins. 
oh well. also people were really nice at space last night. of course its all the out of towners. anyone from miami you could spot in a heartbeat cuz we're just assholes like that. $8 beer, $8 water.
sound system sounded REEEEALLY crisp. it was perfect. this is why i love space. they didnt have it too loud either.
some funny moments... towards the end of pauls set they just take him out of the booth, onto the dancefloor, and over to the bathroom. never seen this before at space. is there no bathroom in the booth? i know the old booth when the room was long had a private bathroom, so what gives?
also was standing by the bar between the mainroom and front room and the little garbage scooper guy came by and was sweeping shit into his thing. i look down and i see him sweeping a $20 bill in there. so i get down and try to grab it and he says "no" so i tell him "oh i dropped it!" and he shakes his head and walks off. looooool. he wasnt having any of my bs. poor guy though. atleast he got a $20 tip. lol.
so overall it was a good night. maybe not quite worth the ticket price because paul could of played better. but im not going to complain. i had great company and just had an absolute blast! the moments of the night were def pvds opening and when he dropped binary finary. 
heres some tracks i remember off the top of my head...
for an angel (x2)
the other side
forbidden fruit
time of our lives
wippenberg - chalahalaka
funkagenda - what the fuck
lmfao - im in miami bitch (x3)
binary finary - 1998 (pvd remix)
markus schulz - without you near
andain - beautiful things (gabriel & dresden remix)
that brinka-marinka-brinka track lol
oscar g - dark beat
white stripes - 7th nation army (live keyboard encore for 1 min)
pics, although shitty:
vids coming...
VIDS!
last 3 mins of edgar and pvds intro + for an angel
uploading all done. sorry i didnt take too many. was too busy fucking dancing my ass off!!! 
so it was dead silent for 15 mins? and those tech guys do they fly with pvd to his gigs?
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| Originally posted by orTof�nChiLd so it was dead silent for 15 mins? and those tech guys do they fly with pvd to his gigs? |
he played a similar set last december @ space, and i think last year's WMC show wasn't too different IIRC
Thanks for the vids, good stuff.
I am the biggest PVD fan, but call it like it is. IMO the first hour to hour and a half PVD was on fire, building up the energy & banging it out beautifully. But then he totally lost it & completely killed the vibe, playing really low tempo no-energy house and a bunch of cheesy vocal tracks. He even played some love song that was so horrid everyone was looking around like WTF. That garbage lasted over an hour. He did bang it out for the last 30 minutes, but that was too little too late
sounds like pvd@space this wmc wasnt quite as good as last year's?
coulda been a bit better music but everything else was perfect that night. the sound was incredible. the lighting was good (not as intense as it can be to the point where its distracting). the crowd was really fucking polite. there was no line outside. it wasnt a sardine fest. everything space hasnt been for quite a long time it was that night. pvd did awesome the first hour and that was enough for me. coulda been a longer set, but im still happy with it.
i also wonder if the reason that pvd didnt spin so long is because space didnt pull in as much money. obviously the longer he plays the more he gets paid. yea it was sold out for weeks, but it was never really packed. admission was $100 at the door, so i guess they never really sold out. the dj mag pool party was 100% sold out. no one got in without a ticket. so the pull from the door probably wasnt all that great. the bars where never packed. i rarely saw anyone with a beer or a mixed drink. everyone had water. now then again the water was $8 a pop, same as a beer, so im sure space still did fine. but probably not as good as years past.
fuck it. i had fun.
I had a blast!!!!
First hour of PVD, was on fire!!! I remember tweeting
"HURRY, CALL 911. PVD IS ON FIRE." LMAO
I was surprised he played For An Angel at the beginning. I'm really bad with track names, but I remember ZOMBIE NATION. LMAO... hahaha I even have it on video. I took LOTS of videos and WOW!!! SIMPLY WOW!!!! When you see the ones I took, you're gonna wish you were there.
I got fucken drunk, so I don't remember the 2nd half of PVD's set. lol Man, that always happens to me when I see PVD. I get fucken drunk and don't remember the 2nd half! lol
I liked what I heard from Edgar V. It was pretty cool. He played several songs I really like, like SHANNON - LET THE MUSIC PLAY!!!
I went solo but I ended up meeting people. It was FUN! I got there at 1am, the club was sold out so they were only letting ticket holders in. Obviously I had one, so I went right in. Even though it was sold out, it wasn't sardine packed! I liked that. Everyone was nice, and the staff was really friendly with me.
I'll post my pix and video later.
I would love to get a copy of the set if anyone has it.
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| Originally posted by DjWoody I would love to get a copy of the set if anyone has it. |
Yea it was empty in there. We got in around 11:30 and the F*ck you pass was sweet. only bad thing was that in the start none of the vip areas knew we could go in there. ended up staying up in the terrace until about 2am. Edgar V was kinda boring and they were bangin it out up to.
the crowd was so thin we didn't bother staying in a booth, there was more room on the floor. Paul was ok. not the best. still a fun night.
now its onto armin.
I will agree with what was already stated, first part was banging then it dieddddddddd
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| Originally posted by Dream Beamz I will agree with what was already stated, first part was banging then it dieddddddddd |
it was a nice nite! pvd started off full throttle with one of his classic hits (another way??). had to leave early though since i was wacked out tired. didn't like the club itself though.
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| Originally posted by jovjo003 it was a nice nite! pvd started off full throttle with one of his classic hits (another way??). had to leave early though since i was wacked out tired. didn't like the club itself though. |
If you guys missed out, this is what you missed!!!! I took this video before I got really drunk! lol
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| Originally posted by DjWoody |
here are my video i took.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qug2mTAPBY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEbJsgxdWVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_h7K5eGQjk
I got busy dancing my ass off.
It's my first day back home after WMC and I'm SOOOOOO sad to be back. Having said that, Paul Van Dyk was AMAZING!!! Loved every minute of his set, was so great to see him so into it, I've never seen him before act that way. Just unreal. I was at the front the entire time with my friend at about 2 and he walked right past us to go to the bathroom and I was kinda in shock at that haha. And after his set, he walked past us into the Terrace which caused the floodgates to open for that lineup. Thank god for the Fuck You Pass
When did PVD actually start? I wanted to get there ASAP but I was so hurting from not sleeping since Wed night, I needed to chill out for a bit after Ultra.
I just remember when they shot the ice cannons off, a lot of the liquid hit me right in the forehead haha... damn that shit is cold!
Can anyone tell me what the name of this song is? I uploaded my video to YouTube but kept it private so only 25 people can see it for now, I think. I would appreciate any help though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy__PQ6seRU
Cheers,
Terry
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| Originally posted by Thierry Can anyone tell me what the name of this song is? I uploaded my video to YouTube but kept it private so only 25 people can see it for now, I think. I would appreciate any help though http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy__PQ6seRU Cheers, Terry |
I wasn't there, however who actually went to PVD, then head upstars for Morillo/Angello? I showed up around 8/9am so downstairs was totally done with.
1 reason why it may have been dead around 5 may be the fact that everyone is trying to get on the terrace.
The way Flo made it feel was that it was dead, but looking at the videos it looks pretty packed. However, it is first pumping, jump up and down trance when you can be upstairs with a lower beat per minute where you can dance and move your whole body a lil more.
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