Arrived on Wednesday

Walked around the Clevelander
A fun but noisy hotel ¡V well what can I say it¡¦s the center ¡Vthe heart of Miami Beach (next block to Armani¡¦s House)

Friday
Wanted to go to this

First party of the trip was at beautiful Nicky beach
Radio 1 in Association with cooljunkie.com and Nikki Beach Present One Live in Miami
@ Nikki Beach (1 Ocean Drive)
12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Free Entry on a first come first served basis. Early arrival is Essential. Event broadcast live on Radio 1 and on internet at Radio One
Contact Website:cooljunkie.com or Radio1

Artist Lineup
--->live broadcast of Pete Tong, Danny Rampling, Derrick Carter, DJ Dan, X-Press 2, Frankie Knuckles, Robbie Rivera, Lottie, Yousef, and more.

Remember Hipp-E spinning, Pete Tong rambling on a lot. Also he had Danny Tanaglia on the phone for like 5 minutes talking about him coming to Space and spinning there.

Here what it looks like 3-D:

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Some Party Video:
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And at night finally for some serious night action:
Xtravaganza @ Space (142 NE 11th Street, Downtown Miami)
Opened the club up at 10:30 ¡V Left don¡¦t remember when ƒº

Artist Lineup
---> Paul Oakenfold, Alex Gold, Liquid Todd

Liquid Todd opened up with some hard stuff ¡V I remember loving it ¡V and I was completely sober yet! ƒº
Oakie Sucked big time ¡V well in comparison of course ¡V I do have tremendous expectations from him. Finally the star of the night Alex Gold came on and tore shit up ¡V I have tremendous respect for this guy.

Saturday

ULTRA 4 Festival
@ Bayfront Park (301 Biscayne Blvd. - downtown)
12 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Got there around 3ish I think
Gatecrasher big time! ¡K the security didn¡¦t know what to do ¡V lots and lots of cops on hand¡K.pure chaos¡K finally the crowed stormed the gates that were crowded because of the attempt of the organizers to search every individual entering and let everybody in ¡V and just were ok with collecting tickets.
I personally got in without getting searched and my mate snuck in a Bacardi 151 (which I was so happily intoxicated later on) did not get searched by the security because well ¡V his bag had too much shit in it (particularly all the fruits and water we brought to survive this day-long rave)
Contact Number and Email: 1-877-877-7677, media requests only - [email protected][/email]
Contact Website: www.coolworld.com; www.ultramusicfestival.com

Artist Lineup
---> Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyk, Tiesto, Roni Size with MC Dynamite, Goldie, DJ Craze & DJ Marky with MC Skibadee, Carl Cox, BT (live), The Avalanches, Grooverider, AK 1200, Ray Keith, Josh Wink, Tall Paul, Christopher Lawrence, Wish FM, DJ Skribble, Hernan Cattaneo, Storm & Bailey, Max Graham, Andy C, Dazee & Empress with MC Chickaboo, DJ Rap & Wildchild & Jojo Rock with MC Chickaboo, Dieselboy, Kaos & Method One, Bad Company, Richard Marley, Juju, Gulembo, St. John, Dara, Reid Speed, DB, Mark Lewis, Alex Gold, SS, Randall, Kenny Ken, DJ Icey, Baby Anne, Gorillaz, Galaxygirl (live), Spacemen (live), Madame Mercury, Monk, Edgar V, Krust & DJ Die, Suv & Patife, Liquid Todd, Prophecy, Tommy Larock, Dufunk, Kevens (live), Planet B (live), Bad Boy Bill, DJ Dan, George Acosta, Timo Maas, Deep Dish, Kosheen (live), Rhinocerose (live), Bizz, DJ Huey

+ And a shitload of others

Who I saw was:

When we got there at the main ultra amp theater

Carl Cox came on and instantly game me an energizing boost ¡V just tore shit up with his hard tech-house sound
After him came on Paul Oakenfold, who unlike the day before did his job well and I think even had a longer more melodic set (both times he had the volume level at mid ranges ¡Vat the highest ¡V at norm ¡V it was hard to hear some of the pitches he used) ¡V well cant complain about that ¡V oakie hates it loud.

Then came on Crystal Method and did a live performance¡K. I don¡¦t know didn¡¦t catch it got bored sitting at one spot and decided to roam around to other tents¡K.
Heard Deep Dish a little bit at hard house tent ¡V they were ok ¡V although I hate them so I walked on to other tents¡K by pure accident walked over to break beats ¡Valthough I¡¦m not the biggest fan I stayed and got my biggest surprise of the trip DJ Icey ¡Vlocal from Ft Lauderdale I think ¡V was tearing shit up ¡V a-ma-z-I-n-g - this kid got skills and I was knocked off my feet
He spun hard German sounding tech-house into raga ¡V all in a split beat and it sounded sooooo good¡K. Def check him out when-ever his in town (I remember wanting to see him at ultra¡¦s radiate in DC and missing him just because we got there late)
Walked around - went to cool world tent (they are the guys that organize this big rave in downtown Miami) music was old school and I saw some of the best break dancers I¡¦ve ever seen ¡V since the tunnel days¡K. I don¡¦t know if those boys are local or they were there visiting like me ¡V but they got style and skills¡K¡K¡K mad dancers there

Finally made my way back to the main stage and BT started his set¡K. Was whatever ¡V his the best producer that I know that can¡¦t put two records together ¡V awesome tracking selection though¡¦¡K.. It¡¦s a pity ¡V but at least his a nice guy (met him prior to the Conference) ¡V very down to earth guy

After him came on George Acosta ¡V and what can I say but -the only US dj with an ear for trance¡K..just awesome ¡V not to be missed.

Then came on Tiesto with his skinny-ass dancing moves ¡V what can I say his from Holland so its in his blood to play melodic trance that I love above all ¡V but didn¡¦t hear him enough¡K..the set was ok ¡V nothing compared to what I know what he¡¦s capable of (but it seems he is much like oakie ¡V stuck on a lot of older songs)
And then finally came the topper -what everybody was waiting for

Paul Van Dyk!

When he started spinning ¡V it was precision itself ¡V

Awesome track selection
Not a single fuckup
Pure trance with energy with tech with a bit of house

Just perfect!

Took the bus back to Miami Beach ¡V with some tripped out Latina Miami mammas harassing the local folk¡K was so funny to see (cant be described)

Sunday

Pam Production Artist Management
@ Space (142 NE 11th Street, Downtown Miami)

Got there around 11ish (I think we almost opened the club up)


Artist Lineup
---> Paul Van Dyk (extended set), Scott Bond (came on after PVD spun 2 beautiful trance records ¡V thank god he didn¡¦t just jump into his own style ¡V and then when on his marry housie way ¡V at which point I jump out to the beach[chill out room]),
Markus Schulz(didn¡¦t see him), Jerry Bonham(didn¡¦t see him), Edgar V(didn¡¦t see Him), Icey ( I saw him spin for about 5 minutes before going to the main room to hear God himself), Baby Anne (was on before and she sucked ¡V I hear she is promoted by icey and he produces for her ¡V no use tho¡¦ I didn¡¦t like a single thing she did ¡V I don¡¦t know everybody has an off night I guess) , Duane King (don¡¦t know who this is I didn¡¦t hear him spin ¡V or at least I don¡¦t think I did)

PVD
The god himself:


Here is raven's review from trance addict forum: which i agree with 100%

Paul van Dyk at Space Miami (3/24/02)........WOW!!!!
Well, I just came back from the WMC. Ultra was AWESOME!!!! The whole ezdreamer.com crew (about 24 of us) got there at 2 and we pretty much spent most of the time in the Progressive arena....which surpsingly was the least populated throughout the whole event. fine by me....more room to dance and be a dj whore . The order was all fucked up and a lot of DJ's there were a no show. as a result....Mick Wilson played early and John Graham played for 3 hours......he had the BEST set out of the entire festival. John Graham just blew my mind away dropping a lot of wicked beats and breaks and dark trance and progressive. Max Graham came on next for a brief but bangin' set and then Dave Ralph kept it up with some great progressive trance. Josh Wink then DJ 3 followed and both almost put me to sleep.

I briefly saw Scott Bond who SUCKED my left nut. Briefly saw Alex Gold who was really good. Markus Schultz was AWESOME. I checked out BT for a bit and he trainwrecked every other mix but his track selection was really good. Tiesto was crap. and even PvD who closed the festival was blah to me. I wasn't too moved by his short 50 min set at all. I recorded it on my MD player but it came out a little to bassy.

Sunday night most of us went to PvD at Space. we were the FIRST people to set foot in the door. The opening DJ Jerry Bonham was fucking fantastic. he played just pure dark tech house ala Digweed and you couldn't help but groove to him. The second DJ was a new space resident who was ok at first but his track selection went way downhill as his set progressed.

as for PvD.....I will definitely write a more in depth review later....but for now.......let me just say that I've seen him a total of 19 times now, and this was the BEST set I've EVER heard in my life. He was just AMAZING!

And my review on tranceaddic.com

PVD @ SPACE was one and only most AMAZING musical experience i have ever heared , ever in a club, on MP3s on my computer... or anywhere in any other venue, on any other media.... this was absoFUCKINGlutely the best set of any DJ of all time

if you like electronica then you should consider PVD to be GOD!

nuff said........

going to see him at SF tomorrow -cant wait - i hope its the same F' set

And another awesome party that was going on was:
Perfecto
@ Spin (320 Lincoln Road)

Artist Lineup
---> Paul Oakenfold, Hernan Cattaneo, D:Fuse, Seb Fontaine

Didn¡¦t see it ¡V didn¡¦t care to see it too much either ¡V saw all of them ¡¥cept D:Fuse ¡V I hear good things about it tho


Monday:

REEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeCCCCCCCCCCCOOOOOVERyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Sleep
beach
food
sleep
beach
food
sleep

¡¥nuff said

but I did want to check this party out for
armin and ferry ¡V oh well I¡¦ll see them next year or at Glow in DC where they are both residents

Everything in Miami
@ Billboardlive (1500 Ocean Drive)
8 PM ¡V 5 AM
Contact Email: Alexandra Greenberg (Press Only)
Contact Website: www.skychurch.com

Artist Lineup
--> Electric Skychurch, Afrika Bambataa, John Kelley, Scott Hardkiss, Donald Glaude, Juan Atkins, DJ Brad, Phife Dawg & Jarobi w/DJ Rasta Root, Dom & Roland, Usual Suspects, Dylan, Dj Crisis aka Stasis & Sonic emcee w/DJ Afar, Headrush live, Vega vs Armen w/J messinian and Mis Ty, Phyer, Loxy & Ink, Soulslinger w/TC Izlam, Perfect Combination, Capital J, Ixis, Kevin Saunderson, Anthony Rother, Orkidea, Jesse Saunders, Armin Van Buren, Ferry Corsten, Pete Moutso, Edgar V, Alan Sax, Gene Carbonell, Deko-ze, Nuclear Ramjet, Vince Lawrence, Freddy Be, DJ Mea, Meredith Chinn as DJ Panic, Terrence Toy, Valerie and the Vibe Tribe, DJ FX, She-La, Poet Named Life, Josh One

Tuesday

My friends went to

Most Wanted DJ Management / Serious Artist Management
@ Space (142 NE 11th Street, Downtown Miami)
10 p.m. ¡V
Contact Email: Beccy Lindon
Contact Website: www.mostwanteduk.com, or www.seriousworld.com

Artist Lineup
---> Main room: Judge Jules, Tiesto, John 00 Fleming, Marco V, DJ Scot Project. Terrace: Darren Pearce, Commie

I missed it ¡V

they said that Tiesto was kinda hard sounding ¡V played old stuff and was ok at best and Judge Jules was too hard ¡Vwell I dunno their judgements -they are like me ¡V we love melody so to a house lover this might have been heaven not to my friends

so when I missed going with my buds to Space for the 3rd time this trip I wanted to go to

Essential Party
@ Opium (136 Collins Ave.)

Artist Lineup
---> Pete Tong, Sander Kleinenberg, DJ Icey, DJ Skribble, Q-Burns Abstract Message, Kevin Yost, DJ Lovegrove, Donny Burlin

But didn¡¦t

Then wanted to go see club BED notorious for its Beds (dah ļ)

Prime Party with Pacha and Friends in Miami
@ B.E.D. (929 Washington Ave)

Artist Lineup
---> Pipi, Tiefscharz, Milk and Sugar, Cesar Loies, Jaime Peralta

But didn¡¦t

You have to understand when one is in such an overwhelming environment -you don¡¦t feel like you¡¦re missing out ¡V you just want to stay in your room, on your bed and sleeeeeeeeeep and let your ears rest.


So I ended up at this lounge deep with the VIPers

Got there late so didn¡¦t get to hear all the guys spin except Desyn Masiello I hear he¡¦s from London and he has an awesome progressive sound¡K.nice kinda house that I can tolerate¡K he droped U2¡¦s ¡V Lemon ¡V I didn¡¦t even know that song was re-mixed ¡V my absolute favorite by them and this was my favorite track of the entire trip (believe it or not ƒº)


Winter Music Conference March 2002
Topaz Nights at Club Deep

Presented by TOPAZ RECORDS , VIPGuestlist.com and Urban Promotions
Tuesday March 26th, 2002
8pm-4am

Lineup:

Desyn Masiello- Alternative Route, Symphonic
Low End Specialists- React, Yoshitoshi and Hydrogen Records
Prince Quick Mix(PQM)- Distinctive, Yoshitoshi, Abducted Recordings
Peter Schwinge- Drop Records
Rob Corbett- Oval Records, Topaz Records, Limelight NYC resident www.djcorbett.com

This event will be located at:

Club Deep www.clubdeep.com
621 Washington Ave
Miami Beach, Fl 33139

Admission will be $15 from 8pm-10pm, and $20 from 10pm on.
To be on Vipguestlist.coms personal guestlist, for more information or too promote this night please email [email][email protected]
To read about this party on our message forum please go here -->
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Wednesday

After a grueling week in Miami beach
This was the last offday for some R&R
Caught some beats back at the hotel (where musik did not stop for a second)
Took the cab to the airport and that¡¦s all she wrote

¡Kmore details to come

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