Was a lovely week! I ended up staying 8 nights. NYE til Sunday. Longer than most people that attended. I actually did more touristy things and didn't party as much as I thought I would. We went to places like Xcaret, Tulum and Isla Mujueres. (we had a rental car)

Parties I attended were Danny Tenaglia NYE, Dirty South & Serge Devant @ Pink Elephant, D. Ramirez & Mark Knight @ Kool Beach and Steve Angello @ Blue Parrot.

As I stated before its a great festival for tech heads. I can stand it if I am really f'ed up, but the house beats are what I enjoy...here's a video from Steve Angello at Blue Parrot towards the end after the sun had just came up.

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Originally posted by mar46017 Was a lovely week! I ended up staying 8 nights. NYE til Sunday. Longer than most people that attended. I actually did more touristy things and didn't party as much as I thought I would. We went to places like Xcaret, Tulum and Isla Mujueres. (we had a rental car) Parties I attended were Danny Tenaglia NYE, Dirty South & Serge Devant @ Pink Elephant, D. Ramirez & Mark Knight @ Kool Beach and Steve Angello @ Blue Parrot. As I stated before its a great festival for tech heads. I can stand it if I am really f'ed up, but the house beats are what I enjoy...here's a video from Steve Angello at Blue Parrot towards the end after the sun had just came up.

how long did Steve play for? the vide when the sun came up when Loco Dice was playing was the best I've seen/felt in a long time!!!

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Originally posted by Jmaze how long did Steve play for? the vide when the sun came up when Loco Dice was playing was the best I've seen/felt in a long time!!!

I was at Rebel Rave, but went to the beach in front of Blue Parrot at around 6:30 AM to hang out. Steve Angello finished at about 7:30 AM or so, closing off with 3, yes 3 Coldplay remixes in close succession, Martin Solveig - Hello, as well as a popular song on the radio (an Avicii song I think, with female vocal?).

I've seen Steve Angello before, but that last hour or so was the most mainstream thing I've heard in a while lol.

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Originally posted by KStuff I was at Rebel Rave, but went to the beach in front of Blue Parrot at around 6:30 AM to hang out. Steve Angello finished at about 7:30 AM or so, closing off with 3, yes 3 Coldplay remixes in close succession, Martin Solveig - Hello, as well as a popular song on the radio (an Avicii song I think, with female vocal?). I've seen Steve Angello before, but that last hour or so was the most mainstream thing I've heard in a while lol.

wow, proud of you... I would have ran after 3 second of the first song.

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Originally posted by Spin Laden Seven memorable days in Playa del Carmen....gone in a flash.... and now it is back to the reality of snow and sub -20 temperatures. For those who are planning to attend the BPM Festival in the future, I would highly suggest to make it happen somehow, because once you are there you will enjoy yourself immensly with the music, the food, the people, the city and country itself; BPM is not only about electronic music, it is about electronic music in a comparably inexpensive and beautiful resort setting, during the time of year when our weather begins to head towards the dog days of winter. While the population of Playa del Carmen is only 150,000, it swells to about 200,000 with both BPM and non-BPM visitors. The town is very compact, so you can walk anywhere within 15-20 mins. VIP wristbands this year were $350, up from $200 last year; however, VIP enables oneself bypass lineups and to go to the daytime events as well, so I was able to see Mark Knight, Lee Burridge, Nic Fanciulli, John Digweed and unannounced djs Richie Hawtin and Dubfire,etc, during the daytime. I estimated I probably attended over $600 worth of acts at BPM, so I certainly got my pesos worth. However, like any music festival, you sort of wish you could be at two or three different places at the same time. For the most part, the nightclubs and daytime events were insanely packed, so you had to be rather astute with finding that one sweet spot for dancing. Highlight set for me was Loco Dice at Blue Parrot, a hard, mind-tripping, energetic set that kept my feet moving and ears listening. Very disappointed that my cell memory was acting up, so I missed out taking pictures and videos at the must-see Alux Cave gig (read Jeff Button's solid review for more perspective). Also disappointed I left during a very good set by Droog (and potentially good sets from Jamie Jones. Art Department and Damian Lazarus) to hear the abomination by Steve Angello - hands down the most sub-par set I heard all week at BPM. The cave was getting unbearbly hot and we had to meet several others at Angello but I wasn't feeling his set, which for some reason I was not surprised Long, drawn-out breakdowns, all SHM choons, MoS anthems and pretty much an awkward booking for such a talent-laiden festival. I have seen Angello perform better before when he was focusing more on dancefloor flow, rather than crowd adulation from playing his athems, but after hearing quality all week, the set was even more un-palatable. Tant piss. The weather in Playa was generally warm (mid 20s, party sunny), sort of what you would expect in Quebec or Ontario during the summer months. It did rain one morning, just before the last couple of days there. In turn, this opened up the city to more humidity and temperatures "feeling like" mid 30s. There were also plenty of reasonably priced accommodations in Playa, I was fortunate enough to stay with Jeff Button and his crew, all great, stand-up ppl. Thank you again, Jeff, DE, Peter, Meg & Monica. We were only three-min walk to Kool Beach and Mamitas; for those who are budget conscious, condos are the 'way to go' as you get much more space and value for your money. You can simply load up on food at the massive supermarkets that are walking distance to the action and use the ample kitchens you typically have in your condo. Speaking of Kool Beach, I did manage to shoot this 'hypothetical' video of deadmau5 at Kool Beach: A budget of $1500 should be sufficient for anyone wanting to spend a memorable week hearing great music in a resort city, with friendly hard-working locals and mostly cool, laid-back foreigners from all over the globe. Oh, and btw, the dude factor ratio at the nighttime events is like 5:1, guys to girls, so if you care mostly about that rather than the music, then Cancun is only 20 mins away hehe. Daytime events were pretty even, nonetheless. One of these days girls will start to like good music and maybe even-out the numbers