"...When the club isn't booking Top 40 hip-hop stars, it's only going after the most commercial names in EDM, like Swedish House Mafia, David Guetta, and Afrojack."
In the aftermath...
"Though the Opium Group is unavailable for comment about the incident, Dennis Ferrer tweeted about it on Sunday, writing, "Haha @mansion_miami made me get off the decks!! said I don't play commercial enough!! WTF!!!!!"
Is this really where things are going? So sad.
Feb-28-2012 04:25
trojans14
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: May 2011
Location: New York, NY
Hah Alan Fitzpatrick retweeted that. I've never been to mansion and don't plan on going this wmc either, but it sounds like what they're all about lol. At least they have other places in Miami like Space and Treehouse that are booking more underground sounds.
___________________
Why do I smile at people who I'd much rather kick in the eye?
Feb-28-2012 05:00
a.l.d.i.
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Astoria, NY
Welcome to 2010's. Sad times
Feb-28-2012 06:35
Sedna
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Nov 2010
Location: Madison
I like Space. Never even been to Mansion. Good to know I won't have to go there!
___________________
Do you believe in a God that tells you lies,
Or do you believe in me?
I am glad to see he didn't break down and stayed to his genre/his style. He gained respect of a lot more people doing this and not giving in to clubs "top 40" request.
Originally posted by euphoria
I think it would be more fun to pull a Moby.
elaborate please lol.....
___________________
Feb-28-2012 21:09
stvy
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Feb 2009
Location: Boston, MA
quote:
Originally posted by PvDoBseSSioN
elaborate please lol.....
Feb-28-2012 22:01
La Galerķa
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Aug 2011
Location: Hollywood
The guys at The Opium Group claim that Ferrer didn't bring the energy up after the opening DJ and continued playing 118bpm Beatport top charting deep house tracks. Ferrer has been there two times in the past and never had a problem. That night, none of this fans were there to support him and people started leaving. The dancefloor was dead and there was no vibe. Ferrer asked if he should step off, to which the guys running the show asked, "do you have anything to pick it up?" and Ferrer replied that he had nothing. Afterwords, their resident DJ played some Avicii and the crowed went crazy. I wasn't there personally. This is just what I heard. No official announcements have been made by Opium.
Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, Umek, Audiofly, Nic Fanciulli, Joris Voorn have all been there in the recent past. I guess it was just a bad crowd and bad night.
