Well, my brain is fried. Not because I’ve just come out the other side of a marathon session with lots of over indulgence, but because I just spent the several hours filling in paperwork. Paperwork is one of the necessary annoyances of being a company based in the US, where all the healthcare is private, and you have to go through two trees worth of forms just to find out how much the insurance companies intend to rip you off by.
What I need is a bit of light listening… and perhaps a bit more than that. So, I’ve decided to log onto Dancetrippin.tv, and now I’m watching and listening to a live set by ex-Shaman front man, turned nightclub owner — Mr C. My brain is already well on the way to being rejuvenated!
Dancetrippin.tv was recommended to me by a friend at the weekend, and features a large selection of videos of live sets, some interviews, bonus videos and audio-only DJ mixes. I’m currently through about half of episode number 81, which was recorded at one of the the Zoo Project parties in Ibiza this summer. It’s the sunset set, and Mr C. is dropping a fine selection of tweaked out tech-house, acid-house and techno tracks.
I’ve downloaded a few sets from C. over the past couple of years, and although the bloke comes in for some serious grief on certain message boards—which he typically takes on the chin really well—I’ve come to find myself on the lookout for any sets by him. His track selections are nearly always spot on—for the sort of stuff I’m into at least—and he understands the way to program a set to get you engaged. His mixing tends to be seamless most of the time, and as a result his mixes are usually some of the few that make it onto my iPod and end up getting played to death – which is the measure of a quality set in my opinion.
The great thing about this set is that it’s not just audio, it video with high quality audio. Dancetrippin.tv have a multi-camera crew capturing the essence of a good party in episode 81. The sun is setting, the crowd is a European and British blend of novelty sunglasses wearers, with a fair share of dayglo wigs to be seen, lots of cute girls in bikinis, sweaty topless blokes with trendy haircuts from expensive salons in Berlin, fancy dress wearing party-goers and a good helping of random weirdness. Pretty standard for a decent techno party really.
The high production quality of the video is obvious – the editing and camera work is well executed, and the end result is a video that goes a long way to accurately capture the atmosphere of a good party. People are really up for it when it comes to techno, probably more so than any other type of party night that I can think of (all my best nights have been at techno parties). There’s no pretense at this sort of party, just good people (if a little eccentric), good music, and good times to be had.
Dancetrippin.tv is well worth spending some time on, especially if you have a sweet spot for house, tech house, and techno from the likes of Carl Cox, Chris Liebling, Sven Väth, Ritchie Hawtin, M.A.N.D.Y. Tiefschwarz and many others. If that doesn’t float your boat, then there’s still lots of other episodes that might, like ones from Armin Van Buuren, Roger Sanchez, Benny Bennasi, and Bob Sinclair to name only a few. The locations are a rolodex of international clubbing-locales, from places in Goa to the superclubs of Ibiza, from Cocoon in Germany to Space in Miami, all brought to the comfort of your home by your high-speed internet connection.
The Dancetripppin tag line is "Bringing the Party To Your House" and with the large selection of episodes for you to check out they certainly don’t disappoint, so the next time you’re looking to get away without actually getting away – check them out!
Tags: DanceTrippin.tv, DJs, Electronic Music, Mr. C
