Incredible meeting with Empirical Labs (as in the MASSIVE Turtle Beach!)
I agreed to help a promoter friend of mine since he needed to provide Pioneer CDJs (CD Turntables) for a Dutch DJ that was spinning at a club. It was a Drum & Bass party, so I wasn't too excited about lending my CDJs or going to the club, but I thought to myself, you never know what you might find... The headliner (the dutch DJ) was a member of BSE (Black Sun Empire), a very well known Drum & Bass trio (which I had no clue about of course).
As I talk to this DJ about my CDJs, the scene in Europe, and how I spin Progressive/Trance, he mentions to me that he's also signed on Armin van Buuren's label. But wait, Armin doesn't dig Drum & Bass right? He tells me "We signed on with the name Empirical Labs." I almost pissed myself. I was chatting with the genius (one of the three) behind the insta-classic "Turtle Beach" without having a fucking clue. So apparently, he only spins Drum & Bass, but works with his 2 partners on producing Trance as a side project which not many people are aware of.
But holy shit, what a side project! Outback, which are responsible for the only remix of Turtle Beach, have received a remix to their track "Cause and Fact" (or something along those lines) by Empirical Labs. Empirical Labs will also be releasing a tune which Milan (the DJ) said was gonna be incredible, called "Empirical Labs - Timeloss"
After talking for a while, he stepped into the DJ Booth, and proceeded to tear the club apart with my CDJ800s, and for the first time ever, I went crazy dancing my ass off to Drum & Bass. The energy was overflowing out of the club windows.
An awesome guy, awesome DJ, and incredible producer. If you read this Milan, or either of your partners, thank you, best of luck, and don't stop producing trance!!!! And since this might be the first and last time a world-known DJ/producer spins on my decks, of course, I asked him to autograph it. I fucking love music. This is like winning the lottery for a tranceaddict.
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When I turn on my mixer, drop the needle, and put on my headphones... nothing else matters.
I am a DJ.
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