Armin Van Buuren

This Friday I went to a nightclub in Taiwan that I absolutely detest to see the top DJ in the world, Armin Van Buuren. I had heard from Colin that the show would be life changing. So I went there early.

I was blown away; it was over a 1 hour wait to get in the door. The line looped around the nightclub (Luxy) a few times. I have no idea if there are fire codes in Taiwan to mandate how many people can be inside an enclosed area--but Luxy was without a doubt breaking each and every one of those codes. Even now I have no idea how so many people fit inside. It was actually a little scary.

The other downside was that it was hot beyond all belief with so many bodies. By the end of the night they were handing out napkins to people to wipe sweat (a bottle of water was $5).

Below are some videos other people took of the show. I'll try and post some pics and videos of my own on Monday:



If you watch a few videos you should hopefully be able to tell why I couldn't hear a thing when I got out of the club (4 hours of assaulting your ears will do that to you). Even 20 hours later my hearing is still a little below where it should be. Next time I'll listen to my mom and bring ear plugs.



The video below is probably about 3:30am. It was at this point that the Luxy dancers came on stage to do a little dance.



This last video is towards the end of the set but should give a good idea of the atmosphere. After he was done he signed some autographs and then did a little encore. The set went from 1:30am-4:30am then another Taiwanese DJ came on (at which point I left)



The show was actually pretty interesting. It was much different from the rock shows I'm used to. Basically he played lots of pre-mixed songs of (there was also tons of free-style stuff too) and would every so often put his hands up in the air (and expect the crowd to do likewise).

Still, the show was incredible. I was actually sober the entire time as I had been drinking earlier at a company dinner and I didn't want to fight through hundreds of people to reach the bar. Even being sober the way the music, video screens, and the lights all came together was amazing. I had a very good time and came home at 5:30am.