wow, does no one in europe know that juan atkins has a bit of a (crack) habit???!!? i really didn't think this was news to anyone ...

i was at awakenings and saw the whole thing going down. everytime juan would up the volume on his end, it was pretty much a disaster. perhaps, it was a little less obvious, because there were 2 other people trying to rescue the set constanltly, but he did just simply manage to ruin the whole set. not just once, but over and over again. it was funny cause derrick (always a tad dramatic) looked like he was ready to walk out on the whole thing, kevin had to calm him down, both of them went to the back once for a sec or two when i was there. kevin was trying to tell juan what to do, it seemed or to try keep it together, but juan was just kind of "pretending" he knew what was going on. and yes, he is skinny like an anorexic girl, hiding it somewhat under the sleeveless hoody, but his exposed arms are super thin.

perhaps he's never been a great dj, but now it is just a farce. as a paying customer, i am not happy when a DJ is unprofessional to the extend he was. i can totally understand that derrick and kevin where pissed off, because it is their rep on the line!

i would like to send out some light and love to mr. atkins, bless him for being such a brilliant producer, for giving us the music we love so much, and i hope that he will find a less distructive way of dealing with whatever issues he may have. (like, how about channeling the angst into the music???) i guess he is a tortured soul, and i hope he's not gonna be some crack casualty, well, at least not more then he already seems to be ...

all in all i was NOT impressed with awake fest at all, i expected the sound to be much, much better. (actually it was shit pretty much everywhere i was. well - that's what you get when you set up a dancemusic event with a rock band set up = lame!!!)
i did however enjoy the X area, sims and oscar mulero brought it! (bass bins farted during sims' set as well, bummer)