Contributed by: DJ Eldorado
Miami – After the amazing Ultra Music Festival here an after party was held at the American Airlines Airlines arena that did not disappoint. After not being sure that I would be able to stay awake after rocking the all-day UMF event at Bayside Park, I was pleasantly surprised by the show dubbed “Carry-On.”
Carry On is billed as the official UMF8 after party and the lineup included James Zabiela, Sandra Collins & Vello Virkhaus, The Orb, Danny Tenaglia and Rabbit in the Moon.
We went early to the American Airlines Arena area to scout tickets (10:30 pm as opposed to after midnight last year) and what a difference that made. Last year a throng of partygoers descended upon the ticket windows and long lines prevailed. It took us over an hour to get in. This year getting our tickets early (at the expense of missing some of Paul Van Dyk’s set) proved prescient.
James Zabiela, Sandra Collins & Vello Virkhaus were on the verge of putting us to sleep. The Orb was better, but lacked the real thump to get the crowd moving. When New York-based Danny Tenaglia took the stage, they turned off the obnoxious pixel boards ads around the perimeter of the arena and bathed the room with deep purple lights. Danny tore through an energetic progressive house set that got heads bouncing and whipped the crowd into a crazy dancing frenzy.
Rabbit in the Moon was completely over the top with a set packed with slammin’ beats and high tech performance art and costumed performers. One guy came out dressed like a crazy Transformer wielding a massive gun that shot sparks, then a mad professor in a lab coat came out, then Transformer-man was back wearing an amazing suit built of LEDs that were changing colors and patterns. It was as if he had a giant pixel board wrapped around his body! Later two Chinese dragons came out on stage to the sound of some pretty trippy trance/house jams.
What a show. I have a new found respect for Danny Tenaglia and Rabbit In The Moon – especially since I almost didn’t make it to their sets.
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