review: The Bloody Beetroots Live

Saturdaynight, five days off was unofficially Bloody Beetroots night at @ Paradiso. As people were entering the big room good beats (that usually make you rock out) were already filling the air, but nobody was really dancing! They just gazed at the stage for an hour, till finally. . . our masked heros came on stage and this time they were live! Sir Bob Rifo played the guitar, the piano and the mic., Tommy Tea the the synths and they brought their new drummer, Edward Grinch, who definitely made a good premiere. They are already fenomenal on the turntables, but live it was, as Sir Bob Rifo would say (and indeed said on twitter): CHAOS! They linked their rawest and their most beautiful, their punk roots and their massive electro together as only these musical geniuses can do. Death Crew 77 only means more ANARCHY!

BBRDC77 @ Paradiso

Some more footage created by VAgE gASTEN, I must say we created a major moshpit. If you are from the Netherlands, or you can read Dutch, be sure to check their review of 5daysoff!

Review: NYE Knalwerk

BigSNoise was @ Knalwerk on NYE. Knalwerk, in Dutch, literally means 'bangworks', and yes, the works were truly banging! The entire night was filled with good danceable music. But for us, loving the raw sounds of electro, there were a few highlights.

The MAX Area

With his 13 minute intro SebastiAn raised the expectations to a level only a certain few can meet. He played tracks from everything that's French & good, like Le Petits Pilous, Mr Oizo, Daft Punk, Justice. But also from zie Germans, like Boys Noize, from English blokes like The Prodigy, and the beautiful remix of Gossip's Heavy Cross (from the USA). So what he's predesessor LeLe was singing about 'International Pants' and 'Disco Monster', SebastiAn personified. And score: He certainly met our expectations and brought us a smashing start of 2010.

SebastiAns 13 min long intro


SebastiAn - Threnody (Original mix)



VAgE gASTEN Area

After enjoying a bit of DJ Feadz' clash of Hip-Hop and Electro we went to the VAgE gASTEN Area. Here, also DJ's were letting Hip-Hop, Electro and Dubstep collide smashingly. But then... in the last half an hour the Vage Gasten Dj's really played to our tune. Warp 1977 came by, one of my personal favorites Justice's Phantom II (Boys Noize Remix) and even our home-promoted Huoratron with his chaos song Corporate Occult, that really made us gasp for breath!

Party: NYE Knalwerk

¡Oi!

Like everyone knows, the best (actually the worst) parties are thrown on New Year's Eve. The best DJ's are scattered around the world and most of them are in Australia. So most parties on NYE are either very, what many people would call, main-stream OR they are stupidly insane, in the bad way (like 90's parties).

So N is here to tell you where to go when you're in Holland on New Year's Eve!

If you have a BigSNoise-taste-of-music: Go to Knalwerk in the Melkweg (Milky way) in Amsterdam!

Click on read more for DJ info and tracks