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Ok, so just got back, chillin' w/ Tom @ my place at the moment. I'm not sure what zachias means, but I thought the night was amazing!
First of all, I showed up early and chilled with Jason for a bit and listened to his opening set. I thought he killed it with a perfectly designed set. Started off with some very interesting sounds, playing tracks that got people onto the dance floor. Then he transitioned into playing some harder tracks that would get them moving, and finally dropped the bass to turn a casual crowd into a raving mass of clubbers. Some fantastic tunes dropped toward the end, and it was, in my opinion, a very good opening set.
G&D came on a bit early (I'd like to have heard a bit more of Jollins' set) and started off dropping some amazing tracks early on. I had a rather lengthy conversation with Dave Dresden while they were setting up, during which I mentioned that 'Without You Near' was my favorite prodoction that G&D (w/ Markus Schulz) had come out with. I know people say it's overplayed, but I absolutely love that track. So the two of them drop a killer set, including some new version of Motorcycle's 'As the Rush Comes'. Their set was absolutely fantastic, though the end was really what sold it to me. They cranked so many amazing trance tracks toward the end that I was absolutely mesmorized by the music. And, of course, the encore happened to be 'Without You Near'. Honestly, though I've heard better overall sets, this might have been the best ending of a set that I've ever heard. The last hour (including a track that they played at precisely 5:35 that I had never heard before... sort of possessing the sound of a steel drum mixed with a Greek guitar) was exemplary of how any set should properly end. Finally, G&D are just chill guys who are fun to talk to and who are humble enough to really shine among other superstar DJs.
And as for the crowd? Well, I spent a lot of my time upstairs, so my verdict on the crowd isn't 100% accurate. I thought they were alright --- didn't see any major problems, other than what seemed like a ketamine overdose and a fight on the stairs (that later was re-fought outside the club on the street... two really juiced up guys swinging at eachother).
Final Verdict: A great party overall, proven so by the quality of the music. Track selection, mixing, and improvisation (Dresden was actually scratching and messing with a few of his tracks in an almost Carl Cox-like fashion) was great, something that leads me to give this party an overall thumbs up!
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In MY WORLD, there is always FORBIDDEN FRUIT, ripe FOR AN ANGEL from the OTHERSIDE.
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