DECIBEL FESTIVAL 2012
Here are some shots from this year’s DB Festival taken at the club during the weekend.
I’m totally fucking exhausted and slept for almost 12 hours last night — something I almost never do.
The Festival went off without a hitch — well, almost. Our fog machine set off our fire alarm but the DJ at the time — Dixon — managed to incorporate the screaming alarm into his set until we could figure out how to turn the damn thing off.
Then, I almost had to eject Russian DJ Nina Kraviz from the club for the crime of being an insufferable bitch who was abusing my staff and who was so fucking incompetent that she was running with her levels in the red all night — this in spite of the fact that I had my audio consultants on the floor with their laptops tuning the sound system while she performed.
Russians! Can’t live with ‘em, can’t nuke ‘em.
Phil Hartnoll of Orbital about to start his set.
One of my bartenders with his hair on fire.
Phil Hartnoll getting the crowd going. Notice the bare feet.
Selling the booze, sweetie.
A DB Festival Instagram
Your humble blogger with some random dude in the VIP section. Dave, my security chief, is at the left making sure the guy I’m with doesn’t try to pull any nefarious shit.
Dave is VERY protective and won’t allow me to walk to my truck at night without being accompanied by at least two of his people.
October 1st, 2012 at 10:46 am
Dave looks seriously bad ass, love it! Beard’s growing in nicely Mr. Smith
October 1st, 2012 at 3:02 pm
Yeah Dave!! We would hate to have something unwanted happen to you!
Happy belated birthday!!!!
October 1st, 2012 at 4:28 pm
He’s probably just as worried about his employer dropping over in the carpark! (I’m such a positive little bastard). How’s that arrhythmia going?
October 1st, 2012 at 4:47 pm
What arrhyth ach echeeeeeek guh.
October 1st, 2012 at 8:15 pm
If you keep having trouble with the fire alarm going off, you may need to look into a Haze machine (vs. a fog machine). I just read most fire alarms are not as sensitive to haze machines.
Then again, I haven’t had a chance to visit your club (yet), so please accept my apologies if you’re already using a haze machine.
Just an amateur guy who is oddly obsessed with lighting.
Love your blog and wish you success with the awesome club!
October 1st, 2012 at 8:48 pm
I thought there was no VIP section in the club.
October 2nd, 2012 at 8:26 am
Sean, there normally isn’t a VIP section. But with Orbital appearing along with Erykah Badu we had to set aside a green room for them. Which was good, because Erykah showed with a dope smoking posse of about thirty!
October 2nd, 2012 at 8:27 am
Shadow D, we normally use a haze machine for just that reason — and because it doesn’t clog up the fans in our intelligent lights. But the DB Festival people wanted the place smokey so they brought in a fog machine for the event. We won’t let that happen again.