After finally getting back to reality....we thought we toss out some highlights of our recent trip to Miami for WMC. As you know, thousands of label owners, club owners, DJ's, promoters, and the who's who in the world of EDM music converged onto South Beach for the 25th Anniversary of WMC the week of March 22nd - 28th. Like all of them, the Headtunes crew went down there to collaborate on a party with co-conspirators Lost My Dog Records and So Sound Recordings, but also to bask in all things EDM for the week; meet old acquaintances, friends, make new contacts, and ultimately hear NEW music.
We arrived in Miami on Wednesday and headed straight to SOBE to grab some dinner with our friends Pete Dafeet, Najan Ward from Lost My Dog, Sleazy McQueen, Brenden Wesley and others. We even ran into our old friend Tim Xavier, who we haven't seen since he fled to Berlin.
Our first order of business was to get some food and get ready for the legendary Greg Wilson playing a 4 hours set at the Electric Pickle. What was he going to play? Was he going to play on reel-to-reel? What will the scene be like? These questions...ran through our heads as we entered the club to see Greg still setting up his equipment...guess we got there a little early.
But in the end it was all worth it. Yes he played reel-to-reel and what did he play...everything and anything. It’s Greg Wilson. For those that missed this night, Greg recorded the set.
Kudos to all that were involved in the pickle that night with King Britt, Rich Medina, VikterDuplaix upstairs and Aaron DAE and his boogie beats out on the patio.
Thursday we were up at it early to catch some sun and also bounce around to some numerous day parties. We had no set agenda, just time and money to burn. Well maybe not money to burn, but Miami does make you feel like that. A city that takes advantage of its guests: 'NO BUENO!'
What to do.... so we popped by the APT party to catch our friend and long time co-conspirator Sleazy McQueen rocking his signature indie-nu-disco sound. Then bounced over to Chillin party and got a sweet little bag from them. This came in handy for our flyers, water and other stuff we accumulated on our travels. The bags were hands-down the best WMC giveaway! I guess there's always next year for us. After a little bopping around we head over to the rooftop at the Bentley to check out Crazy P in action. Set was great, but the sound was something else.
Note to promoters...sound is what makes the party. Get it right!
Oh well...can't win them all.
So now time for dinner. At this point most of us our exhausted and thinking about calling it an early night. We end up the Catalina have some amazing burgers. After knocking back a few beers and a burger, we decided to meet a few friends for some drinks over at the Shore Club. As we were kicking back on their lounge beds in the courtyard...we began to hear music start piping out. We asked our waitress if the 25 years of Detroit party was happening in this area and she said...yes!
Who wouldn't want to see this line-up.
I guess this means we will not be getting no sleep anytime soon...Moodyman and Kyle Hall played the courtyard, with who's who in Detroit Techno in the main pool area.
This was a fun night as with some great music. I've been a huge fan of Moodyman for while now and it was great to see the man in action. We even ran into Richard West (aka Mr. C) and chatted with him about his new life in LA, pursuing is acting career and his new EP on Poker Flat with Adultnapper. If you haven't heard his new track.... check the video out below
For those not in attendance, we found a couple sets from that night from Carl Craig and Stacey Pullen.
If anybody finds the Kyle Hall set.... let us know. Would love to hear it again.
At about 2.... it was time to call it a night.
The next day was going to be a long one with our party happening from 9pm - 7am.
Friday we slept in a little then headed to the venue with Jazzy Eyewear, Fer Ferrari and the Lost My Dog crew to get the extra sound into the venue...When we got there, we were extremely excited about the location. It was nothing short of being dope. It felt like you were in airplane and even had a front end of plan inside with smoke machines and all!
I can't see out of the cockpit!
After everything was said and done...we got everything set up by about 830 or so. The event was nothing short of exciting with great sets by everyone involved. Highlight for us was seeing Frank H Carter III go on. Boy oh Boy! That man had a voice like no other. So keep an eye out for this guy. He has a few upcoming releases coming out on Lost My Dog.
The room had a great vibe with all sort of heads rolling in and out. We recorded the night and will have pictures and sets up very soon.
Thanks to all that came out and supported us, we really appreciated it!
Friday wiped me out, by Saturday I decided.... it was time for me to go home. My only regret was not making it to the Aquabooty party on Saturday night. There will always be next year.
All in all...WMC 2010 was amazing. Saw some great acts, heard some great music and had a blast.
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