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Originally posted by entro what was your party lineup? i gotta agree with clovis. if you went to the beach every day you probably spent too much time on sobe! i find that the vibe [and clubs] is usually way shittier there. the $100 for an event is to be expected. if you can't afford to put up the cash at the WMC then you're not going to have a good time. my first wmc was fun, but after was way better because i learned to spend more time downtown, bring more cash, and not spend time at the actual beach. (easy for me to say though because im from florida )

Downtown is where all of the good parties are IMO. The beach parties I went to at the Surfcomber on Thursday and Friday were ok at best.

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Best set for me other then Sander....

YOUSEF!!! The dude was great at Sueat on Wed. night...blew me away. Hard tech house and techno mixed perfectly and I could not stop moving. So good I went out of my way to thank him.

Yousef gained a fan this WMC, sets like that are why I go to the conference....to see DJ's I have never seen and get impressed.

Worst set....

SOS @ the pawn shop. Chill out and ambent music till 12? Deep Tech house till 3am???!!! I was pissed as i was there to see them and was very disappointed. A bunch of people there felt the same way...the set just was not fun. Thank god for the techno in the back.

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Originally posted by stevësto thats totally false and noob comment to think that you have to bring cash to have fun at wmc. thats just what the promoters want you to think and is why the prices just keep going up every year. they are totally banking on you suckers. i spent $200 from tuesday night to sunday and it was the best time ever. i went to lots of free parties that were way better than the $30 and $40 events i went to. expecting to pay is a tourist thing to say. you need to be creative when spending money. ever heard of a flask?

okay, maybe I was a little uncompromising. I drink water out of the sinks in the bathroom and pregame plenty before the club, lol. All I mean is if you're going there to see huge name DJs (who, for many people, are their favorite) you simply can't do that on a small budget.

Howells killed it at SET. He laid down some great techno.

Digweed's set at Vagabond was very good.

But the surprise set of the conference for me was Justin Martin at the Dirtybird Afterparty @ Studio A. He was on point track after track. Some of the sickest basslines I have ever heard. And anytime you have a club of people whistling to your track you have to be doing something right. I have liked his mixes for a few years now and am really glad I got a chance to hear him live. When he dropped his new track Ghetto Train it was insane. Check it out.

Justin Martin Myspace

Most disappointing.

Pacha pool party at Shelborne. Swedish house mafia left much to be desired. Kept playing old tracks I have heard countless times. Expected fresh new tracks during WMC. Guess they were playing the crowd but the group of 14 I was with were all bored. Not terrible but not nowhere near as good as we all hoped. The worst part was we passed on the Sasha and Digweed boat party since we figured the boat party was only 4 hours and the pool party was 11. Biggest mistake of WMC 2008.

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Originally posted by entro okay, maybe I was a little uncompromising. I drink water out of the sinks in the bathroom and pregame plenty before the club, lol. All I mean is if you're going there to see huge name DJs (who, for many people, are their favorite) you simply can't do that on a small budget.

amen!!! i spent about 2000 cash.....mostly on alcohol...blew 500 just at the armarda party!!....i could have did it cheaper....carry a cooler with alcohol in my trunk...but oh well.....its the experience ill always remember...not the money i spent

Pro's

+Digweed @ Vagabond - Fking Memorable set and great atmosphere

+Paolo Mojo/Prydz @ Prydz's Playground aka Terrace - Combination of nasty beats and craziness made for a great terrace experience..

+SVD @ Space - Massive 2 hours - All Bombs/No Fluff

+COX @ Ultra - Wow.. He can still bring the pain.. Total Mindfk in the Tent..

+++ Burridge/Lawler/MANDY @ Ultra Day 1 - Chaos for 3 hours straight.. The Amnesia Ibiza arena was a great environment for such good talent..

Con's

-AM Only Party @ Karu and Y - Except for Diggers/Misstress Barbara/Marco V and a few others, the night felt rushed and all the DJ's didn't have time to play to the crowd.. plus the venue was wayyy packed and it was impossible to get around.. I expected a better outcome...

-Ferry @ Space - Its REALLY hard to follow up on 2 hours of pure tech nastiness with euphoric uplifting trance.. REALLY REALLY HARD...

-Three/Radioslave @ Pwn Shop - Slow with no build up.. Overall boring sets.. Makes me not want to come early to conference ever again...

-Sasha/Diggers @ Ultra - Honestly.. It wasn't a BAD set.. but I fell asleep.. So they weren't doing something right...

Notable Mentions

*Droog @ Pwn Shop/Townhouse Rooftop - Really Cool guys played so sick as minimal/tech sounds.. Hope they make it out on tour.. Their promo is amazing!!!

*Cobblestone Jazz @ Pwn Shop - These guys kno how to get the crowd going.. They were basically rioting to their ch00ns.. Crazy piano's and synths with vocals made for a crazy show..

*Elevation @ AUDIOFILES - Markus needs to let him out of the studio.. This man knows how to bring the pain..

*Underworld @ Ultra - WOW.. Great Live Show.. Really Psychedelic.. Great hearing Beautiful Burnout and Crocodile.. but no Born Slippy?

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Originally posted by infinitetrance *Underworld @ Ultra - WOW.. Great Live Show.. Really Psychedelic.. Great hearing Beautiful Burnout and Crocodile.. but no Born Slippy?

They definitely played Born Slippy, you must have missed it, if I remember correctly it was somewhere near the middle of the set.

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Originally posted by frogman777 They definitely played Born Slippy, you must have missed it, if I remember correctly it was somewhere near the middle of the set.

Ahh.. We were bouncing back and forth.. Damn.. Oh Well.. Good show anyways...

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Martin Landsky was amazing
Pier Bucci
Anja Schinedier
Sebo K
Konrad Black

Biggest disappoinment
That Mr. C wasn't in Miami because he was sick.
Magda

Blew me away -

Gui Boratto
Ritchie Hawtin & Magda
Guy Gerber
Loco Dice
D:Fuse
Second Sun



Disappointed --

Danny T (ZzzzzZzzzz)
the entire Get Physical party (this was my favorite party last year. I was looking forward to it again so much. no one could mix worth a damn)
the entire Downtown Riot party (ugh, again... no one could mix. what's the deal!? trainwreck after trainwreck after trainwreck)
Scooter & Lavelle (wasn't expecting much but I fell literally asleep. sucked so hard)

Awsome
SvD @ Space
Guetta @ Space -> not my style, but awsome party
Deep Dish @ Surfcomber Radio One Party
Deep Dish Yoshiotoshi Party
Chus in the Mainroom at space.




Sucked Badly
Ferry's entire set @ Space
Prydz on the terrace
Morillo on the Terrace

I can't believe no one's said this yet, but..

Drumcode with Adam Beyer et al. was fucking UNBELIEVABLE. B.E.D. sucked because of the way they had the VIP sections set up (waitresses walking through the dance floor the whole damn night), but the sets? WOW. WOW WOW WOW. BLOWN AWAY.

Kompakt vs. RA was great too- especially the vibe there, everyone was so into it.