10 Days Off day 05, anyone?
Optimo: The hell? Those were some sub par mixing skills. Nice tracks though.
DJ Naughty: I only stayed there for about 10 minutes, since it didn’t sound terribly good. However, he did play a track I’m looking for. I thought Dominik Eulberg had played it, so I e-mailed him about it—so we’re on a first name basis now—but I was wrong. Anyway, I have no idea why I don’t know the title, since it’s a freaking popular track. It’s the background music of summercamp.be too. Somebody tell me what it’s called so I can tell Dominik, because he likes it as well. But back to 10 Days Off …
Black Strobe: I think I prefer Ivan Smagghe solo. I do like some effects, but in the case of Ivan & co, it got a tad weary—to the extent that the crowd got agitated.
Mo (no Benoelie): While The Glimmer Twins are becoming the new 2manydjs—which I don’t like—this was definitely tonight’s best set. Some nice technical stuff and, most importantly, fine tracks.
So I didn’t go to Kaos, which is a little silly because I really wanted to, but I guess I was too busy perving over some guy again. No, I didn’t talk to him. Life goes on.
Also, there was a card in the mail from the postman, saying he’d been at the door with a package—addressed to my mom—and no one had answered. Surely it’s a little early for the T-shirts Tommy, Pinky and I ordered last Thursday, since it was going to take 1 to 2 weeks. However, I’m curious. But the card says I can’t pick up the package at the post office until Saturday, and it’s closed until Monday then, and even then, I don’t know if I’ll be allowed to receive it, since I might need my mom’s identity card. If it does contain the T-shirts, I hope I can collect them on Monday, since I’d like to wear one of them to the last evening of 10 Days Off. Yeah, shopping online rules.
10 Days Off day 03:
Rob ’n Zoopsie: Rob can’t mix, Zoopsie can. Their selection is allright but they need much better timing. And beatsyncing skills.
Dominik Eulberg: Whoa. Just delicious. Everyone was begging to turn all the speakers on—since the biggest ones weren’t working for some reason—so Dominik just quit playing and joined the crowd. Incidentally, he was right next to me and I put my hand on his shoulder and gave him a compliment. Ooooh. After that, he got back on stage, put one of the monitor speakers towards the crowd—which made little difference, but meh—and played an awesome set. And I already adored his album. Definitely one to remember.
Abe Duque & Blake Baxter: Not my style anymore, but pretty cool nonetheless. Though I didn’t stick around long; the White Room was the place to be today.
Nathan Fake (live): Definitely nice. Created a great atmosphere. Though I think I prefer his studio jobs.
Tiga: Disappointing. No, really. He’s become such a crowdpleaser. Not that it was a bad set, but I prefer a technical challenge or a long smooth mix once in a while over 2 hours of morning radio-like mixes.
Starski & Tonic: Not bad at all, but nothing shocking either.
Also, there were a hell of a lot of gay guys in the main room Bacardi Batbeats Room. At least one was hawt, but as usual, I “didn’t get around” to talking to him. Maybe I’ll see him again—there are 7 more days, after all—but I’ll probably chicken out again anyway. Oh well, going 2 years without a boyfriend isn’t that bad, is it?
And finally, I read up on Cobblestone Jazz from day 00 and it turns out the band member I thought I recognized was actually Mathew Jonson. I had no idea that he’d been in that band long before having a solo career. And I can’t decide which of the two I like better.
Wow, that Optimus keyboard must look pretty hi-tech’ish.
10 Days Off day 00 (featuring Bo Bicé) roundup:
PR Soundsystem: Good for a warm-up. Not much real mixing though.
Spacid: One of the best sets I’ve heard the guy play—and I’d heard some wicked ones already. Very breaky jungle’y scratchy sort of mayhem. The guy sure can mix. Whee!
Cobblestone Jazz: See, now, that’s cool. 3 guys playing live, one of which playing the piano and ruling at it. Very groovy. Definitely today’s #1 discovery.
Cristian Vogel: Ooh, well, bless him for trying, but not really my style.
Akufen: Freaking brilliant as ever. I knew what to expect and he still made me shiver at times.
Jamie Lidell: Meh, honestly, they should’ve kept Mathew Jonson in the ballroom. I don’t know why people like that guy with his hiphop-like noise. Or maybe he’s just too hip for me.
Agoria: As expected, but pleasing indeed. Inspired techno.
Crisp: It seemed as though he would’ve played a great set if the vinyls hadn’t skipped on him half the time. I felt sorry for him, though I don’t approve of letting a record that skips all the freaking time—like every 5 seconds—play for a couple more minutes and still trying to do a good mix. You gotta know when to quit. Personally, I’d have done some funky scratching or so. But the stuff he played was nice.