Survivor Syndrome Review
i had a blast —
Still recovering. I think i slept for almost 20 hours.
Everyone’s set was great. I especially enjoyed Dreamsequence — he caught me off guard when he said that he needed turntables for his set. Old school goa is so rarely played these days. Tim Clark was a total surprise… I was blown away. Dan Efex was completely badass — always a pleasure having him down. Underfoot’s set was pristine. I am always amazed whenever i hear him play, and i think it’s awesome that it worked out for him to come. The Gnomes of Destruction were just completely nutty! Holy shit, glad you guys hit a new bpm record — really looking forward to having you back down my way in July. Professor X is always ALWAYS a treat — his energy and track selection seems to be growing exponentially. I wish he still lived in the Midwest, for sure. Hopefully we can get him back out here at least one more time this year. The teardown set was definitely deja vu. 
And I really loved the Suomi that GeaL dished up. It was perfect.
For the other room, The industrial guys really blew me away. I know that a lot of you guys don’t really care for it all THAT much, but to me it’s a nice change of pace. There are a lot of similar elements within the music that I have respect for. Psych0tron and Whiterabbit were great. I tried my best to check it out for as long as I could. Their tracks and mixing really define why I have a soft spot for industrial all together. Not to mention that they are cool as hell to talk to. I really look forward to working with them again. DJ Geist was the one who played the DnB set, and i thought that it was a perfect touch. Not too aggressive, but a good transitional set form the industrial to chill. Nick Synergy absolutely blew me away. He has got to be one of the most diverse and talented people I;ve ever had the pleasure of working with. I wish you guys could have heard him at the pre-party Friday night. Equally badass. Toki and Energon’s sets were great too — Never really heard Derek play chill before, but i thought it was fantastic. Daniel’s chill sets never disappoint me. I really wish i could have stayed in the chill room longer.
The turnout was a little low, definitely due to graduation and the holiday yesterday, but it didn’t matter. The lineup was amazing, the deco was fantastic, and everything went very smoothly.
I am glad that we were able to get the guys who are blacklisted out in a hurry — thanks for bringing that to my attention, Allison. Hopefully they won’t ever show up at anything else again. I tried my best to make it very clear to them why they are and what could consequently happen if they ever show up to any of "our" events again.
As for the venue, i think that it is impossible to have a "true" two room psy/chill party there just because of the room placement. The sound in the chill room was painfully loud as to be not drowned out by the psy room. It was a little uncomfortable. But when you got in to the psy room, the volume wasn’t THAT loud.. .it was just right. Multi genre events involving most of EDM are hard for me to do, so I am thinking about what to do there in the future… Perhaps just a one room setup, which is not a bad thing either.
Derek and Carli’s deco setup was awesome… You guys are full of surprises, aren’t you?
Huge thanks to Scott and the Smoker’s Den staff for the hookahs (sorry about the rain!), thanks to the Wicked Wicks fire troupe for spinning (sorry you guys REALLY got soaked), and above all, thanks again to Rory and Dan for all the help they provided throughout the night.
THANK YOU to everyone for coming, for being respectful, for showing support. Let’s put our heads together and see what we can arrange to do there in the fall.
With how everything went, I can honestly take a step back from the big picture and say that SMALLER PARTIES ARE SIMPLY THE BEST.
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I really loved the Suomi that GeaL dished up. It was perfect.
For the other room, The industrial guys really blew me away. I know that a lot of you guys don’t really care for it all THAT much, but to me it’s a nice change of pace. There are a lot of similar elements within the music that I have respect for. Psych0tron and Whiterabbit were great. I tried my best to check it out for as long as I could. Their tracks and mixing really define why I have a soft spot for industrial all together. Not to mention that they are cool as hell to talk to. I really look forward to working with them again. DJ Geist was the one who played the DnB set, and i thought that it was a perfect touch. Not too aggressive, but a good transitional set form the industrial to chill. Nick Synergy absolutely blew me away. He has got to be one of the most diverse and talented people I;ve ever had the pleasure of working with. I wish you guys could have heard him at the pre-party Friday night. Equally badass. Toki and Energon’s sets were great too — Never really heard Derek play chill before, but i thought it was fantastic. Daniel’s chill sets never disappoint me. I really wish i could have stayed in the chill room longer.
The turnout was a little low, definitely due to graduation and the holiday yesterday, but it didn’t matter. The lineup was amazing, the deco was fantastic, and everything went very smoothly.
I am glad that we were able to get the guys who are blacklisted out in a hurry — thanks for bringing that to my attention, Allison. Hopefully they won’t ever show up at anything else again. I tried my best to make it very clear to them why they are and what could consequently happen if they ever show up to any of "our" events again.
As for the venue, i think that it is impossible to have a "true" two room psy/chill party there just because of the room placement. The sound in the chill room was painfully loud as to be not drowned out by the psy room. It was a little uncomfortable. But when you got in to the psy room, the volume wasn’t THAT loud.. .it was just right. Multi genre events involving most of EDM are hard for me to do, so I am thinking about what to do there in the future… Perhaps just a one room setup, which is not a bad thing either.
Derek and Carli’s deco setup was awesome… You guys are full of surprises, aren’t you?
Huge thanks to Scott and the Smoker’s Den staff for the hookahs (sorry about the rain!), thanks to the Wicked Wicks fire troupe for spinning (sorry you guys REALLY got soaked), and above all, thanks again to Rory and Dan for all the help they provided throughout the night.
THANK YOU to everyone for coming, for being respectful, for showing support. Let’s put our heads together and see what we can arrange to do there in the fall.
With how everything went, I can honestly take a step back from the big picture and say that SMALLER PARTIES ARE SIMPLY THE BEST.
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
