So while we had a late night at SY&M, we forced ourselves downstairs for breakfast at Cafe Medi which charges you $9 for brunch, and then an additional $35 for TWO of the biggest (so essentially 4) drinks you've ever seen , and one you can get to-go. So naturally this became our habit every morning, as we nursed our alienism with eggs, one enormous delicious lighter drink so get rid of the hangover and once again predispose our insides to alcohol for the day, and a second much stronger to-go drink to bring back to the room and prepare for the rest of the day.
Anywho, we eventually slug down our to-go drinks, and met up with our friends from another hotel (they were staying closer to Ultra Fest which is on the Bay, we were in South Beach), and we all headed to the MixMash Pool Party which was held at the National Hotel.
The party was hosted by Pacha and Dance.Here.Now. and the weather and set up were optimal. The hotel boasted a long narrow pool with plenty of chairs and cabanas down either side eventually leading to a small stage which housed the DJ Booth and a decent sized dancefloor. The entire place was gated in by probably 12ft high gates, so it actually felt very private, however once you had a wristband you were free to come and go to the beach which was really cool.
To be very honest we were a very large group, a lot of us hadn't seen each other in a while and we spent the majority of the day drinking, dancing, and swimming. A big deal was never made about who was own, it was a pretty controlled environment - I guess because it was in the open and the crowd was small during the day - but it made all of the sets enjoyable. It wasn't until Luke got on the tables along side surprise guest AFROJACK when the place really began to blow up. They actually played along side each other for a pretty long time, which was awesome cause we didn't see the exact set from Luke as we saw the night before. Here's them doing AJ's Be On Acid.
Later that night was Calvin Harris at Louis which is the club in the basement of the Gansevoort. The club itself almost reminded me of a larger version of the basement in Greenhouse or SL, because it had low ceilings and a more of a lounge feel, but the place was really cool. This was my first time seeing Calvin since he came to Lavo last November, and he played a really good set. Tinnie Tempah warmed up the crowd, concluding with Miami2Ibiza and introducing Mr. Harris who opened with I'm Not Alone. Harris built up his set around his new gem and another one of Ultra's anthem's Awooga. Awooga is a really interesting track for Calvin, it definitely shows his dirtier side, however when the beautifully haunting melody (which, had I not known the song was by Calvin, may have easily have mistaken as something created by the post-Kaleidoscope Tiesto) takes over after the bass-kicking laser drum synth ceases to drone, it displays what talent he actually has by being able to take two such specific sounds from opposite ends of the house music spectrum and juxtapose them perfectly, creating 7 minutes which will forever and most vividly bring me back to Miami Music Week 2011. And so, in case you've been living under a rock for the past month, here is AWOOGA - it's dirty, pretty, difficult to mix into and out of, and will be a tough one to remix too - way to go Calvin, you are much, much more than the mellow British house DJ with a nice voice which I once placed you as - it will be very exciting to see what comes next from you.
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