I just thought - wasnt it the DEMF last weekend. Did anyone go? What was it like????!!!
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I just thought - wasnt it the DEMF last weekend. Did anyone go? What was it like????!!!
Nitzer Ebb rocked it!!!!
here's a report in metrotimes
http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=9278
i really enjoyed function and regis, le petit orb (the orb), and nitzer ebb. i thought they stole the show. but i missed most of the day acts cause that heat was just unreal!!
i really hope they will come to berlin.Quote:
Originally Posted by knockout
any reports of the substance party?
Got the sims & broom sets from that party.
Pros:
-Mpls party
-Beatport tent
-the bass during collabs and hawtin
-our sick hotel room
-good friends and good times
-Those slushies. Daaamn.
-Lots of good sets.
Cons:
-Too many afterparties, all with the same people playing each day at them. At this rate, the afterparties will become a thing of the past if it keeps up. Whatever happened to having exclusive acts?
-Days Inn hotel. Our first hotel...the absolute worst hotel on the face of the planet. Literally.
-Underground stage. It's like Paxahau took the heart of the festival and ripped it right out, only to replace it with a cardboard box.
-The low volumes at the beatport tent
-Carl Craig playing too early under a sun too hot.
-Missing Mathew Jonson. My favorite Live pa of the moment...though I heard this was a lackluster performance from him.
-Missing some other acts I really wanted to see.
-lack of production: Paxahau did a great job, but they dropped the ball on sound...one thing I thought I could rely on them for. The other problem is they didn't put much into the production/decor of the party. The underground stage had a subpar soundsystem and that it's. The visual screen on the mainstage was the only visual stimulation.
-Not being able to setup and prepare my gear properly for my live pa.
-cab fares
had a great time, but mostly cuz i hung out at my friends' house with their new baby. we had a barbeque. that was nice.
fest positives:
brian kage's blazing good set on saturday night.
nitzer ebb
bryan zentz at the shift afterparty
favorite set all weekend: meil landstrumm at shift...WOW! wrecked me...
negatives:
hot
collabs bored me to tears. solid as hell, and some good tunes, but same BPM the whole time and extremely linear. *yawn*
rob hood really didn't do much for me either, and i have heard that guy rip shit up.
the water situation. when temps are dangerously high, not allowing water to be brought in in the interests of making a profit off $3 water is unconscionable. thank goddess i have perfected the art of sneaking water in. read that again and recognize how ****ed up it is that i have to sneak WATER into an event. ****ed up times, i tell ya...
all in all i had a good time, but that's mostly because i didn't overextend myself all weekend. i made up my mind to get sleep, not try and hit 5 parties a night, and not to trip out if i missed an act because i would rather chill in the A/C with my friends than brave the blazing sun.
ahem. that was supposed to read "neil landstrumm".
ya.. that neil landstrum set at that afterparty the first night was FRESH! also, big ups to tony rohr, and prototype 909 that night!
Overall i had a blast at the festival.. Saw some good acts, Rob Acid, Collabs, Saunderson, etc..
DAMN IT WAS HOT! gahhh..
dustin - where did you end up staying?
The Antheium (I think thats what it was) in Greektown. The only hotel I'll stay at in detroit now.