Noisia @ The Observatory

This past Thursday, Noisia graced the decks at The Observatory in Santa Ana.

Two out of the trio showed up for the show, which apparently justifies the "Live" distinction that was advertised for ticket sales. Noisia played a full 90 minutes and stayed pretty consistent for the whole night. They would occasionally fall into trap or down-tempo, but the majority of the night consisted of a lot of their own classic DnB bangers from their debut album Split The Atom, like Alpha Centauri and Stigma. They also played some of their remixes, such as Labrinth - Earthquake, The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up, and even Deadmau5 - Raise Your Weapon. Overall the show was fantastic - the crowd was much better than at Loadstar, and the security was much better, without being too overbearing. For example, a girl actually got up on stage and danced for a considerable amount of time before she was asked to just step down, not even kicked out. (Though, she was kicked out the second time she did it, dumb bitch.)

Another somewhat important thing I want to address is a new trend that is occurring at The Observatory. In the past, shows tended to be spaced out and on different nights, so that parking in the venue lot was a non-issue. Parking was also free which was one of the huge benefits of this particular venue. I live in Los Angeles, so not paying for parking of even just $10 greatly offset the costs of gas that it took to get there

Lately, they have been double booking shows - one in the Main Room, and another in the Constellation room - to the effect that the one parking lot is insufficient and they have expanded parking to an adjacent lot and are now charging $10. While this is definitely unfortunate, the fact that Bassology pulls in so much great talent to The Observatory makes me really mad they were ever booted out of LA in the first place.

In other news, the Noisia x Foreign Beggars group I Am Legion drops their eponymous debut album on September 2. Grab it here when it drops! And check out the album preview down below! Have a happy Labor Day weekend everyone!!