Wikked Wikked long weekend! ... Damn I loved visiting Melbn again! :D I had a pritty good run... Bass Station on Friday night... sleep all day Saturday. Two Tribes Saturday night then PHD for recoveries on Sunday!! Record shoppin on Monday then back to a random's place for a mix!! Damn I love how the party never stops in Melbn
So I got in to 2tribes a bit late. Made the BL meetup and was greeted by Hoptis... kinda pissed him off accidently on intros as I thought he said his alias was "Optus" n which I responded "nah sorry never seen ya on BlueLight..." Then he was like I'm a moderator ect... then I realised oh... Hoptis... oops... heheh... No other Bluelighters showed up but meh.... all good...
I only saw the last 3rd or so of Marcus Schulz set... was ok kinda nice n mellow but not many memorable tracks... Was pretty disapointed that Marcus didn't sign a record I had of his... just said "later" then at the end of the set of course disapeared in Armin's massive entrance...
Armin's opening was off the hook... I was watchin him up there then getting ready then he popped up to open the set, the lasers came on behind him and the crowd went wild... And that was when I first noticed my visuals had kicked in strong and I started seeing multicoloured trails off his head (oops maybe I should save that for the "Trip Reports" section

).... At first I didn't recognise the track he was playing... Then I realised it was the very track I'd been playing over n over a few days ago considering buying on vinyl... it was Zocalo... Damn... Unreal... Had to buy after that! Went to meet a friend and coat check.ect ect.. so 50min later came back... was dissapointed his set didn't really take off n "peak" trackwise if you know what I mean... I really think Armin is one of the trance pioneers but was a bit dissapointed he chose a more deep more progressive kinda sound with just too many ambient filler tracks... woulda loved some really memorable uplifting tracks such as in Armins set @ Club Eau the Hague. Woulda loved to hear him play his mix of Motocyle - As the Rush Comes... ect ect..
Loved Kai's set... was surprised with him playing tracks like PUSH - Universal Nation and then also what he commented on after his set about the older tracks being some of the best trance tracks... Was cool to hear that there are still DJ's who love the older really trancey uplifting sound like I do too... Got those wikked Kai Tracid record boxsets signed... will put up pix in my gallery soon....
Overall I loved loved loved the venue, Melbourne is great and it's stacks bigger and better than Sydney... Way nicer more chilled out vibe I think... nice people and the big vodaphone arena rocks. I am was a little surprised to admit that I think there really is a place in Australia that has a raves that are big enough and quality enough to be kinda comparable to some of the good ones in Europe!...
Damn I love the scene in Melbourne...
ps... I so gotta get myself a pair of those really cool Melbn phatties made up... Damn you Melbournians Rock!
