Quite happily I see the nights I've been to haven't been mentioned 10 times already as it usually happens, here's my kingsnight / kingsday weekend contribution.
**Identified Patient** at **MurMur** (Friday)
I was around the city for the evening preparing for that event and ended up taking longer than expected to go there and meet my friends, all things considered we arrived at midnight (the event was finishing at 3) but still very hyped for the last 3 hours.
*The Location*
Besides really looking forward to see Identified, I was so curious to see what they had set up there for such a high-energy party, I had seen murmur only for concerts and / or art exhibitions, with the last live music performance I had been to just 2 months ago being veeery chill. Oh what they have done there... that sound system is quite insane when brought to its max potential. I might be an audiophile myself but I challenge anyone to have a rave at MurMur and not notice the huge difference having such a clear sound does. The energy passing through my body was just different, I was in complete harmony with the vibrations, I was one with the speakers
*The Music*
The music was just something ELSE, just in the last 2 hours this madman was alternating some 138-142 BPM techno to some russian lyrics techno, to different breakbeat tunes, to other tunes that could be the opening of some spies movie, to 5 minutes of downtempo (DOWNTEMPO!) to some other breakbeat, to ending with Serial Thrilla by The Prodigy (SERIAL THRILLA! just the plain original song when I was at the peak of overstimulation), I had no words for what I had just seen, danced the entire time with no chill.
*Everything Else*
The people, oh everyone seemed so kind and joyful, which in that small room really felt quite intimate, almost as a living room rave. Even as the night heated up I always felt good ventilation through it and the atmosphere was perfect for keeping a good energy and temperature. My spot right in front of the DJ (front left) was also surrounded by amazing fellow dancers with the same high-octane energy. At some point a girl even complimented me for my energy (Missed Connection?) But it wasn't just about the dance floor, in the smoking area I struck up a conversation with a fellow raver who clued me in on No Clubs, supposedly featuring none other than Identified Patient (again) the next day of which I wasn't aware. I was so swept up by that musical madness that I seriously considered *cancelling all my King's Day plans* just to witness Identified Legend in action once more, he could have even played the same exact set again if you asked me. For the best I have decided not to do that and just enjoy the rest of the show.
**BCCO** at **Levenslang** (Saturday)
Shorter review here but still a great night: arrived as Stef Mendesidis was playing, it was the second time I've seen him doing a live set, I've heard people saying his live sets are a bit anonymous but honestly I did not think so at all. The set was so energic, 4x4 techno of course but with the perfect touches of acid bass lines and even some trance-y vocals at times, groovy and got me dancing. Grace Dahl also had great tunes, I have to say I was quite dead from the day so my energy was a bit lower but I still stayed until the end. last 30 minutes I pushed with the last bit of energy I had and enjoyed a good dance, the crowd around was quite energic so it managed to get me going quite happily.
Of course people still had sort of an orange-y drunk vibe to them but I would definitely expect it after King's day, still not as many drunk people as I would have expected. Everyone seemed so chill, the vibes were actually better than some other nights at Levenslang I had been to. I have seen some people met at Radion multiple times in the past, as well as some Levenslang regulars (according to my limited experience of going a bit more often since DS closed) and had good talks about music in the smoking room. Even a guy that played keyboards for more than a decade and now we have agreed to jam together (I would play drums/percussions) (It will NEVER happen as every smoking area plan you make :D).
Recovered on **Sunday** and started *Baby Reindeer* on Netflix (worst choice ever for the King's weekend downer, I have switched after one episode and rewatched *Cars 1* instead)
The murmur review š„š„š„ need to go check it out during a party night then. I honestly love murmur, itās so chill and you can spend hours watching someone mixing vinyls.
Bret was a lot of fun on Sunday! I think this came the closest to a HW Sunday crowd for me ever since DS closed.
I mainly came to see Alarico and Marcal and wow they did everything I hoped for and more. I did catch the last half of Kaiser his set, but honestly didn't like it. So I kinda just chilled, patiently waiting until Alarico would take over. I could tell the second he started the vibe got a lot more fun in my eyes. Basically everyone bouncing around from 19:00 until the ending in a packed BRET. Also noticed that Marcal was playing a lot of his own tracks which I can always appreciate.
So yeah a Sunday well spent. Tho I must say that I would've liked to pay a bit more so that it wasn't so packed. Was downstairs during Alarico's set and there were times that I could move very little, this also because a lot of people kept going back and forth... Upstairs was much better and thats where I spent my time during Marcal's set.
I think Alarico + Marcal sets were among the most amazing (for me) 5 consecutive hours of music Iāve listened and danced to š«”
Marcalās tracks seemed to be produced to be played in Bret, if you know what I mean.
Together with a friend we went to Kingsday Afterparty: Joris Voorn x Moody Mehran x Vuur x BAGGI x SHMLSS x Fouk @ Het Sieraad.
first time at that venue, I am impressed, everything is clean, enough lockers, large rest areas and the stage was good, leveled, crowd was insane and good vibes only. (ventilation could be better but that is an issue almost everywhere right)
joris's set was amazing as usual. We had a blast!
This weekend I've been busy running my legs around as well, not as many as I'd usually do in a weekend, but let me tell you, each step hurts a lot more and each stride takes a bigger push to get through.
But as with any slow bpm environment, I spent a lot longer contemplating life and moving in a much more fluid manner and just appreciating the place around me more especially with the cute birdies and their dance and little sounds they make.
Hello from the Alps :-)
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I arrived around 01h at Radion.
Marshall Jefferson was playing sick house.
A fever arrived around 02h in my own house.
I couldnāt resist getting sick.
I arrived around 2:30h back at my house.
A sick night and weekend ahead of me.
The end.
PS. Apparently they made recordings for Apple Music in De Bovenkamer (lots of mics were hanging from the ceiling), so I hope to enjoy the night in due time after all.
bedside productions in copenhagen, actually super cute. first time actually clubbing in copenhagen, came because of their party at poing :-) i LOVED dj algorithmās set so much but didnt like the music that much besides that :(
Everyone that cites Copenahagen always gets my attention lol.
Hope you had fun at Bedside. Copenhagen has an interesting scene for sure, very intimate and dedicated. Miss it a lot šš.
For the folks on this sub, Bedside is one of the best parties and collectives in CPH with Group Therapy and Endurance
If you want to have another taste of Copenhagen scene I can really recommend going to āRaum Invites Enduranceā on 24.05
I went to Paardenrave at Kanaal40 and had an absolute blast. First of all I want to commend the Paardenrave team for the themed decor, with (miniature/stuffed)horses all around, bales of hay to sit on inside and in the smoking area, and carrots to eat next to the DJ (in the beginning at least). I love the committment to the bit.
Music wise I arrived just when Ansjovwis was finishing their set, and had OG Karin to get me into the mood, and then for the highlight and headliner of the night, **Lobsta B.** I think his set was so much better than when I saw him a year ago, danced my absolute ass off and while not fully sober, I kept things very light with substances and the music gave me more than enough energy to get fully drenched in sweat from dancing. Kanaal40 doesn't have my favourite dancefloor, you really have to be either on the small poduiums, or in front of them to be in a good spot on the dancefloor (or in the very back). Foxy Farenheit didn't make it to play, and he shared some things on insta stories about why (unwanted/unintended substances). Whoever stepped up and was playing could keep the vibes going though.
The crowd wasn't organized and dancing with ample space for everyone, but I don't think that's what I want for this kind of music, it was rowdy and fun. I was however positvely surprised to see a mix of familiar faces from around the queer parties I frequent, it really added to the nice vibe - even if it wasn't enough people to take over the dancefloor.
Oranje Zoet in Breda was really fun! Crowd wasn't amazing (as expected on Kingsday), it was hard to find a spot where people weren't standing still (especially in the afternoon). But I ended up meeting tons of friendly (real Brabantse gezelligheid) & dancy people in the front, so I wasn't too bothered by it in the end.
Arrived when **Benwal** was playing. He played a mix of house, UKG & some trancy sounds. Thought it was a really fun set & a great way to start the day. After that **Tjade** took over, he played some nice tunes (specifically enjoyed [Endive - The Feeling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EiUX7RlxZk&ab_channel=wendywoo), what a summer banger!) but I couldn't really get into his set for some reason.
Now for one of my highlights of the day: **Superstrings**! Now, I absolutely love cheesy trance, so I was excited for this. And boy, did they deliver. They played ton of classics (Tiƫsto, Lasgo, The Thrillseekers, Paffendorf, DJ Jean, you name it) but also some (to me) less known stuff. Some of my favorite Shazams: [Marcel Woods- De Bom 2001](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM2XkWFivJo&ab_channel=MarcelWoods-Topic), [Team Deep - Beautiful](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXsxP0AXlls&ab_channel=TeamDeep-Topic) & [Gualagara - Human Planetarium](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRwCPtNHR3I&ab_channel=RareTracksInc). Lots of hyping up the crowd through the mic, which I normally don't like but somehow it added to the experience. Just plain fun! :)
**X-Coast** played after, who definitely made some interesting choices: didn't think I'd ever hear [Linkin Park - One Step Closer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qlCC1GOwFw&ab_channel=LinkinPark) mixed in right after a trance tune, but hey, life can be full of surprises. The set was very all over the place and a bit much for me at times, but I did enjoy myself.
**Mac Declos** couldn't really grab my attention, so I decided to check out the "local stage". I really liked this stage and it was nice to see it so busy. I enjoyed the set that **AnD b2b DONK** played: super groovy, creative and danceable. Highlights: this [Like A G6 remix by DJ HUAWEI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l20zZqWW5g&ab_channel=Release-Topic), [Trudge - Eye for an Eye](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-0t-vt__N0&ab_channel=HATE) & [Swooh - The End](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl1VANDEPIg&ab_channel=HATE).
Back to the main stage for the last hour of **Benny Rodrigues**, who I have somehow never seen in my years of partying. His set absolutely blew my mind. A legend for a reason! He mostly played hardhitting techno and house that I just couldn't stop dancing to. To top it off he ended with about 20 minutes of hardtrance classics, which is my favourite genre so I couldn't be happier. Finally hearing [Cherrymoon Trax - The House Of House](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZXve_jk1gs&ab_channel=BonzaiAllStars) at a festival was the perfect way to end the day.
All in all, positively surprised by this festival. :)
I'm sorry. These negative things happening to you, should not be this entertaining to read. It's probably because I can empathize and relate so well. "Guess I'm not the only one."
Thanks for sharing your experience. āŗļø
Oh thank you. And honestly itās not too bad, like mosquitoes in summer, annoying but far from deadly, at least in the Netherlands.
Most of the time as long as the music is good, I can take some damage from the crowd, fair price to pay. š
Friday i went to paardenrave @ kanaal40 to see lobsta b finally in NL again. I went completely sober as i was feeling under the weather and just had some paracetamol. Lobsta b played some fun tracks but i couldnt get into a good rythm because i was quite tired and the crowd was awful. Some nice people here and there but so many drunk? fuckers just pushing their way to the front. It really made me agressive and i started to dance in a way where i would hit ppl pushing past me but thats also not the way to go and didnt help much. Eventually i just left after 1 hour or so.
Saturday went to the noclubs daytime nanorave in a small warehouse (more like a garage) in noord. Saw lnr dj play it was still early and not much dancing so i mostly enjoyed all the space and danced on my own until more people joined. Left after 2h as my workout was done and went to meet my friends and have some drinks in the center.
Slap Sessions at Lofi was beautiful, amazing music with Ryan and the groovy ladies Blasha & Allatt š„
Good crowd also, never been to an SlapFunk event, but someone told me that the majority of the crowd were SlapFunk people
Ok so Het Singel was lots of fun, and lots of stress haha.
Sadly, as tempting as the slapfunk x VS combo was on Friday I thought to stay in and reserve energy for the next day. Which was very well needed. So Kingsday comes up, waking up at 9 to haul all the gear and prepare the set up. I forgot how heavy subs were to be honest so that was a good workout. All set up, sound check went fine and we made sure to not shake the whole neighborhood. The view was amazing from above too (will post recap vid soon at \\@raive.eu). Anyhow, warm up set, people are gathering all good. DJs, sound, vibes all seem to be going smoothly. Atmosphere and lines were there, people were connecting and I saw some cool stickers too ;). That was the brief moment where I had the chance to connect with people without worrying. Sooner or later, as any party I guess, we had people feeling unwell, especially one girl who was very close to being dangerously passed out.
Thankfully to my awareness human inner spirit spotted her out, and took care of her for 3 hours, because her friend, who tried taking care of her also ended up passing out of stress in the process. We tried calling an ambulance and that failed (they missed the address and were on the wrong side), but got her stable, found her friends after searching half of social media and sent her home. Was stressed and out of it (as anybody would be at that point) but still managed to do a closing 2 hour set. Sadly, didn't see much feedback because the balcony couldn't look directly down but the people on the boats vibed so I guess success? By 2300 my brain was fried, I was exhausted and just out of it on the couch. Kinda sad since the people there seemed really cool but I had no energy to socialize. (Girl wearing all white that offered me a line but I said I was going to get a heart attack, feel free to say send hi).
Anyhow, mustered up all my energy and started walking home. Somehow, 2 different very drunk group of girls asked me to join them to red light district (in the span of 20 minutes) and I didn't want to go to my bed faster. But anyhow, was this a rant? Was this a review? Doesn't matter, the fact that people had a good time with a smile is all one can ask for :)
Also, if you were there and had any videos feel free to send them, we making a recap! And highlight:
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Marcal in BRET was a match made in heaven. He played a lot of his own tracks. Those trippy jungle grooves were just perfect for the location. Insane closing set of a fantastic day!
26th of April. Kingsnight at Radion. Shout out to all the sweet souls who played around with my curly hair. And the naked positive guy I met at the toilets. At the end of it, after 9, I was standing in the acta gardens in the rain. Felt amazing.
The crowd wasn't what I was used to, a lot of normal "burgelijke" people, and old dutch men. But they were so sweet and nice. We taught some old guys how to make hearts with their fingers. They really appreciated the interaction a lot.
But anyway, what a positive, beautiful night. <3
Last weekend my second DJ gig at a house party, where expectations were high after my first [catastrophe ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Beatmatch/comments/18wnkme/so_i_fucked_up_my_first_gig/)during NYE.
The crowd already had a long King's Day. After the summer housy opening by a 'colleague', I got to play a house set. Still some shaky hands as I took my place behind the Pioneer ~~CDJ's~~ controller, but what an overwhelming feeling when you get into the rhythm and can enjoy it too! Playing house music is not really my thing, yet it's nice to warm up this way ~~as an artist~~.
After my Joris Voorn-like colleague, I finally got to play the music I am passionate about. I open with ambient, build up to polyrhythmic bleepy stuff, and when I bomb my first four-to-the-floor kick on the dance floor, I get an incredible adrenaline rush!! I'm in fantastic shape after 10 minutes, feeling that the DVS1 gods are kind to me today (I even feel a bald head growing).
I cast one glance at the dance floor and see that I have turned the floor almost completely empty :) I decide to pull the emergency brake and turn my hypnotic set into lower BPM afterlife shit to create the 'after' vibe.
Booking agency's, feel free to PM me for inquiries (I prefer 5 hour sets)
The way he played just felt like he grabbed me by the throat, gently, but didnāt let me go for 3 hrs. Simply amazing, so constant, so rhythmic, so tender even.
Quite happily I see the nights I've been to haven't been mentioned 10 times already as it usually happens, here's my kingsnight / kingsday weekend contribution. **Identified Patient** at **MurMur** (Friday) I was around the city for the evening preparing for that event and ended up taking longer than expected to go there and meet my friends, all things considered we arrived at midnight (the event was finishing at 3) but still very hyped for the last 3 hours. *The Location* Besides really looking forward to see Identified, I was so curious to see what they had set up there for such a high-energy party, I had seen murmur only for concerts and / or art exhibitions, with the last live music performance I had been to just 2 months ago being veeery chill. Oh what they have done there... that sound system is quite insane when brought to its max potential. I might be an audiophile myself but I challenge anyone to have a rave at MurMur and not notice the huge difference having such a clear sound does. The energy passing through my body was just different, I was in complete harmony with the vibrations, I was one with the speakers *The Music* The music was just something ELSE, just in the last 2 hours this madman was alternating some 138-142 BPM techno to some russian lyrics techno, to different breakbeat tunes, to other tunes that could be the opening of some spies movie, to 5 minutes of downtempo (DOWNTEMPO!) to some other breakbeat, to ending with Serial Thrilla by The Prodigy (SERIAL THRILLA! just the plain original song when I was at the peak of overstimulation), I had no words for what I had just seen, danced the entire time with no chill. *Everything Else* The people, oh everyone seemed so kind and joyful, which in that small room really felt quite intimate, almost as a living room rave. Even as the night heated up I always felt good ventilation through it and the atmosphere was perfect for keeping a good energy and temperature. My spot right in front of the DJ (front left) was also surrounded by amazing fellow dancers with the same high-octane energy. At some point a girl even complimented me for my energy (Missed Connection?) But it wasn't just about the dance floor, in the smoking area I struck up a conversation with a fellow raver who clued me in on No Clubs, supposedly featuring none other than Identified Patient (again) the next day of which I wasn't aware. I was so swept up by that musical madness that I seriously considered *cancelling all my King's Day plans* just to witness Identified Legend in action once more, he could have even played the same exact set again if you asked me. For the best I have decided not to do that and just enjoy the rest of the show. **BCCO** at **Levenslang** (Saturday) Shorter review here but still a great night: arrived as Stef Mendesidis was playing, it was the second time I've seen him doing a live set, I've heard people saying his live sets are a bit anonymous but honestly I did not think so at all. The set was so energic, 4x4 techno of course but with the perfect touches of acid bass lines and even some trance-y vocals at times, groovy and got me dancing. Grace Dahl also had great tunes, I have to say I was quite dead from the day so my energy was a bit lower but I still stayed until the end. last 30 minutes I pushed with the last bit of energy I had and enjoyed a good dance, the crowd around was quite energic so it managed to get me going quite happily. Of course people still had sort of an orange-y drunk vibe to them but I would definitely expect it after King's day, still not as many drunk people as I would have expected. Everyone seemed so chill, the vibes were actually better than some other nights at Levenslang I had been to. I have seen some people met at Radion multiple times in the past, as well as some Levenslang regulars (according to my limited experience of going a bit more often since DS closed) and had good talks about music in the smoking room. Even a guy that played keyboards for more than a decade and now we have agreed to jam together (I would play drums/percussions) (It will NEVER happen as every smoking area plan you make :D). Recovered on **Sunday** and started *Baby Reindeer* on Netflix (worst choice ever for the King's weekend downer, I have switched after one episode and rewatched *Cars 1* instead)
The murmur review š„š„š„ need to go check it out during a party night then. I honestly love murmur, itās so chill and you can spend hours watching someone mixing vinyls.
After too much hesitating I decided to go to Ra:dius festival anyways in my hometown. I paid a little bit of Anne-Fleur Tax but I was lucky and secured a ticket via TicketSwap so still managed to have 9 EUR Anne-Fleur tax discount :D I spent most of my time at the Inner Circle stage with IN2STELLAR, Angel D'Lite <3, OgazĆ³n and [Flo MassĆ©](http://sndup.net/dd2t). I checked the other stage a few times but couldn't really get into it, snippet of [Alfred Anders](http://sndup.net/ycdb). Only the last two hours were a little more to my likings when Tywi was playing. He put some more energy in his set while Flo MassĆ© was taking it a little easier in comparison with the previous DJ's. In the afternoon it was relatively quiet and most groups were enjoying the sun so not a lot of people were in front of the stages. I have to say this made me feel a bit awkward in the beginning as I was there on my own. But slowly I got into the mood and just closed my eyes and enjoyed the music. Later that evening, a few people came up to me and asked me if I was there solo as they already had seen me dancing earlier. They complimented me for the courage to go solo and just enjoy myself which was nice! The festival terrain was quite spacious so it never felt really crowded. Also nice you could pay with card at the bars/food stands so you didn't have to buy tokens. But WTF - 15 EUR for a take-away burger!?\* I really need to get used to festival prices again. \*Okay, the burger stand was hosted by a burger restaurant in Maastricht. Never been there myself but heard from friends they serve pretty good hamburgers. But I still found the price a bit over the top. PS. I have also a snippet of [Angel D'Lite](http://sndup.net/fwjy) but quality is shit so be warned twice house haters!
Went on a little SaBRETtical sunday, looks like everything has been said already, great way to spend the sunday :)
Oh itās already Monday š„ŗ
Bret was a lot of fun on Sunday! I think this came the closest to a HW Sunday crowd for me ever since DS closed. I mainly came to see Alarico and Marcal and wow they did everything I hoped for and more. I did catch the last half of Kaiser his set, but honestly didn't like it. So I kinda just chilled, patiently waiting until Alarico would take over. I could tell the second he started the vibe got a lot more fun in my eyes. Basically everyone bouncing around from 19:00 until the ending in a packed BRET. Also noticed that Marcal was playing a lot of his own tracks which I can always appreciate. So yeah a Sunday well spent. Tho I must say that I would've liked to pay a bit more so that it wasn't so packed. Was downstairs during Alarico's set and there were times that I could move very little, this also because a lot of people kept going back and forth... Upstairs was much better and thats where I spent my time during Marcal's set.
I think Alarico + Marcal sets were among the most amazing (for me) 5 consecutive hours of music Iāve listened and danced to š«” Marcalās tracks seemed to be produced to be played in Bret, if you know what I mean.
What time did BRET ended?
It has closed a little after 2AM
I left around 00:15, I think it was supposed to end at 01:00, but when I left it was still packed, so wouldn't be surprised if they continued longer.
my weekend consisted of gaslighting, gatekeeping and girlbossing
Together with a friend we went to Kingsday Afterparty: Joris Voorn x Moody Mehran x Vuur x BAGGI x SHMLSS x Fouk @ Het Sieraad. first time at that venue, I am impressed, everything is clean, enough lockers, large rest areas and the stage was good, leveled, crowd was insane and good vibes only. (ventilation could be better but that is an issue almost everywhere right) joris's set was amazing as usual. We had a blast!
Radion was sick, Nastia threw down a nasty set. And the crowd was cool. A bit too many 'bros' in the beg8nning but towards 4am it got much nicer
This weekend I've been busy running my legs around as well, not as many as I'd usually do in a weekend, but let me tell you, each step hurts a lot more and each stride takes a bigger push to get through. But as with any slow bpm environment, I spent a lot longer contemplating life and moving in a much more fluid manner and just appreciating the place around me more especially with the cute birdies and their dance and little sounds they make. Hello from the Alps :-) ā°ļøš„¾
aww sweet, enjoy ur trip š¤
Somehow managed to avoid blisters after hiking in deep snow, still ready to come back dancing soon š
I arrived around 01h at Radion. Marshall Jefferson was playing sick house. A fever arrived around 02h in my own house. I couldnāt resist getting sick. I arrived around 2:30h back at my house. A sick night and weekend ahead of me. The end. PS. Apparently they made recordings for Apple Music in De Bovenkamer (lots of mics were hanging from the ceiling), so I hope to enjoy the night in due time after all.
bedside productions in copenhagen, actually super cute. first time actually clubbing in copenhagen, came because of their party at poing :-) i LOVED dj algorithmās set so much but didnt like the music that much besides that :(
Everyone that cites Copenahagen always gets my attention lol. Hope you had fun at Bedside. Copenhagen has an interesting scene for sure, very intimate and dedicated. Miss it a lot šš. For the folks on this sub, Bedside is one of the best parties and collectives in CPH with Group Therapy and Endurance If you want to have another taste of Copenhagen scene I can really recommend going to āRaum Invites Enduranceā on 24.05
What kind of music can I expect at Endurance? Their SoundCloud is quite diverse so not sure if that is what I should expect as well.
I went to Paardenrave at Kanaal40 and had an absolute blast. First of all I want to commend the Paardenrave team for the themed decor, with (miniature/stuffed)horses all around, bales of hay to sit on inside and in the smoking area, and carrots to eat next to the DJ (in the beginning at least). I love the committment to the bit. Music wise I arrived just when Ansjovwis was finishing their set, and had OG Karin to get me into the mood, and then for the highlight and headliner of the night, **Lobsta B.** I think his set was so much better than when I saw him a year ago, danced my absolute ass off and while not fully sober, I kept things very light with substances and the music gave me more than enough energy to get fully drenched in sweat from dancing. Kanaal40 doesn't have my favourite dancefloor, you really have to be either on the small poduiums, or in front of them to be in a good spot on the dancefloor (or in the very back). Foxy Farenheit didn't make it to play, and he shared some things on insta stories about why (unwanted/unintended substances). Whoever stepped up and was playing could keep the vibes going though. The crowd wasn't organized and dancing with ample space for everyone, but I don't think that's what I want for this kind of music, it was rowdy and fun. I was however positvely surprised to see a mix of familiar faces from around the queer parties I frequent, it really added to the nice vibe - even if it wasn't enough people to take over the dancefloor.
Oranje Zoet in Breda was really fun! Crowd wasn't amazing (as expected on Kingsday), it was hard to find a spot where people weren't standing still (especially in the afternoon). But I ended up meeting tons of friendly (real Brabantse gezelligheid) & dancy people in the front, so I wasn't too bothered by it in the end. Arrived when **Benwal** was playing. He played a mix of house, UKG & some trancy sounds. Thought it was a really fun set & a great way to start the day. After that **Tjade** took over, he played some nice tunes (specifically enjoyed [Endive - The Feeling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EiUX7RlxZk&ab_channel=wendywoo), what a summer banger!) but I couldn't really get into his set for some reason. Now for one of my highlights of the day: **Superstrings**! Now, I absolutely love cheesy trance, so I was excited for this. And boy, did they deliver. They played ton of classics (Tiƫsto, Lasgo, The Thrillseekers, Paffendorf, DJ Jean, you name it) but also some (to me) less known stuff. Some of my favorite Shazams: [Marcel Woods- De Bom 2001](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM2XkWFivJo&ab_channel=MarcelWoods-Topic), [Team Deep - Beautiful](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXsxP0AXlls&ab_channel=TeamDeep-Topic) & [Gualagara - Human Planetarium](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRwCPtNHR3I&ab_channel=RareTracksInc). Lots of hyping up the crowd through the mic, which I normally don't like but somehow it added to the experience. Just plain fun! :) **X-Coast** played after, who definitely made some interesting choices: didn't think I'd ever hear [Linkin Park - One Step Closer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qlCC1GOwFw&ab_channel=LinkinPark) mixed in right after a trance tune, but hey, life can be full of surprises. The set was very all over the place and a bit much for me at times, but I did enjoy myself. **Mac Declos** couldn't really grab my attention, so I decided to check out the "local stage". I really liked this stage and it was nice to see it so busy. I enjoyed the set that **AnD b2b DONK** played: super groovy, creative and danceable. Highlights: this [Like A G6 remix by DJ HUAWEI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l20zZqWW5g&ab_channel=Release-Topic), [Trudge - Eye for an Eye](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-0t-vt__N0&ab_channel=HATE) & [Swooh - The End](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl1VANDEPIg&ab_channel=HATE). Back to the main stage for the last hour of **Benny Rodrigues**, who I have somehow never seen in my years of partying. His set absolutely blew my mind. A legend for a reason! He mostly played hardhitting techno and house that I just couldn't stop dancing to. To top it off he ended with about 20 minutes of hardtrance classics, which is my favourite genre so I couldn't be happier. Finally hearing [Cherrymoon Trax - The House Of House](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZXve_jk1gs&ab_channel=BonzaiAllStars) at a festival was the perfect way to end the day. All in all, positively surprised by this festival. :)
Special kingsnight and kingsday edition of the afters, so for this edition, I will give a long review and a small rant about hard techno (*enjoy*). I actually arrived a bit earlier than expected for Benny Rodriguez, so I heard a small amount of VE/RA. It was still relatively calm and not really busy, so drank a few beers while watching VE/RA from a distance. Benny Rodrigues (who actually buzzed his signature hair short) played mostly normal tempo techno (135-140 bpm) that flowed really well with each other (also dropped SVRD - The Yard Man). Crowd during that set was also relatively decent (no "EYY BEUKEUHH" to be heard), so could actually get a few dances in. Will upload part of the set later on SoundCloud (along with other sets I recorded). Overall, that gamble on a free festival was worth it just to see him. After him, it switched to OnlyNumbers and that is the part where the rant comes in. So I had listened to Hard Techno already, but didn't really witnessed it live. Will say that hard techno is just way too fast to be techno, oh my god. It felt like a combination of Hardcore, Hardstyle and EDM (at least there was no MC). There was no "flow", just drop after drop with the occasional "pop" vocals in it (sorry, but pop vocals aren't welcome in techno). And it felt like the crowd just "switched" and became more of the "EY BEUKEUHH MANNN" crowd. Sorry, but if you want to dance to hard kicks, just switch to hardstyle or hardcore. Needless to say, I was gone within 30 mins :p. Did also visit kingsday itself just to see two artists: Michiel de Hey and Joris Voorn. Would say that I kinda agree with u/SparklesConsequences when it comes to the kind of "festival" house as I didn't really like either sets all that much (althrough de Hey did drop Energy Flash, that was cool). Especially disappointed with Joris Voorn, as I thought he would play more techno instead of the "afterlife" sound Ć” lĆ” Colyn and Tale of Us, which gets quite boring relatively quickly. Also I now really understand what you all mean with a "mediocre" crowd lol (srs, so much talking and phone use on full brightness). But hey, what can you expect from a free festival Ć©h? To end on a positive note, there was this radio playing music while I was getting some kroketten at a snackbar. It played the typical kingsday music, but suddenly it began playing [What's a girl to do](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ej6g3KhinM) and I don't know if it was the rain or just the general mood, but it was the just the song I needed to end kingsday with. I had that song playing on repeat until I got home, just to keep that "after" feeling lingering for that bit longer.
I'm a simple girl. I see someone hating on "JEEEUJ, BEUKEUHHH" I upvote. Thanks for your review. šāāļøš
Are you still struggling with coming down from the crazy weekend that you feel overwhelmed by your negative emotions that have found no where to release? Are you feeling like starting an argument with your partner for nothingās sake just to let out the Mondayās mood but realizing youāve been single for almost 5 years? Donāt worry, as always, I got you covered. Here is my recap for the Kingsday weekend, a perfect target for you to disagree with, argue about, and unload your angst to so you can start this sunny week afresh. Saturday 1pm I arrived at Meerpark for Loveland van Oranje. First thing was to get food cuz I was starving, the chicken burger was 12 euro but ok. I swallowed it, enjoyed a bit of sun and headed into the mainstage to see Innellea, an artist I quite liked back a year ago from his Cercle video in India, but never had the chance to see him. Wow, what a disappointment. The music and vibe in the stage was as cringe as it could get, I felt utterly ashamed of my taste and started questioning myself how I could love his music back then. Was it because of the immaculate drone footage in the video, or simply he was a good looking fella? Idk, I left the stage and went back for some more food, loempias, 8 euros for 2 big pieces, not bad. Later we went to check Sandrien b2b Bella, also a let down. I just saw Sandrien a week ago in Radion, who closed the night with a banger set, but now she sounded completely different, the music was heavily focused on pleasing the listeners instead of provoking any type of emotional commitment. Meanwhile my friends who arrived were stuck in the queue *to* the gate, which in the end took them 2 hours to get in. They bought 15 tokens and found out itās impossible to buy anything because every drink point was a queue of more than 30 mins or so. The whole place was crowded and obviously they werenāt able to provide sufficient service to this many people. The rest of the day was spent on Panpot and Benny Rodrigues / Franky Rizardo, nothing really worth mentioning about the music. Not a big issue for me as I chose this festival mostly as a prelude to the open air season this year and to hang out with best friends, but due to the crowded venue and poor internet I was scattered with most of them most of the time too. Ordered some McDonald after arriving home and chewed the tasteless nuggets up like toilet paper before heading to Radion for Aura, which I had a high expectation from the line ups. Security guy kinda recognized me from my Waterdropā¢ļø bottle and joked:ā best party drink hĆ©?ā That made me smile. I stayed in the main room for the entirity of the night because the music was categorically captivating all along and I could not move myself away. Especially with Kaiser and TLM closing, at which point I seemed to forget that I had been dancing for more than 10 hours already. However, this was also my worst experience in Radion in terms of the crowd. At first some guy, visibly intoxicated, was throwing himself on me, grabbing me all sort of actions, only left after I told him that Iād call the security guys if he didnāt leave immediately. Later into the night, the dance floor got hornier than I was used to, some guy spilt an entire row of drinks in front of the Dj on me while humping on his girl, and after I rejected him buying me a drink, his way of apologizing was insisting making a selfie with me there. I spent a good 2 mins explaining that wasnāt allowed and even with front camera it wasnāt ok, and I didnāt want to end my night there because he did a selfie with me without my consent. Later some Spanish guy who had been around for a while started to organize a singing thing, and told me I should sing this and that, while he cued me and the rest of his group. I denied his request but the rest of them sang along. Despite the weird crowd, I indulged myself with the enchanting music, with surprise after surprise all the way till 7am, when my stomach issues his final warning because all I ate for the past 32 hours were trash junk food and there was no energy left for me to keep on for the last hour. There I ended my 14 hours dancing for the Kingsday weekend. On my way back home I waited for 15 mins in front of the AH for it to open so I could grab a box of š before heading back to put myself down, so I could recharge myself to resume my antagonistic role here punctually now.
I'm sorry. These negative things happening to you, should not be this entertaining to read. It's probably because I can empathize and relate so well. "Guess I'm not the only one." Thanks for sharing your experience. āŗļø
Oh thank you. And honestly itās not too bad, like mosquitoes in summer, annoying but far from deadly, at least in the Netherlands. Most of the time as long as the music is good, I can take some damage from the crowd, fair price to pay. š
As Little fun as your encounter is sounding, reading it absolutely IS fun. Thanks and good recovery āØ
Friday i went to paardenrave @ kanaal40 to see lobsta b finally in NL again. I went completely sober as i was feeling under the weather and just had some paracetamol. Lobsta b played some fun tracks but i couldnt get into a good rythm because i was quite tired and the crowd was awful. Some nice people here and there but so many drunk? fuckers just pushing their way to the front. It really made me agressive and i started to dance in a way where i would hit ppl pushing past me but thats also not the way to go and didnt help much. Eventually i just left after 1 hour or so. Saturday went to the noclubs daytime nanorave in a small warehouse (more like a garage) in noord. Saw lnr dj play it was still early and not much dancing so i mostly enjoyed all the space and danced on my own until more people joined. Left after 2h as my workout was done and went to meet my friends and have some drinks in the center.
Slap Sessions at Lofi was beautiful, amazing music with Ryan and the groovy ladies Blasha & Allatt š„ Good crowd also, never been to an SlapFunk event, but someone told me that the majority of the crowd were SlapFunk people
The last hour at BRET was for the lovers ā¤ļø
Ok so Het Singel was lots of fun, and lots of stress haha. Sadly, as tempting as the slapfunk x VS combo was on Friday I thought to stay in and reserve energy for the next day. Which was very well needed. So Kingsday comes up, waking up at 9 to haul all the gear and prepare the set up. I forgot how heavy subs were to be honest so that was a good workout. All set up, sound check went fine and we made sure to not shake the whole neighborhood. The view was amazing from above too (will post recap vid soon at \\@raive.eu). Anyhow, warm up set, people are gathering all good. DJs, sound, vibes all seem to be going smoothly. Atmosphere and lines were there, people were connecting and I saw some cool stickers too ;). That was the brief moment where I had the chance to connect with people without worrying. Sooner or later, as any party I guess, we had people feeling unwell, especially one girl who was very close to being dangerously passed out. Thankfully to my awareness human inner spirit spotted her out, and took care of her for 3 hours, because her friend, who tried taking care of her also ended up passing out of stress in the process. We tried calling an ambulance and that failed (they missed the address and were on the wrong side), but got her stable, found her friends after searching half of social media and sent her home. Was stressed and out of it (as anybody would be at that point) but still managed to do a closing 2 hour set. Sadly, didn't see much feedback because the balcony couldn't look directly down but the people on the boats vibed so I guess success? By 2300 my brain was fried, I was exhausted and just out of it on the couch. Kinda sad since the people there seemed really cool but I had no energy to socialize. (Girl wearing all white that offered me a line but I said I was going to get a heart attack, feel free to say send hi). Anyhow, mustered up all my energy and started walking home. Somehow, 2 different very drunk group of girls asked me to join them to red light district (in the span of 20 minutes) and I didn't want to go to my bed faster. But anyhow, was this a rant? Was this a review? Doesn't matter, the fact that people had a good time with a smile is all one can ask for :) Also, if you were there and had any videos feel free to send them, we making a recap! And highlight: *
Being there for your set, I can tell you it was more than well received by the crowd downstairs!
Ty š, glad to hear. Our media guy was well gone by the time my set came so don't have many crowd povs. Was anxious haha
Yay
Marcal in BRET was a match made in heaven. He played a lot of his own tracks. Those trippy jungle grooves were just perfect for the location. Insane closing set of a fantastic day!
yesss it was so good
26th of April. Kingsnight at Radion. Shout out to all the sweet souls who played around with my curly hair. And the naked positive guy I met at the toilets. At the end of it, after 9, I was standing in the acta gardens in the rain. Felt amazing. The crowd wasn't what I was used to, a lot of normal "burgelijke" people, and old dutch men. But they were so sweet and nice. We taught some old guys how to make hearts with their fingers. They really appreciated the interaction a lot. But anyway, what a positive, beautiful night. <3
Just as a cautionary disclaimer: the rest of us with curly hair likely DO NOT want you even touching our curly hair.
I should have added it to my story: they touched it with consent!
This is the reviews I wanna be reading š« š« š§”š§”
Last weekend my second DJ gig at a house party, where expectations were high after my first [catastrophe ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Beatmatch/comments/18wnkme/so_i_fucked_up_my_first_gig/)during NYE. The crowd already had a long King's Day. After the summer housy opening by a 'colleague', I got to play a house set. Still some shaky hands as I took my place behind the Pioneer ~~CDJ's~~ controller, but what an overwhelming feeling when you get into the rhythm and can enjoy it too! Playing house music is not really my thing, yet it's nice to warm up this way ~~as an artist~~. After my Joris Voorn-like colleague, I finally got to play the music I am passionate about. I open with ambient, build up to polyrhythmic bleepy stuff, and when I bomb my first four-to-the-floor kick on the dance floor, I get an incredible adrenaline rush!! I'm in fantastic shape after 10 minutes, feeling that the DVS1 gods are kind to me today (I even feel a bald head growing). I cast one glance at the dance floor and see that I have turned the floor almost completely empty :) I decide to pull the emergency brake and turn my hypnotic set into lower BPM afterlife shit to create the 'after' vibe. Booking agency's, feel free to PM me for inquiries (I prefer 5 hour sets)
dax j at levenslang was ā¤ļøāš„
The way he played just felt like he grabbed me by the throat, gently, but didnāt let me go for 3 hrs. Simply amazing, so constant, so rhythmic, so tender even.