Last night I went to Reds at WestEd with Greg, Josh, Andrew and Dickson to see Armin van Buuren who, we were told before he came on stage, is the number three DJ in the world. He comes from the Netherlands, and seemed very young to me. On the other hand, I wasn’t sure what I was expecting. If you like trance music, then you would have liked last night’s show. Especially if you like it loud.
I was amazed at just how loud everything was. And the bass was so powerful – you could feel it everywhere. As Dickson commented, “it felt like your bones were vibrating.” There were quite a few people there too, probably a lot more than I anticipated, all having a great time.
I guess I was struck most by how different a trance concert is from a rock concert. Instead of absolutely everyone in the crowd having a beer in hand, the vast majority of people seemed to have bottles of Dasani, no doubt to keep themselves hydrated to continue dancing. So many people dancing, or even just moving, it was rather amazing.
I enjoy trance music (or rave, techno, whatever you want to call that general category) so I thought the show was great! Definitely not something I’d attend all the time (my ear drums would never survive) but entertaining nonetheless. Oddly, I felt at one point during the show that I should be writing code. I guess that’s what I get for listening to trance while coding. Sad isn’t it?
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