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Originally posted by Dj Blurr Wait! I wasnt ready! hehe.

LOL! Good pic with Rizo, Rey!

Christ, I didn't even hop around last night and my body is dead. Well it was kinda dead going in, but still! Night before (mainly J00F, and Taj+Reza) took it outta me....I'm getting old.

Exausting.

Armin did like 5 or 6 encores? Guess he finished around 5am?

I darted a tad early (between 4:30 and 5) cause all I kept thinking was how tired I was and how I was stuck on the 9th floor of the parking garage and there were still quite a few peeps at Ruby...and last time I was up there on a big night it took FOREVER to get out...

Still took a little bit to get out. Doh. But saw the mad flux of people as I was finally exiting the garage about 5-10 minutes after 5....

Anyhow, TWO lasers FTW!

Think that was the loudest I ever heard the system...though I think it might've just been that Armin cranked up the monitors so damn loud. Not sure how the sound quality was once it got cranked all to hell for Armin, but more than person (incl. Dresden) pointed out that the sound was real good when they first got there....oh yeah, I only had a _slight_ ringing in my ears for a little bit after leaving Ruby....I was expecting some full-on ringers, but nope.....ultimate sign a system is tuned well.

Remy played an insane opening set. It was like taking class on how to progress as an opener...started of realllllllllllllllllll deep. When he first started playing, it was like an "uh?" moment...but as he kep that beautiful build going it all made sense! He played types of music I don't think I've ever heard for a trance opener....well, other than from openers who ended up falling flat on their face with their set, but he pulled it off. Color me impressed.

Not gonna post any opinions of Armin, other than I though he started off a bit too fluffy for me....So many long, slow buildups when he first started off. Thank goodness that didn't last too long. I haven't really listened to what he's been playing in a long time (been staying away from radio shows and live mixes on purpose), but will say that he def played some tracks with an edge that I don't think I would have expected from him in the past. Was that good or bad, IMO? Maybe later. Can say that those tracks def got the crowd going off more than anything else...anyhow, curious to see what other think.

Was gonna dart over to Ten15 for awhile, but I didn't even want to deal with going through that crowd, not even one time, once the place was full. Plus I'm afraid if I got into my car, I'd just want to go home and crawl into bed.

Last edited by DaveT on May-11-2008 at 18:41

such an awesome weekend =)

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Hey, I had fun! Huh, Armin spun?

All seriousness though, Remy's set was sick. Love that guy.

Another fun weekend in SF. I love the overall vibe up there so much better.

all ive been hearing has been that Remy was sick and Armin either sucked or was ok

Dave, I think you're right about Armin & the monitors after talking to Armand about Ruby's setup at JF. Guess Armins earplugs are that good that he needs the monitors that much louder

my set was pretty much one long sound check

fortunately we fixed the right channel bleed which was also causing it to cut out once in a while. so annoying. there were additional setups to ruby's dj booth, which threw it off I think.

anyhow got it corrected about 25 minutes before I ended.

REMY WAS AWESOME!!! his track list/progression was great!

I enjoyed AvB set, by the time he got on I was surrounded by so many people I love that good times just kept passing by

the whole night was a lot of fun

my relatives were about 20+ deep at that party and for many of them that was the first time they ever attended anything of mine in all the years I've been doing this

the experience of that + partying with spundae family + most of my close friends + great music = such a great and fun memory

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Last edited by Alain on May-12-2008 at 07:03

All up a big weekend for me. Wound up at RS on Friday and Saturday night by pure chance. Had not planned to go either night but as luck would have it got in free both nights, so thought what the hell.

Of the two nights, there is no doubt music quality was far superior on Friday night. Christopher Lawrence and John Fleming both threw down solid, dance floor annihilating sets. Had not heard CL in a while and was impressed with the range in his set, he maintains a tough groove which actually remind me of some sets I have heard from Diggers over the years.

Saturday night was as to be expected, music was ordinary, I usually feel like I am listening to a jukebox when AVB plays. I keep wondering, where is the flow? Thankfully the free drinks were flowing at the bar, so who cares? The encores were over the top. I was dog tired by then and starting to feel like a part of the RS furniture.

That's my club fix for a while, I'm staying in next weekend.

I'll just post what I said on the Armin boards....prob with a bit more added...per as usual...

I thought his set was a lot of fun...and it seemed like Armin was just out to have a lot of fun last night. By far the strongest parts of his set was when he was playing more edgier, more banging stuff you DO NOT hear him play on ASOT.

I enjoyed these tracks more, and the crowd was going BALLISTIC to them. Complete ape shit. The middle of the crowd seemed like it was on a mountain at some points...people jumping up and down SO HIGH that it looked a bit surreal.

The uplifting/vocal trance he played was BLEH to me and it's what brought the quality of his set, musically, down...to some people think this area of his track selection last night is gonna define how good his set was to them...now I'm real picky on what I think is good vocal trance to begin with, but the tracks were just boring. But I think this is largely a problem with the state of the scene and the need for ever semi-major to major DJ to have his own label...and within each of those labels they need to stockpile vocal tracks. With all the extra record labels you see these days comes with the extra opportunities to release vocal LARD trying to make that one big hit. Because it's the vocal tracks that has the easiest chance of sparking mass-market interest. If this were 8 years ago, I swear about 80% of the vocal tracks I hear today would be thrown in the garbage by everyone here in 2000 and dubbed as amateurish cheese. I almost wonder if DJs force this crap into their sets to promote their labels more...I hope not, because I wouldn't want a lot of these tracks anywhere close to any label I was invovled with,lol

Anyhow, you take out all the vocal crap you hear today and out of Armin's tracklist and you have one helluva set, IMO.

Now aside from looking at the music so closely, Armin obviously pleased the crowd as a whole. Armin was constantly twisting and looking around trying to pump everyone up. He was just having fun. Pure fun. It didn't take too longer for it to become obvious that his focus was try to provide a great party for everyone and not with the focus of building his set perfect. Even at past 4am when everyone was starting to fall over from exaustion...there's lanky-ole-Armin turning around getting everyone's attention pumping his arm up, playing the air-piano with the lasers, and doing his usual oddball stares and winks.

That stuff alone makes a set better, in person, IMO...

You shove in some other DJ who just goes throughs the motion and the set might even fall flat on its face, but just seeing what Armin does behind the decks and seeing that he was just flat out having a great time...along with the crowd as a whole...I think that defines the night right there and the overall quality of his set.

This post was a bit hard from me to type...because I love to nit-pick set.s..maybe I'm just getting old. But last night just seeing Armin goofing around and just having fun...and just seeing the crowd react to all the different things...it was a seriously cool moment and made me realize a bit that I need to open my scope to what defines a great set for the night (key to this is for that night...enjoy the moment..a set that I may very well be disappointed in if it were any other night or listening to it under some other circumstance.

That said, have a good week.

DT <-------

Last edited by DaveT on May-12-2008 at 12:43

Armin has a GREAT SET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very similar to parts of his Armin only set... Started slowly and buit it up in 30 minutes... to some crazy electro beats, up to some melodic, uplifting trance... BANGING BANGING SET!!! He did played tracks from his new CD, Imagine, but kept it to a minimal..

IT was beautiful... and they also had Lasers at Ruby Skye which made this night that more special...

He started his set at 12:30am and stopped at 5am!! Made it home at 5:45am with a nice sunrise. The sound system at Ruby Skye was also LOUD as HELL but amazingly my ears are not ringing, meaning that it was nicely adjusted.. I love it when it is like this, because I had gotten ear infections after attending Ruby Skye when the volumes are not adjusted correctly... I was scarred that might happen this time again but nope..


Anyhow here are some pictures and videos, I took... for the most part I was dancing and jumping in the middle of the crowd.. One other great thing is that the crowd was good..

GOING WRONG sounds soooo great when played LOUD!

Also Armin van Buuren feat. Gabriel & Dresden - Zocalo (Armin In Mexico Mix)

























OMG SMACK SOUNDS SOOOOOOO GREAT REALLY REALLY LOUD!!!






Armin van Buuren feat. Sharon den Adel - In And Out of Love






WHAT THE F**K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Alex M.O.R.P.H. - Walk The Edge (Alex M.O.R.P.H. B2B Woody van Eyden Remix)



Armin Finishing it off.......

Peter Martijn Wijnia pres. Majesta - Not The End w/DJ Shah feat. Adrina Thorpe - Who Will Find Me (Acappella)






Tracks I remember (Not in Order):

Orjan Nilsen - La Guitarra
Armin van Buuren vs. DJ Shah feat. Chris Jones - Going Wrong (Armin Only Mix)
Cressida - 6am (Kyau & Albert Remix)
Armin van Buuren feat. Jennifer Rene - Fine Without You
Nic Chagall - What You Need (Marco V Remix)
David West & Orkidea - God's Garden
4 Strings - Take Me Away (Into The Night) (Re-Ward Remix)
Timbaland feat. One Republic - Apologize (Sander van Doorn Bootleg Mix)
Stoneface & Terminal - Pictures (Club Mix)
Markus Schulz feat. Andy Moor - Daydream (Lemon & Einar K Remix)
Armin van Buuren feat. Susana - If You Should Go (Aly & Fila Remix)
Armin van Buuren feat. Sharon den Adel - In And Out of Love
Santiago & Bushido - Head Trick
Funkagenda - What The FUCK
Geert Huinink & Sied van Riel - Minimal Symphony (Marcus Schössow Remix)
Polymental - Chapter One (Mark Sherry Remix)
Andy Blueman - Time To Rest (Daniel Kandi Bangin' Remix)
Binary Finary - 1998 (Binary's Finality Mix)
Armin van Buuren - Communication Part 3
Simon Patterson - Smack
Nenes vs. Cosmic Gate feat. Denise Rivera - Body of Teksha (Filo & Peri Mashup)
Also Armin van Buuren feat. Gabriel & Dresden - Zocalo (Armin In Mexico Mix)
Armin van Buuren - Rush Hour
Alex M.O.R.P.H. - Walk The Edge (Alex M.O.R.P.H. B2B Woody van Eyden Remix)
M6 - Fade To Black
Veracocha - Carte Blanche (Cosmic Gate Remix)
Armin van Buuren - Face To Face
DJ Eco - Tonight Is Forever (Martin Roth Edit)
Peter Martijn Wijnia pres. Majesta - Not The End w/DJ Shah feat. Adrina Thorpe - Who Will Find Me (Acappella)
Armin van Buuren vs. Rank 1 feat. Kush - This World Is Watching Me (Cosmic Gate Remix)
Armin van Buuren pres. Perpetuous Dreamer - The Sound of Goodbye (Armin's Tribal Feel vs. Nic Chagall Remix)

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