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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)



You can find all the pictures here

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2019/02/22 Infected Mushroom at Mezzanine
π 2019-02-22 01:01 in Clubbing, Tfsf
Opulent Temple has been rocking the playa for many years I was lucky enough to first find them back in 2005: http://marc.merlins.org/perso/clubbing,tfsf/2005-09.html#DJ-Ti_sto-at-Opulent-Temple-Black-Rock-City-_Burning-Man_ and 2007: http://marc.merlins.org/perso/clubbing/post_2007-09-01_DJ-Dan-Paul-Oakenfold-Gabriel-Christopher-Lawrence-at-Burning-Man.html , and been enjoying them since then. Just last burning man in 2018, they had awesome shows. Thanks guys!

Obviously, this costs money. I remember making donations to their funds back in the day, but as a more sustainable approach, they have been running fundraiser events like this one, and apparently with enough of them, it's been able to more or less fund Opulent Temple at Burning Man. Well done guys.

Infected Mushroom definitely puts on a show. It's kind of hard to describe, but Syd Gris wrote "their electric live shows" which sounds like a good description. The event was sold out a month in advance and so packed that I couldn't quite take decent videos, so I stuck to pictures, and even those were tough (ok, I was also enjoying an experience appropriate to the evening).




















Big thanks to the OT crew for bringing us this show, it was definitely one for the books.

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2019/02/15 Paul van Dyk at Pure Nightclub
π 2019-02-15 01:01 in Clubbing
Paul Van Dyk at a club 10mn away from my house? Abolutely, sign me up :)

It had been a while since I went to Pure in Sunnyvale, given the ridiculous search they put me through last time, and the attitude of their bouncers that really pissed me off (never mind how pointless the search was anyway).
This time again, they did a weird search going into my camera pouches and looking at weird things while skipping the entire contents of my pockets which they clearly felt were no empty (I even had an umbrella in there). I really don't get their logic... On the plus side, they didn't card me to ensure I was indeed more than 21...

Anyway, once in, the opening DJ was ok-ish but totally not playing the same kind of music, and around midnight PvD arrived and layed a decent set:










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2019/02/01 Transcend SF: Chicane/4 Strings at Mezzanine
π 2019-02-01 01:01 in Clubbing, Tfsf
Great lineup this night:
  • Jonn Connor B2B Northern SouI
  • Jason Reign
  • Taj B2B DJ Blurr
  • Chicane & 4 Strings
  • Chromata









  • Chicane was super nice and spent time talking with his fans and taking pictures after his set
    Chicane was super nice and spent time talking with his fans and taking pictures after his set

    and Khromata was there to close a great night. Thank you!
    and Khromata was there to close a great night. Thank you!

    Chicane played so many great classics that I ended up recording 1h10mn from that evening:


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