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Review- Tiesto bill graham 7/28/07
I just got back from what it no doubt one of the best nights of my life. I have been tiesto #1 fan since about 2002, my first real trance experience TE2000 which I had downloaded like the day before I rolled for the first time. I couldn't believe how sick it was and instantly searched out every mix of his I could find. I have been the hugest tiesto fan since, and have seen him probably 7 times now, rubyskye 1015 mezzanine etc. Tonight I went and was loosely with about 12 people split into 3 groups. Anyway out of my main group I was the ONLY one who had seen him live before, I was really hoping they would be blown away. In all my years of listening primarily to EDM, I have NEVER enjoyed a set like this, AND I WAS SOBER! Wtf I only had a few beers, no weed even, I wanted to share the experience with a few people and not let drugs get in the way. There was a time you know when I didn't think I could even go out and have a good time without rolling, but truth is I never even needed it. I can't ever remember him drawing that much energy out of a crowd I mean DAMN. Ok my brain is rattled like hell, I will try and condense a little.
The venue was awesome, very spacious with a PHENOMINAL sound system. I walked around the whole place, tons of places to get beer food etc, very friendly nice environment. I didn't see tons of candy ravers, though I was a little disturbed at how messed up a lot of people there looked but hey, up to a couple years ago THAT WAS ME! Damn did I really look that bad... Anyway, you could actually walk around the dance floor it was crowded in maybe a few spots but I literally covered the area several times without problem, I got tired and went and sat down you usually cannot do either at 1015, you're really lucky to get a chair anywhere at ruby skye. The sound system was a little bass heavy but it wasn't all that bad, I suspect the acoustics in the building just aren't going to be as good as say 1015 as the sound travels much further, but I was still very very happy. It seemed no matter where you went, there were bathrooms water fountains and stands for beer etc. Great great place.
I thought dyloot did a good job opening for tiesto, in all honesty hearing his set makes you APPRECIATE how good tijs really is, dyloot is one of the best but you just cannot compare the two. It really isn't close. That said he was a good opener, he played a few killer tracks and feeling that bass, and hearing everyone talking about tiesto, man I started to get electric. I hadn't seen him in over a year! I was getting pumped up...
AND THEN TIESTO ROCKED THE FUCKING HOUSE DAMN. The last couple times I thought his sets were good, not great as he seems to play a bit slower, trying to give it more of a clubby feel IMO. I used to spend countless hours finding live sets of his and I always felt his open air stuff in like amsterdam and places like that always had more energy, I always thought "man I would kill if I could see him spin at one of those raves." I don't know if it was the new venue or what but he fucking rocked! Hard! Start to finish nearly flawless mixing just building the energy for every song, people were going fucking crazy! I walked around the other rooms and at one point there was ONE person in I think the jungle room, clearly everyone who came tonight was there to see him.
He played silence (first time I've heard him play it sent chills down my spine), a track from parade of athletes, new tracks from his latest album and some sick tech trance near the end. I never fully appreciated his mixing skills till tonight, I was always too fucked up to really pay attention, but I was watching and he's fucking amazing. Just does everything perfect, so fast I can remember trying to be a dj, and just beatmatching is hard! What he does is impossible, I am an even bigger fan.
The girls I went with have never been to anything like this, and they loved it. You just had to be there, the energy, the unity it was just unreal. Only thing I have comparable is a TOOL concert, I've been to 4 including coachella last year and they are similar in a way, though tonight had WAY more energy. In fact the one moment I remember most was actually near the end, he played an older track can't remember the name, and cut the music and acted like he was done. We were all pretty much dead, I mean I could barely stand and he comes out, and starts juicing up the crowd and gets us going for like 20 more minutes! By the end everybody and i mean EVERYBODY there not on too much drugs to notice was exhausted.
For all my TA peeps I hope you had a great night, I didn't recognize anyone (where were ya davet?). I hope to see some galleries up soon, if anyone has any videos that would be awesome, also any chance we can get an mp3 of the set on here? I took a ton of pictures on my phone and some short videos, they aren't all that great though.
One quick thing, I am sure people close to tiesto read this forum and tell him what people think, having been a fan for years and having seen him live at least 6 or 7 times, tonight just blew me away. I went with some people who don't know EDM all that well, and was a little worried they wouldn't have a good time, we all had a GREAT TIME just unreal. Please pass along to him a thank you for an amazing night, I don't think anyone in the world could do better.
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Di.Fm!!!!!
Last edited by knowname on Jul-29-2007 at 12:06
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this weekend has been sooo long, wow.
