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Originally posted by Tranzlucent I must have been at a different Roxy last night, and heard a different Tiesto last nite, because the one I saw sucked. I knew it was going to be bad, because when he dropped his 1st track, Fear(Unkle Rmx), you could barelu hear it. Tiesto had no idea how to work the frequencies on the mixer. At one point during his 1st track, I thought he was going to quit. There was no volume, and once he foudn the lows, he never really did find the highs. He got some help from someone, but by that time, he decided to drop some Katana. Overall... his track selection was suspect. Not much build up or flow, and on several occasions he actually just moved the cross fader over to the next track. Again... the music wasn't even at full volume, and Noel Sanger didn't seem to have this problem. Another problem I had with the set, was it lacked energy. Alot of filler type tracks, and during these songs, the crowd looked bored. Maybe I am spoiled, because last time I saw Tiesto, he came on after Oakenfold @Ultra 5, and with 20,000 people listening, he didn't disappoint. I was hoping for more Belgian trancers, and some nice tech, but my expectations were never met. He did drop Forever Waiting, and that was probably my highlight of the night. I think that his shaky start at the beginning of the set, dictated the night. He didnt really seem to be enjoying himself, like he usually does. Also... on the right side of the stage, there was a line of people trying to get their shit signed, and Tiesto wasn't really digging that, but these people didnt get it. A few people were trying to get dollar bills signed, and at one point he threw the money on the ground. That was funny. Anyways... I would give that set a 5/10. Nothing really impressive, and his remix to Barber's Adagio for Strings doesnt even compare to Ferry's live unfortunately. I guess I've seen Tiesto too many times in the past rip the roof off, but this wasn't one of them. BTW, Ian... I didn't see you there, did you skip out? I kinda wish I had. Tranz

Werd! Right on! No flow, too many "filler tracks", no energy - it was a limp set. You could see people were like "yaaaawn" ... I dunno, for some reason all the times I saw Tiesto he sucked in the clubs but rocked outdors or non-club events. Area2 was awesome, that night was crappy... Waste of hard-earned cash, IMHO... Bought his Nayna CD - sounds like Tiesto wants to be a prog dj. On double CD compilation maybe 5 tunes are good, the rest is crap.

Anyway, that's my take...

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