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Posted by Clovis on Apr-15-2006 02:04:

Really good opening sets...

Okay, yeah. What are some really good opening sets, by big names or little names...recorded, or that you heard live.

Some of the best opening sets I've heard live:

Kazell opening for John Digweed @ The Mayan LA (With his last 3 tracks, Kazell dropped us off in darkville, and then Digweed had no choice but to continue into the darkness....fuckign awesome.)

Architects of Sound opening for Steve Lawler @ Avalon LA (slow chunky prog at around 124, deep brooding stuff, perfectly set an erie vibe before Lawler took over.)

John Do & Justin Gourley opening for Nick Warren & Danny Howells @ Avalon LA (Just fucking bomb)

Recordings:

Hands down Paolo Mojo opening for Sasha @ Axis Boston .flac recording.

Really sick opening set, with the last two tracks he tones it down just enough, and hands it over to Sasha with Discopolis...yeeeauh!

Opening sets are always interesting, cause they are very difficult. A good opening set can make the rest of the night amazing. To me a night without a nice opening set feels incomplete, I like there to be a nice progression to the music and atmosphere, and the best openers are very good at this.

Posted by Danny Ocean on Apr-15-2006 02:21:

Hernan Cattaneo and James Zabiela B2B opening for James Lavelle followed by Sasha and Digweed at the Ultra Carry On in WMC 2005, it was quite a scene, i cried. Lavelle sucked though.

Posted by Clovis on Apr-15-2006 02:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Danny Ocean
Hernan Cattaneo and James Zabiela B2B opening for James Lavelle followed by Sasha and Digweed at the Ultra Carry On in WMC 2005, it was quite a scene, i cried. Lavelle sucked though.

Yeah thats what i heard. I forgot to add that the worst opening set I've ever heard was Mark Tabernner opening for Sasha @ ICE Las Vegas, tied with Lavelle opening for Holden @ Avalon LA.

Beatmatching? Who needs that!

Posted by s3nate on Apr-15-2006 04:03:

Posted by MindShifter on Apr-15-2006 16:19:

quote:
Originally posted by Danny Ocean
Hernan Cattaneo and James Zabiela B2B opening for James Lavelle followed by Sasha and Digweed at the Ultra Carry On in WMC 2005, it was quite a scene, i cried. Lavelle sucked though.

yeah man sans lavelle that night was the night of the conference for me last year.

best "warm-up" set i've ever heard was desyn masiello opening for sasha last year, just dark, moody, rolling prog that set the tone perfect for sasha to come on and just destroy.

Posted by DOOMBOT on Apr-15-2006 16:50:

My 2 favorite opening dj's have to be DJ Remy and Perry O'Neil.

Posted by stevieboy32808 on Apr-16-2006 00:52:

Not only does this have a great opener but the whole set is mint:
Tiesto's Magik 6 - Live In Amsterdam

Posted by Toufas on Apr-16-2006 01:36:

quote:
Originally posted by stevieboy32808
Not only does this have a great opener but the whole set is mint:
Tiesto's Magik 6 - Live In Amsterdam

read the first post again.
thank you
come again.

Posted by Dj Dissent on Apr-16-2006 01:44:

jonathan lise is the king of opening sets

Posted by idoru on Apr-16-2006 02:32:

- Chronus vs. Marq opening for Astral Projection/Infected Mushroom
- Flave opening for Rabbit in the Moon
- Dig-Dug opening for Evil Nine & Carl Cox

Local DJs = Win

Posted by PersianMafia on Apr-16-2006 02:35:

Shouldn't guys like Zabiela, Cattaneo, Mojo, Lisle, et al. be headlining shows? Or are these sets before their rise to fame?

EDIT: I'm not saying its degrading to open, but aren't their resumes worthy of a headline?

Posted by idoru on Apr-16-2006 02:59:

quote:
Originally posted by PersianMafia
Shouldn't guys like Zabiela, Cattaneo, Mojo, Lisle, et al. be headlining shows? Or are these sets before their rise to fame?

EDIT: I'm not saying its degrading to open, but aren't their resumes worthy of a headline?

Those were shows that were probably all-headliner shows. WMC events are known for that.

Posted by sandstorm03 on Apr-16-2006 03:01:

quote:
Originally posted by PersianMafia
Shouldn't guys like Zabiela, Cattaneo, Mojo, Lisle, et al. be headlining shows? Or are these sets before their rise to fame?

EDIT: I'm not saying its degrading to open, but aren't their resumes worthy of a headline?

i was there for the mojo's set, and i think it was better then sasha's set. But he ws prob hardly on the fliar w/sasha headlining....

Posted by montie on Apr-16-2006 03:48:

quote:
Originally posted by Clovis86
Yeah thats what i heard. I forgot to add that the worst opening set I've ever heard was Mark Tabernner opening for Sasha @ ICE Las Vegas, tied with Lavelle opening for Holden @ Avalon LA.

Beatmatching? Who needs that!

haha I remember Lavelle opening for Holden.
It was soooo bad. it was worse than an Amtrak trainwreck.
I remember talking to Lavelle afterwards and he was completly wacked out of his mind.

Posted by Light The Fuse on Apr-16-2006 03:50:

didnt danny howells spend 10 years as an opener for digweed? im backin hed go alright

Posted by Nayil on Apr-16-2006 07:29:

Junkie XL

Posted by Clovis on Apr-16-2006 23:28:

quote:
Originally posted by sandstorm03
i was there for the mojo's set, and i think it was better then sasha's set. But he ws prob hardly on the fliar w/sasha headlining....

I liked it a little better than Sasha's (going by the recording which practically feels like being there ) maybe cause I've listened to Sasha's part for so long.

They had Mark Tabberner's name in pretty big letters under Sasha when he opened for him at ICE. Made him look important, since I didnt know who he was, I figured he'd be good. Oh how wrong I was.

But yeah Paolo's set has been on loop for the past few days.

Posted by dcctnycprincess on Apr-16-2006 23:41:

local: kyle szmurlo - great dj in his own right, but he can be a GREAT warm-up dj for almost anyone - he's opened for so many of the big name dj's in chicago

Posted by Psiweaver on Apr-17-2006 00:01:

a nice opener makes the night soo much better allows you to ease into the night and get the flow going.