Im kicking myself for not bringing a camera...

Living in Colorado means decent trance shows, and Boulder has an excellent club...but going to school in Michigan and not being able to get to the big TO means missing a shitload of good stuff. Thusly, every summer i go to Rave on the Rocks, alt its been called numerous things over the past few years.

The TA board has a wealth of experience, and many more priviledged memebers who live IN the scene, or at least get decent access to it beyond live sets. I am not one of those people

Massive lineups in NYC, DC, Gatecrasher, Ibiza or the Netherlands are the shit. A 10000 person club is beyond my wildest imagination. Still, Red Rocks Ampetheatre is EASILY in the running for best venue.
last years show

Plus Max Graham was there.

Being that im restricted to few huge events yearly, this is like a pilgrimage. Sure, TA and ethernet are the reason for my trance obsession, but it was BT at 2000s show which made me buy GU 013, and things got out of control from then on.

Last Saturdays show wasnt really different. Its pretty shitty that more Rocky Mountain trancers either cant get to it, dont post about it, or that all of you cant get here every summer.

Yes, the lineup is cookie cutter and mainstream.

Yes, a radio station hosted it and it had to end before 12.

Yes, oakie played U2(which isnt trite here)...

But thats not the point. SHIT, the parking lot was more exciting than most raves ive been to. Its sorta like TA without the internet. It was a community of electronica lovers only rivaled here, for one night having a blast. Oakie owned the event as he usually does here, pushing Acosta to spin after the hometown opener, strange but true. BBB was what he is- bouncy bass to wind the crowd up. Okay, but then im a TA. Graham...shit. Between him, PvD and Tiesto, i thot it would be years before seeing that. I got to see him twice this summer. He seemed more comfortable in a club setting(he blew the roof off) and i HAD to shake the mans hand. Great guy. Here he seemed a but more tentative(perhaps he has seen the video for Sunday Bloody Sunday, that would do it for me). Not even I expected his big finale to be hip hop - it was madness. Oakie, the ever hated, ever loved DJ played an anthology. His set began with newish stuff, breakbeat that sounded just a bit older than his 538 set in spring. As usual, his crowd pleasing began with Rendesvous, and why not - its freakin Oakie. Despite the short set, with 3 encores heh, it was magic. The arrogant TA COULD gripe. I couldnt.

Ferry Corstens Punk is old to all of you...but he dropped it on a largely unsuspecting audience(i believe) and it was more than words can truly describe.

The first RotR happened in 1999. Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim. Hopefully it continues. Hopefully I wont be the only one on here 'raving' about it. Hopefully some kind there the other night discovered these forums...

late/

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