Marc's Public Blog - Clubbing and Trance

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

2005/09/02 Paul Oakenfold at Opulent Temple / Black Rock City (Burning Man)

π 2005-09-02 00:00 by Merlin in Clubbing I went to Burning Man like the last 3 years, except that we really got a treat: Oakey and Tiësto played there. You can read my Burning Man 2005 report for lots of pictures and details on the event. But in a nutshell, it was payday for Trance Lovers, as Armin would say: Oakey and Tiësto's appearances were not really widely announced, which is good as it kept the attendance to Burning Man attendees, as opposed to people who might have attended Burning Man mostly unprepared and as tourists, just to see those two start DJs. Anyway, Oakey did a very enjoyable set, especially for his fans like me who recognized all the tracks he played from his 1996 debut with Dragonfly, a Voyage into Trance. All I can say is thank you so much Oakey. The pictures and videos are here (note that most are dark and coarse grained because you mostly can't take flash pictures at Burning Man due to the dust that is flying everywhere in the air. Also, Oakey was smiling and having a great time, I just got unlucky on most of the pictures I took)