I’m not even sure where to start in describing the LovEvolution 2009 festival that took place in San Francisco over the weekend. If I had to sum up my thoughts, I would say it was “Simply Amazing”!
The experience of being at this event was so rich that I’m not going to try to condense it into one post; I’m going to share it in two recaps. (Of course, I should also mention that we’ve got exclusive LovEvolution video and photos coming soon to our blog!)
Sam and I got to San Francisco on Friday evening, just in time to grab dinner and head over to the listed Presents Tyrant party (featuring Lee Burridge and Craig Richards). This was a great way to start the weekend. The tunes were killer, and the crowd’s energy was super positive! (We’ll have a photo gallery from this event for you in the next day or so.)
After wrapping up a fairly late night at the Tyrant party, Sam and I headed back to the hotel for what seemed more like a nap than a real night’s sleep. Before I knew it, my alarm was going off, and we were hustling to get downtown to check in for the LovEvolution parade. As we made our way downtown, we started seeing other partygoers. The weather was shaping up nicely, and you could sense that something big was about to happen.
We got our media credentials and then headed to the listed float. More and more people kept showing up to the area where the floats were parked, and you could feel this strong sense of anticipation and excitement: we were all ready to get on the floats and get the party going!
Eventually, we all got on our respective floats, and the parade got started. As the listed float began its procession, we were being blessed with a barrage of pounding, underground beats being played by DJ Dory! (We’ve got video of this.) I can’t say enough good things about Dory’s DJ-ing; she’s controlled and technically sound, but also not afraid to get dirty!
As we made our way through the streets of San Francisco, I felt like I was in heaven. The sun was shining brightly…the air was the perfect temperature…and I was surrounded by high quality dance music and thousands of people who were lost with me in the tunes! It just doesn’t get much better than that!
As the listed float kept making its way through the streets, the crowd became thicker and thicker. The girls were hot, confidently showing off in their revealing party outfits, feeling emboldened by the music. Everywhere you turned, everybody was getting down! All races and ethnicities, all sexual orientations, all ages, both genders – just a massive crowd of people united by a shared love for quality dance music!
At some point in the procession, I looked over at the DJ booth and saw Dory handing the reins to none other than Naveen G! I knew we were in for a treat. Naveen stepped up in a major way, as he always does, delivering his own unique ilk of proggy, techy, dark, make-you-lose-your-mind kinda tunes! I remember a particular epic build up that Naveen worked into his set…when the beat dropped, I watched one guy surrender to it and start following our float, led uncontrollably by the speakers 
As Naveen kept jamming out, we were getting nearer to our stopping point at the Civic Center. The crowd was getting even wilder; I saw people holding on to street posts and dancing, basically losing their minds as we rode past. At some point before we reached the Civic Center, I hopped off the float so I could mingle with the crowd, which (needless to say) made for a very interesting experience…
To Be Continued in Recap (Part 2)…
Eddie B
LovEvolution 2009 is going down in San Francisco this weekend, and (once again) Resonant Vibes is going to be on the frontline bringing you full exclusive coverage of the festivities!
Obviously, we’re super excited about attending LovEvolution 2009. The roster of artists performing at the event includes Deadmau5, Groove Armada, Eddie Halliwell, DJ Dan, Donald Glaude, Andy Moor, Sharam, ATB, Green Velvet, Lee Coombs, Lee Burridge, Mark Farina, Danny Howells, Doc Martin, and more!
If you’ve been following RV for long enough, then you may recall that we actually attended the San Francisco LoveFest in 2006. Now, the organizers of the San Francisco Love Parade and San Francisco LoveFest have changed the name of the festival to LovEvolution. (The idea was to distinguish the event from another “Love Festival” event in Los Angeles.) In any case, it’s still the same great shindig, based on the incredibly positive energy and spirit of the original Love Parade in Berlin. Last year, 100,000 people showed up to enjoy the irresistible beats that were oozing out of the floats as they paraded through the streets of downtown San Francisco.
So what are we going to be doing at the festival? (…besides indulging our insatiable addictions to dance music!) Our game plan will be to get exclusive video, photos, and editorial content for our blog so that you can experience LovEvolution 2009 with us! We’re eager to capture the heart and soul of this event for the RV community.
In terms of our agenda – and this will come as no surprise – we plan to be hanging with our favorite underground party crew, listed Productions! As always, these guys have cooked up some super-exciting LovEvolution events. First off, on Friday, we’re going to be at listed’s party featuring Tyrant (Lee Burridge and Craig Richards)! This is Tyrant’s first appearance in America in 10 years, and my expectations for this are absurdly high! Next, on Saturday, we’re going to be hitching a ride on the “listed Gets Twisted” float. We’ll be riding through the streets of San Francisco listening to the tunes of Lee Burridge, Danny Howells, Craig Richards, Bill Patrick, Hac Le, Mike Khoury, Nikita, Dory, Hoj, and Naveen G. THAT’S GONNA BE BANANAS!
We’ll have coverage of everything for you.
Just stay tuned to the RV blog for more LovEvolution goodies and updates.
Eddie B
PS If you’re interested, we’ve added mixes to our network by nearly all of the DJs who are performing at LovEvolution, so you can download them for free!
Claude VonStroke
Fabric 46
Fabric London
It’s been awhile since the Fabric series captured lightning -in-a-bottle, that rare programmed DJ mix that sounds musically refreshing and yet feels totally spontaneous like a live set. Perhaps it has been as far back as Luciano‘s installment from last year, who knows? However, San Francisco producer and dirtybird founder Claude VonStroke humbly answers the call from the UK superclub armed with a stack of amazing tracks and a laptop full of Ableton. Personally, I’ve always been on the fence about this guy, not that it has all been his fault but because the farting bass template he created on cuts like “The Whistler” and “Deep Throat” has been ransacked by every joker from here to Bogota calling themselves “EEE-lec-ktro”. These days I can’t help but shudder sometimes when I hear his name. Thanksfully on his new Fabric mix VonStroke stretches out and away from his signature sound and showcases his wide tastes in house music- from the German kling und klong of Robag Whrume to the sheer, but perhaps overused, lushness of Stimming. He also tries to sneak in a few tracks from his own labels-although dirtybird is only mentioned once, on the last track, and it’s by VonStroke himself. Rather the focus here is more on his new techno influenced mothership offshoot- as is the whole disk-with the feeling that here’s a guy getting in touch with his extensive Detroit roots. Sometimes it doesn’t work (the Dinamoe/Clara Moto mash-up and another from Markus Schatz/Catz N Dogz) but overall the results are musically diverse enough for even the finickiest of listeners. Hardly any of the sounds or genres are out of place- as you might expect from an internationally recognized DJ- and all played with supremo confidence with just a dollop of humor. Well played, VonStroke.
I cannot say enough good things about this guy. This one has been on heavy iPod rotation for the past month.
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PLAYLIST 1. Motor City Drum Ensemble – Keep Up [2020 Vision Recordings] 2. Ben Klock – OK (feat. Elif Bicer) [Ostgut Ton] 3. Ben Klock – Grip [Ostugut Ton] 4.Samuli Kemppi – Vangel [Ostgut Ton] 5. Marcel Fengler – Playground [Ostugut Ton] 6. Kevin Saunderson – Bounce Your Body To The Box (Mike Shannons Flashback Mix) [KMS Records] 7. Danton Eeprom – Legacy [Fondation Records] 8. The Sunburst Band – Journey To The Sun (Dennis Ferrer Remix) [ITH (Defected In The House)] 9. Chymera – Sumatra (Deetron Remix) [Figure] 10. Minilogue – Doiicie [Curle Recordings] 11. Varaslov – Inside Ways feat. Dop [Supplement Facts] 12. Mutant Clan – Outside [SCI+TEC Digital] 13. Sian – Skeleton [SCI+TEC Digital] 14. Franklin De Costa – Kronn [Curle Recordings] |
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