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| Originally posted by preppie chick ** anxiously waiting to see if Cribby completed all his tasks!!! ** |
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| Originally posted by devnull From detroit news web site:  Chris Pereira, 22, of Toronto, dances to the sounds of Lee Burridge at the Beatport stage. |
LOL @ the newspaper articles saying that Moby and Girl Talk are the biggest bookings.
These guys obviously dont know what they are covering.
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| Originally posted by Jayx1 LOL @ the newspaper articles saying that Moby and Girl Talk are the biggest bookings. These guys obviously dont know what they are covering. |
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| Originally posted by TheNeonAlien your gunna be pleased Lars........ |
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| Originally posted by The Highroller Did anyone catch David Squillace? |
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| Originally posted by Silky Johnson First thing he did when got on was jack up the sound...fucking douche. |
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| Originally posted by devnull From detroit news web site: Chris Pereira, 22, of Toronto, dances to the sounds of Lee Burridge at the Beatport stage. nice cribs! |
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| Originally posted by preppie chick hmm i would definitely agree that Moby was one of the biggest bookings... |
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| Originally posted by Jayx1 He's definately up there but i suspect most attendees went to hear benassi, hawtin, dubfire, and (in detroit's case) carl craig. |
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| Originally posted by Jayx1 He's definately up there but i suspect most attendees went to hear benassi, hawtin, dubfire, and (in detroit's case) carl craig. The media's fascination with top 40 acts is what is very telling by these 3 articles. |
it was a crazy stage in that beatport area. I would expect that to expand next year! Good on DEMF for getting good sponsors such as vitimin water, red bull, beatport and myspace. These kinds of sponsors tend to lower ticket prices for the rest of us
From Beatport and Youtube:
Justin Long
Lee Burridge
Konrad Black
Heartthrob
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| Originally posted by jennypie Lee Burridge |
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| Originally posted by jchung52 new cdj or just a faceplate? |
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| Originally posted by jon jon 'Chris Pereira AKA Cribby from Tranceaddict.com' |
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| Originally posted by jennypie From Beatport and Youtube: Lee Burridge |
My fav pics of the weekend:
Carl Craig's crowd:
Magda:
I checked out Lee briefly and he was exactly as I pictured he would be - proggy, drugged out minimal. Bleh. Not what I wanted to hear on the last day of the festival...
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| Originally posted by Skipper - proggy, drugged out minimal. |
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| Originally posted by magikb Awesome!! I love the hair colours to coordinate with your outfits.. lol. DIVA |
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DEMF: I Love My Life 2008!
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This was my 2nd DEMF, and I was barely able to make it due to passport issues. Somehow I overcame that obstacle and I'm extremely thankful for it! Preparations went down on Friday night, and we decided it was a good way to start the weekend by partying before Detroit; 3 days are not enough. Once again I claim it as my favourite weekend of the year, and my rockstar status from last year elevated to whole new levels greatness! I couldn't compare the experience to last year, because they both had different moments and memories.... It was definately up to par though. This year I surprised myself, and still had it in me by Tuesday morning. Sleep deprivation and hunger were minor factors; I wanted to do it again for another 3 more days. Thus, I love my life 2008!!
Saturday
We made it across the border with no problems somewhere around 3:30. Knowing what to expect from the year prior, there was nothing to overwhelm me this time. I Hop was just like I remembered, with a few of the same staff that I recognized from before. Honestly the only way to start and end a trip in Detroit. I was excited to be greeted by no one other than our wonderful Eboni at the front desk of the Comfort Zone Inn. Still wearing that heartwarming smile that put a spell on us last year . We quickly got our act together in our room, which for me meant putting the bubblegum pink in my fauxhawk. Rockstar Rooster was a good description of what I looked like. While the shuttle bus took us down to the plaza all the sights suddenly became clearer in my mind. The Sun God, Carl Cox's fist, and the downtown buildings made the city look richly polished in comparison to the outskirts.
Detroit!! I couldn't keep a smile off of my face as we purchased our tickets (didn't take too long) and received our shiny silver bracelets. Once again, the check at the front entrance was lacking. Wasn't expecting the plaza to be fairly packed on Saturday afternoon. Last year it was quite dead at 4 pm, but then again, it was raining at the time. They hadn't made any changes to the overall layout and design of the festival. It made me feel like I never left it last year, which was nice. A few stage name changes, and an underground stage were the only differences I noticed at first. We gave our DEMF newbies a tour of the place and I started to feel chills down my spine. It took a while for me to process that I was actually at DEMF and that I wasn't dreaming. We walk by the main stage and I remember the view from the top of the stairs: the panorama of the beautiful hotels and city structures circling the back of the stage <3. I was itching to go to my favourite stage, the beatport tent! They managed to upgrade the sound system as it was crisp and sounded great from any position of the tent. They removed the side/back wall tarps that they had last year, which enabled a cool breeze to enter the tent throughout the day/night from all areas.
Thousands of people were in attendance already on the first day, and more than a handful of these were interesting to say the least. I found that this year the attendants were a lot friendlier than the last. I took a dozen pictures of and with randoms, held hands and spun a bunch of people like ballerina's, and introduced them to Ducklet. Their reactions were all positive, and the interactions I received in return were awesome. I even managed to GWARTQWZ!! a few people, lol! I wouldn't be able to do this in Toronto. Ducklet and I first felt like movie stars on Saturday, but it continued throughout the weekend. We got paparazzied by magazines and websites, and fans of our lives . The levels of ridiculous characters were the same as last year. Lots of candy raver kids (I felt like one with my hair!), gothic wear, and a new addition: spandex butts! Some memorable characters on Saturday included Wholesome Candy Arby Girls, the return of Grandma Techno, and Pink Fufu with Ducklet's girlfriend, Spaghetti Piggy! There were many good looking people, and once again, folk from all over! One major difference I noticed this year was dancing. As opposed to last year, almost everyone was givin' er' and they were all talented dancers. Last year wasn't so much the case, as our crew felt like we were professionals in comparison to the rest... plus, last year we had more guidos.
I made my mark in the Beatport tent, and stayed until the end rocking it out. Wasn't sure who was playing until Long came on and got me going.
*Justin Long*
Great way to start the weekend! First time checking Long out live and I was impressed. He woke up the crowd and ended their conversations. A few familiar tracks were played; tech house was his main focus with a few surprises here and there. It wasn't that memorable, but probably one of the better opening sets for me. I found his mixing was above average, while his selection could have been chosen better to blend. He really got me going when he dropped:
Andy Caldwell - Warrior (Claude VonStroke Sharp Toof Mix)
I'm usually not a fan of CVS tracks, but this one is an exception. He followed this up with
Guido Schneider & Andre Galluzzi - Albertino.
*Joris Voorn*
Joris aka Curious George came on at 7:30 and despite what others have said, I thought it was a fine preformance. It was live, consisting of most of his works, which would include some of his older, melodic techno. He looked really happy behind the booth... but who wouldn't be, when you've got the myspace girls kicking tits right beside you:
Booya!! haha. They were giving out all kinds of myspace gear which was cool. Joris played
Rejected - Lost
and also one of his most memorable tracks
Joris Voorn - MPX 309
The crowd went insane to this! Unfortunately towards the middle of this track, the candy kids started cheering on Deadmau5's name as he was putting on his head. Disrespect... I couldn't believe how many children came out just to see him. Arrrrg! I gave him the finger with Ducket, and cheered on Ducklet to take over the booth instead, bwahaha. We decided to quickly run away
Went to the main stage to check out a bit of Zip, who was dropping some creeeeepy minimal. Wanted to relax but decided to go up to the front and kick some ass.
*Alex Smoke*
Came back in time for Alex Smoke! It started to get dark outside, so they turned on the lightshows in the Beatport tent. Just as awesome if not better than I remembered. These lights are what started the whole 'unicorn hunting' fiasco. His performance consisted of harder techno followed by dark, bumping minimal. Some of his tracks were way too disturbingly good! He played one track that sounded like sexual ghosts haunting a cemetary:
Alex Smoke - Blackbody
Pulled the pink hairs off of my back for this one! Even Julio Fey's 20 inch hair spiked up! Couldn't recognize others, but I was about to award him with Live Set of the night.
*Alex Under*
When he played in Toronto a month or so ago, it was unbelievable. His productions were some of the first that got me into minimal techno. He closed the Beatport stage and I was all alone, losing my mind to his set for the last hour. Melodic, slow, groovy tunes.. loved it!
Alex Under - -7
Alex Under - Extrapezlo
Deadly! Crowd was delved into his sound, and I could tell they were feeling the same sensation that I was. I didn't hear my current favourite track of his, but he played my older favourite as his closer!
Alex Under - El Encuentro
Couldn't have been happier at this moment, but I had wished that everyone else has stayed for it. The track tells a story of the voyage of a hot air balloon in the night sky.
As day one of the festival came to an end, I was forced to walk back to the hotel, after waiting 30 minutes for an available cab. I walked 20 minutes to my hotel from the festival, alone at 12:30 am in Detroit. I had balls that night... I decided to brush off the Minus Party and hit the 9 - 5 after party solo.
[The Other 9 - 5]
When my cab ride came to a halt, I realized that this was the same venue that held my favourite after party from last year, the Tronic Treatment party. Although there was rap blasting from the main floor, I knew this was going to be a killer party. The party consisted of 2 floors, rather than 3 from last year, but the 2nd floor and attic were used rather than the main floor and basement. The 2nd floor was a sports bar turned into an old school Detroit techno club. Grungy, dirty, and not pretty; just the way I like it! The turnout for this party was excellent! Some dude recognized me from mnml.nl and apparently he was friends with all the deejays who were playing. Also ran into some annoying fellow named Troy, who we ditched at Old Miami last year. lol.
Managed to catch a bit of Camea, [a]pendics shuffle, Dirtybird, Apnea, and Miss Fitz on this floor. Lots of variety and each had something different to offer behind the decks. Camea's set stood out to me the most, and I managed to hear her drop
Elon - Noose
Quarky, foot flopping, pick me upper track. The attic upstairs looked like a meeting spot for gangs or shady dealings.
Great artistic graffiti on the walls. It was really dark in here. Someone decided to twist the light bulb to make the place even darker! I liked it up here the most. The vibe was consistantly crazy, especially up at the front where a bunch of older people were showing the youth how it's done proper.
Kate Simko was playing for quite a bit. Wasn't feeling her more underground set as much as I wanted to, because it wasn't what I was expecting from her. It had it's moments towards the end though, and I was sweating buckets by then.
At 4 am they cleared out the smoking area at the back and used it as a vending room where they were selling balloons filled with nitrous oxide. He he he he he ha ha! I was tempted into buying one, and so I did. Let's just say it was quite the experience in that dark room!
Adultnapper closed the room. His set exceeded my expectations and was awarded the best after party set this year for me. Great energy, impressive track selection overall. Would of been a sight if he played at the festival, but for those who didn't make it out for this party... you missed out! I thought I was tiring out, with the severe ventilation issues and all, but then he decided to drop one of my current favourite tracks!
Audion - Billy Says Go
Whoa! Awesome track with a sort of aztec influential sound. Typical Audion material.
System 7 - Space Bird (Dubfire Remix)
was also played.
Called it a night just before 5 am to get some sleep for Day 2!
Sunday
Woke up in the afternoon and quickly got ready! There was no time to waste today. This time the theme for me was green. I got called a Palm Tree! Made it to the festival just before 4 pm again, and this time the plaza was packed! Day 2 last year was the same case. The number of candy ravers had died down a lot, but thousands of normal looking partiers took their place. I had a feeling that Day 2 would be mental!
Some character highlights on this day include Old Clown From The South, Death Man, Old Macdonald, and... I'll leave this til later.
Don't think I left the Beatport tent at all this day. The lineup of deejays was just ridiculous! We must of yelled out as a group, "I love my life 2008" more than 20 times this day. I was feeling a bit sore but regained my energy at 5 pm.
*Heartthrob*
Can't remember if I've seen him live before, but already I was loving it. Decided to chill out for a good portion of his set considering how groovy and downtempo it was at times. There was a lot of upper shoulder liquid movements going on during his set, and I'm not speaking just on my behalf! Programming was ingenious for a live set! Typical tracks heard:
Seph - Dash (Hearthrob's Acid For Bongo Interpretation)
Troy Pierce & Heartthrob - Horse Nation Amended
Delicious!
*Paco Osuna*
Since Marco Carola wasn't able to play, they managed to get Paco Osuna as a last minute addition. I'm glad that they did, because his set was bonkers! Lots of bumpity bump tech house and clackity clack techno. Two hours of goodness and never a dull moment! We had a good crew busting moves at our old spot from last year. Refrained myself from leaving during the entire set. I mentioned the word bonkers...well.. he actually played a track of his that sounds like it says 'bonkers' in it:
Paco Osuna - Tansheet
F*cking bonkers! Not to mention the following tracks..
Florian Meindl - Blast
Paco Osuna - Orbeat
Florian Meindl - Subfocus
Radio Slave - Grindhouse (Dubfire Terror Planet Mix)
D'Julz - Just So You Know
<3
As soon as a I saw my techno vixen aka wife #2 on stage I got excited!
*Magda*
I've never heard a bad set from her, but I was a little disappointed with her at times. She started off with her trademark deep techno with those murderous basslines and veered off into slower minimal. It was great for the first hour but I was getting a bit bored. At midpoint her set suddenly progressed into something else. It became dark out, and the trippy lights were out again, illuminating her on the decks. It was coordinated so well that it almost seemed like she manipulated the sky to change with her set. With that said, she started bringing out the bombers. Relentless, head flinging tracks that made me spin circles of intensity. I couldn't ID any of her tracks, but I managed to capture a few gems on video, including the most crazy track played that whole weekend:
Deep Track:
Crazy Track:
I do recall hearing
Loco Dice - Tight Laces
which was something otherworldly! We spotted our old friend Troy from last year again, but this time he was behind Magda taking pictures. We then came to the realization that he must be someone important, and that we're fools for burning our bridge with him and treating him like a sketchbag. The joke was on us! lol. I also managed to score Skipper an interview with a woman from Resident Advisor when she asked me if I recognized any deejays who were chatting beside the deejay booth. I pointed Skipper out to her, and told her she was an upcoming Toronto deejay who's career there was taking off!
After losing it to this, her set was coming to a closure...and that meant that Richie was coming on!!
*Richie Hawtin*
Opposed to what some people have said, Richie was off the wall. There was a lack of minimal, but lots of crazy techno tracks. It was similar to his set last year; Richie always steals the show at DEMF!! It was extremely predictable, and other than a bunch of top shelf tracks, it didn't exceed my expectations. It would of been nice to hear him experiment a little like he usually does, but other than that I had no complaints. I've never seen a crowd keep up with Richie like that. I don't even recall seeing those levels of dancing last year. The floor was like some kind of battlefield and everyone was giving it their all! I even pulled some moves I didn't know I was capable of. lol.
Richie's always dropping fresh tracks and this time was no different. The only track I recall hearing was a deeper vocal track layered on top of John Selway & Christian Smith - Total Departure. I believe it was his last track.
Once his set was over I met up with my crew, and as we walked out of the plaza, I met my favourite person from last year!! Mr. Tophat Platform Plasktikman who broke his 12 inch platform last year!!! He was wearing the exact same outfit...and wait for it... he broke that same platform again!! LOL Luckily this time he used black duct tape to hide it better. I love his life!
We took a bit of a break and then decided to head over to the first after party of the night shortly after 1 am.
[Tronic Treatment & Radio Skool]
Paying the price of one party for two is awesome. What's more awesome is accidentally entering through a back door that clearly had a sign which read, "Anyone entering through these doors besides staff will be removed immediately." We walked into the back of the Tronic party where we were greated by a female bouncer. She looked at us and said nothing. She must of thought we were important. Must of been my green rockstar hair! lol. So.. basically I got in to two parties in one venue for free! Awesome. That kind of made up for something else I had lost prior to this after party 
The venue looked like a grungier version of The Mod Club. The Tronic party was really lacking any vibe. The turnout wasn't that great, which wasn't surprising considering there were more than 10 other afterparties going on. I was disappointed with the line up of deejays up there. Checking out Joris Voorn for the 2nd time this weekend was a pleasure, but since it was another live set I'm not sure he had anymore unheard material of us. Heard a few of the same tracks. Overall a good performance. The only real good thing that came out of that party was hearing
Rejected - Cliche
Christian Smith came on afterwards and I wasn't too impressed. He played a really hard set that was borderline cheesy for me. Mixing could have been better too.. heard Radio Slave - Grindhouse (Dubfire Terror Planet Mix) again which was cool. He played some of his productions, just not the right ones.
Downstairs was where the Radio Skool party was held. It was a smoky, hot basement with strobe lights constantly hitting the dance floor. A lot of people couldn't handle it, and I heard a few people got some injuries, hah. Closing your eyes and finding a good spot seemed to do the trick for me. Dennis Ferrer was playing old school Detroit beats. Lots of Chicago House and groovy house tunes. I'm usually not a huge fan of the genre but was loving it. The vibe in there helped greatly.
They closed the place down at 4 am, which left us with nothing to do for a few hours. This was the perfect opportunity to relax and be rockstars until 7 am. What could possibly be happening at 7 am on a Monday morning?
[Old Miami]
There was no way I was missing this party. Managed to make it last year, but left way too soon. This year we made a pact to last longer. We arrived just after 8 am, at the biker bar turned techno chill out. I remembered it like it was yesterday, but it had been a year. Giant backyard with a couple of hundred folk sitting on the grass grooving. Very chill party, with chill out tunes. Heard some Aretha Franklin, and other older Detroit remixes. This was a bit different than last year, but still sick nonetheless. Didn't recognize any of the deejays playing, but the first dude looked like New York trailer trash. He was wearing a tight t-shirt exposing his gut, with a low cut chest slit, and not to mention his greasy, uncombed hair. Awesome!
Didn't run into Magda this time around unfortunately.. There was some dude who was giving out baguettes to everyone. This was my kind of party. It looked like it was going to rain, and it was chilly, but the sun managed to sneak it's way out and scorch us. Couldn't handle the heat anymore, and wanted to rest up after 3 parties, so we called it a night sometime after 11 am.
Monday
Caught a few hours of sleep and then woke up with a sudden burst of energy. I'm not really sure how my body was still functioning and why I was feeling amazing after all the partying done so far. Got into my blue outfit with blue stars in my hair and was ready to rock. I was called everything from a dolphin to a shark. On our way down we saw the guy outside the festival with his bongo drums that was present last year. Wanted to dance while crossing the street, but didn't want to get shot by passing cars.
The festival was quiet on this day; I guess people went home after checking out Richie. There were no new characters that caught my attention, but for some reason the blue theme I had that day drew the most attention from people. I thought the lineup was weak for the closing night, but I ate my words throughout the day. It rained for a few minutes only which I was thankful for. Chilled out by the main stage until 5 or so.
*Cassy*
She was playing the Main Stage, and it was the first I've heard of her, and she surprised me with a funkier sound. Most of her tracks consisted of vocals, could have been hers, but I'm not sure. Very easy on the ears, and warming to the soul. I was having ADD, so I went off to the Beatport Tent.
*David Squillace*
Can't remember much from his set, but he did have a late start. Thought he was Burridge at first too. I remember dancing up a storm to some good tunes. It's hard remembering every set! Oh wait...he played..
Guido Schneider - Halo
David Squillace - Stomach Flip
*Par Grindvik*
Made it back to the main stage for Grindvik, whom I was dying to see since his gig was canceled last year. Thought it was a deejay set at first, but after recognizing more than a handful of his productions I realized it was a live set. Everything I expected and more! He was on fire with his tracks, one after the after. It was a nice change to finally hear some real minimal techno on the main stage and not beatport. Let's go through the list..
Par Grindvik - Nand-Grind
Par Grindvik - Continue In My Words
Par Grindvik & staffan linzatti - 24
Par Grindvik - Ensemble
Par Grindvik - Attack
Par Grindvik - Surface
Par Grindvik - Akustik
Par Grindvik - Do Us Part (Len Faki Remix)
Why hello there! Caught some Lee Burridge who started late, but unfortunately I didn't have time to spare since I wanted to see Cobblestone Jazz.
*Cobblestone Jazz*
Ran back to catch a good 20 minute chunk of these guys at the main stage. Love their acid jazzy tech house (pun intended!) They
Cobblestone Jazz - Put The Lime In Da Coconut
and since it was the only track of theirs I only wanted to hear I ran back to catch some more Lee. Heard some good tunes, and caught a bit of
*Josh Wink
He was better than the last time at Footwork, where his set consisted of some tech house. Only caught a good 30 mins since he started late but managed to catch
Josh Wink - Superfreak
Thomas Muller - X Nights
I was doing a lot of bouncing between stages and so here I was again.. running back to the main stage to hear my most anticipated producer!..
*Paul Ritch*
Possibly my most favourite producer of 2007! I felt honoured to hear him play at the main stage. I tried to convince everyone to come with me and those who did were pleased! Another live set, which meant I'd hear most of my faves! Weeeeeeeeeeeeee! Crowd was digging it, with more people dancing than sitting. Ritch surpassed my expectations with tunes I hadn't heard before...perhaps for a future album release of his. Can't wait!!
Paul Ritch - Samba
Paul Ritch - Winter Ceremony
Paul Ritch - Nordbanhof
Paul Ritch - Swartz (almost sounds like GWARTZQW! lol)
Preocoop - Ohrwerk (Ritch & Collins Remix)
Paul Ritch - Grom
All these live sets were making me happy! He didn't play Natural Gun which I was dying to hear, but ah well..
*Dubfire*
I decided to check out Dubfire even though my expectations weren't that high. He actually met my low expectations. Nothing new or innovative about his set. I stayed for 6 songs, which sounded the same as the track before, similar structured and all. They were probably tracks or remixes of his.. Same highs and lows with too many buildups. They were far from bad tracks, but he just overdid it for me...
*Kevin Saunderson*
I finally decided to do a bit of exploring since the whole weekend I've only hung out by the Main and Beatport stages. I found my way underground to the Real Detroit Stage. I had no idea it was held down here this year, and I felt like I was at a completely different place. It was extremely hot, smoky, and had the feel of an old Detroit parking lot party. I made my way to the front where at this point I was itching for a different sound. Kevin delivered. There's a reason why they call it the Real Detroit Stage... Kevin dropped real detroit techno from the 90s...even some acid house. I never held back and smiled as I witnessed him move like a beast behind the decks with his energy. If I had known about this area beforehand I might have spent some more time here...
*Speedy J*
At first I felt a bit skeptical when I heard that Speedy J was the closing act at the Main Stage. One would expect someone like Richie Hawtin or Jeff Mills to do the job. Well.. Speedy did the job just as awesome as either of these two. Actually, Mills' set last year was horrible in comparison. Hard techno. Really hard techno, without being over the top cheesy. LOVED it! LOVED my demf life 2008 as the flashy lights came on for Speedy's set. Place was crammed. People going apeshit! Dancing on the top of the stairs overlooking the whole stage with downtown Detroit in the background was the best feeling I had all weekend. I was in awe as I flung and lolled my head like a true rockstar! I couldn't stop. Energy levels reached capacity. Last 30 minutes cannot even be explained by me. Last track...
Christian Smith & John Selway - Total Departure
Great way to close the night! It was sad that it was over..and that 3 days had gone by so fast...
Some other tracks that were played but not sure by who..
Raudive - Resistor
Phil Kieran - Missp
D'Julz - Just So You Know
Sebbo - Watamu Beach
Joseph Capriati - Candysucker
SUMMARY
Best weekend of the year! Friends, randoms, and characters all made the festival more memorable. Couldn't have asked to party with a better crew from Toronto. Everything from a group of us doing GWARTZQ! to screaming out I Love My Life 2008. The theme of the year went down incredibly.. Now we wait another 363 days...
Best Set: Richie Hawtin
Worst Set: Dubfire
Best Live Set: Paul Ritch or Alex Under
Most Impressive Set: Paco Osuna
Most Disappointing Set: Kate Simko
Most Consistant Set: Heartthrob
Weirdest Set: Heartthrob
Deejay Most MIA: Misstress Barbara
Best After Party Set: Adultnapper
Best Stage: Beatport Tent
Best After-party: 9 - 5
Best Festival Day: Day 2
Most Overplayed Song: Radio Slave - Grindhouse (Dubfore Terror Planet Mix)
DEMF's Unofficial Song: Christian Smith & John Selway - Total Depature
My Favourite Track Played: Audion - Billy Says Go
Favourite Sketchbag: Old Macdonald
Best Drink: Pink Vitamin Water
Worst Drink: Detroit's tap water
Phrase of the weekend: I Love My Life: 2008!!!!
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| Originally posted by preppie chick So here's the deal cribby i am assigning you 3 tasks to complete during the festival, you can do one a day or get them all done separately, totally up to you. Think you can handle it?? |
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| Originally posted by Cribby I found more than 3!! One of them is the same as last year... Katy and Lars...this one's for you!: Duct tape Guy |
awesome review Cribs
Next year will be I love my life 2009, but this time I will be there for the whole weekend NO QUESTIONS!!!
- Jenn
(apparently you are still logged in here.. lol)
Review part 2
Day 2: Day
Got to Hart Plaza and listened to Konrad black for a bit. However, I don't remember much of it. Hearthrob came on and laid out an amazing set. All his tracks were good. Im looking forward to seeing him again!
The guy looked very geeky!
Sadly, Carola couldnt make it out to DEMF and was replaced by Paco Osuna, which is a DJ I really wanted to see anyways. I am still kicking myself for missing him at CZ a while back. Paco dropped so many bombs during his set. Pure goodness. I wish the guy had some enthusiasm behind the decks. He looked pissed and/or unhappy the whole set. His set sure made up for that!!!
After chilling in the grass at the end of Paco's set, Magda came on and I rushed to meet up with Cribs and Vince at the front. She started out with trippy beats and sick bass lines. She's pretty cute and I love her lil smile. I really enjoyed the hour I saw of her. After that, I ventured out to the main stage for Mark Farina and sit down in the bowl.
Watched Farina for about 20-30mins and he wasnt doing it for me (surprising as I love him!). Came back to the beatport tent to catch the end of Magda's set. She was a lot slower at that time and didnt do it for me. Went back to the grass to chill and wait for the one and only Richieeeeeeee.
Richie was on fire again like the previous night. At least the sound was great this time around. The tent was overpacked so I enjoyed him from far away in the grass. DEMF needs to put him on the main stage for such a set!
After an hour of Hawtin's goodness, I took the risk to check out Carl craig on the vitamin water stage. He introduced himself for 2-3 mins and had some trippy sound playing in the back. I have to upload my vids of him soon. The bowl was at capacity and the circle around the bowl was also full. It was a great feeling to see such an atmosphere. He had quite a few guys with him: keyboard, sax, clarinet. The beats were quite enjoyable. However, I did not hear any bombs or tracks making the crowd going apeshit.
went back to the circle close to the beatport and watched the sketchy asian and listen to Hawtins. His last few tracks were 
. I want that track that some tribe is chanting in the back, soooo good. The crowd was NUTS
Day 2: After Party
After hawtin, we all regrouped and went to the hotel and prepare for the afterparty. Did some feet treatments as my legs were almost shut.. and we then headed to Tronic Treatment/radio school.
Outside st.andrews hall, rap music was playing...I was like WTF, they cancelled the event or what? So I take everyone to the back to the shelter's entrance and the door was opened. Walked up the stairs and got cribby a free entrance. Vince and I decided to go back to the front and get our bracelet or whatnot as we had already paid for the tix. Well, there were no bracelet, just a very frisk search 
Inside, Voorn was playing good tunes on the top floor, and downstairs...well was just not doing it for me. And the strobe light....was enough to make everyone have a seizure! Also, it was very muggy, hot and stinky down there. As i thought Voorn was redeeming himself, he got trancy again 
Watched the end of his set from the balcony and Christian Smith got on(I think it was him). The beginning of his set was rather boring. It ended up picking up and got harder. The last 30mins was just bonkers and a massive tease with the buildups and bombs!
4AM rolled and we had to go. Back at the hotel, we watched Lockout on MSNBC for a second nite in a row. So fun to watch!
Day 3: Day
Being more rested than the guys, I decided to cross over to windsor for lunch with Andie to meet a friend we haven't seen in forever for sushi, yummyyyyyyyyy. On the way back, we got stuck in the tunnel for for 45mins (pple coming back from their holiday and rush time). We made it to the grounds just in time to catch some Lee Burridge in the BP tent. He was playing pretty good (much better than the time I saw him at Stereo in MTL). Lee was having a good time behind the decks and had his sketchy/random moments. After 30-45 mins, we moved over to the main stage for Grindvik. He was doing well. After Grindvik, I went to see Josh Wink. Wink was also good on the decks. Didnt think he was that tiny!
Wink's timeslot had lot of action on other stages that I missed I kept hearing about Cobblestone jazz and I didnt see them. Also, on the way back home, I listened to Derek Plaslaiko's RA set and love it. Another miss on my side.
Went back to Paul Ritch on the main stage and he was amazing. Just what I expected. During his set it rained for about 20 mins and it cooled down the sunday hotness. I definately want to see the guy again.
After Ritch, it was a no brainer to stick to the main stage (even tho I wanted to see Saunderson). Mulero was the hardest thing I have ever listened to. So good. They also put on a good light show while he was playing. To get an idea of Oscar's set, watch this video:
OSCAR MULERO & REGIS LIVEACT!!! 560 MB Video
http://files.filefront.com/Oscar+Mu...;/fileinfo.html
After mulero, speedy J came on and to a perfect level for a closing set. He was one of the guys I anticipated the most of the weekend because he rocked me so hard at Footwork a few months back.
Speedy was simply bonkers. Had me going apeshit and slapped the biggest grin on my face. I hope i didnt scare anyone with my smile lol
I have some vids of Speedy, but they are huge and my fav one...has sound issues, grrrrr
The visuals for speedy were great. At the end of speedy, we just stood there, in awe, not wanting to leave. We all wanted more!
Overall, DEMF was simply amazing and great value for the money. The friends and the new pple I met made it even better!
Things I have learnt from my first DEMF experience:
-Gas stations are quite the entertainment at night
-Halloween occurs on memorial weekend in the states
-Not buy after-party tickets online, just wait at the door
-buy shoe soles before the first day, not the last
-IHOP is the first and last stop one must do when going to DEMF
-Clubbing in detroit bars === grossss
DEMF 2009 cant come fast enough!! Best festival ever!
Paxahau, please book Tony Rohr and Liebing next year
Beatport, do a bigger sponsorship and take over the main stage
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