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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)



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2024/11/22 Second Dreamstate Socal in Long Beach by Queen Mary
π 2024-11-22 01:01 in Clubbing, Dreamstate, Festivals
Glad to be back, Dreamstate Socal is an event I look forward to, all year.

This is our second year at Queen Mary, you can read last year's report for Queen Mary vs NOS where DS used to be before that

glad to be back ;)
glad to be back ;)

And if you wanted to compare with DS at QM vs DS at NOS, you can go read this Dreamstate Socal 2022.

If you like this report, and want to see others/future ones, you can go on these pages:

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  • The Grounds: Long Beach by Queen Mary

    Passport (for insomniac event subscribers) was back:





    they had meet and greets
    they had meet and greets

    Passport was actually the 6th stage with a secret lineup for both days
    Passport was actually the 6th stage with a secret lineup for both days

    Dream VIP lost the covered area, but still had nice booths:


    Lots of booths:

    this time offered heli rides from not somewhere not that far. I'm not sure if they saved any time or were worth it. Please leave comments in the links at the top of this page if you used them
    this time offered heli rides from not somewhere not that far. I'm not sure if they saved any time or were worth it. Please leave comments in the links at the top of this page if you used them




    Getting to void was the same as last year, although the tunnel was prettier;

    boring during the day
    boring during the day

    nice a night
    nice a night

    tunnel to get back, people said it felt slippery and tough to climb when you were tired and altered
    tunnel to get back, people said it felt slippery and tough to climb when you were tired and altered

    Some different art this year:



    Views from the boat, were great:




    what it looks inside
    what it looks inside

    And if you were wondering about sound inside the boat, it depends where your room is, but there you go:

    Nice to see the venue late at night/early morning:




    People

    As always, a big part of what makes US insomniac events so much fun is the people who are part of the party.



    it was nice and sunny during the day (until it got very cold just hours later)
    it was nice and sunny during the day (until it got very cold just hours later)

    Props to Jose, barefoot photographer for all his shots
    Props to Jose, barefoot photographer for all his shots

    and also Thorgodofbass, our favorite videographer
    and also Thorgodofbass, our favorite videographer


    Ulrich!
    Ulrich!

    TFSF crew
    TFSF crew

    More fun at night, as always:







    And of course, fun totems:





    So, due to my LED outfit and the tech I carry/wear, things break but I'm also a McGuyver, so I care spares and repair tools. Funny thing was a totem that got damaged, the owner asked me "I heard you have a soldering iron", and I had to reply "I'm sorry, I don't have one, I have two" :)

    we got it fixed
    we got it fixed

    woohoo, it's working again
    woohoo, it's working again

    We took some Trancefamily pictures:




    Big props to the insomniac entertainers, always adding to the party:



    oh no, they didn't have batteries for their lights this year ;)
    oh no, they didn't have batteries for their lights this year ;)

    Thanks for taking pictures with us:




    Also shout out to ground control:


    Also, it's a great opportunity to meet DJs:

    JoC
    JoC

    Miyuki and Richard Durand
    Miyuki and Richard Durand

    Astrix
    Astrix

    Craig Connelly
    Craig Connelly

    Allen Watts
    Allen Watts

    Armin!
    Armin!

    RAM
    RAM

    first time meeting Darude!
    first time meeting Darude!

    Fadi after his wonderful set in the rain
    Fadi after his wonderful set in the rain

    Mark Sixma
    Mark Sixma

    Orjan Nilsen
    Orjan Nilsen

    Paul Oakenfold
    Paul Oakenfold

    OMG, got to meet Judge Jules
    OMG, got to meet Judge Jules

    Sean Tyas, having such a great time
    Sean Tyas, having such a great time

    Also great to see Alex Morph again
    Also great to see Alex Morph again

    Day 1

    DS opened a bit late on the first day, Queen with Mr Brooks was a bit empty
    DS opened a bit late on the first day, Queen with Mr Brooks was a bit empty





    Xijaro and Pitch
    Xijaro and Pitch




    nice visuals at vision
    nice visuals at vision

    Craig Connelly
    Craig Connelly

    Sequence was pretty packed
    Sequence was pretty packed

    Because Astrix ;)
    Because Astrix ;)

    GO debuted Octagon at DS
    GO debuted Octagon at DS


    Armnin was next (which sadly meant missing Blastoyx b2b Infected Mushroom)
    Armnin was next (which sadly meant missing Blastoyx b2b Infected Mushroom)




    thank you for adding the lasers
    thank you for adding the lasers

    Day 1 Summary Video:

    Day 1: Queen Mary Afterparty






    And that was it for Day 1, headed back around 04:00

    So if anyone wonders, lots of lights means lots of batteries and things to charge every night:


    new bigger 1S lipo batteries for my hat
    new bigger 1S lipo batteries for my hat

    and more
    and more

    Day 2

    Back for Day #2, it was hard to be there at 13:00 ;)

    thankfully made it to Khromata
    thankfully made it to Khromata

    it was early for most
    it was early for most












    Aly and Fila in the light rain, was majestic:






    So much joy to enjoy Ferry Corsten - Gouryella, again:

    the super tall flags were annoying, they messed up a lot of my pictures
    the super tall flags were annoying, they messed up a lot of my pictures

    finished the night with Above and Beyond
    finished the night with Above and Beyond



    Above and Beyond:

    Day 2: Queen Mary Afterparty

    After 01:00, it was time to migrate to the boat:

    Ruben again!
    Ruben again!


    Finished the night with Ferry Corsten, who even finished his set with some drum and bass ;)

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    Day 2 Summary Video:

    Weather concerns with QM vs NOS

    So, I am biased and I still prefer NOS once you're inside the venue (San Bernardino is not great, but once you're inside NOS, it's real wonderland), but the weather aspect is a concern for QM. Both years, QM had rain, NOS did not. NOS is inland in a somewhat arid area, QM is by the water, and even when it wasn't raining, everything was kind of wet due to dew (very high water concentration in the air that would condense on chairs and so forth).

    this is what I meant, by dew, almost fog to the ground
    this is what I meant, by dew, almost fog to the ground

    So, the relentless light rain that fell mostly all day on day #2, made the lasers on dream look dreamy indeed, but at the same time I was soaked by the end of the day, and my gopro literally had water inside and was barely rescued after several days in rice. Water and electricity aren't friends, this can't be easy on all the gear (although I didn't see anything that failed due to water).

    yes, it was pretty :)
    yes, it was pretty :)

    The rain was manageable this year, but I need to state again that last year got pissing rain in the middle of the night while we were on the boat party, and if that rain had been just a few hours earlier, it would have ruined the event. This just makes me nervous, Interstellar was entirely cancelled for freak weather, I honestly would prefer for DS to be back at NOS, if only for the more reliable weather.

    If DS is to stay at QM, I hope Insomniac plans for full covered spaces to deal with heavy rain if it happens. Of course, this is already present at NOS for 3 out of the 4 stages (2 with megastructures and one indoors)

    Aftermath and Conclusion: Should this not be 3 days and with a bit more sleep?

    Haha, I just realized this is the same thing I wrote last year. Since last year was too much music with 4 stages and music from 17:00 to 01:00 and then until 06:00 on the boat, Insomniac heard this, and fixed it by:

  • still two days
  • added a 5th stage, the art car, with very good trance :)
  • well, if you could passport, it was really 6 different stages. Insane!
  • now started at 13:00, making it 12H plus 5h afterparty, 17h per day
  • like last year, the long days created casualties :)
    like last year, the long days created casualties :)


    So yeah, suck it up people and your FOMO, here's even more music you won't all be able to see and even less sleep, haha :)
    It was literally 34h of music, which is usually what you get from a 3 day festival with 3 to 5 stages, a lot indeed. I would personally still prefer 3 shorter days to have more of a chance to see more artists and not miss as much (especially for all the sets that were not recorded), but it is #firstworldproblems :)

    The afterparty on the boat helped seeing some artists if you had missed them during the day, but even then it was 3 stages that were not that close from one another, and honestly how stayed up until 06:00 both nights while having started at 13:00? I barely made it for the first sets on the 2nd day :)

    Notes / Thoughts for this year:

  • This year had more daylight hours, which was a bit rough on DJs who were opening, and made costumes/outfits a bit more challenging (it was pretty warm during the day, but got very chily at night, including wind chill). Sure, it would be nice to have more hours at night, but with a curfew of 01:00 on the venue (vs 02:00 for NOS), the options are limited outside of making this a 3 day festival, which I'm surely down, for ;)
  • Void unfortunately was still "so close but yet so far" across a bridge that was dicey for some, or an underground tunnel that was a bit of a detour when going from dream to void.
  • I didn't feel it was easier to get to Void, the venue is very challenging layout, only so much can be done with that location
  • I missed the animated burning man LED art from last year, there was still art this year though
  • Dream VIP was shrunk somewhat and lost the covered spaces, which was unfortunate given the rain
  • As stated above, if DS is to stay at QM, I hope insomniac adds covered spaces to deal with rain.
  • Sound at Vision was much improved despite the challenging location. Not sure how they did it, but it was better
  • I still miss the NOS megastructures, but dream got improved a fair bit this year. The added lasers were beautiful
  • Dream was just beautiful
    Dream was just beautiful


    beautiful front and back
    beautiful front and back

    I still wish we could use the passenger terminal dome, looks like a sweet venue:


    Should you go? Would I go Back?

  • Don't let some of my observations/suggestions confuse you from the fact that this was another fantastic Dreamstate and I had so much fun, and so did everyone I talked to
  • I missed so many sets I wanted to see, I don't know how many sets were recorded, but I missed many I wanted to see and I was there almost every of hour
  • Insomniac improved some things at QM this year, not that last year was bad to start with ;) and continued to show that, within reason with layout issues (the street cutting off Void from the rest of the festival), they can do incredible things with a mere parking lot.
  • I'll repeat like each time, that the insomniac team has the most relentless overachievers I've ever seen. I'm thankful we have them.
  • Security continued to nice overall, they did ask for backpacks to be transparent this year, which is spreading and understandable. I guess we probably don't want people to walk around with big black backpacks that could have anything inside if somehow they made it past security
  • I'll continue to give the same answer to "Is it worth flying across the world for?" If you like trance and you want a better production value than many european shows (not counting Tomorrowland and arguably untold), yes, it is worth going to. Only 2 days, but it's really good and the night decors and costumes are much better than what you'll find in Europe.
  • So much fun, 'till next time:



    2024/11/20 Festival Dreamstate Hat Built with RGBPanel, Neopixels, and Lipos
    π 2024-11-20 01:01 in Clubbing, Electronics, Festivals
    Tech specs:
  • 32x16 flexible LED rgbpanel (displaying scrolling Dreamstate Logo)
  • 2 strings of Ray Wu P15 WS2812 both for layout reasons and for backup if one string breaks, the other one will keep working.
  • Lipo battery checker (but the lipos are protected, so they will self shut down)
  • flexible 16x32 RGBpanel
    flexible 16x32 RGBpanel

    found a hat big enough that it mostly fits on it
    found a hat big enough that it mostly fits on it

    of course, it needed a few LEDs :)
    of course, it needed a few LEDs :)

    what it looked inside and it worked with a small 1S 700mAh lipo (although not long enough)
    what it looked inside and it worked with a small 1S 700mAh lipo (although not long enough)

    bigger battery upgrade, and BTW those batteries lie, they are only 1600mAh
    bigger battery upgrade, and BTW those batteries lie, they are only 1600mAh

    testing battery draw, a bit over 0.5A which is a bit too much
    testing battery draw, a bit over 0.5A which is a bit too much

    So, why 3-4V lipos instead of USB battery packs with 5V that is expected by both the panels and neopixels/WS2812? Well, space is limited, USB battery packs are kind of big, and carry extra hardware to recharge that isn't needed inside the hat. There is also a side byproduct that powering both the panels and the LEDs with a lower voltage, limits their brightness and the amount of power (watts) they need, which means that a 16Wh lipo inside a USB battery pack stepped up to 5V, makes everyting brighter, but only lasts about half as long as powering directly from the lipo at lower voltage.

    bigger 4Ah 1S lipo worked for 8H at full power and LEDs worked all the way down to 2.8V!
    bigger 4Ah 1S lipo worked for 8H at full power and LEDs worked all the way down to 2.8V!

    panel worked all the way down to 3.4A before colors went wrong, 16H on a 1.6Ah battery
    panel worked all the way down to 3.4A before colors went wrong, 16H on a 1.6Ah battery

    of course now I had to find a buy a faster 1S lipo charger with the right connectors (had to get JST adapters)
    of course now I had to find a buy a faster 1S lipo charger with the right connectors (had to get JST adapters)

    quick test that a smaller 700mAh battery would last around 5H before things got dim
    quick test that a smaller 700mAh battery would last around 5H before things got dim

    After testing, I was able to confirm that both the $7 amazon controller (SP002E from https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09Y8SWJ77 ) and the RGBpanels, work fine with lower voltages (which is not a given since both run a microcontroller that was originally meant to be powered from 5V).
    The RGBPanel controller is a bit more picky about voltage and reboots around 3.5V, while the neopixels tend to drag the battery voltage down, causing the RGBPanel to crash and reboot when a single battery runs both, so I gave it its own lipo.

    Pixels still take 0.3 to 0.5A (I use a potentiometer to dial them down as the cheap controller I put has no dimming control) and the RGBPanel takes less than 0.1A, so that's nice (it actually goes all the way down to 0.05A or just 50mA) when the voltage drops.
    The combined tricks should give around 18H of runtime with the 2 batteries (4Ah and 1.5Ah 1S lipos), which is enough for 17 hours of dreamstate (they are not screwing around this time, 17H !!!)

    About the neopixel controller, I used a cheap $7 amazon controller that only had 3 physical buttons but sadly no dimming control, mostly because I wanted something very small, and while pixelblaze micro is also small, it doesn't have the pattern I want, and I didn't see the point of programming a pattern I already had on the other controller, so I just put a potentiometer to lower the voltage. It's obviously the wrong way to do it, but it works :)

    Here is the end result:



    2024/11/16 Orbital at Midway SF, back to the 90's!
    π 2024-11-16 01:01 in Clubbing
    As far as trips back in memory lane, go, this was a winner. Orbital are OGs in the electronic music world. After Jean Michel Jarre and Vangelis, they were likely the 3rd electronic music act I listened to, way back when. It's very hard to define their genre, especially since they predate most EDM genres, but I've seen "industrial electro funk" although Halycon and on is definitely it's own genre still (more ambient).

    The event was organized by Goldenvoice. The flier didn't have any info on whether they were going to be OTC, have openers, or until what time the event was running. The only piece of info was that it was supposed to start at 21:00. By the time I arrived at 22:00, wary of previous events announced at 21:00 but having so-so openers, or sometimes not even really opening doors until 22:00, but this time around they apparently did open at 21:00 and Orbital themselves did start at 21:00, go figure... So, I missed the first hour, but they were going strong by the time I arrived:





    not every time you see this
    not every time you see this



    The somewhat weird thing is they stopped in the middle of the set after saying something I was unable to comprehend due to poor microphone sound, but they took a 20mn break where they just left the stage and everyone in the room, and came back 20mn later :)

    The 2nd half of the show had more top tracks, including of course the Halcyon and on, but plenty more including "where times becomes a loop" that I had totally forgotten about:

    the room was packed
    the room was packed

    one of them performed without shoes :)
    one of them performed without shoes :)


    The show ended at 00:40. Definitely good time were had:


    2024/11/09 Jason Ross at MidwaySF
    π 2024-11-09 01:01 in Clubbing
    It had been a while since I had seen Jason Ross, so it was good news when I heard he was coming back at Midway SF.

    What wasn't expected, was that it would be in a side building which was mostly a hangar party, for some reason they were badly lacking bathrooms, so there was a 30mn bathroom line, which was not good.
    The lineup felt a bit all over the place in that there was no real unity in the music style, and I found myself waiting for Jason to take over, which he did at 0:30. I had a good time for the remaining 90mn.



    30mn bathroom line outside
    30mn bathroom line outside



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    2024/10/12 Ophelia Block Party with Seven Lions and Friends at Midway SF
    π 2024-10-12 01:01 in Clubbing
    Glad to be back, and even more delighted to have seen my friend Kepik rise the ranks to the level that he is now opening for Seven Lions. Great job Kepik!





    Plenty of people showed up:


    they even had costumed performers
    they even had costumed performers

    Glad to see plenty of friends:



    kandi masters :)
    kandi masters :)



    Of course, I didn't arrive naked either :)


    One special treat indoors is you could get tatoos:



    The party also had DJs playing in the main room, so you could hop back and forth:




    Gem & Tauri
    Gem & Tauri





    And before long, Seven Lions took mainstage outside and closed the day party:





    After the day party was over, the afterparty continued inside Midway until 02:00, good times for all.

    Video Summary:

    2024/10/04 Anjunabeats After Dark at Midway SF
    π 2024-10-04 01:01 in Clubbing
    It's glad to be back, my first show in the bay area in months after being gone travelling for festivals.
    I'll be honest that the anjuna lineup felt a bit random, lack of cohesion in the type of music, so some I really liked, some I had a hard time enjoying.

    Lovely running into a lot of friends I hadn't seen in a while:













    The highlight for me was Aname B2B Genix:


    Thanks to Genix for the picture
    Thanks to Genix for the picture






    Video Summary:

    2024/09/05 Captured Festival Malta
    π 2024-09-05 01:01 in Clubbing, Festivals
    After a busy summer festival, and a previous and first time in Malta for Rong Open Air Festival Malta 2024, I had one more summer festival: Captured Festival, back in Malta. I definitely enjoyed Malta the first time around and was happy to be back.

    This event was co-sponsored by TrancefamilyLA, so a few of us were there:


    It was just 1.5 days after burning man, flying home from burning man, unpacking everything, getting all the dust off (and that's a lot of work), and packing for the next trip to Europe. Unfortunately, for my LED outfit, it means taking out all the LEDs, washing it with vinegar first, then we washing detergent, and carefully re-installing the LEDs, which is especially tricky on the shirt. Long story short, I didn't have time to rebuild the pants and shirt, so brought the spare parts and tools to put everything back together in Malta:


    My LED shoes have also been a hassle of unreliability, so I brought my last spare modules and used my portable battery soldering iron to make one last working set before I come up with better LED shoes (you have some, really? please tell me which ones)

    I brought some of last spare LED modules and soldered battery connectors to triple their meager battery life
    I brought some of last spare LED modules and soldered battery connectors to triple their meager battery life

    After fixing my shirt for half the boat party (at least I got to enjoy the music), it was working again for the night club party (excuse the terrible dirty club mirror):


    Malta, the new Europe Trance Destination? Rong Malta vs Euphoria Malta vs Capture Malta

    I'm not going to talk about Lumi here again, you can go read my past reports from this year for more details, but the only reason I mention it in this Malta heading, is that more people have been looking for alternatives to lumi, for a combination of reasons ranging from pricing (honestly I don't feel lumi is terribly overpriced for that it offers, but lodging nearby has gotten more expensive for sure), the security team (will leave it at that), too many party people who aren't true trance lovers, especially on saturdays, and probably the most visible change has been the loss of small festival feel as lumi has been becoming bigger, more commercial (sorry, but the 6E water thing is insulting) and more expensive every year.
    I have to say that this happens to many festivals as they become more popular, unless they take steps to prevent growth by limiting venue size and capping ticket sales, most festivals tend to grow until they feel big and commercial.
    So why am I saying all this? Well, because this in my opinion created these new festivals in Malta this year (2 out of 3 were new), from Rong Festival Malta, Euphoria Festival Malta just a few weeks later (unfortunate calendar timing and just a few days after EDC Vegas, making it unreasonable to attend for me), and then of course this Captured Festival also in Malta

    So I hope I won't spoil anything by answering the question now of which Malta Trance Festival do I recommend, and honestly I would say all 3, but since that's not really feasible for most, including me, I'll describe all 3 so that you can choose, with the understanding that I have never been to Euphoria so it's just my understanding, not personal experience. I will go from cheaper and least commercial to more expensive and more commercial:

  • Euphoria Festival Malta is indeed the cheapest and most grass roots of the 3, if it weren't just a few days after EDC and I could have attended, I'm pretty sure it's similar to Anomaly Summer of Trance in feel, just without the 4 stages from ASOL: smaller festival feel, more chance to chat with and meet the DJs, and so so forth. The DJs will be less mainstage big festival DJs, but that's also a good thing in many ways, and I really mean this: I've attended lots of big festivals with the big name DJs, I do absolutely enjoy them, but it's really a nice and a breath of fresh air to enjoy smaller festivals that simply have more of a family and friends feel and where you're going to get real trance (more techno and hardstyle in the bigger trance festivals this year). I hope I didn't screw this description since indeed I wanted to attended, but just couldn't. Please send me corrections on IG or FB messenger if needed.
  • Captured Festival Malta would go in the middle, it had more of a mix of DJs between lesser known, cheaper to book and easier to meet before/after their set, to bigger name DJs that cost more, come with riders (a list of expensive alcohol bottles to provide before/after the show), that are less likely to mingle in the crowd. Since this page is about captured, depending on the day, it was 1 to 4 stages of music. This was the only one of the 3 to have psytrance (on day 3 only). You could pay with regular money, except on the first boat and the club on the 4th day, so that was a plus compared to all those festivals that require buying fake money credits (except day4 that definitely required them :( ).
  • Rong Malta was also a first timer in Malta this year, and they had a bigger lineup of more expensive DJs, as well as well as more means in lighting, lasers, and a few fireworks. It was also the only of the 3 that had more expensive VIP tickets. They sadly also required fake money you had to buy beforehand. Outside of the fake money/token nonesense, I also had a great time there, but it's of course a slightly bigger festival vibe without being a mega festival, or even feeling as big as lumi.
  • For comparison, Lumi would fit here as bigger even (4 stages for all 4 days and 11h/day), and most DJs (too many for me) in that amount of time.
  • Verdict: you will have fun and great trance at all 3 of those 3 Malta Festivals:
    So even if I had been able to all 3, I wouldn't tell you that one is clearly is better choice. I think I'll be pragmatic and maybe point to your time off calendar as well as your budget. All 3 are fun in their own way, and none of them are a bad choice, and by that I mean no showstoppers or things that really would turn you off like some of the stuff at the trance festival that shall not be named anymore :) If some of you think I might be hard to please, actually I'm happy by default, and you have to give me clear reasons to be unhappy with unnecessary BS (and yeah, fake money/tokens goes in that bucket), over the top security, and/or petiness (figure out how much money you need, charge us the correct amount in the ticket price, and then no nickel and diming once we are there).
    So honestly, all 3 festivals did well on that front, and I think you'll have a good time at all 3. Also now, you hopefully know where to lean if you prefer small and intimate vs slightly bigger.

    The People

    As always, people are what makes those events that much more fun of course, and glad to see the same friends around the world:

    Ferry Tayle had the winning shirt
    Ferry Tayle had the winning shirt

    I used his idea :)
    I used his idea :)

    Airwave suggested we modify it, slightly :)
    Airwave suggested we modify it, slightly :)

    Had a bit of fun as usual.
    Steve was having a good time, as always:


    he actually requested that we take this picture :)
    he actually requested that we take this picture :)

    And now I'm also lucky enough to have pictures with both Vini Vicis :)


    my first one from 2021
    my first one from 2021

    I also had an updated graphic for Andy Moor
    I also had an updated graphic for Andy Moor

    As well as Sean Tyas
    As well as Sean Tyas

    Plus plenty of friends and people with fun outfits:




    Day 1

    A bit like Rong, it was different things on different days. The first day was kind of chill with an optional extra cost boat party, which turned out to be the exact same boat I had been on months prior for Rong Malta :) The one nice thing Captured did was to rented 2 similar boats to allow more people to experience the party, and as extra bonus, the DJs were able to swap between boats during the night, allowing both boats to get mostly the same music.
    The only small minus was that the boats left 1.5h late (took a long time to get everyone checked in), so the cruise was mostly sunset/night, which wasn't a bad thing after all



    Solarstone
    Solarstone

    and Ferry Tayle
    and Ferry Tayle


    After the boat party was over, there was an after party at a club that got changed last minute (you had to know to follow the FB group to stay updated with multiple changes), so I went there for a short while, but having barely slept the previous nights and having just gotten out of burning man 2 days prior, I was totally exhausted and went to get some sleep



    on the plus side, while my outfit came in pieces in the luggage, after the boat party I had it assembled and fixed again
    on the plus side, while my outfit came in pieces in the luggage, after the boat party I had it assembled and fixed again

    Day #1 Video Summary:

    A few sets I was able to record

  • Ferry Tayle:
  • Solarstone:
  • Day 2

    The organizers were ambitious and had planned day parties starting around noon for the remaining days, but had to communicate that they got cancelled due to last minute issues with the venues. Honestly that was not an issue for me, the weather was honestly hot and sweaty as balls and it was not fun to party in those conditions. It was so much nicer when I went to Malta in May, this time around, it felt like Thailand, which was not a good thing. Until sunset, the weather was pretty unbearable all those days. I'll also add that Malta has a lot of cool things to visit, so it was not a bad thing to have some morning and early afternoon time to visit attractions.

    Everything for days 2 and 3 was at Gianpula Village, a clubbing destination in the middle of Malta with multiple independent clubs inside:





    and finally the sun went to hide and weather became a bit more bearable:


    room 2 was upstairs with a nice top view and swimming pool
    room 2 was upstairs with a nice top view and swimming pool

    Back to mainstage, now that things were finally dark:

    great to see FactorB again
    great to see FactorB again

    and Thrillseekers
    and Thrillseekers

    If you got hungry, basic food was available at reasonable prices. Tap water is drinkable in Malta, was available, and no one cared that I brought water in my camelback (contrast with lumi obviously):


    we did get some lasers
    we did get some lasers

    Day #2 Video Summary:

    And a few sets I was able to record:

  • Thrillseekers:
  • JOC:
  • Factor B:
  • Giuseppe Ottaviani:
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    Day 3

    Day 3 was also at Gianpula Village, but used different clubs inside it than the previous days.


    Day 3 was the longest day/night with 4 different stages, so plenty of music. The rooftop location was all vynil mixing, old school:

    Orkidea
    Orkidea

    Sam Mitcham was one of the organizers and also mixed vinyl for us
    Sam Mitcham was one of the organizers and also mixed vinyl for us

    great way to enjoy sunset
    great way to enjoy sunset

    Back at mainstage, Paavo was there playing his new music as P.O.S: (initials of his name, if you didn't know :) )



    The cool thing was underground, which played psytrance all night. It was a very cool looking cave venue:



    Back at mainstage with a lovely set from Solarstone (partial recording below):


    the main room had legit lighting
    the main room had legit lighting

    The big surprise for me was Emma Hewitt who came to sing live on stage. Not all the songs were hers, but I'm a sucker for live singing trance, so I had a great time (full set below):



    Vini Vici was next on mainstage for some great psytrance (full set below):


    The main room was banging for the rest of the night:


    Bryan was nice enough to take pictures with fans
    Bryan was nice enough to take pictures with fans

  • Bryan Kearney:
  • Lostly:
  • And more trance vinyl classics at the same time, stage hopping:


    Day #3 Video Summary:

    Day 4

    Sunday was the last day, home stretch! The last venue was another club, slightly that last venue had a stupid token policy, with a minimum spend, no less. WTF is that? You have to spend 30E if all you want is a drink? Well, as usual when they have ridiculous policies like that, I made sure to not spend a dime, and I wish more would do the same to tell them how not ok this is.


    plenty of ways to spend your tokens, a $30 tequila bottle for 219E :)
    plenty of ways to spend your tokens, a $30 tequila bottle for 219E :)

    I found out the night before that my LED panels grew a fault after some post burning man damage, so I brought enough to do panel surgery and replace the broken panel while enjoying some trance :)

    Burning man unfortunately damaged the chips on my board, creating green lines
    Burning man unfortunately damaged the chips on my board, creating green lines


    so I spent time at the pool listening to music dealing with the ugly parts of my outfit, I try not to show anymore ;)
    so I spent time at the pool listening to music dealing with the ugly parts of my outfit, I try not to show anymore ;)

    old panel out, new panel in (I have 6 panels total)
    old panel out, new panel in (I have 6 panels total)

    The venue had 2 rooms, both playing lovely trance:


    nice swimming pool
    nice swimming pool


    not everyone got thirsty :)
    not everyone got thirsty :)

    and Paul Oakenfold was up to no good ;)
    and Paul Oakenfold was up to no good ;)

    So happy to see Andy Moor again, got the full set here:

    Paul did a banging classics set, 30y of perfecto (also full set):

    And then, very glad to have Sean Tyas again, it had been a while for me, full set below:


    The party went on for a little while longer, but I had an early appointment the next day, so I ended things there to get a bit of rest

    Day #4 Video Summary:

    Conclusion

    This festival was similar to Rong Malta in many ways, multiple venues, 4 days, lots of fun. Glad that I was able to attend.

    Mpre photos:

  • https://photos.app.goo.gl/JqTnFSNEQK5j9gze8
  • Pictures of all 4 days:
  • Day #1 Video Summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6TinVkg3jI
  • Day #2 Video Summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX9Thhl_mWw
  • Day #3 Video Summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CIPCEMdMRY
  • Day #4 Video Summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJrp11X-1qg
  • Here are sets from one stage I recorded. The video quality is not great, but I figured it was still good to have a nice souvenir and be able to re-enjoy the music:

    Day1:

  • Boat Party Ferry Tayle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mvhr0MD_qM
  • Boat Party Solarstone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUOqv7wKTEo
  • Day2:

  • Thrillseekers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XguWKoakOVU
  • JOC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6UjMHsO6S0
  • Factor B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE8BlXs84As
  • Giuseppe Ottaviani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kui2ElrQVTA
  • Day3:

  • Solarstone (partial): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGKhF3FiNN0
  • Emma Hewitt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lGtYIb4IKk
  • Vini Vici: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxeusNyxGU8
  • Bryan Kearney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPlbQviAM0U
  • Lostly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeyUbK8B004
  • Day4:

  • Andy Moor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU63yN435Mc
  • Paul Oakenfold playing 30y of perfecto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m35vrM_45d4
  • Sean Tyas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPJeyNcZnFQ
  • Should you go? Would I go Back?

  • As mentioned at the top, there is a fair amount of competition on Malta Trance Festivals. While I only went to 2 out of the 3 possible, honestly all 3 are fun, and it may be more whether this one fits your work/vacation schedule
  • Everything wasn't perfect, there were some location changes, the day parties I probably would not have gone to anyway, got cancelled, but they did a reasonable job communicating with us about what was going on and making alternate plans where appropriate. I'll note that Rong also had some similar challenges, which goes to show it's not easy.
  • The one thing I wasn't quite ready for was the weather which honestly was hot and humid, as in Thailand level hot and humid, and it was not fun until after sunset. From what I've been told, it was worse than expected for that time of the year in Malta, so hopefully next year will have better weather in Sept. But it's true that Rong in May and Euphoria Weekender just 2 weeks later had much nicer weather.
  • I will say for this festival too, thanks to its more limited size, that you could meet the organizers, and they cared.
  • security was more than reasonable at all venues, which again, I was thankful for. I just brought my camelback with water every day and it was not an issue.
  • For this festival too, it being smaller in size (not in length) allowed for chatting with some DJs more easily, which was nice. Some bigger name DJs came and went without you being able to ever see them, but so be it.
  • For my pet peeve of stupid fake money and tokens, it was mostly ok except the first boat that had tokens, and the 4th day venue that had ridiculous tokens with a 30E minimum spend. Organizers, please tell venues not to do this, or select other ones that don't do this BS.
  • In the good surprises, I personally really appreciated having P.O.S. playing his new music, as well as Emma Hewitt live, those two were special treats for me. Let's also not forget the 30 years of perfecto set that Paul Oakenfold played, of all the years I've seen him, that was by far my favorite set of his.
  • Good crowd of trance lovers, thanks to all of you.
  • So thank you to everyone who made this happen, for a first year event in this new country, things went quite well considering.

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    2024/08/17 Anomaly Summer of Trance in Birmingham, UK
    π 2024-08-17 01:01 in Clubbing, Festivals
    As an end of my EU festival tour, I was able to attend ASOL, Anomaly Summer of Trance in Birmingham, which was a lovely local trance festival. While it is a fan organized festival from trance lovers to trance lovers in a local park, I didn't expect all that much, but I was pleasantly surprised and it was much more than what I expected: it had 4 stages, including proper psytrance.

    The park was cut in 2, half was for campsite, and the other half was for the festival. It ran from 12:00 to 23:00, and while the footprint wasn't huge, we were only a few hundred people and it worked out just fine. On top of that there was virtually no sound bleed between the stages, and two of them were covered, allowing for nice lights and lasers before the sun set (although there was also 3 hours of actual night.

    ASOL Compared to Others

    So since people say I compare lumi to everything, when I'm not even trying (like Lumi vs EDC Vegas which would be a ridiculous comparison), in this case I think it's actually fun to compare ASOL and Lumi, so there we go (yes, this comparison is only half serious :) ):

  • Lumi: 4 stages, 4 days, 11h/day, sunset stage usually packed too much to be useful and with terrible sound and soundbleed
  • Asol: 4 stages, 2 days, 11h/day, all stages had room, little soundbleed
  • Psytrance?

  • Lumi: no psytrance, why don't you like trance, are you a terrorist?
  • Asol: nice little psytrance stage, even if it was for only 20 to 30 people there (thank you for them)
  • Sunset?

  • Lumi: yes, and nice ones most nights (as late as 22:15 or so)
  • Asol: not really, but you don't have to clean sand from your socks and shoes :)
  • Crowds:

  • Lumi: overpacked, especially on saturday, too many party people who barely know the music
  • Asol: just trance lovers, plenty of space
  • Crowd Size:

  • Lumi: at least 10x bigger than aosl (maybe 50x bigger on saturday?)
  • Asol: smaller, more cozy.

  • Note that for actual ground footprint, ASOL is not that much smaller than Lumi, if at all. It was also flat, no sand, and much more comfortable as a result.

    How much night/darkness:

  • Lumi: 45mn of night (longest day of the year, curfew 23:00), barely any lights, no lasers, no covered/indoor-ish stage (Lumi at its old location, Bernie's had indoor stages, but the new location does not).
  • Asol: 3.5h of night (curfew also 23:00), 2 stages covered with lights and lasers that were usable half the day
  • Lockers/In and Outs:

  • Lumi: lockers that got sold many times last year, causing thefts, and in my case I can't prove it, but I'm pretty sure actual staff emptied my locker overnight thinking it was a one day locker (they were wrong) and then kept all my stuff. As of 2024, partial in and outs were allowed.
  • Asol: no lockers, but for most, campsite was just across the fence. However I believe in and outs were not allowed, so basically you had to bring all your things in. I brought my festival backpack and left it by the stage from time to time, I didn't feel too worried about theft. Actually the bar did have a coat check and could keep your stuff if needed.
  • Bathrooms:

  • Lumi: basic porta potties that were in the way of a stage and made it smell bad
  • Asol: actually the best, cleanest and best maintained porta potties I've seen at any festival. Not in the way of any stage, no smell issues.
  • So, since I'm now doing more festivals than I have time to do reports after the fact near realtime, posting stories on instagram is important to me since I least I can contribute something on the fly, as opposed to weeks later. As a result, internet connectivity is useful:

  • Lumi: cell connectivity was good enough, no wifi
  • Asol: cell connectivity was good enough, no wifi
  • Lodging distance and price:

  • Lumi: nearby lodging was 15mn away or so (by bike), and around $200/nght unless you found shared properties, no onsite camping.
  • Asol: nearby lodging was 15mn away or so (by foot), the mercure was also $200/night or you could camp onsite for very cheap
  • Drinkable water and food:

  • Lumi: no drinkable tap water (well there is, they won't let you access it), overpriced bottled water and drinks, a fair amount of food vendors but not great food
  • Asol: no drinkable tap water, reasonably enough priced bottled water and drinks, they let me in with a camelback full of water so it didn't matter. They were two food trucks, which is not a lot but was sufficient for the crowd and food was ok enough.
  • Security rules and staff:

  • Lumi: tie for worst security guys with creamfields, looking for a fight, and not giving a rat's derriere if attendees have a good time
  • Asol: best vibes, totally cool folks, and really the fence was mostly honor system, we all wanted to pay so that the organizers could pay the bills and hopefully make a small profit (unfortunately I read the profit was meager)
  • Let's talk about security a bit more. First, I need to start with saying that Holland is otherwise a chill an sensible country. They are not constantly worried about being attacked. UK however is very worried all the time, you get metal detector, body scan and X-ray machine searched almost everywhere, including even just an aquarium in London. Similarly when I was travelling, most venues would not allow me to stash my luggage somewhere when I didn't have a car, and my previous hotel was 2 towns away while my next one was 2h train away, because "bomb risk". So yeah, definitely not something I like about the UK. And yet, this is still what happened:

  • Lumi: over the top security search, up to last year prevented TSA approved small liquids, still prevents sprays like small hair sprays, and plenty of other things that could maybe be used for an attack that that never happened in Holland that I know of. That's another way to say that Lumi is applying ridiculous and unnecessary levels of security.
  • Asol: mostly honor system security, they were very nice and friendly and maybe they were just making sure no one would bring an axe or actual weapon. It couldn't have been more welcoming and friendly than that.
  • Now, this is where I need to state that in both festivals, it was trivial to throw things inside under or over the fence, but Asol didn't bother making your life miserable for no reason when things could be smuggled in anyway, while the fake security lumi team tried to save the world at the gate while it was trivial to bring anything in past the fence, including of course the water they tried so hard to prevent.

    I've lost faith on Lumi ever getting a properly festival trained security team that is actually there to maximize attendee enjoyment while keeping things safe where there is really a need, not calling bomb alerts on an LED outfit, potentially stealing from lockers at night (unconfirmed, but it's the most likely explanation for what happened to my stuff there) or letting them be stolen from by reselling lockes many times, and now by literally grabbing attendees' genitals during entrance searches. So Bo, if someone sends you this, please show me wrong, fix this, and I will happily eat my words and credit you for this change. Hell, if I can finally get assurance that it's safe for me to go back to Lumi with a new a more reasonable security team and rules, I will seriously consider it. In the meantime, Asol has shown us all what security can look like when the crowds are the best crowds (and aren't trance people, the best?). Trance lovers don't do barfights and don't need bar bouncers looking for a fight to get a boner, we need the "boner check supervisor" :)

    Free massage/sizing of your genital package at the entrance:

  • Lumi: included in some security lines as of 2024 (there is apparently an equivalent option for women, they are not sexist)
  • Asol: not included by default, but I'm told you can call the erection supervisor, and he will likely help you out :)
  • And to summarize my paragraph above:

  • Lumi: Security seems to get a boner when they got to rough up attendees and drag them out by show of force, including a friend of mine I'm pretty sure, never attacked them for caused physical trouble (and even then a good security team uses their mediation skills to de-escalate)
  • Asol: Security was there to check everyone's boners :)

  • The Grounds:

    The venue was a short walk from the mercure hotel, which had nice beds if you didn't want to camp in the grass:

    nice walk with blackberries
    nice walk with blackberries


    campers onsite were right there
    campers onsite were right there



    medical staff on hand
    medical staff on hand

    food was 2 food trucks with decent enough options
    food was 2 food trucks with decent enough options


    bar prices were reasonable
    bar prices were reasonable

    one stage was a fun stage in a truck and worked well
    one stage was a fun stage in a truck and worked well

    there was a nice psytrance stage
    there was a nice psytrance stage

    cool decors
    cool decors


    The People

    What was fun is both days had a theme, water/ocean the first day, and disco the 2nd day. Lots of people came with costumes and it made the event even more fun:
















    Day 2 was disco:








    got to meet Ben Elliott, and many other TFUK folks
    got to meet Ben Elliott, and many other TFUK folks


    Meeting DJs








    Day #1















    Day #1 Video Summary:

    And a few sets I was able to record:

  • Ciaran McCauley
  • Alex Morph:
  • Alan Watts:
  • Jordan Suckley:
  • Day #2

    Day #2 was disco outfit day!
















    Day #2 Video Summary:

    And a few sets I was able to record:

  • Alessandra Ronconne:
  • Lostly:
  • David Forbes:
  • Ben Gold:
  • John 00 flemming:
  • Should you go? Would I go Back?

  • Decors, lasers, and lights were actually more than I expected, well done for a small festival!
  • This year again, security was more than reasonable, thank you.
  • 22 hours of trance on 3 to 4 stages, that's a lot
  • Is it worth flying across the world for? Ok, maybe not, but if you are within Europe and short flight/train away, please do.
  • I loved the vibes and the crowds and would love to go back. This is also where I would tell you, just like Rong Malta, that is really sucks and you shouldn't come with all your badly drunk friends to f it up :) Unfortunately the organizers have for now said that they won't be doing the event again due to the amount of work and slightly negative profits, which is a shame but understandable. I feel lucky and thankful to have been able to attend this special event, and my heartfelt thanks to them for making the event happen these last years, and so happy I was able to attend this year.

  • Pictures of all 3 days: https://photos.app.goo.gl/9JiuWP4ASQNT7BP59
  • Day #1 Video Summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJXpz8xnikQ
  • Day #2 Video Summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqyvzWUN5nk
  • Here are sets from one stage I recorded. The video quality is not great, but I figured it was still good to have a nice souvenir and be able to re-enjoy the music:

    Day1:

  • Ciaran McCauley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYr9nqk-NUU
  • Alex Morph: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JahgQgAoGp0
  • Alan Watts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-pNzQg1WHk
  • Jordan Suckley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1Bw8jxFWVA
  • Day2:

  • Alessandra Ronconne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3I-aBW8ESU
  • Lostly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIR3HoSkIjY
  • David Forbes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43KQColRgvU
  • Ben Gold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c-DuYO1UB0
  • John 00 flemming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsNKXqcl-yU
  • We had a fantastic time. Here are some group pictures:



    And this summarized everything :)


    2024/07/29 Ozora Festival near Hungary
    π 2024-07-29 01:01 in Clubbing, Festivals
    After going to Boom in Portugal last year, Ozora was the other big psytrance festival I had to check out, and thankfully it didn't conflict with Untold this year, so I was able to to attend just after tomorrowland and

    I had a massive failure of my LED strings, thankfully I had just enough tools to barely fix it: 1138*

    1116* 1127* 1133*|this guy brought his bed at mainstage 1134*

    Mainstage 1136* 1102* 1109* 1111* 1113* 1129* 1141*|yes, it is a bit crazy at times, yo have to live it 1146*|can be enjoyed from almost anywhere :)

    DJs 1120* 1122*

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    2024/06/29 Pride 2024 XOXO Festival at Midway SF With Above and Beyond
    π 2024-06-29 01:01 in Clubbing, Festivals
    This was the biggest show and festival that had ever been held at Midway in SF, so that is to say it was an impressive setup. A lot of new things that could have gone not too well, did go well, so kudos to everyone that was involved in the setup and made sure it ran smoothly. Honestly the only thing I noticed was that at some point there were enough people (the most Midway likely has ever had) that all the bathrooms were a bit insufficient for the crowd (and they brought extra), so I will call this a success :)

    It was one of the longest days of the year, so we only had 90mn of darkness, and as usual, I made the best of it :)


    But let's go back to the beginning, lots of sunlight, and thankfully it was actually quite nice and cool.

    huge stage got setup in the street with daytime visible RGB Panels with holes to let the wind through
    huge stage got setup in the street with daytime visible RGB Panels with holes to let the wind through

    the inside of Midway got decked out
    the inside of Midway got decked out

    nice custom poster
    nice custom poster

    a lot of anjunafam came early, and thankfully the weather was actually cool
    a lot of anjunafam came early, and thankfully the weather was actually cool


    hahah
    hahah

    Great to run into lots of friends as always:






    The event also had multiple dancers and costumed performers:


    and yes, this qualified as a festival, 3 rooms going at once:



    We got a nice selection of DJs that played lovely trance for us, starting with Blur:



    Next was elevven:




    Ilan Bluestone was next:




    Mor Avrahami came from Israel took over before above and beyond:



    I tried to go check out the other rooms too:



    And then Jono and Paavo from Above and Beyond finished the day, which hadn't turned into night yet (one of the longest days of the year):












    After the regular party, there was an after party from 22:00 to 06:00, so plenty of partying for anyone who had the energy :)






    Great job to everyone at midway who got this event running pretty flawlessly, thanks for the event!

    Video Summary:


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