I had some days to digest what happened, and I have some questions.
Did Desyn clear the floor? The LED lights behind the booth made it hard to tell when the switch happened, but the starting DJ ended being the closing DJ.
How long did Desyn really play?
I was rather disappointed that he didn't drop any hot fire, but overall, I thought he did well, just nothing out of the ordinary.
The extra subwoofer in the back really helped the sound. Best sound I've heard in that place. Again though, the high frequencies were too bright and overpowering. This is probably due to us being in a small place underground... The best sweet spot was under the speakers and in front of the subwoofer in the back. ;)
It was grrrrreat to see everyone! Until next time.
AlokGT
Sad to hear the bad reviews, but not surprised. DJs nowadays don't bring the funk anymore. Its not the 'in' sound.
Xyzpdq0121
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Originally posted by Demoted
Filter was neat. Can't wait to see the LED ceiling get installed in there.
As for Desyn, he was awful. He just played boring geeked out goomba stomp house. There was no flow or build to anything, just plodding and chugging about.
Great to meet you briefly Demoted..
I have to agree Desyn was not as good of a sound as I had hoped for. Devin, if I can make a few suggestions:
1) The lights behind, like Scott said, were a bit distracting. It would have been fine to use as effect from time to time, but not all on - all the time.
2) I guess I miss the staff at the Mark. I do not believe that I will be going back there much now. The door girl was just an outright bitch. We got there at 11:15. Stood outside for 13 min because they could not get the list together. We were at the counter for 5 min before she would get off the cell phone while trying to look up some goomba on the list (who was not on there). Then when we got to her at 11:32pm, she looked at her phone and said we were after 11:30m so the list was closed. If it wasn't for the fact that we had so many friends there, I would have told her to shove it. It is not a matter of being cheap, it is a matter of principal. The bar staff (except for one black guy) was rude as hell. They could not get the prices right, I was charged three different prices for the same drink. In one case, I had ordered 4 drinks, turned around to hand three to friends, when I turned back around the bar back or bartender had thrown away the other FULL drink. The bartender said, "What do you expect us to do about it?!?". Just poor business and not the way to treat the few patrons you have left in the Atlanta market. Left a REALLY bad taste in my mouth and is really hard to recommend to people to give it a try.
3) The sound was good (improvement over what was there before) and I might come back to check out when you get the LEDs up. But if the DJs are not going to show for the full set, or play like they give a damn, then it is going to be hard to keep people coming back. To Desyn's defense, he did have a groupie chick (we all know and love) "distracting" him behind the booth! :nervous:
It was awesome to see some old friends though. People I have not seen in YEARS that just happened to be in town and there at the same time. I should make it out of retirement a bit more just for nights like this one!!! The TA crew really saved what would have been a disaster of an evening!
Lostvission
I'm sure his set wasn't as bad as people are making it out to be. I haven't heard him let people down yet that bad. Maybe you guys were expecting more "techno" as it seems that's all half of you comment on or about on here anyways in the Atl section. He rocked a drum and bass set at electric zoo and i loved the little i heard of it. He rocked it simply to be different due to about a hundred artist booked all within a 4/4 sequence of one form or another. He took a step out and it worked. Desyn.....drum and bass....who knew.
Demoted
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Originally posted by Lostvission
I'm sure his set wasn't as bad as people are making it out to be.
Nah man, it was.
I would have loved a dnb set.
iammesol
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Originally posted by Lostvission
I'm sure his set wasn't as bad as people are making it out to be. I haven't heard him let people down yet that bad. Maybe you guys were expecting more "techno" as it seems that's all half of you comment on or about on here anyways in the Atl section. He rocked a drum and bass set at electric zoo and i loved the little i heard of it. He rocked it simply to be different due to about a hundred artist booked all within a 4/4 sequence of one form or another. He took a step out and it worked. Desyn.....drum and bass....who knew.
No, they're saying they expected 2005-2007 funk, which he has completely abandoned. He left the style which he pioneered so well to play Diynamic stuff. Wasn't really excited about this show at all because I've heard his recent sets.
Liquified
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Originally posted by Xyzpdq0121
Great to meet you briefly Demoted..
1) The lights behind, like Scott said, were a bit distracting. It would have been fine to use as effect from time to time, but not all on - all the time.
Already been changed up for this week.
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2) I guess I miss the staff at the Mark. I do not believe that I will be going back there much now. The door girl was just an outright bitch. We got there at 11:15. Stood outside for 13 min because they could not get the list together. We were at the counter for 5 min before she would get off the cell phone while trying to look up some goomba on the list (who was not on there). Then when we got to her at 11:32pm, she looked at her phone and said we were after 11:30m so the list was closed. If it wasn't for the fact that we had so many friends there, I would have told her to shove it. It is not a matter of being cheap, it is a matter of principal.
Shoot me an email at [email protected] and I will make sure you and all your friends are on a free all niht list to make up for this.
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The bar staff (except for one black guy) was rude as hell. They could not get the prices right, I was charged three different prices for the same drink. In one case, I had ordered 4 drinks, turned around to hand three to friends, when I turned back around the bar back or bartender had thrown away the other FULL drink. The bartender said, "What do you expect us to do about it?!?". Just poor business and not the way to treat the few patrons you have left in the Atlanta market. Left a REALLY bad taste in my mouth and is really hard to recommend to people to give it a try.
Hmmmm its the same staff, none of them have changed. I will address this in our weekly staff meeting that I have set up which was never being done before.
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3) The sound was good (improvement over what was there before) and I might come back to check out when you get the LEDs up.
Going to actually add 2 more subs underneath the DJ, needed a bit more up there. LED ceiling is going to be wicked when it gets in.
With any new venture there is a few wrinkles to iron out but rest assured we are taking note to everyones thoughts and working through them so please come back and give it another shot, like I said just shoot me an email and I will sort you out.
enydo
Oh, I was charged 9 dollars for a vodka + red bull, is that supposed to happen?
iWantMoreJavier
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9 dollars
Didn't know you were in LA buying me a Coors Light!?!?!?!
Seppuku
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Originally posted by Lostvission
I'm sure his set wasn't as bad as people are making it out to be. I haven't heard him let people down yet that bad. Maybe you guys were expecting more "techno" as it seems that's all half of you comment on or about on here anyways in the Atl section.
Was anyone honestly expecting techno...?
Demoted
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Originally posted by enydo
Oh, I was charged 9 dollars for a vodka + red bull, is that supposed to happen?
That's not normal. But on meth it is.
Lostvission
Yeah i mean people's sound varies through time. I can't think of hardly anyone who stays sounding the same through out time. That's just not logical. Everyone from Hawtin to Zabiela to Digweed all change. I think thats' understood by all of us. I mean, yeah his more funkier sets back a few years back were top notch. I own many of them from that time. I guess he's going to playing more peak time sets these days....which i personally like as well but i have a wide range of taste. Are you guys downing his set cause it was more peak time and harder progressive based , or was it simply just bad ?
