The Sound of United Clubbers, and for the fourth time, brings new artist names to Lebanon in order to enrich our Electronic Dance Music scene. From Kuffdam & Plant and DJ Tarkan, innovative sounds have been incorporated reaching to yesterday’s new installment: Marc O’Tool.
JayK kicked off yesterday with a fresh opening-set for the night. Obviously, the music he played was mostly ambient ready to build up the mood. JayK’s set had some great switches, as he kept on dropping some pretty nice Electronica tracks since now and then (especially one sophisticated track to the end of the set). The whole combination embellished it and eventually offered us a nice package. Well done!
G!’s warm-up followed the opening-set right after. The music clearly got a bit edgier where you could easily hear tougher elements fused in to the music. Thus the set was enjoyable and well-arranged for such a mood-builder continuation.
The intro for Marc O’Tool’s take-over the deck was seriously nice. The entire “Karnival” spirit was very well transmitted to be honest. O’Tool started with some minimalistic sounds and it wasn’t long enough for him to switch up to some crispier Tech House to Techno-ish effects all in a progressive flow in the background. The ambiance obviously got more intense and beautiful to some certain points. Technically speaking he was actually good, though personally I think that this main set could have been a lot much better. Following mid-way his set O’Tool dropped some unexpected hits which I actually did not like, including lots of short vocals, probably because it didn’t meet my personal taste in music. This is perhaps one of the reasons that pushed me to realize that JayK’s set was the most consistent and harmonious, perhaps for particularity of the opening-set. Marc O’Tool’s set got better for me towards the end, much coherent, which was a good comeback after all.
I couldn’t stay long enough for Jade’s closing-set, however I’ve heard it was also quite good. Any additional feedback is appreciated.
The setup: it was nearly excellent, presented well the feeling of a ‘Karnival’ right through the original DJ-booth, cute gadgets all over the place, cotton candy and popcorn in order to finalize the whole concept (although I would have preferred without them). The clowns, jesters and magician Mickey … etc, also played a big nice role in completing the theme. It all really reflected a huge creativity, bravo!
Lighting and Sound: Great! I was really glad for not encountering any laser show, as the party’s ambiance was supposed to be cozy enclosing a comfortable entertaining concept. Besides, the lightings and VJ projections on two big screens went well with the music all night long. The sound system was well organised on the dancefloor for such an open-air party. Good job.
Crowd wise, and comparing to previous SUC events, I was a bit disappointed to be honest. I actually found the venue unsuitable, too wide/big for the number of attendees. Unfortunately, this has been happening in almost every gig, as the majority of the crowd doesn’t understand music the way it should be done. Although O’Tool’s interaction with music and minor crowd was crazy, I felt that there’s something huge missing: crowd appreciation. Sadly it’s occurring very often in our parties, and hopes for fixing this up have already started decreasing.
Well done theSUC for the essential initiative of making such a night happen no matter what, hoping for more successful nights in the near future.
. What I meant in my review is that Marc's set could have been much better music wise, and I mentionned that basing on my own personal taste. In my opinion he could have gotten rid of the excess of vocals and added more solid music instead of offering a kind of messed-up diversity for his set. Others would have actually loved his set, it was a good one despite minor reasons; that's all.
