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Right, well, so much for 10 Days Off 2005. By popular demand, here’s the best day 10 roundup evar …
Mandrak: Has a … let’s say … weird way of mixing. I’m trying to avoid the term amateuristic. Oops, failed.
Filliz: Yyyyyaaaaawwwwwnnnnn. Mix a little faster, please. Even if you’re gonna do tech house. Or whatever that was. Well, the majority of it.
Tiefschwarz & DJ Hell: Pretty much as expected. Good tracks, but no real buildup, continuity or skill. So I guess 8 hours was a bit much, which is why we—Yoann and I—checked out …
Err … whoever played from 5 till 7 in the Ballroom. I thought it was Headman but they were in the White Room, apparently. I guess it was a Cosy Mozzy and Kiki collaboration. Sounded like it, anyway. Really nice minimal & groove, nicely mixed.
So we didn’t get to The Neon Judgement—bad timing, I guess. And around 7’ish, the atmosphere was somewhat gone, so, after a bit of chatting, we decided to call it a day. Incidentally, I’d heard “I Feel Space” no less than 3 times by then, so I’m sorta tired of it now. In other news, no less than 3 girls said they liked my “Smile if you’re gay!” T-shirt, yet only one guy—who was hot, nonetheless—actually smiled. Well, no, there was also this adorable straight boy who stared at it for a while, smiled after reading the “Smile if you” and then, after reading it all, looked kinda shocked and turned away. Bless his heart. Probably thought I was going to rape him.
Dominik Eulberg and Captain Comatose were definitely the best performances I heard and saw this year. Villalobos and Hawtin probably would’ve been pretty good too; I definitely regret going to see Black Strobe this year, but oh well.

Guess who’ll be wearing the coolest T-shirt ever to 8 hours of Tiefschwarz vs. DJ Hell tonight? Exactly, the same guy who’s having vodka and coke at 10:30 in the morning before going to bed. Whoever that guy is, I say he rocks.
In other news, I made a half-hour demo mix earlier today. I think it worked out really well so I’ll throw it online soon.

“Team America: World Police”: 8/10. Hahaha. Fuck yeah.

Comin’ atcha with 10 Days Off day 08. Oldskool.
Alex Smoke live: Supa groovy minimal goodness. They should’ve put him around 2, maybe 3 o’clock instead of midnight. He doesn’t deserve an empty floor at all.
Télépopmusik live: Though I only caught the last 15 minutes, hence pretty much just the hits “Breathe” and “Genetic World”, I’m convinced it was a great gig. Nice atmosphere too.
Phonique: As nice as expected, though I thought he’d be better at mixing—or at least more creative. Some tracks just went on and on.
Captain Comatose live: Sweet mother of Jesus, they do still rock. Kinda like the Märtini Brös. but more camp—yes, it’s possible. And equally great entertainers. A close second—after Dominik Eulberg—in this year’s preliminary 10 Days Off Top 10.
Riton: Loved it, much to my surprise. Groovy, sometimes breaky, but most importantly, shakin’.
Radioslave: A little too commercial and some mixes were just … well … experimental. I spent the majority of the set in the chill area chatting up straight guys with my knowledge of Tintin—but that’s an entirely different story.
Geoffroy: Not my style, but I knew that already. But I won’t judge people who liked it.

Okay, so I asked DJ Naughty and that track I was looking for is called “I Feel Space” by Lindstrøm. Not the most interesting post ever, but for the sake of completeness. You know. Meh.