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Above & Beyond - Dallas May 12 @ Lizard Lounge (pg. 6)
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| quote: | Originally posted by r2d2juarez
anyone knows the set times?
what time does the venue close?
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lizard lounge closes at 4AM. haven't seen anything on set times, but above+beyond are at the virgin megastore 8-9PM, so i'll try to find out.
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| Zeonfiend |
OH MY GAWDDDD!!!!!!
The above is a quick three-word review for Above & Beyond. If you weren't there for it yourself, you are wrong. More will follow once the hype has faded.
This was VERY worth it, y'all.:eek: :eek: :eek: |
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| sheiqdaddy |
| TTOORREE IITT UUPP !!!! |
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| Zeonfiend |
http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b...llas%2012May06/
Here's a little something for you trogs to chew on. Two .avis and about 93 or so still shots. No sound on the videos and the lighting was pretty rough for my 3 megapixel digital camera (donations for an upgrade can be sent via Paypal to [email protected] :D ), but it's the best I could do. Sharp eyes will catch a very tipsy Matthias in the crowd in a number of them. Here's a hint: Space shirt.:stongue: |
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| Sevencyrus |
| Damn, A&B Rocked it last night. ing owned. That resident DJ, hardcore, was pretty good as well. What was his name? |
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| Zeonfiend |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sevencyrus
Damn, A&B Rocked it last night. ing owned. That resident DJ, hardcore, was pretty good as well. What was his name? |
Which one? The opener was Dylan StClair, the closer was Frankieboy, and both threw down kickass sets.:tongue3 |
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| Sevencyrus |
yea, frankieboy. The set was awesome, esp the beginning.
anyone going to see BBB and Vission? lol, some houseeee. |
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| Zeonfiend |
Above & Beyond: The Review
Holy , what a gig! Let me ramble on about it for a bit.
I showed up on schedule for this one, if only because this was my chance to get a listen in on some of Dallas’ local talent live. The opener was Dylan StClair, and he decided to give his opening for Above & Beyond a progressive trance flavor, very much reminiscent to me of Deep Dish’s style; same kind of energy, tempo, etc. A lot like their Yooshi set, in fact. All in all, a pretty tight set. I admit I strayed on several occasions onto the other side of Lizard Lounge during his set, to hear Fabian Bates and BaZar throw down some thumping industrial-electro tech that was seriously flowing, but Dylan was maintaining the larger crowd, even if it took them almost an hour to finally get into the pit. Imagine, if you will, something like seventy people just lounging around while an act like Deep Dish drops sick tracks like there’s no tomorrow. I felt pretty bad for Dylan at that point, even though the crowd was growing at a rapid rate, but then Lizard Lounge unleashed their dancers onto the stages, and Dylan dropped Aquagen + Warp Bros. – Blood Rave (Bloodbath Mix), and that changed the whole thing. Suddenly, the pit was filled with people, and the overflow was in the seating area and on the second floor, and it was like the Hallelujah chorus from Handel’s “Messiah”. . .albeit a progressive mix.
Matthias crept in about an hour before A&B were set to go, and he was already fairly hammered, so I still wonder what he was up to prior to his arrival. I texted him a message on his phone, since I had his number like the weirdo stalker I tend to be when people publicly post their numbers (Andrew and Matt. . .yes. :D) and he gave me the invite to approach even though he had absolutely no idea who was texting him. He got slammed by his groupie fanbase pretty quick (not bad for a guy who admitted to me that he'd never done a set in Dallas personally, so big props to having fans who TRAVELLED to see him), so I decided to give him a little time to work the crowd. I gave him too much, because he then vanished into the morass of people in the pit and I lost him for a good bit of time before reacquiring target lock.
Near the end of Dylan’s session, FIRE jumped us with some sort of interpretive dance routine made up of Grecian deities. I was a little peeved that they had to kick Lizard Lounge’s hot-ass dancers offstage to make space for them; I got particularly annoyed by how they ended up mis-cueing Dylan into a big fat trainwreck that not even a deaf person would have missed, but he took it all in stride and kept on spinning. I can say this about Dylan StClair: the man loves his work. The initial audience response fed directly off of him, and he was into the music he was dropping with gusto.
The gods and goddesses vanished before Above & Beyond came on, though, and with the dancers reestablished in their zones, things were all nicely prepped and packaged. I've got the pics to prove it.
At midnight, the pumpkin turned into a stagecoach, and Above & Beyond made their appearance. Only two of them decided to show for this one; not sure where Paavo was, but Jono and Tony were more than adequate for what they had in store for Dallas. From their ease of transition into their set, to their almost instant rapport with the crowd, Above & Beyond proved why their rise in the EDM community has been as lofty as their name. A lot of their set came straight off of “Tri-State”, which was to be expected, but they held no bones about using remixes of their tracks instead of originals. They also tactically inserted material from some of their older works into the newer, vocal tracks that “Tri-State” boasts, which was a real treat to see; having almost 300 people singing the lyrics to Home while people waved cigarette lighters, to them turning it all around and following that up with No One On Earth (Gabriel & Dresden Dub).
I shot pic after pic, took a little video that the lighting pretty well devastated, and held an almost half-hour conversation with Matthias in the pit while A&B were on, trading war stories and making him guess who the hell I was. ;) I ran the batteries in the camera out and had to run to the truck to get more, and I just kept on shooting, trying to capture the energy that these guys were generating and that the crowd was returning; it took me almost another hour to wheedle my way onto the stage itself, to the right of the DJ booth and onto the back stairs, where I stayed until the staff kicked me off. Above & Beyond had the whole place begging for more and more. Seamless mixing and a constant tempo throughout all three hours of their set. The closing tune of their night, the one that brought the whole club to their feet to scream Above & Beyond’s accolades: Oceanlab – Satellite (Above & Beyond Progressive Mix).
I felt sorry for Frankieboy, to have to close for a set like that, but he smiled through it and broke out the vinyl, and he ended the night with a hardcore set that well and truly made me blink. I only caught the opening half of it, as my pumpkin time had come and gone and I still had the drive to make back to Hood (I forgot to make overnight arrangements with some old associates in Dallas proper, oops), but from the way things looked as I headed out onto I-35S, Frankieboy had things well under control, and the pit was kept packed even through A&B’s autograph session on the second floor. A good night for all, I suppose.
It’ll be a long month-and-a-half before I get to see another gig, so here’s to hoping this one’s buzz lasts a good, long while. Above & Beyond - see them if you’re able; if you aren’t, pray that you become so. ;) |
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| xstalkrx |
pretty cool night. They didn't blow me out of the water or anything.
Favorite part was when one of the above and beyond guys went up and started dancing with the strippers. HAHA! |
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| Zewad |
arturo made an appearance!??
what is he doign in dallas these days? |
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| rohit_79 |
One heck of a show it was.....Tony was the active one of the 2 :) and Jono was busy pretty much throughout. Was good to see Ashley also joining them for her single (Can't Sleep) .... she was great to talk too. I doubt we can get the recorded set from anywhere...If someone has it please share it :happy2:
Now cant wait for Andy Moor :) Tiesto is here this thursday, but he isnt the Tiesto of past anymore. |
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| Matthias |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zewad
arturo made an appearance!??
what is he doign in dallas these days? |
If you look carefully to the girl in the right of him with the white shirt on, he stayed with her the entire weekend. And Im sured he showed up for A&B as well as Acosta the following night. |
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