Marc's Public Blog - Clubbing and Trance

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Ok, so I like Techno, more specifically Trance. Unfortunately, the US, it's let's just say... a bit behind in that department. If you ever hear such music on the radio, or even in the street, let me know (for instance, in Australia, I heard great Techno in even a waterslide park of all places).
Anyway, at least, with San Francisco nearby, I've had some opportunities to see some great DJs, even if at least at 1015, I've often been disappointed by what they played compared to their usual sets (it's been better overall at Ruby Skye in the recent years).

Over time, I've seen many of my favorite DJs across the world, whether it was locally, in New York City, Canada, Australia, and of course Ibiza, and at Halloween 2004, I finally attended some great local parties that proved that you could get the good stuff locally too (even if all the artists came from other countries .
That said, I ended up finding out that some of my favourite DJs who put out great CDs and mixes, unfortunately mixed mostly boring tunes when I saw them live. That was quite a disappointment, but I have been hanging on for the few times where some DJs did actually play great live sets). It's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it

my favourite picture with Armin van Buuren at Ruby Skye

You can find all the pictures here

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2007/07/08 Blank and Jones at Ruby Skye

π 2007-07-08 18:46 by Merlin in Clubbing

This summer, we got many trance DJs in San Francisco (not counting a monster set from AvB in Los Angeles). There were unfortunately more DJs and parties than I was able to attend, due to other prior travel plans, but the first party I was able to attend was Blank and Jones at Ruby Skye (in case you hadn't noticed yet, that's pretty much where everything is now, 1015 is pretty much dead after years of bad customer service, crappy decors, searching their customers like you would thieves, and not giving a rat's ass about having their main DJ start at any pre-set time, up to you going home without even seeing the supposed main DJ).
Anyway, back to Ruby Skye and Bland and Jones, while I knew their music quite well, I had never had the opportunity to see them play live. Now, play is a big word because they pretty much plugged in a Mac, and apparently pressed play. While I might be wrong, it didn't look like they were mixing songs live. Then again, while this isn't much of a performance anymore, I suppose I don't mind too much as long as the music is at least good (which it was).
All in all, it was a good evening.

And here's a link to the rest of the pictures and videos of Blank and Jones at Ruby Skye

2007/07/16 Armin Van Buuren at Ruby Skye

π 2007-07-16 19:10 by Merlin in Clubbing

It was good to see Armin at Ruby Skye again. He still has a strong following, and fans who've seen him elsewhere (I saw someone who had also gone to Rotterdam to see him at Armin Only).
As always, he played a good set and gave everyone their money's worth. I ended up leaving a bit before the end because we were exhausted and Jennifer had to go work the next morning (which really was more "in a few hours" by the time we got home)
My only wish is that Ruby Skye sold stage access tickets as opposed to reserving them to a few VIPs (as in "you need to know someone"). Either that, or for them to put me on the said list so that I can take better pictures :)

But it was a great evening, and a real pleasure to see Armin as always. And here's a link to the rest of the pictures and videos of Armin Van Buuren at Ruby Skye