What can I say? I was truly captivated by Steve Aoki. From his entrance, accompanied by body guards into Republiq- up until he delighted the manic crowd with an encore. From what I'd heard about Steve Aoki concerts, I was promised a crazy, wild and savage wonderland. This isn't too much of a far cry of what I witnessed, and it was bliss! It had been a while since the music hit me in the way it did, where it lifts you off the ground and your body gyrates to the beat. & I think I wasn't the only one who felt it. Outcries of incomprehensible jargon surrounded me. When words truly escape you and all that's left is to dance and feel the electro beat.
I don't know too much about Steve Aoki besides his music. I can still remember the days when I lived in California and we turned our cars into the church of electro music. We'd play his songs, along with other beats, with the bass high and every stress and ache of the day.. blasted out of the windows.
Someone once said, "Jesus was always asian," referring to Aoki. It was on the October 4, 2012, last thursday when he finally became real for me. He was standing behind the DJ booth in Republiq spinning his tracks I'd heard a hundred times before, when he leapt over the booth and right onto it. Besides him was an inflatable yellow and blue raft boat. Hands in the crowd stretched out to embrace him as he jumped onto the crowd in his raft and rode the glorious waves of the party goers. It was a sea, and in that moment I saw how livid the crowd was, but at the same time, how united everyone was in the passion for his music. Without that passion and unity, he'd never have stayed afloat over the crowd. He rode into the crowd as if he was on water, waves tossing him, but he kept his balance and the same attitude "F*ck yeah, we came here to party."
I guess you can't have a true party without champagne showers and cake! Twice he had brought out a bottle of champagne and twice two large circle cakes, frosting and all. He shook the champagne wildly and then showered the crowd in a pale yellow mist. The people were hysterical, ferocious, wanting more.. and he gave it all. He took a large cake and threw it into the crowd. I can imagine the updated twitter statuses:
"Steve Aoki threw a cake at me.. and i loved it."
I was standing atop the ledge so I didn't get pummeled by cake or drenched with champagne, but the effect was still burned into my memory. I have so much respect for the guy. I stood in a crowd overlooking the bottom mosh pitters and raised my hands in the air. I could close my eyes, dancing with the electric sounds tickling every inch of my spinal cord, and feel the sounds pulsating in my ears. Now that's real music.
After this day, whenever I hear his music, I'll dance and think, 'Steve Aoki, you asian jesus! You got this one right.'
Steve Aoki & Laidback Luke ft. Lil Jon- Turbulence:
The Bloody Beetroots ft. Steve Aoki -WARP:
Steve Aoki ft. Kid Cudi & Travis Barker- Cudi the Kid:
**Borrowed some of the Steve Aoki pics from my friend Paolo DLA :)<3
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