Sasha Warehouse Party in London (12/16/06)

I went to London for my final weekend in Europe - to celebrate my roommate's birthday, to hang with some friends and to check out the *secret* Sasha party that's been in the works for a few months. The party was in an old car park on Kearn and Curtain Streets near the Liverpool tube stop (for those who know London). Apparently they've had 1-2 parties there already and are having Alex Under for NYE. The venue is covered but doesn't have full walls on two sides, so it's actually outdoors. They did a great job with sound (pretty damn good considering!!), and the rest of the event organization. The party was actually early - 9pm to 4am. Scarlett Etienne played for the first three hours - I've heard a bunch of her music, but this was my first time catching her in person. She played her groovy minimalish style and set Sasha up very nicely. And, she is even more gorgeous in person. Yowzas!

When Sasha came on, I really didn't know what to expect having not heard him since his Fundacion residency in NYC. He played all over the map - in a good way, keeping it interesting and bouncing between genres. The crowd was really into it - honestly, I didn't expect the Brits to still get so pumped for him, but even some of the old school heads I was hanging with really up for it and not at all jaded. The crowd energy was great... it did get a bit overwhelming at a few points (as is expected of a big event) and somewhat sloppy. I actually thought Scarlett was going to drop "Mouth to Mouth" at one point, but she left it for Sasha, who dropped it around 2:30am to an ENORMOUS reaction from the crowd. He also dropped a bunch of classics (I knew them at the time, but CRS right now). They had lasers and lots of fog (which at times was too much), but overall was a really nice compliment to the venue. When they'd smoke the place out with the fog and lasers, you really couldn't see anyone for like 2-3 minutes - it was totally trippy. Overall an awesome night - I got to rock it out with Taj and some of the peeps I met at DC10, which was awesome...and really had a pretty cool and unique London clubbing experience. We contemplated hitting the official afterhours and/or Fabric, but opted for a low key session back at the apartment, which was a blast.

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