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Well I'm a pretty harsh critic of trance parties and I really have specific tastes in music that I want to hear. I've been to Armin @ Spirit and Johan @ Avalon this summer, and I thought both events were 'okay' but the Dj's def did not blow me away. I've also seen A&B, Robert Nickson, Lange and others live and it's been alright but nothing spectacular.
Well ... did Ferry blow me the fuck AWAY. I didn't know I could dance like that for 6+ hours! He came out at 1:15am and opened the set with Ferry vs Thrillseekers - Sublime (Thrillseekers Remix). WOW! And from then on, I was off flying in the emotional, melodic trance that Ferry spun for most of the night until 7:20am. Now, I do admit some moments in the set were not my taste, esp. when he got into some of the harder, techier, non-melodic stuff ... but he'd always return back to melodies in a flash, and that's what I LOVED about the night.
Then he finally played the last song in the set at around 6:50am, after which we all started cheering him on. And on..and on... Until he yells out: "one more?????" And then I just hear the piano of Veracoche - Carte Blanche. How fucking perfect is that?? By this time the club lights were on and you could see everybody, but nobody gave a fuck, we just all danced to Ferry's classic. After that, he drops another stormer - Cordery - Sweetest Dreams. Seriously, how can you not love this Dj after such dedication and gratuity: he spins for 6 hours, and then gives us a few last amazing classics after we ask for them.
He has such a great attitude too, and you can tell he appreciates all his fans. Throughout the set, he would reach out from behind the decks down to where people would try to hand him different things to sign or read. You didn't even have to be on the stage or backstage or anything ... just had to come up close enough on the floor and reach out to Ferry, and he didn't IGNORE you. He shook my hand and signed my t-shirt too! w00t!!
All in all, what a wonderful and refreshing experience - and I finally believe that amazing trance Dj's still exist. Met a bunch of TA's too - Big Mike, Sveta, Sunshine79, mango, verndogs, sidml, phoenixBEBE and others whose name I prolly forgot =)
Stan.
Last edited by StanVoid on Jul-09-2005 at 19:11
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