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Above & beyond last night at Vanguard!!

Totally rocked....... Much better set than the OC show......

What did you guys think?

I thought it was an amazing night. It was also pretty packed but Above & Beyond always brings them out, so I wasn't that surprised.

I really think they have some of the best progressions out there. They have these prolific build-ups and then just drop you.

I was pleasantly surprised when they pulled that remix of shivers from Armin out.. and they picked a great encore with Can't Sleep.

Overall I think it was the great night that I was waiting for since their 1:30 hour tease at EDC.

Tony & Paavo went completely insane last night! They were having so much fun up there too, which really fueled the energy!

Floor was already packed at 10:30, so I knew it was going to be a good night. Got my limited edition Above & Beyond t-shirt from the merchandise booth outside on the patio right away, but opted to keep it on me rather than check it at the coat room for $6 (jeez, coat check should be cheaper than the actual clothes!)

Ran into so many TA's and friends that it was time for A&B to come on before I even knew it, plus they came on a little after midnight for a nearly 4 hour set!!

Only bad part was that my eyes started stinging badly the last half hour. I gave Paavo a set of 3 matching TA wristbands and he looked really happy (though not sure he knew what they were until about now...lol) Didn't want to take any pictures with them since my eyes were completely bloodshot, but they were very cool about going down into the crowd, shaking hands, signing stuff after their set (despite the menacing security that was trying to sweep everyone out like so much dirt under a mop!)

So many wicked tracks that I can't even begin to name them all, but I know I heard "Can't Sleep," Luminary's "Amsterdam," and...ok, I give up. When I got up this morning, my eyes started stinging again (so bad that I couldn't do anything except run for the saline solution), so I think it's the Santa Ana winds, the Malibu fire, or maybe both.

Anway, best part of it all is that:

THE RESIDENCY HAS BEGUN!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally posted by in2muzikk Anway, best part of it all is that: THE RESIDENCY HAS BEGUN!!!!!!!!!!

Residency? Fuck.

That was one of the best shows of been to in a long time. They rocked the place so hard! My favorite part was when the dropped David West - Welsh Morphology.

I'm definitely going to catch a couple more of their shows while they're residents of vanguard.

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Originally posted by Audioholic I'm definitely going to catch a couple more of their shows while they're residents of vanguard.

The residency is actually of Anjunabeats and affiliated labels, so hopefully we'll be seeing Super8 + DJ Tab, Menno de Jong (fingers crossed), Mike Koglin, Smith & Pledger, and of course Above & Beyond along with so many others soon!!!!!

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Originally posted by in2muzikk Tony & Paavo went completely insane last night! They were having so much fun up there too, which really fueled the energy!

Yeah they were. It's always great when the DJs are having as much fun as everyone else.

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Originally posted by in2muzikk Floor was already packed at 10:30, so I knew it was going to be a good night. Got my limited edition Above & Beyond t-shirt from the merchandise booth outside on the patio right away, but opted to keep it on me rather than check it at the coat room for $6 (jeez, coat check should be cheaper than the actual clothes!) Ran into so many TA's and friends that it was time for A&B to come on before I even knew it, plus they came on a little after midnight for a nearly 4 hour set!! Only bad part was that my eyes started stinging badly the last half hour. I gave Paavo a set of 3 matching TA wristbands and he looked really happy (though not sure he knew what they were until about now...lol) Didn't want to take any pictures with them since my eyes were completely bloodshot, but they were very cool about going down into the crowd, shaking hands, signing stuff after their set (despite the menacing security that was trying to sweep everyone out like so much dirt under a mop!) So many wicked tracks that I can't even begin to name them all, but I know I heard "Can't Sleep," Luminary's "Amsterdam," and...ok, I give up.

Home
No One On Earth
Alone Tonight...

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Originally posted by bas Residency? Fuck.

Your shitting me. You have residency now with anjunabeats? ARGH. why cant denver do such a thing... oh wait, because they arnt trance fans here.

FUCK university of colorado, im going to LA for this residency.

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Originally posted by element-y why cant denver do such a thing... oh wait, because they arnt trance fans here.

yeah a few promoters have started to notice and because of that the line up these last 10 months has been fucking incredible for the most part

if you move to LA please take all the BBB/Kaskade fans with you too

thx,

Denver

What denver has been doing is bringing one trance headliner to a show that doesnt fit him. Like Acosta coming up. Nothing else really supports his style of music on that bill. Whereas in LA and SF, events cater by rooms, all of which are massive. They know how to group artists. Denver for halloween is just a mess as opposed to monstermassive.


I asked about bringing above and beyond to which the reply was - there is no demand for trance of that sort in denver and there is no point then in bringing them here.

SO yea, denver has the demand of the top 5 djs but not the rest for trance. I mean ferry corsten doesnt even pack it up here.

The rest are HERE

Awesome LA gets an Anjuna residency.

But we should never fogets something...and that's the vibe in LA *puke*

Dave

What happened to Jono?

I had fun, even though I re-affirmed to myself that I am turning more and more into a house head than a trance head. But I'm still down to check out big names like A&B, Tiesto and AVB. What do you guys think about that new LCD screen Vanguard got?

you see these guys once, you have seen them 100 times. They are playing the same tracks they were playing when they first started getting play in LA with Heaven and Spundae. They never surprise anybody, just come with the same hits over and over again.

disagree.

They play their own tracks because they made them, just like any other DJ. If they don't play them, everyone will request them to death. IMO, the reason there are so many is that they've produced such a large quantity of excellent tracks!

I heard plenty of new music on Saturday night. Would appreciate other opinions from people who were there...

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Originally posted by in2muzikk I heard plenty of new music on Saturday night. Would appreciate other opinions from people who were there...

Agreed. Heard new stuff from Glenn Morrison and Sebastian Brandt. Pretty sure they weren't dropping their tracks when they first played in LA

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Originally posted by in2muzikk disagree. They play their own tracks because they made them, just like any other DJ. If they don't play them, everyone will request them to death. IMO, the reason there are so many is that they've produced such a large quantity of excellent tracks! I heard plenty of new music on Saturday night. Would appreciate other opinions from people who were there...

My point exactly, they are restricted and MUST play their hits in order to please their crowd. That is the thing with big trance producers. Tiesto shows are similiar, but Tiesto will drop many curve balls and will surprise you more frequently. Im not saying these guys wont play some fresh tunes. But 80% of the set will be the expected hits, remixed for the 27th time. It gets old after a couple times seeing them. That is just my taste, i like to hear fresh stuff from the top guys on the circuit. There are plenty of guys on the circuit that play new stuff each time around in your city.

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