Yeah it was a much better Ultra that I expectd. the venue was better than i thought too. I got there pretty early and Infected Mushroom was awesome. I had liked their stuff but never really checked out a lot. I just ordered all the cds I could find online. Checked out DJ Hyper, grayarea, burufunk adn they were all fantastic. BT did throw down a nasty breakbeat set, with girls losing their clothing and everything...lol I was way tired by that point but BT had me jumping and moving, along with everyone else. Looking forward to seeing him wed night in orlando (supposedly a free show). Heard Josh Wink drop Blue Monday before he went into his minimal-stuff. Oakenfold had problems with the system, not sure if he blew something but there was a 15 minute gap of silence and a speaker was blown after that. I was just waiting for prodigy and had to sit there for him. Didn't stay for pvd but I thought Prodigy was ok. But when Spitfire came on with that bass.... I have never heard/felt anything like that.

I got there early so I had no problems but apparently the will call line was like 2 hours by 3pm. That sucks.

holy shit! it was all about techno stage!
i had so much fun.
i will post pics and videos tomorrow and i will write a review.
i got some funny pictures (these dolls )
nfekted and pvd, thanks for hanging out with me. i didnt manage to go and see Carl Cox. i stayed on the techno stage and then me and my friend went to see oakenfold for like 20 minutes and we started hanging out with some drunk couple HAHAHA
good times

i will write full review tomorrow

I got into Ultra at 6 pm just in time to see Greyarea and they rocked it hard. I then went to the live stage watch the rest of the acts on that stage. First was the Killers, which were pretty good. Then came Junkie XL. The man is a great producer, but he does absolutely nothing onstage except dance. I don't know why they call it a live show because all he does is let his computer play his set for him while he jumps off speakers. And it seams like he plays the same songs year after year. I mean come on, how many years has it been now since the Red Pill, Blue Pill craze. After Junkie came Sander K and he rocked it hard. I got to hang out with him for a session at the Remix hotel the day before, and he gave us a little insider tip to a new song he had just finished that he was planning on playing. It is called "This is not Miami" and it friggan rocks. He played this and the crowd just went completely nuts. Definitely the highlight of the night for me. After Sander came Infusion and they never seem to disappoint me. Except for a little 5 minute technical difficulty they had, they were good. I'm glad to hear BT rocked it. I was debating between him and Infusion but ultimately decided on Infusion since I just saw BT here in Tampa a few weeks ago. BT rocked last year at Ultra and apparently he did the same this year. And yes the line outside to get into Ultra was huge. I waited an hour just to get my will call tickets. Overall, a great Ultra and I can't wait for next year.

Can anyone tell me the last song PvD played, he only got about 2 minutes worth? What a tune. I'll write reviews later.

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Originally posted by epdarks Can anyone tell me the last song PvD played, he only got about 2 minutes worth? What a tune. I'll write reviews later.

Way Out West - Mindcircus. That's pretty much always his encore tune.

Sorry about the cross post! Also...I couldn't delete the post for some reason, said only an admin could? anyway..




Well lets see...I got there uber late so I'll review who I saw

Morillio:

Eesh. So...I was really looking foward to hearing him spin...considering i've heard a LOT about how nasty he is.

Average.

Okay, so his track selection was good. Played the Ian Carey dub of that "Say what you want" track (one of my favorites at the moment....however it got old after hearing it like 4 times in one day haha...actually no..it still tore the crowd up everytime...). But ah....IF HE FREAKING CUT THE TRACK AND FADED IT BACK ANYMORE I WAS GOING TO JUMP ON STAGE AND MURDER HIM. Sorry, like yeah, it hyped the crowd the first few times...but christ! Come on! Sure you could argue that maybe Angello and Ingrosso loop too much (which is wrong...you can never loop enough like those guys) but whatever....anywhoo...

Jackyl and Hyde vs Dynamix II: Not much to say here. They always tear it up. This time the sound system sounded a bit better too (compared to ultra last year). Oh, and David Noller got pissed at the stupid MC dancing around and shouted something and he moved out of the way.

DJ Marky: HOLEH CRAP! He tore it up, i'm not a huge dnb head unless it's live, something about the vibe ya know? But damn, he was killer and the MC's were on the mark.

Pendulum: sick, sick sick. I wish their set was longer. Only thing that sucked was that only one member was there? I heard somewhere that they only dj individually...can anyone confirm this?

Prodigy: Sick for what I heard, too many fuckin people for me and I didn't feel like fighting my way to the front. Sound system sounded a bit low for some reason? Aparently the mainstage had some problems from what I understood.

OakeyOMGLOL111: Skipped. Not a fan. Mer. I have his new cd...haven't listened to it yet.

Sander fucking K: Always a pleasure. First time seeing him do a DVJ set and I love the concept. His mixing was of course flawless...maybe minus his mix into "Say What You Want"...but it's freakin sander...I got over it in like....4 seconds haha. His set was great! The opening track was killer and that "This is Miami" track?! WOW! CROWD WENT BONKERS! If there were a bonkers-o-meter that ranged from Ben Stein to 10? It would have been at Christopher Walken...because Christopher Walken is awesome and commands that you have more cowbell....ANYWAYS....yeah. "This....is....Miami" Great moment, on par with the moment at global where corsten shot off the foam. Good stuff!

Carry on!:

Sound system was joygasmic....way better than any stage at ultra by FAR (in my opinion).
Visuals were great....at times a little unusual and disturbing...maybe I would have thought differently if I wasn't sober...but whatever hah

Zabelia (excuse the spelling): He just jumped up in my top 5...his set was fucking insane! Perfect set progression and he even creates breaks in his beats via the loop functions on the CDJ's! Great stuff. I mean, the concept of doing that with the loop buttons isn't that foreign...I mean hell, I can do that if I wanted to, but his PERFECT sense of time was intense!!!!! It takes perfect timing to capture beats that well.

The Orb (I think it was the orb, although I thought the Orb was a live performance and not two DJ's...so if it was the orb...here's my review, if not...its a review of two horrible dj's...:

HORRIBLE. FUCKING HORRIBLE. SO BAD I WANTED TO CRY. Sometimes It's just me being a DJ when I hear people mess up a bit...but holy fucking christ they couldn't mix two tracks without trainwrecking MULTIPLE times...yes....multiple. If they were mixing and were off, they'd do...A FUCKING SPINBACK. EVERY TIME. This drives a sober man, especally a sober DJ insane. What the fuck. Please Orb...if you're going to play at ultra....or in Miami...or shit...ANYWHERE....please mix propper? KTHXYBYE.

Sandra Collins and....some other dude at some point I guess. SICK. WOW! First time seeing Sandra live, and she tore it up and made great use of the new Pioneer mixer (gotta get me one of those!!!). Great set progression, loved/was shocked when she threw down the Thin White Duke Remix of "what else is there", since its a little old.

RITM: ...no words. Sick...sick...sick. They always are and they always will be the sickest live act. Oh...and Bunny could use a diet, his ass weighed WAY more than expected in that ball thing when it came my way haha.

not a huge fan of Tanaglia...not his skills, but his style rather.

All in all, ultra was great this year...pictures to come soon! Hopefully someone out there uploaded some video...that'd be pretty sweeto.

maybe I'll bump into some TA's next time? Hope everyone had some good safe fun....well, not TOO safe.

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Originally posted by headphonez Pndulum: sick, sick sick. I wish their set was longer. Only thing that sucked was that only one member was there? I heard somewhere that they only dj individually...can anyone confirm this? The Orb (I think it was the orb, although I thought the Orb was a live performance and not two DJ's...so if it was the orb...here's my review, if not...its a review of two horrible dj's...: HORRIBLE. FUCKING HORRIBLE. SO BAD I WANTED TO CRY. Sometimes It's just me being a DJ when I hear people mess up a bit...but holy fucking christ they couldn't mix two tracks without trainwrecking MULTIPLE times...yes....multiple. If they were mixing and were off, they'd do...A FUCKING SPINBACK. EVERY TIME. This drives a sober man, especally a sober DJ insane. What the fuck. Please Orb...if you're going to play at ultra....or in Miami...or shit...ANYWHERE....please mix propper? KTHXYBYE. Sandra Collins and....some other dude at some point I guess. SICK. WOW! First time seeing Sandra live, and she tore it up and made great use of the new Pioneer mixer (gotta get me one of those!!!). Great set progression, loved/was shocked when she threw down the Thin White Duke Remix of "what else is there", since its a little old.

Only El Hornet from Pendulum does DJ tours, the rest do studio work. However they will be supposedly touring together as "Planet Pendulum" and do two hours of Pendulum stuff.

Those two DJs were The Orb. It ended up they didn't do a live set at the last minute.

As for the Sandra one, the other person was Vello, he was controlling all the visuals.

INFECTED ALWAYS THROW DOWN! wow, thank you ultra for bringing them again. Sorry for being crazy, i was one of the israeli people with with flags. Had to show them some support haha.

Anyone else wondering why Oakenfold didn't have a "LIVE ORCHESTRA" along with? False advertising!!!!

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yea I was wondering about that. but I think they removed that Orchestra thing from the flyers a few weeks prior to Ultra didn't they? I dont' think I saw it as Ultra drew closer.

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Originally posted by element-y INFECTED ALWAYS THROW DOWN! wow, thank you ultra for bringing them again. Sorry for being crazy, i was one of the israeli people with with flags. Had to show them some support haha.

ooohh I saw you then. My friend got he's face color with the Israeli colors.. since about 80% of my friends are jewish so.. sort of representing I guess. They rocked it, just that its the 3rd time I see them and its the same stuff over and over again.

Were you able to have fun regardless the lack of Foam and Fireworks?

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