Marc's Public Blog - Clubbing and Trance

Ok, so I like electronic dance music, more specifically Trance. When I started in the 1990's, the US was a bit behind in that department.
Still, with San Francisco and San Jose nearby, I've had some opportunities to see some great EDM/Trance DJs. Back in the early 2000's, they sadly played club music in the US that was nowhere close to the hits they had composed and were known for, but over the years, as Trance started becoming more popular, those DJs finally started playing their good tunes in the US too, and maybe from 2004 on, it's only been getting better.
Popsicle Halloween 2004 was really the beginning of great music parties in the San Francisco Area, and thankfully things have gotten even better since then

As a matter of fact, after another 10 years (2015 and beyond) the good news is that Trance has grown quite a following in the US, and places like the SF Bay Area, and while Trance has been declared dead a few times in the last 10 years, it's still going strong here.
Trance Family SF is definitely strong in the area, we've been getting more big trance parties every year, including many top DJs that come visit us what feels like every other week now (as of 2018-2019), and through those events, I made many friends in Trance Family SF. Thanks to you all.

Over those years, I got the chance to meet a few of my favourite DJs, including Armin more than once, and my last hobby has been to work on lights for my shirt and pants (version 3) and (version 4)

You can find all the pictures here

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2015/09/27 Beyond Wonderland at Shoreline

π 2015-09-27 01:01 in Clubbing

Like last year, I got tickets to go to Beyond Wonderland because

Sadly, last year the Trance lineup was fantastic, and so were the stages. This year, only 3 stages, no trance the first day, and the trance stage on the 2nd day was the crappiest stage of all 3 stages. Considering the Trance lineup they had at EDC just a few months prior, and the crowds they got, that was both unexpected and disappointing. Insomniac clearly didn't try as hard this year.

The crowds are of course always fun: