Paul van Dyk & Edgar V @ Spirits 1/6/06 review + Pics
All right. Just got in...
In the time I have been an active member of this forum, I've been known to be rather biased, hypocritical, closed-minded, and all of those assorted things. A few review threads have had those infamous elements added to them. I will not deny that.
THIS IS NOT one of those review threads.
Everyone knows I ADORE Paul van Dyk. Seeing him get #1 was an ultimate dream come true. I guess with that came higher expectations...and a major, MAJOR freefall would happen should those expectations not be met.
^THAt was the case tonight.
I don't know whether it was the lack of vibe, location or something else, but my favorite DJ in the world failed to provide me and my fellow TAs with a good set tonight. At times he would bring the set in with some good slamming tunes, like Second Sun - Playground (NU NRG remix), followed by John O'Callaghan - Vendetta.
Then he would put some kind of autistic, monotonous crap that had no dancable, positive energy filled vibe whatsoever.
Other tunes included: Running Water, Marco V - False Light, that U2 remix (not where the streets have no name. Art knows which one I mean.) Pictures...
Everyone I talked to tonight thought the set was absolute shit.
It took me almost an entire year to realize that his Thanksgiving 2004 set was shit. I'll NOT make that mistake this time and say this was almost as catastrophic as that last infamous event/gig.
TA turnout was great. A big surprise seeing the cute Katie (KatKit7274) in town again. Sweetie, it's been so long! You were having a mega blast in the DJ booth dancing.
Met Dream Beamz, who also didn't like the set, along with Akkare. Also met elecmfreak (spelling?) , and hung out with my usual crew, minus Mel, Flo and Karen. Am I glad you guys didn't make it for this. Straight up: you would have been disgusted. I only wish Flo were there so he could bluntly describe how awful the set was.
To top THAT off, he closed with Time of Our Lives (UK remix). THAT pretty much sealed the fate of tonight's set.
Edgar did another FANTASTIC opening set. Played Open Your Eyes. He played a couple of house tunes that I wasn't crazy for, but as I said time and time again, his brand of house gets the crowd going, and it did just that. Bro, keep up the good work.
As for tonight, I do not say this very often but I wanna kick someone's ass or break something. I feel cheated, disgusted and just plain fuckin' annoyed.
I'll post the pics before sunrise tomorrow. Can't be arsed to right now with the way I'm feeling.
Great hanging with everyone.
One very fuckin' enraged DarkAngel.
Last edited by DarkAngel on Jan-08-2006 at 19:50
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