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My picks:
Blkmarket- Laurent Garnier (LBS): Amazing. Their first gig back @ LPR was great and all, but they fit the electric warehouse perfectly. Blew my mind, such a good party.
Trilogy- Sasha Carassi: Such a banging set, so much energy! Kyle Geiger crashing the party and jumping on to play a badass set after Sasha was a nice touch.
EDC NY- Neon Garden: The whole lineup on that stage was just perfect the whole weekend. Diggers, Cox, Dubfire, DT... I have no complaints.
DEMF- CLR Detroit: Collabs. Nuff said.
Blkmarket- Dettmann & Klock: Probably one of the best sets I have ever heard.
Resolute- Pisco Sour & Avatism: I cannot applaud Resolute enough for this one. The sound was great and the venue was incredible.
Blkmarket- Halloween: We were all expecting a great set by Gaiser, but holy shit, all throughout Barem's set I kept holding my head saying, "WHAT TEH FUUUUUUUCK!" The kid is the Astroboy of Techno: cute, badass and not human. Sexiest techno set I had heard in a while.
Blkmarket- Scuba & Dettmann: My 2nd time seeing Scuba and I was blown away. He played a bit of everything seamlessly and it was a straight up schooling. He's that rare breed of DJ that has an old school approach with an updated sound. Dettmann was equally amazing. Taimur & Fahad played one of the best sets I had ever heard them play too.
Basic- Josh Wink & Cari Lekebusch: I just love seeing Cari play, his energy is just infectious. Wink, like Scuba the night before, played the type of set that djs just don't play anymore. Techno, house, classics, all of it. I would have liked to hear more acid, but still a memorable set.
2012 Disappointments:
-The Bunker. Every damn time. Silent Servant disappointed @ the Sandwell District showcase, Peter van Hoesen almost bored me to death and Prosumer last night made me feel like I was at a Hot Natured party and the technosnobs were eating that shit up. Yawn. The pretentiousness is such a vibe killer too.
-DEMF KMS party. It had everything in the lineup to be a legendary night, but the death trap it was held at made it impossible to enjoy it. For the most part DEMF was a big disappointment this year musically but still a fun trip with good people love you guyssss!
-Eric Prydz @ Beekman. What a fucking disaster.
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