I definitely enjoyed day 1 more than day 2, but I still had a great time. I got there about 10 minutes into Avicii's set---really into what he was playing and would def. like our promoter to book him for a proper club night. Above and Beyond was amazing and Sander rocked it out. Chris Lake's set was ok, best part for me is when he played 'Dominos'. Walked around a little after that and heard some of Victor's set---surprisingly good. The best set of the day was indeed John Digweed---deep, dark & hard from the very first song. Totally made my day 2. Also earlier in the day I had heard a little bit of Moby's set and it was good, but I didn't want to hear too much since I'd be seeing him at Pacha later that night.
The free bus off Randalls both days was a def. win.
We got to Pacha a few minutes before Moby started...he actually played a really good set, I was very surprised---no cheese at all. However, that club had a very weird vibe last night. A lot of creepy guys that would just stare or try to dance up on you even after you told them no. I left right after Guy Gerber came on, I couldn't take that creepy vibe any longer. I've only been to Pacha one other time, when Markus was there in May...now granted, I didn't spend much time on the main floor...but I don't remember it being that creepy feeling. ?
The entire weekend was totally amazing and everything I'd hoped it be, considering this was my first EDM outdoor festival...
=)
Burak14
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Originally posted by 09vdubgti
Did anyone else see mike "situation" on day 2?
Funkagenda said on his twitter that he saw him as he finished his set.
prob not true. they are filming season 3 at the jersey shore..and labor day weekend should be a big part of the season with them partying none stop and i sure as hell didn't see cameras inside ez, nor heard anyone see any.
Scoops
quote:
Originally posted by Burak14
prob not true. they are filming season 3 at the jersey shore..and labor day weekend should be a big part of the season with them partying none stop and i sure as hell didn't see cameras inside ez, nor heard anyone see any.
negative....they stop filming last week. the wrap party earlier last week as well
amberella06
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Originally posted by xpand3r
My first YouTube Upload
John Digweed's intro
yesss! i took the same video---perfect set from beginning to end.
xpand3r
I'm uploading more videos at the moment. I will post them all once they are done.
aks129
I uploaded a bunch of vids on my youtube, check it out
I had to upload the first one again. Here is a few!
John Digweed First Track
John Digweed Last Track
Gareth Emery - Pryda-Niton
DJ Eco
D Ramirez - enjoyed his set! it was a nice way to start off things, much like Glenn Morrison the day before. i was expecting more cheese (a la Dirty South and company) but he had a nice techy edge.
Grum - NEVER AGAIN!
Jon Hopkins - he excited me with his first 10 minute intro, but i was on my way to other things so i didn't stay for the rest. pretty cool though!
Cosmic Gate - couldn't handle any more vocal trance hits, i left after 45 minutes. i remember when they used to play with an edge. now, their sets are just a summary of all the cliches in trance that i can't stand anymore.
Dusty Kid - saw some of his set, big disappointment, i love his productions, but was really bored.
Funkagenda - a copy of a copy of a copy of Dirty South and 50% of rest of the lineup. i think a good 3/5 of the crowd realized how uninspired and unoriginal a good majority of the sets were.
Laidback Luke - I RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGED. He was great, perfect act to really heat things up on main stage, as I hadn't seen yet this day or Day 1. The crowd was dancing wildly like I hadn't seen it dance up until this point.
Above & Beyond - I really enjoyed their set, was happy they didn't overload on vocals, and their selection was great. Was great to hear a Breakfast production and some other songs I hadn't heard before, but can't wait to get my hands on.
Sander Van Doorn - caught some of his set but had to skip out on the majority of it because of complete exhaustion.
Boys Noize - ROCKED MY WORLD. great choice for main stage. They would have been largely unappreciated in the Red Bull stage, and the crowd was going bonkers.
Victor Calderone - was awesome, as always.
Armin Van Buuren - absolute highlight of the day. i thought Above & Beyond were great, but then Armin came on. i didn't have huge expectations but they were really blown away. i've seen him a good 9 times or so and this probably has to be my favorite. within 30 minutes of his intro, he was already 141BPM. that's what i call a trance set. minus 2 or 3 commercial tracks, his set was full of energy and very forward-thinking; my girlfriend is now a converted Armin fanatic, from being a former Tiesto-lover.
Stassi
great digweed vids there xpand3r
xpand3r
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Originally posted by Burak14
anyone who says armin was good, i'm just laughing at you people. hist first 30mins= garbage, middle of his set was good, last 30 min = garbage. i can't believe the guy is still closing out with that mashup of in and out of love. it's been 3 years for gods sake.. close out with something different..
I requested Rush Hour like you said also put a a request for that mashup. Armin actually played my requests and I wasn't even there to hear them! ;-/
xpand3r
quote:
Originally posted by Stassi
great digweed vids there xpand3r
I got many more coming up which I will eventually upload. These uploads are taking forever when the files are large...
I hope he recorded his set for a future Transitions episode..That would be awesome!
aks129
cant wait for the os4 update to upload 720p videos...
