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DJ Blaze Set List Friday 5th December

by akadjblaze, posted in Set Lists

 Set time from 11pm – 1.30am

Was a pretty good night, slow ish start but had a couple of big birthday parties for our staff members that night so ended up playing hip hop for the first part of the night before going into a more upbeat SOS (Same old shit) set thou I did get to jam a couple of new tracks, really digging ‘Uptown Funk’ and also found a great remix for Mariah’s ‘You Don’t Know What You Do’ As well as a couple of other Solidisco Remixes that I like. There was a ‘party’ that night… yeah another fail! But it was a good night

  1. Trey Songz Ft Nicki Minaj – Bottoms Up (Transition)
  2. I. Ft Kerry Hilson – Got Your Back
  3. Soulha Boy – Kiss Me Thru The Phone
  4. Katy Perry Ft Kanye – ET
  5. T.I. – Whatever You Like
  6. Wiz Khalifa – No Sleep
  7. Tinie Tempah Ft Wiz Khalifa – Till I’m Gone
  8. Rihanna Ft Jay Z – Talk That Talk
  9. T.I. – Big Things Poppin’
  10. Kanye West Ft T-Pain – Good Life
  11. J Lo Ft Ja Rule – I’m Real
  12. Nelly Ft Kelly Rowland – Dilemma
  13. Rihanna Ft Jay Z – Umbrella
  14. Chris Brown – Gimme That
  15. Daddy Yankee – Rompe
  16. J-Kwon – Tipsy
  17. 50 Cent – In Da Club
  18. Mary J Blige – Family Affair
  19. Beyonce – Love On Top
  20. Chris Brown – Strip
  21. Trey Songz Ft T.I. – 2 Reasons
  22. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa – Young, Wild and Free
  23. Nas – Made You Look
  24. Terror Squad – Lean Back
  25. Gang Starr – Full Clip
  26. 112 Ft The Notorious BIG – Only You
  27. Chris Brown Ft Lil Wayne – Loyal
  28. Sean Kingston – Beat It
  29. Drake – Hold On
  30. John Hart – Who Booty
  31. 50 Cent – Baby By Me
  32. Snoop Dogg – Gangsta Love
  33. 2 Pac – All About You
  34. Musiq Soulchild – Anything
  35. Ariana Grande – Problem
  36. Jason Derulo Ft 2 Chainz – Talk Dirty
  37. Flo-Rida – Whistle
  38. B.O.B – Nothing on You
  39. Ciara Ft JT – Love, Sex & Magic
  40. Will Smith – Getting Jiggy With It
  41. Nelly – Hot In Here
  42. Jeremiah – Birthday Sex
  43. Mark Ronson Ft Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
  44. Pitbull – International Love
  45. Daft Punk – Lucky (Starjack Remix)
  46. Robin Thicke Ft Pharrell – Blurred Lines (Justin Sane Rmx)
  47. Bruno Mars – Treasure (Cosmic Dawn Rmx)
  48. Far East Movement – Rocketeer (Dj Kue Rmx)
  49. DJ Cassidy – Calling All Hearts (Frankie Knuckles Rmx)
  50. Michael Jackson – Love Never Felt So Good (Fedde Le Grand Rmx)
  51. Syn Cole – Miami 82 (Avicii Edit)
  52. DJ Kronic Ft Bombs Away – Looking For Some Girls
  53. Joel Fletcher & Savage – Swing (Combo! Rmx)
  54. Joel Fletcher – Afterdark
  55. TJR – Come Back Down
  56. Makj Ft Lil Jon – Let’s Get Fucked Up
  57. Hardwell & Makj Vs Linkin Park – Numb Countdown (Vival Bootleg)
  58. G-Dragon – Crooked
  59. DJ Feli Fel – Your Birthday Bitch
  60. Mariah Carey Ft Wale – You Don’t Know What You Do (Rightside and Mark Di Meo Rmx)
  61. Solidisco Ft Skyy – Top Of the World
  62. Usher – DJ Got Us Falling In Love (Hypercrush Rmx)
  63. Redfoo – I’ll Award You With My Body
  64. David Guetta Ft Akon – Work Hard
  65. Bingo Players Ft Far East Movement – Get Up
  66. Adrian V Ft Tyes – Buffalo (Lefty Rmx)
  67. Reece Low – Monk Funk
  68. Klass Ft Carlprit – Do What You Do
  69. Icona Pop – Just Another Night (Solidisco Rmx)
  70. Mariah Carey – You’re Mine (Jumpsmoker Rmx)
  71. Chromeo – Jealous (Solidisco Rmx)
  72. Calvin Harris Ft Tine Tempah – Drinking From The Bottle
  73. Wisin Y Yandel Ft Chris Brown & T-Pain – Alo Me Gusta De Ti
  74. Don Omar – Danza Kuduro
  75. Daddy Yankee – Limbo
  76. Justice Crew – Everybody
  77. Serebro – Mi Mi Mi
  78. Mark Ronson Ft Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (Billybeats Rmx)
  79. MFBTY – Sweet Dream

DJ Blaze Bar Fly

DJ Blaze Set 7: Smooth Grooves

by akadjblaze, posted in New DJ Content

So as part of my collaboration set with Madholic, I put together this short mixset of the kind of music I reall enjoy playing and it is the kind of music that I have made a name for myself playing over here, so here it is again, enjoy 😀

DJ Blaze & Madholic Collaboration

Set List

1. Ladies Anthem Intro – Crooklyn Clan
2. Weekend thing – Koffee Brown Feat B-12
3. What’s love got to do with it – Warren G Feat. Adina Howard
4. Straighten It Out – Pete Rock & CL Smooth
5. Loungin’ – LL Cool J
6. Everything I Do – Soul 4 Real
7. Steppin’ out – Big Gipp
8. “I’m In Luv” – Joe
9. Moving Up – PM Dawn
10. Do Your Thing – Next
11. Put Me Down – Donell Jones
12. All About You – 2 Pac Feat Nate Dogg & Snoop Dogg
13. Just In Case – JAHEIM
14. “Like A DJ” – JAHEIM
15. DJ Don’t – Gerald Levert
16. Whatever – Ideal feat. Lil Mo
17. ‘Throw It Up’ – Naughty By Nature Feat Tah G Ali
18. HAT 2 DA BACK – TLC
19. Lets Get Naked – Highland Place Mobsters
20. I Want Her – Keith Sweat
DJ Blaze & Madholic

Review: June, July & August

by akadjblaze, posted in Monthly Reviews

Ok so it has been a busy last few months, 3 trips overseas, various gigs as well as my usual ones so here is a quick recap of what I have been doing these last few months

June

12 weeks, Jager, DJ Blaze

Well June was a interesting month, I got to do some pretty cool things and also finished my 12 week challenge, 10kg lighter and back up to maybe 75% on the touch field

One Piece, DJ Blaze, Luffy, Law

– Spent my birthday and long weekend running around Japan buying as much stuff as I could! Harajuku for clothes and Akihabara for my anime obsession

DJ Blaze, Redbull, UMF Korea DJ Blaze, Redbull, UMF Korea

– Next weekend was UMF which I got to jam out in the redbull party jeep, pretty cool that I got to go to UMF, wasn’t the greatest of festivals but it is def one of the biggest in Korea and around the world… just a shame the line up was mud

DJ Blaze, Venue, Old Skool Hip Hop

– Spun at venue, nothing but old skool and a bit of a MJ tribute. Also it was a great crowd for early on so made the night even better

Well that was June, short but eventful.

July

July proved to be less busy, was back at venue again but the night ended up being a dud unfortunately. The main thing for July was taking on a new residence at King Club, however that ended up being short lived. Scroll to the bottom for that story…

DJ Blaze, DJ Comp, Busan

– I spent most of the time working on my BeFM set.

101, Taipei, DJ Blaze Kicks, DJ Blaze, Taipei

– I did take a trip to Taipei which was a lot of fun

DJ Blaze, JC, DJ and MC

– Met with Blossom Day which was a kick start to working with JC

DJ Blaze, Venue, TBT

– TBT at Venue with Pinnacle and Rich Ben, pitty it was a dud of a night

And that was July

August was a good month

DJ Blaze, BeFM 2013, Busan

– 2nd Place at BeFM with a trip down to Busan, rocking it out on Gwangali

Blaze, WDJ Festival, JC, DJ Korea

– Went to WDJ Festival with DJ Korea, jamming in the tent again, but to less fanfare than last year

Bar Fly Crew

– Started to do some proper work with JC, exciting times ahead working with her, but did have a fun night out at Bar Fly

DJ Blaze, Logic Pro

– Started on some other projects including learning to produce music

And some other random things I got up to in August…

Marine Ford

Went to the One Piece expo in Seoul, it was cool, mostly based around the Marine Ford Arc which was of course total epicness! (Full review in another post)

Baseball In Korea

Went to my first Baseball game in Korea

And that was August, simple but fun, Sept is halfway done but it is also turning out to be another great month, it’s already coming into Autumn and the end of the year is rapidly approaching… again…

DJ Blaze, Hi-C, King Club

So here goes with the King Club story

My hours at bar fly changed to the late shift, so it opened up a time for me to play somewhere else, I was going to look at a second residency after summer since I am usually busy during summer but King Club offered so I thought why not, they are under new ownership and have a new direction that wanted to go in so at first I was excited about working there, because honestly I never liked the place at all or the people that use to frequent it but the hope that it would change and the possibility of the place had me in… But as I began working there it was quickly apparent that any change was going to be slow if at all. The American soldiers still frequented the place, and they bring their own brand of bullshit with them (for the 4 weeks I was there, there was at least 1 fight each weekend…) as well as wanting to hear all the new shit that you can’t dance too. The music they (the boss etc) wanted me to play wasn’t the kind of music the crowd they want to attract want to hear (I even had the bouncer? stop me at the door and start going on about some shit with the music, I just gave him the yeah whatever, like I’m going to listen to you look and walked on by, I listen to the crowd and the boss, not you) and it was just becoming apparent that the direction they wanted to go in was pretty blurry. Also at Bar Fly, the boss asked me to switch back to my old time, so since they come first, had to talk to king club and see if could switch up the schedule, the problem is all of the DJs there have a second residency that is more important to them than king club so none of them can change, which was fine with me, I was the late comer to the party and also working there was really starting to become an annoyance rather than fun, not to say I didn’t have some fun there thou! The place has a lot of potential, always has, and has some good people working there but as is always the way, direction needs to be decisive, not blurry… and changing styles up between the military and Korean/expat scene… seriously there is a reason why I hate Itaewon and even more so hate those young American soldiers and all their bullshit. I avoid the place like the plague

DJ Blaze Set List Saturday August 23rd 2014

by akadjblaze, posted in Set Lists

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So, thought its about time again to post up another set list, it was from Saturday night just been at bar fly, honestly I thought it was going to be a rubbish night but it actually ended up being ok. Set wise it was ok, there wasn’t enough people there to go of on to many tangents so ended up playing a lot of tried and tested song combos etc but managed to throw in a couple of different ones in there as well as jumping a lot of genres as per usual

Set time 1.30am – 4am (2.5 hours)

New/Re-up/Decided to Play Tracks

  1. Serebro – Mi Mi
  2. LMFAO – Shooting Star
  3. Joel Fletcher – After Dark
  4. Lorde – Royals (Caked Up Trap Remix)
  5. Craig David – Walking Away (House Remix)

Set List Saturday August 23rd 2014

  1. Calvin Harris Ft. Tinie Tempah – Drinking from the bottle
  2. Robin Thicke Ft Pharrell & TI – Blurred Lines (Justin Sane Rmx)
  3. Bruno Mars – Treasure (Cosmic Dawn Rmx)
  4. Pitbull Ft Ne-Yo & Nayer – Give Me Everything (Throwback Intro)
  5. Rihanna – Only Girl (ext mix)
  6. Flo-Rida Ft Ke$ha – Right Round
  7. Psy – Gentleman
  8. Timati Ft Kalenna – Welcome to St. Topez
  9. Pitbull Ft Jump Smokers – Now You See It
  10. LMFAO – Shooting Star
  11. Hanmin Ft Ingram Jones – Show Me Your Bba Sae
  12. Savage & Joel Fletcher – Swing (Combo Rmx)
  13. Reece Low & Lefty – Monk Funk
  14. Static Ravenger Ft Kay – Back Off Bitch
  15. Daft Punk Ft Pharrell – Get Lucky (Starjack Rmx)
  16. DJ Cassidy Ft Robin Thicke & Jessie J – Calling All Hearts (Frankie Knuckles & Eric Kupper Rmx)
  17. Craig David – Walking Away (DJ Shtopor & Alex Menco Rmx)
  18. Serebro – Mi Mi Mi
  19. DJ Starjack – Move Your Feet 2k13
  20. Redfoo – I’ll Award You With My Body
  21. Joel Fletcher – Afterdark
  22. TJR – Eat God See Acid
  23. Klaas & Bodybangers – Freak
  24. Scndl – Gypsy
  25. DJ Snake & Lil Jon – Turn Down For What Transition
  26. Punjabi MC – Beware the Boys (Trap Remix)
  27. Lorde – Royals (Caked Up Rmx)
  28. Kardinal Offishall & DJ Snake – Slow Down
  29. Far East Movement – Bang It To The Curb
  30. 2NE1 – CL Solo
  31. DJ Scene – Damn
  32. Nicki Minaj – Boss Ass Bitch (Rmx)
  33. Chainz – Im Different
  34. Memphis Bleek – Like That
  35. Macklemore – Thrift Shop
  36. Trey Songs Ft TI – 2 Reasons
  37. Chris Brown – Strip
  38. Beyonce – Love On Top
  39. VIC – Wobble
  40. Chris Brown Ft Lil Wayne – Loyal
  41. Sean Kingston – Beat It
  42. Drake – Hold On
  43. John Hart & Iamsu – Who Booty
  44. Next – Too Close
  45. Craig David – Time To Play
  46. Musiq Soulchild – Anything
  47. Akon – Belly Dancer
  48. Mohombi – Bumpy Ride
  49. Major Lazer – Watch Out For This
  50. Staying Alive/ Da Funk Remix
  51. NERD – Lapdance (Mombah Rmx)
  52. Chemical Brothers – Block Rocking Beats (Rmx)
  53. Skrillex – Bangarang
  54. Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby Transition
  55. Jay Z – Encore Electro Mix
  56. Showtek – Get Loose
  57. Swanky Tunes – Blood Rush
  58. Anthem Kingz – PSA 2k13
  59. Kanye West & Jay Z – Niggas in Paris (Satisfaction Rmx)
  60. Asap Rocky – Wild for the Night
  61. Kanye West – Mercyy Trap Rmx
  62. Lil Wayne – Lollipop (Trap Rmx)
  63. Anthem Kingz – Birthday Song (Trap Rmx)
  64. SHM – Don’t You Worry Child (Trap Rmx)
  65. Just Blaze Ft Baauer – Higher
  66. Wiz Khalifa Vs DJ Khaled – Black and Yellow Wins
  67. Tae Yang – Ringa Linga
  68. Shop Boyz Vs LMFAO – Party Rock Like A Star Transition
  69. Don Omar – Danza Kuduro
  70. Daddy Yankee – Limbo
  71. Wisin Y Yandel – Algo Me Gusta De Ti
  72. Michel Telo Ft Pitbull – Ai Se Eu Te Pego
  73. Don Omar – Zumba
  74. Shakira – Waka Waka
  75. Beyonce – Run The World (Girls Hype)
  76. Rihanna – S&M
  77. 2NE1 – Can’t Nobody
  78. GD & TOP – Oh Yeah
  79. Pitbull – Don’t Stop the Party
  80. Usher – DJ Got us Falling In Love (Hypercrush)
  81. Justice Crew – Everybody
  82. MFBTH – Sweet Dreams

DJ Blaze Set List Saturday June 14th 2014

by akadjblaze, posted in Set Lists

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Set List June 14th 2014 (yes the photo is from a different night, but meh, does care lol)

New/Re-Up tracks

  1. David Guetta & Kaz James – Blast off (original mix)
  2. Psy Ft. Snoop Dogg – Hangover
  3. Bingo Players – Knock You Out (Hardwell Remix)
  4. Linkin Park Vs Twoloud Vs Shermanlogy – What I’ve Done (Arthur White)
  5. 2NE1/CL – CL Solo

Set List 11pm-1.30am

  1. David Guetta & Kaz James – Blast Off (original mix)
  2. Bombs Away – Better Luck Next Time
  3. Static Revenger Ft. Kay – Back Off Bitch! (Taco Cat Remix)
  4. Albert Kick – Evil Girl
  5. DJ Kronic Ft. Bombs Away – Looking for some girls
  6. J Lo Ft. Pitbull – Live it Up (Jumpsmokers)
  7. Usher – DJ Got us Falling in Love (Hypercrush)
  8. Redfoo – I’ll Award You with my Body
  9. FEM – Bang it to the Curb (Sidney Roller Transition)
  10. DJ Snake & Lil Jon – Turn Down for What
  11. 2NE1 – CL Solo
  12. Nicki Minaj – Boss ass Bitch
  13. Clayton Williams – Shut Down Vegas
  14. DJ Scene – Damn
  15. Major Lazer – Bubble Butt
  16. Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty
  17. DMX – Party Up
  18. 2Pac – California Love
  19. Dr Dre – Next Episode
  20. VIC – Wobble
  21. Psy Feat Snoop Dogg – Hangover
  22. Just Blaze – Higher
  23. Wiz Khalifa Vs DJ Khaled – Black and Yellow Wins (transition)
  24. Tae Yang – Ringa Linga
  25. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Niggas in Paris
  26. Asap Rocky – Wild for the Night
  27. 2 Chains Vs Afrojack – Birthday Song (trap mix)
  28. Kanye West – Mercy (Trap mix)
  29. Lil Wayne – Lollipop (Convince Trap Mix)
  30. Swedish House Mafia – Don’t you Worry Child (Valid Trap Mix)
  31. Steve Aoki – Rage the Night Away (Dopeztb Trap Edit)
  32. Boom Man Ft. 2 Chainz Vs Calvin Harris – Drinking from the Bottle (Transition)
  33. Makj & Lil Jon – Let’s Get Fucked Up
  34. Bingo Players – Knock You Out (Hardwell Remix)
  35. Joel Fletcher & Savage – Swing (Combo Remix)
  36. R3hab & Nervo – Revolution
  37. Swanky Tunes – Blood Rush
  38. TJR – Feel It
  39. Carl Tricks – Mad Dash (Bingo Players Edit)
  40. D-Jastic – Up to no Good
  41. MFBTY – Sweet Dream
  42. Robin Thick – Blurred Lines (Justin Sane Remix)
  43. Deeper (Morris Corti Remix)
  44. Kid Massive – Yawn (Vandalism Remix)
  45. Reece Low – Monk Funk
  46. Scndl – Gypsy
  47. TJR – Eat God See Acid
  48. Syn Cole – Miami 82 (Avicii Edit)
  49. Starjack & Collini – Smack Em, Catch Em
  50. Don Omar – Danzo Kuduro
  51. Daddy Yankee – Limbo
  52. Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger
  53. Psy – Gentleman
  54. X10 – 엑스텐‬
  55. Hanmin – Show me your Bba Sae
  56. TJR – Ode to TNT
  57. Showtek – Booyah
  58. Hardwell Vs Krewella – Apollo Alive
  59. TJR – Come Back Down
  60. Zedd – Spectrum (Getter Remix)
  61. Jason Derulo – Whatcha Say (Afrojack Remix)
  62. 2NE1 – I am the Best
  63. Floorfilla – Anthem 4 Remix
  64. Public Service Announcement 2k13
  65. Jason Derulo – Wiggle
  66. Exo-K – Overdose

This month was a small change up, mainly because of UMF I switched my sets to be heavier EDM based for a bit of practice as well as trying out new combinations as I start working for towards developing my entry set for BeFM. Interestingly enough while I was looking for tracks I did come across a couple of better remixes of some Linkin Park tracks, definitely loving the rock/edm mashups (then again I have always loved a bit of good rock) and love smashing them out in my sets

‘Fuck White Day’ Party

by akadjblaze, posted in Events
White Day Poster
White Day Poster

So as the tittle suggests a few weeks ago we held a big party at Bar Fly, so time to throw up a quick review since that weekend not only did I have this party here but also did a special performance with Pinnacle at both Bar Fly and also at BrandNu! So was a busy weekend, anyways lets get right to it

So, Bar Fly, well Friday nights are usually pretty busy but because of the party this time we held multiple events during the night and also had a lot of ‘friends’ and regulars come thru so it was extra busy and the crowd was in a very good mood and ready to party. I asked Pinnacle if he wanted to perform again, being a nightclub keeping it short and sharp is always key so we decided to keep it to 4 club ish songs and hit em hard which we did. The good thing about Bar Fly people is they are an appreciative audience and seemed to be loving every minute of it, so the performance part of it went really well. The night started off well with tables full before 11, people kept coming in and by 12ish the place was pretty busy, drink specials kept the bar busy. We jumped on around fish and rocked out, then the girls jumped on stage and danced and gave out free T-shirts, lastly big ass balloons with confetti in them went flying around which was a pretty cool idea! Anyways click the video to watch most of the live performance

Now, the next gig was at BrandNu on Saturday night, I was a little worried about this, we were given an hour time slot to fill in, now an hour is a long time to fill in a club set, and it wasn’t till afterwards that I realised the mistake, but anyways, first thing, so we did sound check, all was good, came to the club, jumped on and started to go thru the set, the plan was to do 5 songs, then DJ Break, quick freestyle session then 5 more songs then out, so instead of hitting it hard and fast like Bar Fly, this time we had to set it up properly, the only problem was, BrandNu is a club, a hip hop club, with kids/people who aren’t really there for the ‘music’, meaning they only like the kind of rubbish that is in the top 10 these days, music with no substance, just party music. I have nothing against it in a club however when you try to bring in a live act that does have substance, 2 things happen

1. People don’t like it because they have to listen to it to understand it

2. People don’t know it so they automatically don’t like it

Given the beats we were playing compared to the beats the club normally plays, the 2nd option was more prevalent… and its a tough one because you have to expose people to music somehow yet often they only want to hear what they know regardless of how good the song might be and this is even more so prevalent in a clubbing situation. So of course the music and the performance was not really appreciated by the people there, some people were digging it, but the majority were just like ‘meh’ so yeah, it was a tough night, but lesson learned, next time listen more closely to my doubts lol then again it was pretty last minute.

Anyways, both were good gigs, obviously Bar Fly was a lot better but BrandNu was still good to throw down in. Now that Pinnacle is back in the states it will be a small while till we gig it out again, but maybe during summer…

Chur

Feb 2014 Review

by akadjblaze, posted in Monthly Reviews

God dam its March already?! What the hell… Anyways, time for a quick review of the last month….

Highlights/Points of note

– Finally got a website up and running

– Set up my home studio

– Watched ‘What difference does it make: A film about making music’ at the Beats by Dre Theatre thanks to Redbull

– Managed to successful revive ‘Selector Sessions’ for 2014

– Finally managed to check out Octagon

– New students arriving at Bar Fly

– Had a great night DJn at Dojo for an Old Skool night

So February is usually a very quiet month here in Korea except towards the last week when the students finally arrive back, the good thing this year is it has been a very mild winter but still word around is that a lot of clubs have had a struggling winter which isn’t surprising given the amount of new places that keep opening, Korea has a huge population but the number of people who actually frequent night clubs isn’t enough to sustain the amount of clubs there are now, however thats another story.

So the revival of selector sessions, I will post more about this in another post but in short it was a success given I had 2 DJs pull out on the day, but I managed to get the lifestream up and running and also go to have my first test of the new Reloop 8000 midi turntables (review also on its way) so it was a good start and will hopefully build more on it as the year goes on

DJ Blaze and DJ Hood
DJ Blaze and DJ Hood
DJ Vista
DJ Vista

So, finally managed to check out Octagon, one of the I guess elite VIP styled clubs in Gangnam (basically big ass club, bottom of a hotel, shit load of expensive ass VIP tables, rooms, expensive drinks centred around a DJ up on a stage and a dance floor) Now like the other clubs it is really nice, bit of a maze but the decor is usually really modern, the sound systems are awesome and in general they are awesome places. In a future post ill also talk more about how people act in clubs like this but for now it was just good to finally get there, see it and most importantly, listen and observe.

This is what 1million won buys ($1000)
This is what 1million won buys ($1000)
DJ Booth at Octagon
DJ Booth at Octagon

Bar Fly was slow most of this month but the last week saw a couple of big parties, lots of new students in town so the universities do their usual orientation etc, but of course students don’t tend to spend much money and parties start early which means they end early… again more about this in another post 🙂

Bar Fly
Bar Fly

So lastly I have to mention ‘Back in the Day’ 80’s and 90’s party at Dojo. Now normally I am against DJs only playing an hour etc but for parties like this, it works great, having 6 different DJ’s express their take on a couple of exciting decades of music is always something to see, unfortunately I couldn’t stay long but from what I understand, it was a great night and I am looking forward to doing it again! But it is also good because it is the start of a local initiative to strengthen the local DJ and local brand scene in the Dojo area. The article about not bitching about a scene and go out and create it yourself was really good and this will hopefully lead to good things and I’m very happy to be part of it and help build up not only the scene here but also in my own venture to build up a stronger DJ scene with DJ Korea

Just an awesome poster
Just an awesome poster

Right, thats it for now, there is a lot that I will expand on but for now, month over… on to the next one

Chur!

The Madness that is Bar Fly

by akadjblaze, posted in A day in the Life

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So welcome to my residency, Bar Fly in Sinchon, a long time student favourite and one of the only clubs in the Sinchon area. Home of craziness, scandals, cheap drinks, helpful regulars, good bar staff and good people, can’t ask for much more from a local bar (well you can but thats another issue) So lets have a quick look around with what Im working with

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So the DJ Booth, DJM 800 (in desperate need of new faders and a service, same with the CDJs…), CDJ 2000’s, SL4, my laptop, iPad (touchOSC) and dicers. Out putting video to a projector and 4 screens around the bar. Not a bad set up for a mid level club.

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View looking next to the DJ Booth, there is space upstairs and this is looking down to the floor level tables and bar, screen and projector as well as your useless advertising sign board posted pointlessly in the corner lol oh yeah, and top stage with stripper poles!

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Looking at the bar from up top, its a nicely enough set out bar with plenty of room, as you can see a lot of junk hanging from the ceiling…

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Looking down at the dance floor, it is a decent size club, you wouldn’t think so from the outside but that is always the surprising things with clubs here, most are built in the basements of buildings and can be very deceiving from the outside

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Looking out on the club…

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And lastly a look at the crowd, this was a student party, as you can see a lot of foreign students that night, usually its mostly Koreans but still a lot of foreign students come here to party and there is a strong crowd of foreign regulars who come as well, not to mention that a lot of the Koreans there are Korean/Russians, Korean/Spanish etc, it really is a diverse range of people which adds to the place

Its open during the week but not many people come through, Friday nights are usually the one, also a good vibe with people hitting it hard after work or a week of studying, Saturday is hit and miss depending on the week, the crowd fluctuates depending on parties and University schedules. Being in a University area it really dictates the mood of the area as you would expect. So there it is, a quick run down on the place, I might post up more about it later on, introduce the staff and regulars, drinks etc but thats for later on.

(just a note, when I say crazy, I don’t mean it in a bad way, for some reason over here people associate the word crazy with meaning bad, but I mean it in a good way)

And just for good measure, here is some fun with fire

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