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a church turned night club, that was a new one for me...

dB meter to make sure it doesn't bother the neighbours too much :)

I was there at 22:00 when the event started, but unfortunately it was very uninspiring minimal techno for hours that eventually turned into something that was slightly better, but nowhere close to what I'd call psytrance. I'm not sure if it got better eventually, but I bailed around 02:30 and went to bed to get a few hours of sleep before my flight back to SFO.
In highsight, that night was totally skippable but oh well, given how good all the other nights were, that wasn't the end of the world.

This is Trance was expected to be the big party of the week, I was definitely looking forward to it, and it was a great lineup:

Video summary:

I arrived early when the room was virtually empty, and Dimension warmed things up:

the room filled up quickly

Andy Moor was next:

By then, the room was banging, and Giuseppe Ottaviani took over, with a live 2.0 show:

After a banging set, Aly & Fila took over:

Then, was time for Ferry Corsten:

Panama had nice dancers with laser, that was pretty cool:

From there John O'Callaghan took over:

Bryan Kearney took over from there, however he wasn't my favourite, too hard for my taste:

But Panama had a second room, where other DJs were playing good trance too, so I hoped back and forth between the two rooms:

And by almost 06:00, it was mostly over and time to go to bed for some sleep :)

The boat was on the docks behind Amsterdam's central station:

The boat wasn't super big, but it was fun to have a party on a boat, it was my first such party:

and I met some TFSF friends

On the boat itself, it wasn't a great sound system or a great lighting system, but given that it was a boat, they were good enough :)

The only thing that pissed me off is that they used the stupid token system, forced you to buy 4 tokens as the minimum amount (almost $15), and that a token was required to use the toilet. Really? They already make money on the water/beer/whatever on the way in, do they really need to make money again when it comes out?
That aside, it was a good party, Solarstone and DJ Orkidea made sure to play great music for us for the 7 hours we were on that cruise:

Also the weather was kind of frigid outside: it was nice to snap a few shots:

And they were both nice enough to take a nice picture with me, thank you:

Thanks for the party and the trip in Trance memory lane, here is a video summary

finally, the studio!

Obviously, I couldn't resist a few pictures:

Lots of DJs came by:

Halyene even dropped by to sing live

Initially, I just wore a regular shirt, as I was a bit self conscious about the LED shirt in the studio, and it being a bit too 'flashy' on he live stream. Eventually, though I asked Armin what he thought, and his answer was "sure, that would be fun, go ahead", so I did :)

Andrew Rayel seemed delighted :)

people on the live stream were apparently quite amused to see my outfit

Here's a quick video summary I took from inside the studio:

Of course, there is the official broadcast. I noticed after the fact that at 5:57:20, you can see me asking Armin if it's cool whether I change and put my LED outfit and he said yes. I get back around 6:15:00 wearing it, and at 6:28:40 he notices it and laughs :) Although the best part was being in front of Haliene when she came to sing live (6:36:20)

Saying how awesome this experience was, is hard to put in words, especially for an episode that lasted so long. I definitely owe a huge debt of gratitude for this one, thank you!

DJ lineup:

there was a secondary room

Video summary of the night:

I arrived in time for John OO Fleming's set, which was quite enjoyable, and it's always fun to see John with his huge smile :)

Alex M.O.R.P.H. was next, and he went for it:

he nicely took a picture with me at the end

Paul Van Dyk was next. Sadly part of his set was plagued with sound cutoff issues that took a while to fix. On the plus side, he got some nice dancers with lasers:

jordan Suckley was next, but his hard trance was not my favourite, and I had seen him 2 weeks prior in San Francisco, so I went to get some much needed sleep after following a bit of his set :)

Panama was probably the best club in Amsterdam. It's not huge, but it's well equipped. For one, they have a decent laser setup:

the lasers nicely did not make a hole in my hand

I always enjoy looking at the visual control setups:

Despite the sound issues, it was a good night with top DJs. Glad that I went.

The lineup was impressive:

Here is a video summary:

Ruben was nice enough to take a picture with me again :)

That was already a long night, and it was only day #1 :)

This was a great opportunity to bring my LED outfit. People loved it, and security folks nicely let me in without issues (unlike luminosity). They even asked for pictures with me :)

And the night was as good as lineup implied, non stop energy the entire night in great venue with fantastic lighting and lasers:

do not look in lasers with remaining good eye :)

Video summary:

Pictures:

did I say lasers?

scanning humans for future plucking :)

did I already say the lighting was fantastic?

End of a great night with a massive set of classics turned psytrance from Blastoyz and plenty of lasers :)

That said, I was really in Prague for Transmission which was the next night, so ABGT was just a bonus the day prior :)

O2 Arena was a really nice venue, with great food if you had a golden ticket.

big line, people were eager :)

found my friend Vic Teo in line

I was worried about the security check, but they guard were amused by my outfit and super nice

We arrived early

I had a golden ticket, which gave access to very good food:

Then it was time for the show:

Above and Beyond & the third one that usually never shows up :)

Qrion started the show, honestly not my kind of music

they were super nice and gave water to people in the front row

a rare sight, all 3 DJs

Video Summary (although a lot had to be removed because Anjunabeats is preventing a lot of their music from being monetized on youtube):

Video:

Triode setup the decks and went for the first 2H, going from Trance, to the outskirts and back:

DJ Melodie then took the decks over from midnight to 02:00, and played more interesting trance:

Thanks to both, here is a video summary of the night: