My French Diary #1 - Paris to Strasbourg

Ooooh La La! What an amazing show… Carl Cox & 4,000 Friends in Paris & Strasbourg! I can’t believe how lucky I am for Carl Cox to ask me to go on tour with him as his warm up Dj!

My first gig was extra special because it was in my home country Ireland in one of the best clubs in Dublin “The Redbox”. It’s a wicked club with a kick ass soundsystem & an excellent up for it crowd! I really enjoyed my set & had great fun with the 1,100 crowd! Carl then got up & rocked the place big time!

Next stop was the Zenith in Paris for the first big “Carl Cox & Friends” show. 4,000 people! The venue was amazing, lots of famous concerts have been held there, Kylie Minogue etc & now it was Carl’s turn. The production was out of this world, huge screens & mind blowing visuals & a Function 1 soundsystem… well it’s only the best! The crowd were fantastic, as soon as the doors opened people ran straight in & started dancing… they were ready to PARTY! It was my first time playing to such a big crowd & the first time using Carl’s new vestax PMC-CX mixer, which I must say is wicked, real easy to use, & the sound quality is top with some very cool effects! The crowd reacted really well to my new sound… electronic house! It’s an amazing feeling having 4,000 people screaming at you! Hehe! About 20 friends travelled over from London to support me it was so great having them there! Then Carl rocked up & the crowd went completely nuts! He played so great, every tune was perfect going through lots of different styles & then with the vocalists Saffron & Onallee coming on stage singing their tracks & Pablo the Percussionist, this really adds to the show… these artists all have made tracks with Carl which you can hear on his new album “Second Sign” … Check it out ‘coz it’s really very good!! After I play I’m always on the dancefloor & all the French people I met were so polite & lots of people came over & said they really enjoyed my set which was really nice! Carl continued rocking the crowd until 5AM! The place was still packed & screaming for more!

After Paris I travelled with Carl to his gig at “Le4Sans” club in Bordeaux. This club is wicked & was packed to the rafters! 1,200 people havin it & it has a wicked stage down low near the crowd. The warm up dj before Carl was playing some top techno. So Carl got up & played full on techno for 4 hours!! It was fantastic! He even played an extra hour than he should have & at the end the crowd were screaming for more for at least 20mins!! It was so great!

Next stop Strasbourg! For the next big “Carl Cox & Friends” show at “Le Rhenus”. I felt a bit more prepared for this show, I knew what to expect. And got to play around more with the mixer. The crowd were different here than to Paris. When the doors opened about 300 people strolled in & stood staring at me with their arms folded… I was like... “OH NO!” but thought to myself ok, I’m gonna make ye dance & dance they did! By the end of my 3 hour set the place was packed with 4,000 people & again screaming & jumping around the place! So much fun! Next up was Carl to play from 1am-6am! 5hours of rocking the place again with the vocalists Saffron & Onallee & the crazy percussionist Pablo! This was my 4 th gig in a row seeing Carl play & each party you think wow! He can’t get much better, but he always does! It really is amazing! The atmosphere at this party was something else & near the end me, Saffron, Onallee & Pablo all got up on stage dancing with Carl!! It was so great & so is the whole “Carl Cox & Friends” experience, so if you haven’t seen it, please check it out because you’ll remember it for the rest of your lives!!

Read on with Part 2 of the France tour with Carl Cox, hitting the South of France!! Au revoir!