Monday, October 31

6 years of clubbing

friday night saw the return of Ministry of Sound to perth. on the bill for this years event was john digweed, one of the worlds all time best djs, and certainly one of my favourites, who i hadn't even seen mix before. this event is kind of special to me, because 6 years ago, paul, kings, andy and myself all rocked along to belmont park for the very first MoS in perth (1999), our first event ever. tall paul and chilli hi-fly dropped some great tracks (the 'star wars' and 'betterman' by peral jam remixes..ahhh) and we were all hooked.

over the years we've probably slowed down a bit, gone to less events, but we still have our fun. friday night's event was cool - spread across three venues (metros, old berlin and rise), al, kings and myself rocked up at around midnight, ignored rise and old berlin and headed straight into metros, to gear up for digweed.

it's kind of funny how you run into people you know at these events - we saw veg from high school, who kings and i hadn't seen in 7 years, and also ran into arif (thou we knew he was going). in a venue that holds over 7,000 people, you'd think running into anyone you knew would be near impossible..

anyways...digweed was awesome! not the best set i've ever seen, nor was it the most entertaining (he pretty much ignored the crowd actually) but all the same, his mixing was flawless and music selection spot on. it's a shame the event didn't carry too many other decent acts; i would've liked to have seen kid kenobi, but the line at rise was at least a few hours, and i wasn't about to stand in the street all night.

a decent event, could've been better with some more talent onstage, but was fun all the same...

bring on subculture!