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As I walked into my favorite circle in the sea at about 7pm it was already pretty full, I’m sure that was partly due to the fact that people were excited for the return of Lars Sandberg aka Francois Dubois, or his more popular alter ego Funk D’void. Last time this tall Scott graced the decks he played for a full six hours even though he was only booked to play the regular three, because he was just having that much fun! We knew we wanted another extended set so when he briefly left the decks to take a sip of his beer (you know that silly rule where you can’t actually drink inside the booth but if you take one step outside of it you can, cause that makes so much sense!) we gathered around and told him we wanted him to play until close, he was more than happy to oblige us.
Francois Dubois began playing his signature deep house sounds at 8pm then around 11pm Francois Dubois left the building and made room for Funk D’Void! Something I always expect from a veteran DJ/producer like Funk D’Void is to be surprised. This was a night full of surprises. First he surprised us all with techier more driving house sounds like Laurent Garnier –Flashback (Christian Smith & Wehbba remix) and my favorite of the night Bruce Springsteen- State Trooper (Trentmoller Remix), yes my favorite track of the night was originally from the American rock icon ‘The Boss’! With tracks like these taking control it turned into tile stomping to the max!
Not only did the music surprise me but so did the whole vibe of the night. A true connection was made between the music, the crowd and the DJ. The ultimate experience that we always try to find, but only happens on rare occasions like this. It’s not something you can predict; so many factors have to be aligned, like the stars in the sky, most in random patterns but some come together to create something special. That’s what happened on this night. Imagine the emotion Lars was feeling, as we were showing him so much love, and the beautiful music surrounded us, that utter tears of joy started streaming down his face, overcome by the magic of what was happening. True emotion like this is rare to see, let alone from a DJ. I felt like he was revealing his true self to us at that moment which made me gain a whole new respect for him. Something I always love to see a DJ do which really shows they want to connect with the people is to get amongst the crowd and dance to the last track, Lars did just that coming down to show us love with hugs all around. As he said on his twitter post "360º Dubai =one of the best nights in my 20yr DJ career...no words...Love, sweat & tears (from me), we became one, transcended through music".
Audio Tonic history was made that night !!
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As I walked into my favorite circle in the sea at about 7pm it was already pretty full, I’m sure that was partly due to the fact that people were excited for the return of Lars Sandberg aka Francois Dubois, or his more popular alter ego Funk D’void. Last time this tall Scott graced the decks he played for a full six hours even though he was only booked to play the regular three, because he was just having that much fun! We knew we wanted another extended set so when he briefly left the decks to take a sip of his beer (you know that silly rule where you can’t actually drink inside the booth but if you take one step outside of it you can, cause that makes so much sense!) we gathered around and told him we wanted him to play until close, he was more than happy to oblige us.
Francois Dubois began playing his signature deep house sounds at 8pm then around 11pm Francois Dubois left the building and made room for Funk D’Void! Something I always expect from a veteran DJ/producer like Funk D’Void is to be surprised. This was a night full of surprises. First he surprised us all with techier more driving house sounds like Laurent Garnier –Flashback (Christian Smith & Wehbba remix) and my favorite of the night Bruce Springsteen- State Trooper (Trentmoller Remix), yes my favorite track of the night was originally from the American rock icon ‘The Boss’! With tracks like these taking control it turned into tile stomping to the max!
Not only did the music surprise me but so did the whole vibe of the night. A true connection was made between the music, the crowd and the DJ. The ultimate experience that we always try to find, but only happens on rare occasions like this. It’s not something you can predict; so many factors have to be aligned, like the stars in the sky, most in random patterns but some come together to create something special. That’s what happened on this night. Imagine the emotion Lars was feeling, as we were showing him so much love, and the beautiful music surrounded us, that utter tears of joy started streaming down his face, overcome by the magic of what was happening. True emotion like this is rare to see, let alone from a DJ. I felt like he was revealing his true self to us at that moment which made me gain a whole new respect for him. Something I always love to see a DJ do which really shows they want to connect with the people is to get amongst the crowd and dance to the last track, Lars did just that coming down to show us love with hugs all around. As he said on his twitter post "360º Dubai =one of the best nights in my 20yr DJ career...no words...Love, sweat & tears (from me), we became one, transcended through music".
Audio Tonic history was made that night !!
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