I don’t think any photos were taken at this event, but here’s a quick sum up of what went on last night (or the night before, as it’s 1am now). As I expected, Zio’s set was the highlight, but there were some other nice performances from DJs that I haven’t seen much of at all until now. Alas, the venue and a few other things did however take the shine off the night slightly. I was warned pre-event about ATOM, and now I see why – a classic mix of Shibuya girls tottering around on high heels and Thursday evening office folk, all jiving away to cookie-cutter trance. Add hilariously over-zealous staff/security, and it’s obviously not going to have quite the same atmosphere as the dedicated nights at Cube/Kinoto etc.

Anyway, the DoD vs HG DJs themselves played a nice mix of styles, and Ayako’s hard house set in particular was very good. She’s playing at the next Hell’s Gate, and probably hard house again. I was a bit disappointed that Dance or Die’s DJ Ozawa didn’t play any Finnish tunes, as I’d been told beforehand that his speciality was freeform. This time seemed to be high bpm happy-ish tunes, almost UK Hardcore but not quite… Zio’s set, while short, was excellent – starting off with some tech dance, he finished up with some of my favourite tunes. Getting Lab 4’s Falling Down, Remo-Con’s Narky Light and Code of Silence into a 7 track set is pretty impressive, no? He even took on the challenge of mixing the impossible-to-mix Lacrima at the end.

Only another week until Hell’s Gate, and the Bootek event’s the day after tomorrow. Good thing I’ve got next week off, eh?