was at wonderland last night w/my girl and 3 buddies, we drove 12 hours friday night all the way from el paso, texas, and yes we are MEXICAN-AMERICANS. my girlfriend is actually mexican and lives in juarez, mexico. mexico has always had a great understanding and appreciation for dance music. some of the best parties i've ever been to have been across the border in j-town. nothing fancy, dirty underground clubs with some visual screens and lazers, people actually respect the music and the dj's and come to parties to DANCE. anyhow, about the actual party, everything was great for us, especially the trance stage early on (andy moor, patterson) and the techno stage was OWNED by marco corola! hawtin got down as well, but it sucked to see the stage half empty when he was throwing it down. didn't really dig loco dice, he was rather boring after corola. we went walking around then over to the VIP in the queens domain and was rather pissed to find out they were charging for drinks there! WTF insomniac? i mean isn't that the whole point of getting VIP? anyhow, overall had a really good time down there heard some good music and met some cool people! BTW does anyone know if sirius XM was broadcasting last night? or know if sets might be available in the near future? thanks hope everyone had a great time last night!
Damn. I made the mistake of going to the trance stage 15 minutes before CL came on. Those 15 minutes of listening to Judge Jules were excruciating! Even when CL was on, I couldn't enjoy it much b/c the bass was so loud and distorted. I left after 10 minutes of his set and just went to the house stage instead.
So Madhatters Castle was jammed packed when cosmic gate was on? I didn't think that room would fill up b/c it was only half full when CL started to spin.
Ithought Kaskade was surprisingly good. He actually threw down some heavy hitting tracks. Overall, it was a goood night.
eowyn797
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Originally posted by dashdash
Damn. I made the mistake of going to the trance stage 15 minutes before CL came on. Those 15 minutes of listening to Judge Jules were excruciating! Even when CL was on, I couldn't enjoy it much b/c the bass was so loud and distorted. I left after 10 minutes of his set and just went to the house stage instead.
Had the same problem with the sound in the trance area. it was just godawful.
It wasn't that way earlier in the day, though - Space Rockerz and Andy Moor sets that I caught were much clearer. Maybe they cranked it up as the night went on? Whatever happened it was so bad you couldn't even tell what track they were playing half the time. I had my earplugs in and everything.
House stage had distortion too, but it wasn't nearly as bad. we also spent the rest of the night there after Judge Jules.
scatterbrain
looked like an awesome night! I wonder how much they paid paris to vouch for this gig
Trancelover24
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Originally posted by Contrasts
I felt like I was in Mexico last night hahahahahahaha. Is raving cool to the younger Mexican crowd now a days? Or has Cali got that bad? I said it
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What a joke!
Yes, Cali has gone that bad. :stongue:
Cool1g
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Originally posted by scatterbrain
looked like an awesome night! I wonder how much they paid paris to vouch for this gig
her boyfriend is one of the main guys at Insomniac now...
Contrasts
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Originally posted by Cool1g
her boyfriend is one of the main guys at Insomniac now...
How did she come up with the idea to dress in that costume? It's so original...
trance_seeker
Here are some video clips I took at Wonderland. Full playlist here.
Marco Carola, Loco Dice
Dirtyphonics
Dirty South
Christopher Lawrence
sweetcandy girl
Had a great time at Beyond. We got there a little bit before 5. We went to the second GA entrance. The line was much shorter and faster there. Even the guys line move pretty quick.
For me Andy had the best set of the night! Patterson banged it out pretty good. Loved how he interacted with the crowd. Jules and Cl where a huge disappointment. They both played Dub step in there set. WTF!! Cosmic Gate where all right...
We found a bartender that made our drinks with all Vodka and just a splash of sprite or red bull. Got us pretty nice and toasty.
We took time to check out the other areas too. The Dub set area was going off!!! Everyone one was doing the tomahawk chop in unison. The house tent was huge! The production in there was amazing!!! We also checked out Hawtin for a little bit before leaving around 12:45ish ish
Good times for sure! :D
pnutttty
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Originally posted by sweetcandy girl
The Dub set area was going off!!! Everyone one was doing the tomahawk chop in unison.
HAHAHAHAHAH so true. this is the best and most accurate description. thank you. HAHAHAHHAH
dufflebox
Phoning in my review on Beyond Wonderland. Thought the Insomniac crew did a bang up job decorating the location and making it interesting with the art stuff. We moved between stages for most of the night, checked out Marco Carolla, Dirty South, MANDY, Calvin Harris and a few others.
Only sets we stayed for the duration were Ritchie Hawtin and Christopher Lawrence who had the two best sets of the night IMO. I was impressed with both cos they each have such a strong sound. I often find walking round festivals that one Dj starts to blur into the next but with guys like Hawtin and Lawrence, they stand out and I think that's why so many people connect with them.
Only complaint was the sound in the Madhatter Room. The room was completely rammed for Christopher Lawrence's set but when we walked by during Showtek it had cleared out. Suspect it was due to the bad sound, nobody could stay in there long. Whoever was doing the sound in that room should be shot, it was way too loud and not in a good way.
