Tag: J Phlip

Written By Sukh Banwait

After years of hearing about the Winter Music Conference, here goes my first adventure. I had planned to go before, but never it worked out, so this year it was all about me, myself, and I… and the MUSIC! As for location, I was in a nice condo which gave me easy walking access to everywhere I needed to be for the conference. Nothing beats having a place to yourself so you can sleep whenever you want.

Ok, let’s get down to the goods…. the parties. Oh my god the choices are endless. Throughout the week there’s day, night, and after-parties, you can’t do them all. In my case, I had been planning for months of what parties I wanted to attend and which DJ’s I wanted to see. If you know me, Danny Tenaglia anywhere is always going to be my main event. 

Tuesday Night
MARCO CAROLA & PACO OSUNA @ La Folie D’Amour- What a way to kick of WMC! I didn’t hear Paco enough to give an honest opinion, but I heard all of Marco and he was ALL business.  A perfect 2.5 hour Techno beat down which had the crowd yelling, “Marco, Marco, Marco.”  Mr. Carola also dropped “Prolly Relaxed” by Lutzenkirchen which brought a big smile to my face since it’s in my rotation.

Luetzenkirchen – Prolly Relaxed (Kling Klong) (taken from the Linear Sky EP) by Great Stuff

Wednesday Day


Dj Mag Recession Sessions II – This was the opening pool party at The Shelborne which was sold out due the crazy line-up: Will Saul, Joris Voorn,  Pryda, SOS (Omid, Demi Desyn), Dennis Ferrer, Way out West (live), Steve Lawler,  Sharam, James Zabiela, and Nic Fanciulli.  You could see the crowd grow as WMC’ers were getting into town and straight to the pool and beats.

Wednesday Night
Be Yourself with Danny Tenaglia @ Parkwest – Ahhhhhh!!! I got to the venue at 1am and Paco Osuna was opening to perfection. Parkwest is equipped with a Dynacord Cobra soundsystem and is considered one of the best sounding clubs in North America. At 3am I was so high on anticipation, right then I saw the master show up. Danny unleashed some brand new bombs right of the bat that were silly-pants. He dropped a re-edit of Dennis Ferrer’s, “Hey Hey” that had everyone going nuts. WOW!!! It was great to see so many SF peeps at this show, and of course my DTourism family. I left the party at 10am.

Thursday Night


Blue Collar Entertainment Showcase. After recovering for most of the day I met up with J. Phlip and Christian Martin and headed to Electric Pickle which is a two story club located in downtown. The place was kinda empty but the by time J. Phlip went on it was packed downstairs. Out of nowhere, packed. Jess threw it down, she changed the whole vibe of that place. The party had officially started and the crowd was wanted way more. I didn’t get to hear everyone this night but the ones I did played great. Christian Martin, Jesse Rose, Riva Starr, and Justin Martin destroyed the upstairs.

Friday Night

Resident Advisor @ Aero Bar w/ Lee Burridge, Danny Howells, and Cassy.
Let me start by saying the Lee Burridge instantly became one of my  favorite dj’s recently. I love everything about his guy. His music, energy, and interaction with the crowd is how is should be. At 4am, I took off to see Danny Tenaglia @ Score for the classics party. It was packed and it was Tribal Tech House mayhem. Danny had the spotlights out and was playing mind tricks on the crowd, so wicked. I saw a guy who was at the Be Yourself party and he told me Danny had apologized to the crowd because he was not feeling the vibe at Parkwest, but he for sure on fire this night. When things started winding down around 7am I started for the condo, but ended up at B.E.D for DJ Dan. It was great to hear Dan play on the housey tip, it reminded me of old times. 

Saturday Night


Sunday School For Degenerates (The 24 hour party) This party starts at 10pm Saturday night and goes til Sunday at 10pm. I got there at 4am while Victor Calderone was playing the inside room where I spent the next 9 hours. He was followed by Mr. C & Adultnapper, Matthias Tanzmann, Adam Beyer & Ida Engberg, and dOP (live). This was a Techno onslaught! And it kept getting better and better.  Adam Beyer who was tagging with Ida Engberg were my favs of the night/morning. At about Sunday 12:45pm, it was time for me to tap out and head back to the condo to pack.

Well, as this journey comes to an end, I must say that I was in musical bliss for the week. For a first timer, it was good not to be obligated to anyone and having the freedom to attend the parties of my choice. I met tons of cool people and spent most of my time with Jeff Ryan and J. Phlip who gave me all the first timer tips I needed. If I had to do it all over again, I don’t think I would change a thing…  I had a spectacular time and I definitely recommend to everyone that is into electronic music to make the mecca to Miami at least once in there lives.  As for me, I am currently in Post Miami Depression and counting the days till 2011!!!  Next up, Burning Man.