Videos: Paul van Dyk at Governors Island

Paul van Dyk played a 6 hour set last Sunday, August 11 at Governors Beach Club, Governors Island. He played an awesome set mixing his classic tracks such as New York City and Nothing But You with his tracks from his "Evolution" album and upcoming new album "Politics Of Dancing."

Cosmic Gate

Cosmic Gate, the German duo of Nic Chagall (Claus Terhoeven) and DJ Bossi (Stefan Bossems), visited New York City last Friday, January 21, and definitely got the crowd dancing throughout their three and a half hour set.  The duo played at the legendary Pacha Nightclub and the dance floor was just packed from the start.

Nic and Bossi aka Cosmic Gate at Pacha

Cosmic Gate played a good mixture of house, vocal and progressive trance tunes. They open their set with Aruna with Mark Eteson's Let Go (Nic Chagall's Remix) and sure got the crowd pumped. They also played tunes from the current album "Back 2 the Future - the classics from 1999-2003 remixed" such as Back To Earth (Jochen Miller Remix), Fire Wire (Back 2 The Future Remix), Melt To The Ocean (John O'Callaghan Main Room Remix) and Exploration of Space. They also played some tunes such as Oceanlab's On a Good Day, Ilo's Rapture, Vincent de Moor's Fly Away (Cosmic Gate Remix), Susana's Frozen (Nic Chagall Remix), Ferry Corsten's Made of Love as well as their own tunes such as F.A.V, Analog Feel and Barra. For the grand finale, the duo drop Oceanlab's Sirens Of The Sea (Cosmic Gate Vocal Mix).

Cosmic Gate at Pacha

This surely is one of the best sets that I have attended. The place wasn't as packed which allows me to enjoy their set all night long.

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..of DJs, grapes, trail mix and vitamin water

So last Friday I headed to the city for John O'Callaghan and Matt Darey at Pacha. It turned out to be an epic night.

We got to the venue around midnight and luckily, I was still able to get in free using the guest list (no I'm not cheap, I just love saving money). The place was already thumping with Mike Saint-Jules warming out the crowd with progressive trance.

Then around midnight, Matt Darey took the booth and started of with See the Sun. I sure went crazy along with the crowd. His set was made up of vocal, progressive and melodic trance. Mostly from his album since this was part of his US Album Tour. He played Lost at Sea, Float My Boat (Moguai Remix), Lucy, Fedde Le Grand's Back N Forth and close his set with Black Flower. The crowd was surely pumped up with his set.

Then came John O'Callaghan, who was introduced by Matt Darey. Now if Matt ripped the dance floor, JOC tored it apart. His set was purely melodic and uplifting playing tunes such as BT's Every Other Way, and Jon O'Bir's Found A Way and Markus Schulz's Perception mixing it up with his tunes such as Find Yourself, Out of Nowhere and Never Fade Away. If Matt Darey's set was a roller coaster ride, JOC's set was up up and away.  And he even played all the tunes I requested.

Afterwards, while waiting outside the venue, my friends came up with Matt Darey. And we continued the party till the morning hours.

EPIC!!!!