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Review: Paul van Dyk @ ICE, Las Vegas 12/30/05
What a great party!

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I was really impressed by ICE. The atmosphere for the club was great, the people working there were very professional and they had really good club gear (decor, lights, CO2, DJ equip). Being that there are shootings in Vegas everyday, I was very surprised that no one was searched going in to the club. But all was well and mad props to this club for being such an acomdating venue. For those who have never been to ICE, the DJ booth is set pretty low, and flanked by short stairways where people can hang out on. Basically, patrons can surround the booth, making it very "intimate" between the DJ & the crowd.
I was also impressed that party-ers at ICE were very friendly and not the assholes you'll find at other PvD gigs. ICE was packed! I started my night at the top of the stairs right next to Jerry and the DJ booth, and you could see the density of people increase to the point where you could only see little heads everywhere. Even though walking was tough, no one was pushing, shoving or being dicks. Very cool. The females were sparse. Although this was expected, I thought being the party city vegas is, the ratio would have been better.
So the club was great, people were cool, and of course Paul brought his A-game. Paul rolled out at around 1:30ish and looked really fresh (sometimes, he looks like he's lacking sleep). The tunes played were very mainstream PvD and in PvD order. Playground and Nautical Imagery were played early. Beleive, Adrenaline, World in my Eyes, Other Side, CJ Stone, Summer Dream (paul's version), Tribal Trance, Dream Maker (me happy), Running Water (and more happy)...and the closers were TOOL, FAA and encore with Mind Circus. Track selection and mixxing was not really adventourous. but Paul also dropped the new U2 remix which I had never heard, and I thought it was dropped at a perfect time for that party. It was the chill out the crowd and you smile kinda song. Paul played for 3 hours (from a planned 2) until about 4:20. It was great!
Check out the video!
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/dsch...egas%202005.zip
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Last edited by CivicRydr on Jan-06-2006 at 02:29
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