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now that I'm awake:
Demi:
Opened very slowly. Actually I was kinda annoyed at the lack of BPMs, but once the guv floor got around 1/2 full, he started dropping some bombs, actually harder than I was expecting for that time of night. The sound was REALLY shitty in the guv at this point, the high frequency ranges were all clashing together, and for a DJ like Demi, where he likes to mess around with the EQ levels a lot, it definately took away from his set. Either way, especially towards the end of his set, Demi was getting into it in usual style, pumping up the crowd and jumping around the booth like the speed freak woman from stereo.
Digweed:
After Demi had left him with a very dark pounding twisted sound, I was curious to see how digweed would work out of it. Well, he really didn't have to. Digweed was noticably irratated at the sound setup, and on his very first mix, he put one beat out of phase with the other....The first time I have ever heard digweed make a mistake on a mix. So after some 'on the fly' equipment repair, digweed got a little more electro-y, chuggy progressive. Harder and more club-friendly music than his older stuff, it seems as though Digweed's new choice of music is being influenced by the likes of the all the grungy electro out there, which I am a huge fan of, so I had no complaints from a musical standpoint. However, as soon as Digweed got behind the decks, the guvernment became SILLY PACKED, and extremely annoying, especially when the crackheads decide walking through a crowd is less productive than stumbling, and falling into people to force their way around  ! Anyway, it was at this point when Graham, RJ and I decided to check out the goldclub lounge, overlooking the floor, and without any exaggeration, that move saved my night. I hate being rammed in with people to the point of motionlessness, as I'm usually not on enough drugs to be content with just swaying or nodding my head to the music. The goldclub lounge was air conditioned, had room to dance, and the sound didn't have the same crappy levelling as the mainfloor. Because of this, I conjured up a storm with my LEDs, and recieved some of the nicest compliments form a whole bunch of different people, and for the most part didn't get the 'my friend is fucked up, give them a lightshow' line. Which was nice, since I never get the chance to use them LEDs anymore. Graham and RJ dissappeared, and I was left to fend for myself for a couple hours, so I ran into a girl and her group of friends, [ann or anna, I can't remember which], I told them about TA, so if you're reading this, then stop lurking and join up.
As for the remainder of Digweed's set, he didn't get too chuggy or mellow paced a whole lot, which can be a trademark of one of his sets, but I did find towards the end he went a little too close to the 'breakdown->buildup' formulaic sets of trance for my liking.
Deep Dish:
Came on afterward for their annual closing set. Knowing deep dish the way I do, I knew exactly how their set was gonna be structured, so the first part was gonna be boring melodic stuff, in an attempt to make the 'sleep dish' believers leave the room, only to miss the late-night mayhem. I decided this was my time to wander, so I first checked out some of Andy C, to embrace my oldskool raving past, and it sure hit the spot. I'm no expert on jungle by any means, but I still love those massive basslines, and bad-ass sound jungle can still bring. Afterward, I went to check out evil 9, only to find out I had the set times wrong, and I missed them. Instead I ran into LKD, and partied with him in the orange room for a bit before checking out Demi on the skybar. Didn't stick around for Demi too long, because it was about the time Deep Dish would be bringing the hammer down on the guv, so back down to the goldclub lounge I went. And WOW....just wow. Deep Dish killed it. To those people who don't like deep dish, these are the hours you have to see them play, the late late hours, when they can just get so twisted you'd think their whole record collection was double jointed. They played tribal, tech-house, to really really weird scary sounding stuff which I don't even have a name for. The club was still full, and no one was leaving. At some point, graham and I decided the main floor was roomy enough to make an appearance, and when we got down there, I found the sound wasn't quite as terrible as it was earlier on [maybe it was just because me eardrums were already destroyed?]. Anyway, The club was full up till the last beat, although I had run out of energy maybe an hour and a half to the end, [cramping legs and arms], my ass was parked in the guv, and I would not miss out on a Deep Dish Closing set at LoL.
Oh, and Karim had his shirt 'dance you ******s' up on stage with the dish at the end....did you get that shit signed boy?
Anyway, apart from sound issues and overcrowding, not a bad night. On the scale of 1-10, I'd give the whole thing a 7.5/10
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Last edited by Sly_Guy on Sep-05-2005 at 21:31
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. I headed straight back to KH just for the extra room.
Also honked at ya on the way out(incase you wondered who that was) 
It's all cool, I hope whoever you are that you enjoyed it 
