Okay, so i was sooooo looking forward to this night. he is such a great producer and i love so many of his tracks and of course joof drops a ton of his tracks so i already knew it was gonna be great even though it wasn't a live set. i went in to it knowing that not all great producers are great djs but i just wanted to experience what he had to bring.

i was in no way dissappointed at all!!!!!!! from start to finish i didn't stop dancing. i planted myself front and center and never left my spot, except to go behind the dj booth to meet him and get a few pics. btw, super nice and friendly and very gracious!!! i recognized a ton of tracks but of course you know me, can't id worth a shit. it was more than i expected, solid psy-trance tracks, bigger and more intense with everyone. i know psytrance isn't everyone's cup of tea and feel that it's too assultive and may not flow but i'm telling, i thoroughly enjoyed the ride this man took us on for two hours saturday!!! i thought the mixing was spot on, the progression was perfect and the energy intense! he was having a great time up there and the crowd did too.

it was so great meeting trancetink (sara), mecca and his girl, psychadelic ed(you are one crazy mo-fo), estazar (sp) and of course the hard core psy heads that were there: refuge, blitzz, riia (technofrek)malia, thrax, dan and lisa, erick (wakadoo), TSG, josh allen and any others i am forgetting right now.

i got there around 9:30 and was supposed to be on bob's list and when i got to the door they said there was NO COMP lists at all only discount. i don't mind paying, trust me Astrix was worth it, but don't have your promoters say there will be a list and then at the last minute go, no we changed our minds!!!!! that is not cool and i lost instant respect for the promoter of sessions. then the main guy who i guess is sessions kept blowing this loud annoying horn during victor and astrix's set!!!!! i mean not just once but multiple times and he kept saying shit into the microphone during their sets and you couldn't even understand what he was saying.

circus did look nice that night. they did move the dj booth but atleast it wasn't up on that stage a million miles away, they brought it down infront of the stage and put it right there close to the crowd so it was atleast better! the bouncers were super, even the pushy isrelli guys that i heard so many scary things about were cool. not anymore handsy or grabby than any other group of drunk, crackout guys out at a club on the weekend.

bob did a superb job opening up. i know it was hard for him b/c he really wanted to unleash and i know there were many tracks he would have preferred to drop but staying in the dj code he played it respectfully and set victor up perfectly. thank you so much bob for giving me a chance to meet one of my favorite producers!!! i was so nervous to meet him and i usually am never like that. it was a huge deal and then astrix dropped a couple tracks he and jOOf worked on together and while he was playing them he nodded that they were indeed the tracks. victor was up next and did what victor does, made the crowd dance. thank you for dropping On the Ground, still love that track. i kept giving bob and victor shit, in a playful way, to play harder but ya know.......... sucks that they cut bob's closing set short!!! i loved that first track you dropped by depeche mode and i know you had lots more in store. i had to take off soon after that because my ride was leaving.

i had a great time and loved meeting and hanging with the newest addition of our TA family trancetink (sara) she rocks!!! so much fun.
forgot again to get a quesadilla i just need to show up the next time right at 9:00 pm and eat a late dinner. circus was packed but not uncomfortably and it stayed that way pretty much up to the end.

btw, the dj upstairs nexus (sp) was banging out some nasty choons and i kept going back up there to catch him. and the two guys in the back were playing full on goa psy-trance and that room was just insane. i mean, it was an energy i have never felt before. it was pretty intense and i'm not sure i could dance to it all night but i was in there for most of their set and was just amazed!!!! i saw them later on in the crowd during astrix and spoke to them but by then they were way faded and they didn't even look old enough to be in the club!

okay there is my short story, hope you enjoyed. i hope michelle posts the pics off her camera that she let me borrow pretty soon. i hope Astrix doesn't wait another 2 years to return to LA!

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Last edited by gypsygirl on Apr-23-2007 at 16:41

YES it was a great night! first time seeing Astrix and he blew me away!!!

btw nice to meet you gypsygirl. even if i didnt get to introduce myself to you personally. i was already chattin with you when bob was spinnin!

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i got there around 9:30 and was supposed to be on bob's list and when i got to the door they said there was NO COMP lists at all only discount. i don't mind paying, trust me Astrix was worth it, but don't have your promoters say there will be a list and then at the last minute go, no we changed our minds!!!!! that is not cool and i lost instant respect for the promoter of sessions

Last minute thing: I heard that the Sessions promoter got all pissy over the COMP lists and then supposedly raised the price at the door which then turned our lists into discount lists.

Those 2 DJs in the back room were INSANE! OMG! Hardcore stuff! I was back there dancing a bit and then I realized that if I continued, I was going to run out of energy for the rest of the night.

Thrax posted his pics in the other thread.

Hi Blitzz! Nice hanging out with you again!

ended up not gettin into ferry and coming here instead. i had a great time upstairs then downstairs for astrix set. Normally im not big into this kinda sound but astrix definetly laid down a solid set!

didnt see any TA's though

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Originally posted by meDina didnt see any TA's though

we were right in front of you! remember? :P

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Originally posted by meDina ended up not gettin into ferry and coming here instead. i had a great time upstairs then downstairs for astrix set. Normally im not big into this kinda sound but astrix definetly laid down a solid set! didnt see any TA's though

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lol, we meet on the dance floor, i was up front, long brown hair, red tank. i thought it was you.

great hanging with you too blitzz and TSG, i kinda figured that's what happened. i knew you guys didn't have any control over that. oh well. like i said still totally worth the money

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Originally posted by gypsygirl \ lol, we meet on the dance floor, i was up front, long brown hair, red tank. i thought it was you. great hanging with you too blitzz and TSG, i kinda figured that's what happened. i knew you guys didn't have any control over that. oh well. like i said still totally worth the money

i know on friday i saw you guys! but on saturday i dont remember seeing anyone i knew

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thats why i was wonderin about the list. it became a discount list. but it was well worth it! track after track after track the whole set was amazing!

and those two guys at the back room where bangin some deep hardcore choons!

i was like after 4 heavy drinks from ernesto!

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Originally posted by meDina i know on friday i saw you guys! but on saturday i dont remember seeing anyone i knew

oh damn that's right, my nights are starting to blend in, lol.

well glad you made it though. it was definitely a great night. met up with a bunch of peeps for afterhours that went to ferry and i kept telling them they made the wrong choice. i love ferry and he's great but you only get astrix once in a while and he was great

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Originally posted by meDina didnt see any TA's though

I also met you and Sponger upstairs by Ernesto's bar and later saw you dancing behind me downstairs

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oh yeah Technofriik! nicee to see ya at RED friday and Circus for astrix ! what a weekend that was! wooohooo!

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I kinda recall meeting a Sponger this weekend. Was it at CIRCUS?