Originally posted by Miss Julia
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damn reviews kick ass, Zabs sounds like real great person! Did you guys mean ableton when technical things, or the combination of it with other stuff?
Jul-25-2006 14:59
HotDogWater
pantsaddict
Registered: May 2005
Location: somewhere in CA
Power outtage: crappy.
James Zabiela: master of his craft and incredible to watch at work.
Random drunk girl bumping into everyone and smoking cigarettes in the FRONT of the crowd: makes me wanna punch babies!
All in all I had fun. My first time at MNS. Didn't care for the crowd much but the venue is schweet. Upstairs is yuck if you're not a smoker. Zabs rocked it.
Xtractor: Technical as in sampling his voice saying "thank you," messing around with it, then beatmatching that sample and layering onto the track that's coming in... EFX Masta
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: in a glass case of emotion....
Wow is all I can say! Got to MNS around 10 and parked the car. I then ran into Sarah and Michelle and had a quick drinky poo and a chitchat! Thanks for the drink ladies We get in around 10:20ish and about 5 to 10 mins later...power goes out! It was an interesting experience to say the least.
At around midnight.....James walks in....and the place explodes. What a fuckin SUPER nice guy he is to talk with everyone and take pictures. LA definitely loves Zabs! James starts setting up......and again the place explodes in anticipation.
James started his set with the same track he did at Giant Village......if only I knew the name! James had the crowd totally sucked into his vortex and wouldn’t let anyone out of it. It started to get really hot....so I ended up going upstairs for a better part of the evening! It was soo much fun watching James in that small venue once again. Thanks for coming James....you made everyone’s night! It was great hanging out with all the TA's last night.....you know who you are
Jul-25-2006 19:33
RobertStern
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Earth!
Got down there at 10:50... Saw there was no power, waited till about 11:35 and went back home. Thinking to myself, no power for the last couple of hours, packed room to capacity and then power comes back on = super hot and nasty room.. So I left.
maybe I should of stayed.
Jul-25-2006 19:43
HotDogWater
pantsaddict
Registered: May 2005
Location: somewhere in CA
power came on around 12:15-12:30ish... i'd been debating most of the night whether to stay or not. happy that i did, but i was getting toward the end of my patience. :P
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: LATA#555 (Santa Barbara, CA, USA)
james got a kick out of my tshirt that said "JESUS RAVES." He signed a cd booklet for me and drew a halo and sunglasses on himself with a superman logo on his chest but instead with a big "Z", then he wrote JESUS RAVES! He is such a funny down to earth guy. He is one of my favorite DJ's because of his approachability and sense of humor. I was surprised that so many people waited so long for the power to come back on. I am most definitely glad that it finally did because Zabs was insane. He was experimenting so much and doing some of the craziest shit I have ever seen. I was hypnotised watching him work the mixer, the efx, the laptop, and the cdj's. This ninja is a mothafuckin octopus!!!!
It was fun seeing all the TA's and meeting some new ones. I had a blast and I can't wait for JZ to come back again soon.
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What do you put into your live sets that has made you a dancefloor favorite for the past decade?
"I’m a dance floor favorite? Great! I would say the passion that I feel for the music I buy and the honesty with how I play it. I play the records I love not the ones that simply work. I’ve never taken the easy music option (which would make me a lot more money by the way) but chosen to push people a little. I try to draw people in a new direction slightly and expand their taste a little more than other DJ’s." - Lee Burridge
Zabs rocked it. 
We get in around 10:20ish and about 5 to 10 mins later...power goes out! It was an interesting experience to say the least. 
