Tuesday, April 17, 2012

AN21 REVIEW BIJOU BOSTON - PART 1



Last Tuesday was EDMBoston and Bijou’s first collaboration of Guest House Tuesday’s.  That meant the EDMBoston team was officially on hand to bring together the EDM Boston Community to party at a Concert.  It was a special night and we want to give a big shout out to everyone that came to the AN21 concert and said hello!  It was an incredible experience hearing all the people that follow the blog and love what we do.  While the blog seems fun, it takes an extraordinary amount of work. Hearing feedback is what keeps us driving to improve the website. But I digress from the festivities of the night.

The performer last Tuesday was famed Swede, AN21.  The mastermind behind the hit tracks “The Island” and “Swedish Beauty”. 


From the second AN21 walked in the green room, to the moment he played his last track, AN21 was meticulous about everything he did.  His mix reflected this precision, no track was out of place in his set, much like every hair in his tight European cut.

When we sat down with him, he was ultra secretive of his new album, but fun loving to sway anyones ability to pull out what he had hiding under his sleeve.  All we can say is after "People of the Night" was played live we should be in for a lot of good new things!

Last Tuesday at Bijou AN21 was able to build energy in the room, release it, and go deep with power vocals and melodic synths at ease.  He orchestrated his set like a finely tuned orchestra.  Only his orchestra was his cdjs and a raucous crowd looking to set aside their daily humdrum.  While we’d like to say AN21 was perfect that night, he had trouble with his audio levels the first 3 tracks of his set.  However, his tour manager worked with him to quickly resolve the problem.  From there, it was no looking back.  AN21 looped, cut, pitch faded, and mashed up live vocal cuts all throughout the night to keep the crowd energy up and everyone entertained.

He opened his set with...Stay Tuned tomorrow for Part 2 of the Review!