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Last night in Newtown, Sydney, ITM became a dance music ‘Starlight Foundation’ of sorts when it made one lucky dance fan’s dreams come true. UK trance icons Above & Beyond, a key act on the Global Gathering festival that’s currently touring the country, played at the apartment of Marek Panasko to an intimate audience of only 30 people. The energy in the cosy living was every bit as electrifying as you can imagine, check out the photos of what went down!
> Check out the Snap! featured gallery from the party here, or for the full range of pics head here!
It was a balmy Thursday night in Newtown that set the scene perfectly, and as Marek’s friends gathered in his living room and balcony there was an excited nervousness shared by pretty much everyone there. To ease the tension, the party had some impressive DJ talent on warmup duties in the form of Australia’s own Jaytech, a high-profile recruit to Above & Beyond’s Anjunabeats label who’s only just arrived back home after several months in the UK.
When Tony McGuinness and Jono Grant finally arrived around 8.30pm, they took the time to meet and share a few drinks with everyone gathered, with Tony sharing his excitement over the chance to play at a house party. Apparently, it’s the first time they’d had the chance since an infamous kick-on in Sydney several years ago that also saw Dave Dresden spinning some tunes. When they hit the decks just after 9pm, they kicked it off with the progressive trance of Signalrunners’ Meet Me In Montauk, the signature opening track for the boys recently.
The set climbed to a trancey peak fairly quickly, with Tony and Jono taking requests galore and even finding the time to drop in seminal classic Three Drives Greece 2000, which drew a smile from the over 30s in the room. As the two-hour set drew towards a close the anthems were whipped out in quick succession, with their own Satellite and Alone Tonight wrapping things up and encouraging an unabashed singalong among the intimate crowd. Prize winner Marek floated around like he was on cloud nine for the whole performance, and the energy in his living room built to the sort of euphoric craziness that you only ever see at the most memorable of club nights and events. Well wicked indeed!
Global Gathering completes its run of dates around the country with shows in Sydney and Brisbane this weekend! Keep your eyes peeled to on inthemix.com.au/globalgathering for all the latest info on the tour, including interviews, news, DJ mixes, videos and more.
i_have_ADD says...
the party was so much fun, and it was great to see marek was a hardcore fan!
funkichiken says...
damn thats awesome
genebourne says...
how fucking cool!
fkn_ace says...
that is so friggin cool.
alexrcleary says...
Oh my god that is AWESOME! I hate trance, but if my favourite DJ came to my house to play I think I'd faint...
NumbeH says...
awesome LOl
deXXy_Disaster says...
That is so cool. ITM is teh radness
angy says...
it was so awesome! Couldn't believe it was happening lol :)
jetgrrl says...
such an amazing party - was awesome to be there with such genuine fans appreciating every moment. Above
latin_deluxe says...
this kinda thing shoud be organized more often...
danmau5 says...
he'd be able to sing that lcd soundsystem song, but change the words a fraction hehe. those guys blew my head off at GG, i can only imagine what a house party would have been like!
Fiaz says...
brilliant, just brilliant
walkdogz says...
really awesome :)
brenly says...
you lucky lucky son of a bitch! that would have to be one of the coolest prizes this site has ever done. and agree with latin_deluxe... it would be great to see this happening more often!!
dreamygems says...
Congrates Marek, very dam jelous! I was that close to them at the Kanya Bar in Ibiza this summer, awesome awesome guys!!! However having them perform in your own flat would have been amazing! Cheers for sharing all the photos you rock!!
libby says...
marek - you would have to be the perfect winner for that prize :) what an awesome night! the pics capture it beautifully!
joeyk says...
thats fan fucking tastic.
VanBuurenisGod says...
what a great initiative - well done to itm for an awesome prize
partyboi007 says...
Quite possibly the most awesome thing this year. The photos say it all really. So very jealous
Chewporka says...
Thanks to ITM and Future for making this party possible! This was seriously the best prize that I could have ever imagined winning!!! Above and Beyond smashed it as well, such nice guys.
CameronM says...
how fuc*ing cool is that!