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by corpsey » Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:11 am
LTJ Bukem at Exit Festival last year. It's hard to say if it would be as good if I listened to it now but at the time I was dancing for about four hours with the sun coming up in a crowd of thousands of people so off my tits on pills that my eyes were rolling around behind my sunglasses.
But even leaving all that aside, he mixed/EQd better than any DJ I've heard and the way he built the set over four hours was amazing, a proper musical journey. The quality of the tunes was extremely high too.
Martyn at FWD earlier this year was a really special one, probably the best dubstep/dubstep-related set I've seen. Again, the whole vibe of the night contributed to it (I was only pissed/lean this time though) but again it was a long set that really went all over the place. Selection was amazing, he played 'Gabrielle', 'Touch', 'Gorgon Sound', 'Unite', 'Archangel', 'Ramp', 'Everything About You', 'Broken Heart', 'At Les'... I came out of FWD that night feeling like music really mattered.
Other honourable mentions: Carl Cox Old Skool Set at Bestival (hardcore is the best music to rave to in the world), Friction Classics Set on the Valve @ Renegade Hardware, Bailey jungle set at Detonate in Nottingham... Hatcha at FWD recently doing an old skool set. Tron doing an old dubstep set at Third Base... etc.