Re: I demand a report on the Mayan last night.
[quote=WilDFire]I have a feeling hypoluxaa is going to hate on him, but let's hope esef give a less biased opinion :D[/quote]
here's my take on the evening:
we rolled in about 11PM, the line was sooper quick, unlike times past. ran into board member DJ BK (looking ravishing as ever) and the grabbed the tailend of Luke's set. the crowd wasn't as densely packed as times before, which i prefer, but was it a sign of things to come...?
i didn't like how JD let Luke's last song run out before he started his set. 'John, we all know who you are, we're all there to see you, no need to make a bigger deal out of it.' the lights were off, and this first track started at the absolute beginning so you could hear each layer build and build and build.
JD started and his tempo was what felt like 3/4 speed of what a historically pounding set from him sounds like. he had a dramatic build up, peppered with some bass, but it wasn't til about 35/45 min into the set that the heavy shit started dropping. in retrospect, it would have been cool to have somekinda sound recorder on me to rec track clips from the evening, cause there were some WICKED tracks dropped. the first track that got things chuggin' was all instrumental (i hadn't heard it b4) followed by a track i can't name but with a vocal "it is what is it, what it is, what it is.'
this went on for awhile, pretty even tempo with marginal energy build up. around 1:45 things were chuggin along, some nasty tracks were dropped but this was still not what you would have heard 2/3 year ago at the GU LA release show, this was Digweed V 2.0, his new direction in music.
we rolled out about 3am and the place was at 60% capacity by then. prob would have stayed longer had the enegy level been higher.
i come away from the show neutral :|
it was nice to hear the 'new' JD live and direct, but it didn't set the world on fire for me.
saw a handful of peeps i knew, but not like the old Wednesday nights when the the regulars would make it out in force.