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DEMF 2011 review + afterprties...
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| PoLskA |
Fri Nite: Paul Van Dyk @ Bleu
awesome set... dropped tons of classics and played some of his newer stuff...
walking in... you have Anthony Attalla playing House... you are opening for a Trance DJ... WTF?
the new Bleu is starting to wear on me... its really a place to be seen... i mean $1000+ for a VIP booth by the DJ???
Sat:
very awesome of Paxahau of letting us pick up our weekend passes on Fri... i was glad i didnt have to wait in that line to get them Sat...
got to DEMF about 4... had to go check out some GhettoTech... watched DJ Godfather tear it up... haha!
went over to Beatport after and hung out...
Pizza Papalis about 6ish for dinner... being from Detroit, its really the 1 time of the year i do the whole tourist, eat Pizza @ Greektown...
after some pre-drinking... came back to watch Felix Da Housecat... wat a great set! the whole place was enjoying it!
went to check out Hawtin @ Beatport for a bit... nothing amazing... went back to Main Stage and enjoyed the rest of Felix's banging set!
Sat Nite: NightSneak party w/ Roni Size, Umek & Dave Clarke
walk it around 1 to no line which is a change... haha...
Roni's MC is on the mic the entire time... garbage... total buzzkill... hated it! after that, anyone would have been great!
Umek comes on... doesnt seen like he was into it... then some hooker gets on stage and spills her drink all over near Umek...
Umek was pissed... and his set was disappointing... big letdown considering the hype surrounding his appearance...
Dave Clarke comes on and KILLS it! def best set of the nite... just banger after banger... def glad we didnt leave after Umek...
took off after 530 after that assault on my ears... haha!
cabbie was cool... even asked us how Umek was...
Sun:
come down a lil before 4 to check out Pulshar and then Livio & Roby @ Beatport... Pulshar wasnt on, and 430... then 5... no Livio & Roby...
WTF? some girl was on the decks... didnt recognize her... huge bummer!
hit up Five Guys for some burgers and back to Main Stage for Ricardo Villabolos...
the hype around Ricardo is exaggerated... his set was boring and he was putting me to sleep...
Sven Vath... wow! guy was great... awesome tracks... def made up for Ricardo... and his videos in the back... haha... i couldnt keep my eyes away!
back to the room for pre-drinking and off to the boat...
Sun Nite: I'm On A Boat 3 w/ Sven Vath, Ricardo Villabolos, Loco Dice vs Stacey Pullen
take in the city and the water hanging out on the top deck...
boat takes off... we go hit floor 2 for Sven... he must have been burned out or something cuz his set was dull...
Sven ripped it up earlier on Main Stage but i couldnt get into his set on the boat... decided to skip Ricardo all together on the boat too...
floor 1 has Loco Dice destroying the place w/ Stacey... him & Luciano was awesome 2 years... shoulda just came down to Loco Dice to begin w/
banging it out... was there for a good few hrs... finally left at 430 for some much needed sleep!
Mon:
too damn hot! decided to skip DEMF and get an early dinner...
Slows @ 4... food is great as always but it was hotter than Hades in there! AC anyone???
got the DEMF at 7 to claim our spots for the next 5 hrs...
Dubfire was good... not great, must have been holding back for his afterparty...
Green Velvet... awesome! seeing "Flash" live... wow!
Fatboy Slim... wow... a once in a lifetime opportunity to see him and he did not disappoint!
i doubt he will be playing Detroit again... as Norman does not tour... from using samples of the Supremes to playing Eye of the Tiger...
his whole set was banging!
for the techno purists... if you skipped just cause... you missed one hell of a show!!!
no Mon parties for me... thank you Paxahau for another awesome DEMF!!!
my top 5 sets of DEMF...
Fatboy Slim
Loco Dice vs Stacey Pullen
Sven Vath
Felix Da Housecat
Dave Clarke
did not get a chance to meet any NYTAs... the weather did not cooperate...
both on Sat & Sun, we were waiting out the rain during the meet-up times...
and Mon we snagged a spot @ Main Stage and werent leaving...
i believe Chad, TA from Toronto w a broken arm, long wkd.. sorry if i got your name wrong... great times on the boat!!
was glad i was able to meet at least 1 from TA... haha... |
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| Scoops |
| quote: | Originally posted by PoLskA
Fri Nite: Paul Van Dyk @ Bleu
awesome set... dropped tons of classics and played some of his newer stuff...
walking in... you have Anthony Attalla playing House... you are opening for a Trance DJ... WTF? |
Anthony Attalla is a great DJ and also knows how to open up for big names...
he knows exactly what he is doing
Theres not much trance thats considered quality warm-up tunes |
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| magocbluestar80 |
| i was listening to Anthony Attalla set live on my comp and it was good, it was my first time hearing him. i wouldnt mind checking him out sometime.. and next year i am not missing Detroit, it was torture for me this weekend .. i missed everyone.. |
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| PoLskA |
im not knocking AA as a DJ...
but opening for a trance act... thats what type of set you should prepare & play...
being from Detroit... ive seen him play all the time... i know hes a good DJ... |
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| euphoria |
| quote: | Originally posted by PoLskA
but opening for a trance act... thats what type of set you should prepare & play... |
According to who lol?
There are plenty of events with House DJ's opening for Trance DJ's.
For example Made Event does this at Nokia Theater all the time.... Why? because it works. |
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| PoLskA |
since 02, when i was 18...
going to shows in Detroit, Chicago, Toronto... a majority of opening DJs for a trance headliner play trance...
cuz... that works too... |
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| Scoops |
| quote: | Originally posted by PoLskA
since 02, when i was 18...
going to shows in Detroit, Chicago, Toronto... a majority of opening DJs for a trance headliner play trance...
cuz... that works too... |
Sean Miller doesn't play trance and he has opened for a tiesto quite a bit in the past |
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| drEamer |
| i think its more prevalent that openers play house for trance dj's......and the play MUCH slower than most |
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| LAdazeNYnights |
| i don't like it as much when ppl bang out house tracks before a house dj - sometimes it seems to suck all the energy out of the crowd...sometimes they start playing too hard and then it puts the headliner in a difficult position... i love it when openers play prog before a headlining trance dj tho |
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| Frequency Frank |
| quote: | Originally posted by Scoops
Anthony Attalla is a great DJ and also knows how to open up for big names...
he knows exactly what he is doing
Theres not much trance thats considered quality warm-up tunes |
Exactly. He warms up a floor like you're supposed to. I'm not sure pvd would have appreciated a trance filled set bring played right before him. That's a little something we call "amateur hour". |
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| gimmebeatz |
| quote: | Originally posted by PoLskA
the new Bleu is starting to wear on me... its really a place to be seen... i mean $1000+ for a VIP booth by the DJ???
Sun Nite: I'm On A Boat 3 w/ Sven Vath, Ricardo Villabolos, Loco Dice vs Stacey Pullen
take in the city and the water hanging out on the top deck...
boat takes off... we go hit floor 2 for Sven... he must have been burned out or something cuz his set was dull...
Sven ripped it up earlier on Main Stage but i couldnt get into his set on the boat... decided to skip Ricardo all together on the boat too...
floor 1 has Loco Dice destroying the place w/ Stacey... him & Luciano was awesome 2 years... shoulda just came down to Loco Dice to begin w/
banging it out... was there for a good few hrs... finally left at 430 for some much needed sleep!
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not sure where you party, but $1000 for a VIP booth next to the DJ is actually dirt cheap!!!
from my friends who went to the vath boat party they said it was a huge let down and he and villalobos were so coked out and falling all over and it was just completely disappointing and embarrassing. |
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| PoLskA |
| quote: | Originally posted by gimmebeatz
not sure where you party, but $1000 for a VIP booth next to the DJ is actually dirt cheap!!!
from my friends who went to the vath boat party they said it was a huge let down and he and villalobos were so coked out and falling all over and it was just completely disappointing and embarrassing. |
in Detroit... 1000 is a bit extreme... before Bleu closed, a booth was had for $250-300... you paid for the bottle...
since reopening... a booth upstairs is 1000 plus... |
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