by tall metal structures, while around the
open sides an array of buildings house not
only bars but also a pizzeria and sushi
restaurant. Up on a hill at the back of the
crowd, is the lounge, a separate building
with a second dancefloor and, bizarrely, a
hair-dressing salon, where seemingly
already immaculate woman are being
pampered. When we said it was like
nothing else we’d seen, we really weren’t
joking.
Impressive Sight
As bottles of vodka and strawberry juice
appearance in ice buckets, the prospect of
staying even reasonably presentable
begins to evaporate in the swelling mass
of bodies below. When the chorus of David
Guetta’s ‘When Love Takes Over’ booms
out, the dancefloor erupts in the kind of
collective emotional outpouring normally crowd. An all-out assault on the senses, it Joining the VIPs and photographers for the afternoon. He might be in for a
only found at festivals. An impressive sets the scene perfectly for the return of behind Cox to escape the squeeze below, long wait.
sight only topped when a minimal drop Green Valley’s favourite overseas son. we can view exactly why Green Valley “Last time Carl played, the next DJ was
sees hundreds of green balloons released Renowned for his three-deck mixing in keeps DJs coming back for more. When the meant to take over at 4am,” explains
from the distant ceiling, precipitating pre-digital days, Cox’s adoption of Traktor lights illuminate the club during a Rodrigo. “He was still waiting at 9am!”
mass popping hysteria on the dancefloor. now gives him four-deck control at the prolonged breakdown, there are people as Indeed, Cox’s annual appearance at
touch of the button and the master is far as the eye can see — distant, barely Green Valley has become such an event
As Carl Cox makes his first appearance on soon in full swing — dropping wave after visible figures grooving away on the hill. that backstage is a veritable who’s who of
stage, jets of flame shoot up around the wave of grooving techno via the glowing Pondering just how to follow this local officials and club players. There’s a
DJ booth, flares explode and machines touchpads of his Native Instruments’ spectacle is Global Underground’s Sultan, politician and police chief rubbing
fire confetti into the front row of the Maschine drum pad. who has a flight back to Montreal booked shoulders with the owner of Sao Paulo
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