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tyler's avatar

I find myself thinking about this night so often. It was cathartic to stumble on this piece and relive it through new but familiar eyes.

We also saw Jamie XX and then went straight to WoS. Also submitted ourselves to the liberating oppression of the frequencies. And I say the frequencies, because for the first time in my music appreciating life, it wasn't the rhythms or melodies or notes or even sounds that left their impression on my mind and body; it was the resonance and the vibration of that wave passing through me that demanded my attention and fealty.

Up toward the front, at times, DVS1 literally reverberated my core at a cellular level with that sound system. Made me feel something I never had, and desperately hope I will again someday.

Thank you for sharing your write up.

I agree with most of your points, and i appreciate your perspective on Despacio, which is indeed very cool. But that might be our only divergence. Those moments or reveal and interaction are great, but I was in absolute paradise in the anonymous darkness of that dancefloor. I was in an intense affair with that sound, and didn't need to feel it reflected or shared by the crowd around me - at least not at the moment, it has definitely been rewarding to hear those feelings echoed by you and others who were there.

I'm thinking about building a small webpage and linking it from an NFC tag or QR code attached to the frame of the commemorative event poster I have, so that my friends / visitors can pull up some info about what the mysterious Wall of Sound was.

Would you mind if I copied and hosted your article (no exposure to crawler, no links or monetization) and the (amazing!) photos you have here for that purpose? I would hate to see the content move or disappear from this url over time.

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Jorge's avatar

Good article but I think the Auschwitz slogan was unnecessary to make your point.

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