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Insomniac : Nocturnal Festival September 26th 2009 (pg. 17)
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| in2muzikk |
Bookmarked it on my iPhone and moved it to the top, thanks! I also saved the map and have Rukes set times...man, I've never felt so prepared! :D |
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| ooItsC |
| just checked into my hotel room. freaking HOT out here. wooo. nap soon, then party down. |
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| Tosh |
Oh ya!!!! About to head out!
Went to the mall and could hear trance!!! RAVERS EVERYWHERE!!!! |
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| in2muzikk |
Nocturnal Initial impressions:
Main VIP bar is staffed with only 4 bartenders for something like a thousand people...expect to wait 15+ minutes for a drink...FAIL. Last year, waitresses came over to all the tables taking drink orders, was much better managed.
VIP vodka is the unpronounceable Russian brand that nearly put me in the hospital at EDC, but the regular bars serve Stoli vodka...guess it's Heneken for me tonight...FAIL
But, there's another VIP bar to the right of the Labrynth stage...no lines at all, I don't think anyone knows it's there! FTW
Stopped by the VIP merchandise booth and found a great Nocturnal shirt printed on American Apparel (my favorite brand), but only the women's shirts are printed on American Apparel, guys shirts are printed on cheapo Anvil tees, oh well, no Nocturnal shirt for me...FAIL
Labrynth is the biggest stage at Nocturnal, it's the whole football field, about 3/4 the size of EDC. Rank 1 is tearing it up...the floor is PACKED...FTW! |
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| Tosh |
That was a great show!
Rank 1 blew it out of the water!!!!
Ferry came back to steal the show again! not a lot but some great live vocals....
Filo and Peri were everything and more than i could have expected!!!!
J'00'F and C lawrence both played great sets, just dont now why promoters still mix the deep hard with the light fluffy! I mean i do! But it sucks..... it breaks the flow of the night!!!!
Line getting in was great, only a matter of minutes and i was in. out was another story! FAIL |
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| Apeattack |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tosh
Line getting in was great, only a matter of minutes and i was in. |
I felt that line management was a lot better at Nocturnal than at all the events in or around the LA Sports Arena (EDC, MM, TAO, etc.). There were a ton of barricades to direct the flow of people and prevent line cutting, which is out of control at the LA events.
I loved how much room there was to dance. The air temperature was good too. It even got a little chilly toward the end of the night.
Why are the bathrooms inside the tents about 15 degrees hotter than the outside air temperature? :P
Rank-1, CL, and Ferry did well. It was nice to hear a lot of Ferry's older (but still awesome) songs. The crowd was jumping and going nuts for "Rock Your Body Rock."
This was my first Nocturnal and I'll definitely go back next year. |
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| Waterproofpaper |
| Good job on the production of the event this time around. Lots of room, no sauna tents, cheap water and food. I know a lot of people dont like the NOS center, but i always have a good time. There were bleachers this time around and at the top was a counter to roll blunts in hahaha. Laidback luke killed it as usual. House tent was super crackin. |
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| bscarbro |
The 4th is one of Ferry's singles that came out in 05 I beleive or around there called "Fire". I beleive that's the original mix as well. Number's 1 and 3 I can't really help you. I'm also a lil lost as far as the vocals that were mashed up with L.E.D. on the 2nd track. Sorry. |
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| freakster |
okay, just up from last night. overall a good party, production was top notch, though the lines in the vip bar sucked big time. why pay extra to wait in line? don't do it people.
heard some good sets last night, but christopher lawrence owned as usual. that guy can do no wrong in my book. his set was just what the labyrinth needed, he rocked it start to end. wasnt too keen on ferrys set, seems like hes playing a lot of old tunes but maybe its just me.
caught the last part of john flemings set he was good too.
missed oakenfolds set, did anyone here catch it? interested to see what hes playing, heard hes been going harder of late.
wandered around with my friends looking at the candy ravers and soaking up the vibe. a good night. |
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| system-7 |
| glad to see you all liked it. i didn't go.. same stuff different year. scene is still kicking it..hard.ferry seems to have mellowed it down. a well.... |
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