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Not too impressed, but since I didn't have much in the way of expectations, I can't say I was really disappointed either. I've written so many positive reviews this summer, I guess I was due for this, haha...
Walked in to Doman & Pettigrew (pretty sure it was them opening) playing some minimal techy crap for an hour or two. Snooze-fest, especially after all the great techno last weekend. Then they finished with techy trance, which was just really weird. Really the least interesting set I've heard from them to date, and that part actually did disappoint me because I know they can do so much better.
As for The Carl... well, he was dropping bombs, there's no question about that. But somebody needs to take away his computer and send him back to regular decks so he can't do "edits", because his set had no flow whatsoever and he just couldn't keep the energy up. I am not exaggerating when I say that for the first hour and a half at least, we would get maybe 1 minute of actual beats between the 2-3 minute breakdowns. I'm hedging bets that most of the people who post that he was wicked awesome are people that don't like to go all-out on the dance floor, because there was simply no way to get a groove on. It was impossible. There were more breakdowns than a Tiesto set.
Crowd was also a disaster. I haven't been to Circa that many times - maybe it's just the normal crowd there, I don't know - but it was packed, full of poseurs, hopeless drunks and sketchpads, and just general stupidity. Our little overhang was alright, mainly because there were enough of us to form a protective phalanx, but even the traffic passing by was tragic. At least 3 people tripped and fell on the step (funny the first few times but enough, seriously...), there were a few "gridlock" instances with huge masses of people all trying to go different ways and clogging up the walkway, and one bitch stepped on my toes with her heel, stood like that for a good 5 seconds, looked directly at me with my "what the fuck!?" expression, then walked away without even apologizing. I saw a little splinter group with Cribby and a bunch of others on my way out, in a different area near the 2nd floor stairs - maybe it was less obnoxious there?
Lights were mostly OK for once, although I did get blinded a few times.
Fortunately, and this was the reason I went in the first place, it was a party night, almost everybody I love to do it up with was there, so it was good times regardless of the mess described above. I think if I'd gone alone, I would not have made it more than a half hour into Carl's set.
Carl did start to improve after about 2 hours (presumably when he started to sober up a bit), although every now and then he'd still regress back to the incessant breakdowns. I think it was around 4 when I decided that his set had gotten decent, but just too cliché and predictable, so I left.
I'm done with Carl Cox. The man obviously knows what he's doing, I don't doubt that, but he's gone far, far off the beaten path of amazing classic sets we all heard years ago. He draws a crowd, but I'd prefer not to endure another night of poorly-edited tech cheese. I'm thinking "Oakenfold" here.
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My party schedule:
2009-02-21 - DJ Attention @ I'm So Popular
2009-06-18 - DJ Annoying @ People Need To Know Where I'll Be
2012-11-32 - DJ Insufferable ɸ Or At Least the Stalkers I Complain About
2048-06-66 - Spastic & Whocares ¶ Although I'm Actually Flattered
9999-45-81 - Tweaker Gimp ☼ I Probably Won't Even Go To This But I Have To Make Sure I Fill Up All The Available Space Here
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