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[REVIEW] Sasha & Digweed @ Ibiza DC

ZOMG!!

Perfect vibe.... not too packed.... awesome opener... amazing music all night

I'll write more later... with vids and pics

They were both on point!! I was so psyched to see John really lay it down!

Here's a little teaser from it


Sasha & Digweed - Live at Ibiza DC (April 5, 2008)


Digweed:


I need some sleep. Nighty nite

yea, what a great night! finally broke my S&D cherry. any1 know this one track.... it reminded me of deadmau5 - desynchronized b/c of this one synth that escalating in pitch over and over. shot in the dark i know. btw, great sound on that clip trancer

Review from a friend of mine on another forum:


That was hands down the best party I've been to at Glow, and for a variety of reasons. It was the best both musically and in terms of the quality of the crowd. In fact, I've never seen such a good crowd at Glow either. People were really good natured and musically open minded. Even when Cavo was completely hammered and he saw some dude with bleached blonde hair and thought it was wig so he proceeded to grab the guy's hair and giggle while telling him how awesome the "wig" was, no one got upset. EVEN when Ryan from Bullit kept hitting on Cavo's fiance, emotions didn't flare, hahahaha.

Kazell's opening set was brilliant. The volume was also pretty low but it was setting the mood just right. It was like a steam boat starting a trip up the river...starting off slowly but picking up the momentum before settling into a smooth, steady groove.
Sasha came on afterward and kept the momentum about the same for about 15 minutes, weaving some Mongoose remix in and out. After that things just took off. Digweed came on and honestly, he was ridiculous. The transitions were perfect and seamless and the energy in that room was like a volcano getting ready to erupt.
Sasha came back on and he played some of the most mental tracks I've heard in my life. There was one track especially that just had this siren like sound that just kept intensifying and building astronomically. It was like a fucking star exploding. The buildups throughout the entire night were just mental. They weren't the epic trance buildups that Smoakenfold would create back in the day. The buildups were all about pulsing beats and energy that just kept swirling in intensifying loops. It was really the best set I've heard by them, from any of the times I've seen them before and anything I've downloaded by them online.

Again, I want to stress how incredible that crowd was. No kiddies last night jumping around because they're in a club for the first time and they hear a thumping beat ladened with some chic singing about clouds and castles and prancing leprechauns. This was a serious crowd that either new their shit outright, or were people hearing John and Sasha together for the first time in their life and completely open minded about it. The crowd last night was definitely different from other nights and I wish it was like that all the time. Last night's crowd actually really reminded me of the crowd that showed up for Above and Beyond last year when Glow was at Fur. They were ready for everything that got thown at them. Also, it was pretty easy to move around last night even though it was definitely really full in there.

The only thing that I thought was stupid about last night, and this has nothing to do with Glow, was that the tables prices got jacked up as high as they did. Way to go Ibiza management: scare away potential table customers and make less money, as opposed to maybe raising the price just a little and selling more tables. The same exact thing happened at Tiesto outdoors. The tables were 3000 dollars and maybe four got sold, two by Masoud A, who is loaded. They should have sold tables for 1000 and sold all of them. Oh well, what can you do?

Again, last night was hands down the best night I've ever had at Glow, and I think a lot of people will feel the same way.

Great seeing everyone I ran into last night as well.

Some of the vids I have uploaded so far

This was my first time at a Glow event and an event at Ibiza.

Personally I don't care for Ibiza's setup. It seemed very poorly laid out (although I did like the main room), and I will probably stick to Buzz events now that Sasha & Digweed have left.

Awesome track in the second to last video. Such an SnD tune! Sounded like you guys got a better show. Everyone likes playing glow. It is a great venue.

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Originally posted by phoenixBEBE

ahhaa oops. you must have been still logged on to this pc here... that was me .

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Originally posted by DCgirly ahhaa oops. you must have been still logged on to this pc here... that was me .

Niiice! Thanks for uploading that!

the lights on the front of the DJ booth:

great event...no miami...but still a great event...

highlight of the night was 2nd to last song: alter ego - gary ZOMG...

ibiza is much darker now, and the visuals really add to the music/vibe

really good crowd and fun nite

here are some videos i took

"oh so how do u know sarah?" "I'm her sister" "oh!" hahahaha

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Originally posted by DCgirly ahhaa oops. you must have been still logged on to this pc here... that was me.

lol...

btw who IS this...im sure we have met before, im just horrible with matching ppl with TA handles, met soo many heads down there every time we go down.

(**trying to think whose computer she used when last down in DC...**)

-lyss

that party was hands down the shit.

I really walked in there having no expectations of really getting into the music at all, since ive never been impressed with any of they're sets ive heard both solo or together.

I was blown away, and the LED grid they brought with them added that "extra" element that was out of this world.

I saw to many heads out that night to even list them all.

BTW I swear Sarah filmed the entire night on her cam... lol

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Originally posted by phoenixBEBE lol... btw who IS this...im sure we have met before, im just horrible with matching ppl with TA handles, met soo many heads down there every time we go down. (**trying to think whose computer she used when last down in DC...**) -lyss

It was Sarah that accidently used your TA account because it was still logged in from the afterparty marathon @ Sanath's.

Oh, to stay on topic ... though late, first time seeing Sasha or Digweed and im happy I waited. That party was fucking insanely good. Though it's early in 2008, they easily took the prize for best performance/party this year thus far and I can't think of who can possibly top what I witnessed. I did not move from the spot I was in for like 3 hours apparently because I was too caught up in the music, LED screen, or both...

^^ heheh oh ok Steve, haha. Btw nice seeing u post on these boards.

Great job booking them at Ibiza btw, it def sounded like a sick nite. I'm sorry I missed out on it...

Soo glad tho that ppl got to experience S&D - and apparently received some new fans from this!!

Damns that LED screen *is* sickkk

I gotta see this video that Sarah filmed..maybe its already posted but I'm on my fone atm so I can't tell

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Originally posted by phoenixBEBE Damns that LED screen *is* sickkk

I was looking at it up close that night and it was actually like some sort of a loosely beaded curtain of LED's. I had never seen anything like it before and now I want one

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