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Best Parties of 2012
It's almost that time of the year..Lets hear some of your favorites people!
PS. I'm at work so will post mine tonight, I got too many ;-)
Nice to see so many has responded. I have been to quite few parties myself this year (and missed many) but there have been many memorable ones. I know the year is not over and there are quite a few coming up (hint: interface40) but we can add all those later ;-)
My favorite is:
CLR DEMF Afterparty / Collabs at Elysium Lounge - It was such a good techno set with a perfect venue, sound, lights, and people. I don't think the party could have been any better. T47 was playing downstairs during the whole thing and I didn't even go down for that. The only bad thing was that it ended too soon for many of us ;-/
Honorable Mentions:
BlkMarket / NYD 2012 with Alexi Delano & Kondrad Black B2B - what a proper way to kick off the new year
Pier 94 / Victor Calderone NYD 2012 - really liked this venue and calderone played a great set even though it ended too soon
BlkMarket / Ivan Shmagge - it was first time seeing ivan shmagge and fell in love with his sound, looking forward to seeing him again
Pacha / Chris Liebing - it was a great banging long set and s&b played a great opening set
SAMA / T47, Lucy - first time seeing T47 and he impressed A LOT of us that night. I wasnt too thrilled with Lucy but had a great time at this one
Bunker / Function, Silent Servant - Function's set was pretty amazing, silent servant i wasnt too impressed
BlkMarket / Butane,Kondrad Black - I wasn't crazy about the music at this party and thought sets were nothing special. What i loved about this one was that so many of us were there that night/morning and we all stayed until the end. It was a memorable day for many of us (especially lounger)
Resolute / Rooftop Party, Alexi Delano & Elon B2B - We went to this few hours after the Blkmarket Butane party. Chilling at the rooftop then moving downstairs for Delano was a treat.
Basic / Jeff Mills (LPR) - He changed my look on techno music that night, seeing him with the 909 was a total treat.
EDC 2012 / Neon Garden - It was the best birthday weekend ever, thanks to Sleepy&Boo for my guest passes. John Digweed wished me a happy birthday and signed my shirt and it cant get no better than that. Oh and the music was pretty awesome at Neon Garden. And hanging backstage and doing techno tailgate party with some of you was pretty awesome. I hope we can do this again ;-)
DEMF 2012 / Festival - It was the first time I was attending a festival outside NYC. What a great weekend that was and boy did we have some fun! I saw many artists that weekend so can't name them all right now ;-) Oh and the afterparties were fun too...
BlkMarket / Ben Klock & Marcel Dettmann - Like many of you said, this was a real treat and one of my favorites of the year. Vibe was also pretty awesome at this one
SAMA / Brian Sanhaji, Drumcell - I was really impressed with Sanhaji and had a great time at this one (even though Sullivan did get a bit too hot)
Gov Island / S&B, DT, JD - This was fun! I wasn't too thrilled with the sets myself personally but had a great time chilling with everyone
Basic / Ben Sims - It was a proper set by Ben Sims, who has been one of my fav producers of 2012.
Basic / Monoloc - I know many of you didn't show up but I thought this was one of the best techno sets of the year.
Resolute / Sunday Mass with Butane, Dandy Jack - This was probably the most unique and special party of the year. I wasn't too crazy about Butane last time I saw him but he totally killed it at this one with Dandy Jack. Hoping for more of these by Resolute!
Basic / Jeff Mills (loft) - Jeff Mills performing in his white coat with the 909 was again pretty spectacular. Many of us came after Sasha party was shut down so this really kept everyone going.
BlkMarket / Barem - I see this one hasn't been mentioned but this was one of my favorite sets of the year. Gaiser was ok but nothing too special for me but Barem, ohh mann.. I'm looking forward to checking him out again!
SAMA / Brood Nights - It was a small turnout but Angel Costa & DJ Emerson played amazing sets. It was also a very intimate party which I loved and it was straight up CLR SON!!
Basic / Cari Lekebusch & Josh Wink - I have been wanting to see Cari for the longest time and glad it finally happened after he had the cancel the previous date. He played a great set and really enjoyed it. But I had no idea what was coming for me until Josh Wink came on. This is probably one of my favorite sets of the year along with Klock&Dettman and Collabs. He wasnt out there to play the biggest hits and play fillers. Josh Wink was on a mission that morning and he taught me a lesson on djing. I approached him and told him I have never heard a set like his before and his answer to that was "Why Not?"
Resolute / Martinez Brothers - I don't think I have danced this much before. I could not stop moving during their set, their set was so energetic and fun.
I'm looking to many upcoming parties like Interface 40 and Cielo / Reboot so hoping to update my list again. And I have to say my biggest disappointment was Eric Prydz at Beekman Beach Club.
That's all for now!
Quickie :
Drumcode night, Ida killed it
Hernan Cattaneo
Ben Klock b2b Marcel Dettman
DEMF in general and Collabs/Blank Code after parties
This was def a good year for rooftop parties
ADID mid Summer
I will get back with a more updated list. I've been to too many this year and i cant remember everything.
The Resolute party that took place in the basement of a church earlier this year takes the cake. Might even be the best party of my life so far. Mark's review in the following link sums it up nicely...
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Avatism
Out of state:
DEMF in general
Droid Interface DEMF party
ADID WMC
Local: (Really too hard to remember them all)
BLKMarket Butch & Memek black light party
BLKMarket 6 Year day in LIC
BLKMarket Dettman & Klock in July
Shifted @ SRB
Twice As Proper parties @ Nation in general
These may be skewed bcs they were recent but also honorable mention
Jeff Mills @ Basic NYC
Josh Wink @ Basic NYC
ReSolute Tiefschwarz
Gary Beck @ Cielo
i just realized I barely went to any ReSolute or Verboten parties this year...
Richie Hawtin's ENTER. Stage at EDC
Loco Dice playing Pacha from midnight to 8am!
Guti at the Verboten Yacht Party
Pirupa at Cielo
Klock Vs. Dettmann
The Resolute party sounds ridiculous! 
uhhh ok time to throw some variety into this mix with my all-over-the-place taste haha.
I would also like to add that a couple of these are thrown in not because they were the best sets evar, but because of other factors that made the parties really really fun.
Lawler NYE 2012 @D36
Markus Schulz @ Pacha in Feb
Sasha @ Cielo in Feb
Reboot/Dietz @ Cielo in March
Way Out West @ LPR in March
Maya Jane Coles/Maceo Plex @ Beekman/SRB in May
EDC NY Diggers, Carl, Dubfire, Richie in May
Richie Hawtin @ Drais in June (Vegas)
Above & Beyond/Mat Zo @ Marquee in June (Vegas)
Guy J @ Sullivan Room in July
Coldharbour Night @ D36 in August
Diggers/DT @ Governor's in August
EZoo Saturday - Sunday School tent in Sept
Diggers @ System in Nov
Richie/Dice/tINI @ Webster in Nov
Prydz @ Roseland (Wednesday night) in Nov
Honorable mention: DT's set @ Pacha for Techno is the Answer. Fiyahhh.
I'm sure Sasha's BLKMarket party would have made the list too grrr.
- ADID (the bk warehouse early in the yr & first one at The Well)
- Resolute w/ Camea & Avitism (basement church; I just love how they pick n choose their venues)
- Superfreq 10
- Verboten w/ C2/Guy Gerber/Kate Simko (this stands side by side w/ ADID)
- C2 Intimate Party in the D
- Time To Get Ill Sandy Relief Party
- Ame & Dixon
- Pig & Dan (rooftop)
- Guy J @ Sully
- Nina Kraviz (outdoor party; not so much her set but the energy n the crisp sound)
- Blkm w/ Konrad/Butane/Memek (lounger, Butch? I'm black? You obv have no recollection of that night 
)
- Tiefschwarz (the one earlier this yr)
- Resolute Label Night (wow I get the chills thinking about this one)
Some crazy Berlin locals party @ Sisyphos 
And of course, ADE Drumcode & ENTER, Marco Carola w/ Rodriguez Jr./Secret Cinema/Kevin Saunderson/Format:b/Maetrik
I'd love to say Stacey Pullen @ The Sands, LI.. but I don't remember too much after a certain point. But I'm sure I had a lot of fun, oh yess...
These were pretty much the ones that got embedded in me.
lol pretty much everyone had to go back and edit their posts, I keep thinking of more. It was a good year!
off the top of my head i really enjoyed
Circoloco @Beekman
Ame & Dixon 4th of July Rooftop
Loco Dice @Pacha
Black & White Festival Day 1 @Governors Island
and ofcourse
Sunday School @Ezoo
Of the shows I went to -
4/6 Guy Gerber & Robert Babicz @ The Morgan
4/27 Brian Sanhaji & Monoloc @ Dominion
5/4 Markus Schulz @ Pacha
5/12 Carl Cox @ EDC
5/25 Maya Jane Coles & Maceo Plex @ Beekman / SRB
6/7 Hernan Cattaneo @ Pacha
7/27 Guy J @ Sullivan Room (prob my fav of the year)
7/28 Justin Martin @ Sullivan Room
9/8 Max Graham & Alex Morph @ Pachita (Max's set woooah)
10/20 Eco & Kyau + Albert @ The Morgan (Eco's set!)
11/3 Richie Hawtin, Loco Dice, tINI @ Webster Hall
11/23 Mauro Picotto @ Sullivan Room
These are probably based more on how much fun I had vs strictly who had the best set. Also from the shows I didn't go to, I heard these were amazing too -
Markus Schulz @ Pacha in Feb
Coldharbour night @ D36
JOC & Aly + Fila @ Best Buy Theater
Eric Prydz @ Roseland
Classics Night @ National Underground
Adam Beyer @ Blk Market
Max Cooper @ Rooftop
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| Originally posted by edubbz - Blkm w/ Konrad/Butane/Memek (lounger, Butch? I'm black? You obv have no recollection of that night ) |
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| Originally posted by BradMiller 7/28 Justin Martin @ Sullivan Room |
Markus at Pacha in Feb and May was absolutely brilliant. As much as I dislike Pacha's environment, it's undeniable that Markus fucking killed it.
John Digweed + Danny T at Governors was excellent. Diggers @ System was great too.
Best party of the year, by far, was Luminosity in Mass with J00F. It was extraordinary.
I had to look at my RA diary for some assistance. My list is long but it was hard to narrow it down more than this, there are a couple more upcoming things that are good but if it isn't on the internet, not mentioning it
- blkmarket/resolute New Year- Stacey Pullen, Konrad Black, New York favorite Alexi Delano, and Quenum. We're also bringing you the debut live set of Lightbluemover vs. Black Light Smoke, Francis Harris (aka Adultnapper) and Jordan Lieb, seriously good, vibe was perfect, and it kept going like it's supposed to
- blkmarket- Craig Richards and Ivan Smagghe, seriously good and Ivan Smagghe played MJC/Apines Why for a hot minute woot
- "adventures in the deep" lol Maya Jane Coles and Sven Wiesemann, limited event, super fun, Maya was really good and Sven impressive
- blkmarket Carl Craig, Francesco Tristano and Moritz von Oswald, this was on another level, hello Yamaha baby grand in the warehouse
- Nicolas Jaar live PS1, very different type of event, experimental and interesting
- blkmarket Drumcode Adam Beyer, Ida Engberg and Alexi Delano, Ida owned it
- blkmarket Ben Klock, mostly because of some hilarious things lol
- Denize Kurtel @Marcy, fun party and the infamous installation, too bad I can't post the installation's nickname here lol
- Basic Jeff Mills Axis 20, Mills at his best AND he gave some of us a written letter, thanking us for supporting him, who does that??
- resolute On The Boat/Ship of Fools Tone of Arc aka Dead Seal, Seph, Francis Harris, Elon, Connie, seriously good and the afterparty was solid
- Bandwagon, ok not totally an event but there have been a few notable bandwagon nights this year- Francis Harris, Butane, and the Bill Patrick/TiNI, unfortunately had to tune in for the last
- resolute On The Barge, mostly because the venue was so outlandish I wondered if I needed a tetanus booster
- Time to Get resolute Tale of Us, DJ Tennis that boat party set the standard for boat parties and we wore tiaras
- Soul Skate Moodyman(Detroit), I can not stress enough HOW AMAZING THIS WAS, Moodyman, soul food, skating with techno originators
- Circoloco(Detroit) serious lineup even though the city wouldn't let them play into the night, restarted in the morning
- Old Miami(Detroit)what the fuck is all to say
- blkmarket anniversary weekend, part one and two
- Marcy Hotel, Extravaganza Wolf + Lamb, Soul Clap, Slow Hands, No Regular Play, Tanner Ross, Voices of Black and Smirk, good good good and Demf reunion
- blkmarket Osgut Ton night, besides Ben Klock and Marcel Dettmann, Nick Hoppner played Fleetwood Mac and there were bubbles, yea
- blkmarket/resolute Dixon and Ame, amazing
- Alexi Delano and Friends after party, Alexi's set equally amazing
- Basic, Allan Fitzpatrick, he destroyed the room, packed to the walls and his status update the next day mentioned it was one of his best parties ever
End of year projections-
Cocoon Heroes Into the Magic- Onur �zer, Tobi Neumann, Andre Galluzzi, Taimur & Fahad
Deep Space- Francois K and Radio Slave
blkmarket- Nothing Special with Craig Richards
Droid Behavior- Drumcell, Truncate aka Audio Injection, Raiz, Jeff Derringer, Taimur
CLR Residency- Monoloc, Rebekah
Basic- Paul Rich
Basic- Perc, Tony Rohr
NYE- hands down, blkmarket Alexi Delano, Joel Mull, Butane and it says more on RA
marcel dettman, guy gerber, nic fanciulli and joris voorn @ space miami in the middle of the summer.
dettman banged it out in the techno loft. gerber played the terrace from 1-3ish. nic from 3-5. nic b2b joris 5-7. joris then played sunrise at 7am until about 2 in the afternoon. paid $20
i know i can already add Reboot Extended Set @Cielo Dec 21st
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| Originally posted by violethalo Really? But all we did was sweat and die in the corner for a couple of hours. I mean the music was great but that party was miserable lol. |
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| Originally posted by djnoonstar i know i can already add Reboot Extended Set @Cielo Dec 21st |
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| Originally posted by BradMiller Oh yeah that show he did earlier at Cielo was insane too - was that this year?? |
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| Originally posted by BradMiller Yea but the vibe was really cool that night - I dunno, just had a good time I guess.. Prob the company! |
I wanted to go to that but I think we were supposed to see Reboot twice in Miami that next week so said, fuck it. Ended up only seeing him once though, not enough.
what an amazing year i have so many parties and memories from this past year. i dont have 1 speific set of the year but i did narrow it down to 3...
victor calderone at pier 94 new years day
chris liebing at pacha in feb (in my top 3 for set of the year)
tommy47 and lucy @ a loft in bk
silent servant & dvs1 at national underground
classics night at national underground
menno de jong at sullivan room
hernan cattaneo at pacha
dave clarke @ lpr (in my top 3 for set of the year)
digital dreams festival in toronto
dettman & klock @ blk market (in my top 3 for set of the year)
dt/digweed at gov island
dt @ stereo montreal (one of the best clubs in the world hands down, plus he played 16 hour set )
electric zoo (sat only...closeing set by liebing momma mia!!!!)
ezoo after party with joc/aly&fila
airwave at tammany hall
guy j @ 39 below
digweed @ system (and even the pre party at joes place 
)
dt/liebing @ pacha
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| Originally posted by AY STAR chris liebing at pacha in feb (in my top 3 for set of the year) |
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| Originally posted by AY STAR airwave at tammany hall |
true @ circoloco in the D..idk how that one slipped my mind. and they knocked down the wall, so that created a lot more space. sucks it ended around 3-4ish...but at 8-9am(?) we was back in full effect- starvingg for beats!
if it's ONE party I regret missing out on...well, two..okay, three..would be 1) francis harris/clockwork- heard they threw down Lovework, I could've been struck by lighting right there and than and died a happy camper 2) carl craig w/ tristiano & moritz, and 3) and Moodymann Soul Skate! 
prydz @ roseland..only party i can remember having that much fun.
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