Haha, I haven't written in ages, and I'm completely unrepentant. I came back from Japan, life became normal/boring again, and there hasn't been much of anything to say. However! Today I have something to talk about!
My absolute favorite trance DJ is Armin van Buuren. Not only does he produce awesome songs, his live shows are legendary, and I believe he's currently ranked as the world's third best trance DJ. His weekly radio show, A State of Trance, is something that I've loved listening to for over a year, so a few weeks back, when I heard that he was touring the States in order to promote his second album, I took a quick look to see if he was coming to Boston... And by gosh, he was scheduled to play at Avalon!
Amusingly enough, I've never gone clubbing in the States before - all of my clubbing experience had taken place in Japan, so I figured that this was the time to check out an American club. I ended up going with Vivian (she ran late, so we met up on site), and wow, we had a total blast!
People are completely correct when they rave about Armin's energy and mixing. The guy is incredibly fun to watch, and the songs that he dropped were just fantastic. I didn't recognize many of them besides two songs from his new album - Zocalo, which is an amazingly beautiful track, and a weird version of Shivers that I didn't much care for (the dub version is the best, IMHO) - as well as Traffic (Aahhh! Tiesto! He never goes away). He also ended with Marcus Shulz's Without You Near, which was a fantastic way to finish off the evening. :3
Anyway, I came back and I was so excited that I actually felt inspired to write up a blog entry. So here you have it. Armin is awesome - I wish he'd gotten longer than two hours to play - silly Boston 2am curfews. Definitely check him out if you've got the chance - you won't regret it! Heh, and now I hear that Tiesto's putting in an appearance at Avalon sometime in November... I'm not a huge fan of his work, but I hear that his live sets are also really good, so we'll see... It could be fun. Now all we need to do is get Ferry Corsten to come over to Boston sometime and my life will be complete. ^_^
Tonight's experience was sooooo much better than that techno club in Shibuya, even if Avalon was a much smaller venue. Okay, the downside was that I had to put up with a whole bunch of creepy guys (Hello? I go to clubs to dance and enjoy myself, and that doesn't happen when I'm forced to rub my butt over your crotch D:<), but still... Trance really is the best! I'm such an addict. XD The past few days, all I've been listening to is old episodes of A State of Trance. Episode 200 has got to be one of the best things I have ever heard in my life!
So... Yeah. Today was win. And now my knees are kinda sore and I'm scheduled to go play in the anime club's 5-hour DDR marathon tomorrow. I'm such a nut. Wish me luck. @_@
- Rindi
Current song: Gabriel & Dresden vs Armin van Buuren - Zocalo (<3)
Current mood: Euphoric
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