this was taken with my phone, it's a bit blurry but a great picture.. who would have thought I would be taking a picture of Tom and Kamal having a beer in a kitchen in Pensacola?
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this was taken with my phone, it's a bit blurry but a great picture.. who would have thought I would be taking a picture of Tom and Kamal having a beer in a kitchen in Pensacola?
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NICE Emilie, loving the pictures you just added.... I just dont know what the fuck is Alvaro doing in this one
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lmao lovely...
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as GREAT as this picture is, what it doesnt show is that fact it took Kamal a good 30 seconds or so to figure out how to open both eyes at the same time.. he still failed, lmao! That bottle was going No WHERE!
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sheisse sheisse ..... I dropped 2 turds on my bed Dr. WeedSame to you Steve, also LOVE what you have written and think the same way. As for intimate but scary moments (Adam in nothing but a towel) I took care Kamal had a scary moment as well. LMAO. I dunno why because I can't remember what I dreamt but on the first night I obviously had a nightmare and screamed loud before I woke up. Maybe it was the lack of sleep and jet lag, the tension and the unkown surrounding or the booze or everything together..I only know that the last time this happened was looong ago. Kamal was scared to the bones that poor guy. Sorry again for a rude wake up mate. Leave a comment:
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Same to you Steve, also LOVE what you have written and think the same way. As for intimate but scary moments (Adam in nothing but a towel) I took care Kamal had a scary moment as well. LMAO. I dunno why because I can't remember what I dreamt but on the first night I obviously had a nightmare and screamed loud before I woke up. Maybe it was the lack of sleep and jet lag, the tension and the unkown surrounding or the booze or everything together..I only know that the last time this happened was looong ago. Kamal was scared to the bones that poor guy. Sorry again for a rude wake up mate.
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It was more than a pleasure to be "The Fixer" for you gentlemen. And for the record the floors were moving all because of y'all. NOW, the bathroom walls are a totally different story!!!!
AND JUST REMEMBER IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF YOU IT WAS ALL THE FAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tom, youre a top geezer mate!
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Seeing all the pictures and the comments made me going through the last days again and gave me a warm and fuzzy feeling inside. After this experience I would do it ANYTIME again, having to fly 11.000 miles for it or not. I was confident from the beginning that it would be cool but it actually topped my expectations by far. I have no words how awesome it was to meet some of you guys after such a long time in real Life and it was also great to meet some new people I only know from postings here or not at all till last week.
The long flight to the States and especially the security checks were annoying but from the second I arrived at the Pensacola airport and saw Mr. Steve James on the exit with a sign "Herr Bayer" I felt like coming home because it just felt so normal…no distance, doubts or anything…just connected from the very first second on like when you meet friends you have not seen since ages. Meeting Kamal was the icing of the cake because if there is one soulmate in this World then it's him. It was awesome to finally meet you my friend and it wasn't the last time.
I got to know so many nice and open minded people like Alvaro, Krish, Eddie (you crazy mofo), Tim, Bender (is it 1st street or 1st south street???
), Mindy (special thanks for the rides and the catering 
), Emily (thanks for being the host on the first day and letting all the crazy dudes in your house and special thanks for introducing me to Jägerbombs lol). Stephen (great guy but sucks in making Jägerbombs when too drunk lmao), Clintlove, Steve James and Graham (special thanks for playing the wonderful music that kept us going all the time no matter if we dance or just sit around), Hafid (especially for his devastating set in the early morning) and the FSM crew for providing the space for the afterparty and giving us a warm welcome, It was also very nice to see Adam for the first time and meeting Megan, Rhanson and Jarble was also pretty cool.
There are so many people who made the last days a wonderful time for me that I am sorry I forgot somebody….I am still not back to 100% lol. BTW, the pic I almost like best is this one…Steve looks sooo satisfied and happy.. LMAO
Though he does not have a buddy on his side this is imo a true follow up for this one with Adam and Mike Man from 2006 @ WMC.
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^^ sez it all..... (got goose bumps reading it)
I DISTINCTLY remember LuckySouth and Hammer playing back to back but didnt pick up Hammer was coming on..... dont remember if you looped the end of LuckySouth really long cause Hammer and LuckySouth played on for a minute (or two). I just remember bouncing my nuts off to LuckySouth and Krish's voice telling me.... dude that's the Dousk track and my brain woke up from it's trance, pumped a little more adrenaline into me and the bouncing resumed at 130 bpm..... WOWZA.....
sorry about your visit to the chiropractor.......pls send the check over to me
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Holy SHIT! where do I even start?
Since Jibs and I were the first ones there, well, actually, Alvaro was there on his own because someone decided he didnt the first plane he was meant to be on and hung about the airport a bit longer. But being able to experience each trip to the airport..
1st for Stefan
2nd for Ze German, AKA Dr Weeds, AKA Tom
3rd for Kamal, Krish and Tim
That whole first day was an emotional roller coaster, in a good way.. by the way Kamal I'm of to a chiropractor between the hug at the airport and back patting at 126 bpm at the after party, I need an adjustment, lol
after that the next 24 hours people still kept showing up.. Adam, Ryan, Todd, Jamie and Clint
First off.. saying it was great meeting all of you for the first time jsut doesnt do it justice.. To have so many different personalities and cultural backgrounds basically come together and party for about 4 days straight and have ZERO tension.. well, it is immense and a tremendous example of how music can bring people together. I havent laughed so hard for that long in ages, some of the little conversations, tail ends of conversations and imagery (Stevie Wonder on the porch) is going to keep me smiling for a long time.
Thursday night at Miss Emilies aka The Fixer (what a fuckin trooper, you are an angel) was a great time for us to just hang out drink and get to know each other before the mayhem truly began, although, it really already had. THANK YOU so much for your dirty rice and hospitality! And talk about being on point, at the after party when i was spinning, EVERY time my beer was empty she appeared with a new one. Talk about keeping on top of stuff, even with breathing walls and moving floors, lmao!
Trying to break down Friday, Saturday and Sunday.. it was bascially like one day to me.. I have to thank Tim for sorting out the rooms on the beach for us, that was such a great idea, and much appreciated.. even though it took about 2 hours of back and forth negotiations at Flounders to get on the same page, all with points and counter points. Even 5 or 6 beers deep we were having a very intelligent debate, lol.. just ask our server, she was a darlin for putting with our musical chairs.
When we got to the venue, I felt so relaxed, such a nice laid back spot, and being on a rooftop with tikki huts and high rise hotels in the back drop was really cool.
The first two djs I thought did a nice job setting the table. The first kid, who owned the sound, and my god that system thumped, played some nice beats getting people in the mood to dance, the second dj set me up very nicely, building a nice pace for me and jibby to follow, and pretty much left it open to any direction we wanted to go.. and people wanted it thumping, funky and nasty. Very nice to play for people that "get it" and arn't barking for "Miami House" and break beats or girly techno, lol.. What a feeling that was to be up there and look out and see so many of my [ms] bretheren smiling, pumping fists and dancing, of course along with my new FSM family, and the girl in the white skirt OMG!
After we woke up Kamal, picked him up off the curb and made it to the AfterParty, time seemed to stand still... The effort the P-Cola crew put into setting up this weekend left me speechless, not one detail was missed. From the dj booth, to the fun room with the inflatable couch, to blacking out the windows, etc.. These people are Pros!
Finally getting to hear Hafid lay down some beats live was brilliant.. It was so nice ot finally meet you mate, thanks for the Moroccon burgers! un believably good!
Jibby laid it down seriously at that house.. my god, some of the basslines ripping through that place were disgusting (in a good way) I dont know how many times i was melting in to the chair by the speaker, and i would look over at Stefan and say WTF!!!
After chillin at the house for a few hours, went back to the beach, driven by some kid trying to get us to invite him to the house party, lol.. got some good rest, and came back to relieve Jibby from his 12 hour marathon set.. I wont divulge too much, but walking back into the house about 10 hours later
I got back on and played for about 6 hours, and had such a great time moving thru house, techno, progressive.. and yes, lol.. even played the same song twice.. but its a really good one! lmao (the good thing about cdj200, they pick up there you left off if the cd ejects.. this is also a bad thing if you want to play a song off the same cd and put it back in after you eject it and dont pay attention, lol).. ok, ok, its my fault not the gear
Seeing the look on Kamals face when dropped Lucky South and then Dousk - Hammer.. That about made my weekend, bouncing around dancing pumping his fist.. its why we do this shit.. and the playing stuff like my release and driving to heaven and looking over and seeing Todd and Hafid give "the nod".. fuckin priceless!
Sunday was about the best wind down day you could ask for.. nice, chill, rainy, smooth beats.. AMAZING food.. 4 hour smoked ribs, chicken, brats, the Moroccan burgers I mentioned.. and the Cookies!!! "chocolate chip". lets just say, I couldnt feel anything from the waist down for about an hour. The truffles were amazing too, thanks Mindy for hooking those up!!!
I know this may seem all over the place, but its how the thoughts are piling out of my head at the moment.. I cant help but smile while typing, there is so much more that will come out over the next week or so.
Eddie, hopefully we can hear you mc some time, great meeting you mate, love your energy.. everyone up there (just about) has the amazing positive energy
Megan, will deffo check out your mixes, maybe next time you can get on the decks
looking back at all thse pics, there are so many i want to comment on, but maybe another day, im knackered and hungry.
Adam, always a pleasure to hang out with you, hopefully we'll see you at wmc next year
All the rest I met for the first time.. Kamal, Tom, Krish, Tim, Jamie, Clint, Todd, Ryan, Stefan, Alvaro (my roommate, lol), until next time fellas.. was a pleasure to hang out with you and an honour to drop some beats for you.. now we can all say we are truly friends/brothers, not that there was any doubt, but you know what I mean
I hear there are some vids floating around too! look forward to see that
still pissed off about the recordings being fucked
one word to describe this experience
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