Stereo - a 12 hour modern music festival.
It was KICKASS!!!! We had so much fun. Since there were so many DJ's we wanted to see and hear, I made an easier guide on a post-it for us to follow with the names, times and stages they were at. We hit every area like twice and even checked out this Hippie Village they had going on.
The event started at 1pm, but we got there around 4pm. We didn't miss much of the beginning...if I wanted to hear Ivan Robles play, all I have to do is turn on La Mega on fridays. Anyway. So we started out in the Electronic Tent where K-Oba was playing. I was waiting for it to be 7pm 'cause that's when the bigger DJ's started. From there we went next door to the Fusion Tent and listened to Psiconautas. A bit after 7pm we headed to the Main Stage where Benny Benassi was playing and by then it had started to rain, but we didn't really care.....this Puerto Rico, it rains. Overall, I have to say that I was a little disappointed with Benassi. I was hoping that it would get better and I don't know if it did 'cause we left after an hour. We had a schedule to keep :) Benassi played and mixed Ice Ice Baby....'cmon now.
By 8pm the rain had been coming down very hard, but no one was going to stop. We headed over to the Evolution Stage where Lady Liquid & DJ Hugh were. Since this stage was on the grass, there was lots of mud right infront of the stage so people were staying back and standing under the smaller tents. Oh, and next to these 2 buildings there were these ground level fountian things I guess. I don't know. We knew they were there 'cause we scoped out the place beforehand, but in the dark and torrential rain, some people didn't see them. So I'm standing there under the tent listening to the music when I see this girl walk and fall into one of the fountains. I was laughing my ass off. Was that mean of me? Maybe, but she was far away and she didn't get hurt so it's all good :)
From there we went back to the Fusion tent and saw Israel Vibration's full set. I'm not a big reggea person, but it was fun and we had a great time. At 10pm I wanted to see Misstress Barbara and it was good timing 'cause it was right after Israel Vibration ended. So we went back into the Electronic tent for a hour. LOVED Misstress Barbara! We all didn't want to leave, we were having the best time. Everything she played was right on and she knew it too. She would lift the vinyl up, pump her first in the air, play the music and the crowd would go wild. It was a shame we had to go, but next up was Ed Rush+Optical with MC Rymetyme....back to the Evolution stage, but by now there was no more rain, so we took our spot in front and jumped around in the mud :) Very cool.
Finally, we made it back to the Main stage for Prodigy. For some reason they had closed the gate for a bit and there was a line. By the time we got in, it was well packed. That didn't matter. Arnaldo and myself took our usual spot infront. They played their hits and atleast one song I'd never heard before, but was really happy they played Voodoo People...my fav. :) It ended at 1am and I was still amped. So we left, some got some food, some of us changed into dry clothes and hit the after party. It was at Pool Palace and Hernan Cattaneo was spinning. I think we got there around 3am and finally left almost at 6am.
I got home and I wasn't tired or sleepy. So......I made pancakes :) Had breakfast, watched a little Headline News and then went to bed at 7am only to be woken up 3 hours later by one high volumed neighbor. I couldn't go back to sleep after that, so I've been running on 3 hours of sleep :) All in all, it was a great time. I think we'll end up talking about this event for a while.
