Today we decided to take things easy because in the evening it was to be our last major day of partying and we wanted to be fully rested up. Most of the day was spent lounging around and doing some local shopping around the hotel.
We hit up the Armada party first in the evening at Twilo walking in with Matthew Dekay hammering away on the decks. I’ve always been a major fan of Dekay, so to see him flawlessly working a crowd here in Miami was something very special. Great seeing Blake Jarrell and Topher Jones out again up near the front. We headed down to the VIP and chatted with Armin for a bit and a few minutes later Ferry showed up to join in with the partying.
Elevation arrived a few minutes later as did Markus Schulz: the night was quickly becoming a star-studded time. Armin came on around 12:45 and was banging out until about 3:30. His set was alright, but in all honesty he seems to play a lot different and more exciting in Toronto than he did this evening. Markus came on at about 3:30an with a great new intro track and was holding the crowd very well.
We headed over to Karu Nightclub for around 5am and Sander van Doorn was just finishing up. Blank and Jones were up next and they started throwing down their mix of old and new trance. They weren’t bad, but again they play a better set in Toronto.
We headed out to the back terrace a little after 6:00am and Torontonian DJ Sean Miller was ripping on the decks. Great to see him once again as he√¢¬Ä¬ôs always one of my favorite local DJ√¢¬Ä¬ôs. The reason we were at Karu though was for the √¢¬Ä¬úSpecial Guest√¢¬Ä� known to the public as √¢¬Ä¬úThe King and his Friends√¢¬Ä�; it was pretty obvious though that it was Tiesto.
He arrived in the VIP and grabbed some food before hitting the decks for 7am. His set was very housey but it was amazing to see Tiesto play in Miami as the sun rose up to an exclusive and small crowd. Special thanks to Craig and Julie for letting us know about the party.
Chris is the manager of AVA Recordings as well as resident DJ and freelance reporter for Dancenode.