wmc 2009

last weekend was wmc 2009, this year's installation of spring break for the electronic music world.

i'm not a huge fan of miami or music industry hobnobbing, but i've been to wmc a few times and came up with the rule for myself that i'd go as long as i have a booking, so ended up there yet again this year. having said that, though, i was actually looking forward to quite a bit of the music this time around.

i'm not gonna bother with a full recap, but i might as well cover some of my highlights for the weekend:

• the "family wmc" party at ps14, while underattended, was a lot of fun-- mostly because it felt like a party on the roof of bar 13 with mostly new york locals and the soundsystem and weather were amazing.
• the resolute party was awesome, though they had some sound issues, particularly inside. i'm not sure why, but it seems like resolute parties are much better when they're out of town (detroit, for example)... or maybe they're much better when they're outdoors (detroit, miami, boat with no captain, etc)
• even though the dirtybird/mothership party had some problems with sound complaints and couldn't use their amazing soundsystem (same one as family @ ps14), the party was great. guido schneider completely shocked me by playing one of the best daytime outside awesome, funky house music sets i've ever heard. we were all looking at each other in disbelief.
• the spectral party totally stole the show for the weekend. the venue (grass) was BEAUTIFUL, the crowd was great, the sound was top notch and the lineup outside (clark warner djing ambient -> kate simko live pa -> matt dear live pa) was pretty much perfect and everything just clicked. i really don't know what could've been changed to make this party better. seriously great.
• sunday school for degenerates was, despite being a total shit show, an awesome time. we showed up at 11pm to pick up our bracelets and raid the open bar, and we were almost the only ones there to catch an amazing live pa from ryan crosson. we ended up leaving when he was done and coming back for the morning, which was a great plan. all of the music outside (when the outside wasn't shut down for rain reasons) was amazing and the weather, when it held up, was perfect. the crowd was excellent and everybody was totally ready to let loose and get down to close down the weekend. the only thing that disappointed me was how hard cassy played... i was really hoping for a deeper set at sundown oustide to close out the weekend.

all in all, it was a great weekend. i barely spent any time on south beach and spent a huge portion of my time outside. i even slept pretty much every night! i guess i'll have to stop hating and actually put more effort into going back next year.