Ellen Allien @ Parking + Week-End Review
Ellen Allien was the guest of honor at last Thursday's Overdose night. This flyer should provide sufficient proof:
Parking is always ridiculously overcrowded when out-of-town DJs swing by and last Thursday was no exception to the rule, making it difficult once again to fully appreciate the visiting DJ's set.
Parking is always ridiculously overcrowded when out-of-town DJs swing by and last Thursday was no exception to the rule, making it difficult once again to fully appreciate the visiting DJ's set.
Then again, it's no big secret that Parking is not exactly there for those looking for a grand musical experience. Parking is however the best place in the world to get completely trashed at, which explains why the only song I'm absolutely certain Ellen played is Uffie's "Ready to Uff". From what I can recall her set was pretty good overall, although I didn't really have a chance to "get into it", on account on the reason mentioned above.
Afterwards I ended up visiting Circus. The place was far from packed but still hosted a decent number of patrons. The thing is the temperature dropped during the night and they kept the giant fans going anyway, which made it a bit too chilly for many. A lot of people ended up retreating from the dance floor or staying in the hip hop room simply because it was a bit hotter in there.
David Laguer was deejaying in the main room and his set was very good once again. His selection ranged from soulful, tribal and electro-infused house, often with vocals and phat analog basslines. The guy definitely has an ear for solid productions and his beats, however commercial you may find them, never sound flat and always remain involving and dynamic.
On Friday, winter came back in town to fuck up my Chi. I was invited to Aria and I decided to comply and check the place out despite the frigorific temperature. Partygoers showed up in decent numbers but it was just impossible to warm up the big room and the cold temperature seeped in all night long until it was terminally cold near closing time. On the plus side, Nick Pillon and Kal both gave pretty good set. The more I hear Kal the more I like him, and his set last Friday was definitely an incentive to check him out again soon.
Oh – and they're now selling fruit salad and other munchables in the main room: finally, my prayers have been answered and we now have an alternative to Red Bull to keep us going ! Great!
Hope winter dies before we do, 'cause dancing out of a need for warmth ain't always fun.
Afterwards I ended up visiting Circus. The place was far from packed but still hosted a decent number of patrons. The thing is the temperature dropped during the night and they kept the giant fans going anyway, which made it a bit too chilly for many. A lot of people ended up retreating from the dance floor or staying in the hip hop room simply because it was a bit hotter in there.
David Laguer was deejaying in the main room and his set was very good once again. His selection ranged from soulful, tribal and electro-infused house, often with vocals and phat analog basslines. The guy definitely has an ear for solid productions and his beats, however commercial you may find them, never sound flat and always remain involving and dynamic.
On Friday, winter came back in town to fuck up my Chi. I was invited to Aria and I decided to comply and check the place out despite the frigorific temperature. Partygoers showed up in decent numbers but it was just impossible to warm up the big room and the cold temperature seeped in all night long until it was terminally cold near closing time. On the plus side, Nick Pillon and Kal both gave pretty good set. The more I hear Kal the more I like him, and his set last Friday was definitely an incentive to check him out again soon.
Oh – and they're now selling fruit salad and other munchables in the main room: finally, my prayers have been answered and we now have an alternative to Red Bull to keep us going ! Great!
Hope winter dies before we do, 'cause dancing out of a need for warmth ain't always fun.
posted by Bruce Benson at
Sunday, March 19, 2006
1 Comments:
Well, if you want annecdotes about last thursday - we saw this coked up dude start to beat up a latino guy in the line -up outside because - of all things - he would supposedly have 'insulted his girlfriend'. The door man was inside at the time - busy letting people skip the line, as usual - and since he seemed to know the coked-up guy it ended up being the latin dude's fault. Everybody got in anyway. Whatever. Oh - and screw dnb.
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