Digweed truly has patience. The countdown wasn't spectacular. And the first tracks dropped weren't banging. But man his set overall ( I stayed till 6am) was amazing. Digweed made that $100 dropped well worth it. It was super packed. People had to wait to get into the main floor. The visuals were shitty. Lights were cool. Good vibe overall.

For the first time, I truly listened to his set because I had a clear head (no E, no weed, not even an alcohol buzz on NYE). I thought I wouldn't be able to ever do this. And I owe it all to this book called The Power of Now that led me to this.

I posted this in the NYE review thread but for those that are not reading that ->

Here are some of the videos I took that night if anyone could ID the last two that would be cool

Countdown


Lasers


ID me


ID me


All of the rest of the videos here - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL27D79A34CDE89BC1

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Another great NYE with Digweed. Really enjoyed the first 4 hours or so. At around 4am he changed directions that bored me to be honest. We left at 5:45 after waiting for him to change it up but it was never coming. Still can't complain about a solid 4 hours. Visuals were HORRIBLE. All night the were just flashing huge faces looking down on you and thought provoking words. Was very distracting in a negative way. Look at trance_seeker last video as an example. Stobes were a little overwhelming at times too. Another reason to not watch the DJ.

So after Avalon, we headed down to Reset Will Spin For Food. Maybe 40 people there. Looked like a bomb went off (must have been the mess left after a NYE party) Puke all over the bathroom. The absolutely worse music. And tiny $15 mimosas. The people who put it on are first class and its for a cause. I'm sure it got better later in the day when the place got cleaned up and the better DJs came on but we bailed and went to an afterhours with friends and $1 mimosas

Got to Avalon around 10:15, checked my coat and headed immediately to the main dance floor, which thankfully was still open (I've been shut out before by coming too late, and what a bitch and total buzz kill it can be to get in!) Headed to the area right side of stage that everyone thinks is VIP (shhh!) where there was no line at all for the restroom. The bartender down the stairs there was the best, no line there either, she was very welcoming and friendly, and made a strong drink with cranberry juice from the bottle (not the cough syrup concoction that the other bars spray from the spigots).

Over to the main dance floor and I started running into friends left and right, was a great way to start the evening! Before I knew it, I heard "Seven, Six, Five..." and realized the countdown was already starting and saw Digweed up on stage. The visual was a picture of a baby with "Happy New Year 2012" written on it. John's birthday is also Jan 1st, wonder if maybe it was his baby picture?

To me, the first half of Digweed's set was a warm up, and I agree that the visuals were rather creepy. A few washers bumped into me and I thought there was a weird vibe on the floor, maybe just too many "Come to the party and by the way, who is the DJ" crowd? What's really odd is that I forgot to take any pictures, except for a few of the stage, so can't even prove that I was there!

The music was good, but really didn't have me captured until a little after half way through when it took this twisted, warped tech turn. After that, the rhythm and energy really picked up and I thought it was one completely amazing mind f*ck, wound up staying until 7 when Kazell came back on. The floor was maybe 1/3 full at that point, but the crowd left knew who Digweed was and exactly why they were there! So much energy in the room, and the New Year began for me...

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Last edited by in2muzikk on Jan-03-2012 at 05:23