Good times out on this one.

It started by Sammy and I meeting our brother in arms John Templeton, the lovely Zaira and Herr Buttrich at Lous Food Place around 9:30…love that place. A nice intimate sit down with someone I have admired for years was perfect…more perfect, as Martin turned out not to be the steely German I projected of him, with his clinical productions and all.  Instead, he is a happy-go-lucky ‘bro’, who laughed, knocked back brews, joked on his local football team and spoke modestly of gigs in Ibiza and the Caribbean (where he fell off a stage and broke his foot a while back, there for could not snowboard with us while in town).

From Lou’s, we all ran back to our house around the corner for a quick chill, then on to Blake Street where the BPL awaited us. Since the advent of 18+ upstairs in the BPL, attendance has been up on every new visit. Lines are a bit blurred as to who is passing through or who is there for the specific music that is played, but regardless the room has benefitted from more enthusiastic bodies in it. PUNCHIS resident Diizel was on when we arrived, playing a varied selection of not so varied tech house to a packed room. It worked though as woops and cheers rang out as he smoothly mixed through until our German friend had his laptop set up and ready to rip.

Martin’s live set was solid as expected. He ran through bits of his vast catalog in an hour and a half.  His remix of Luca Bacchetti & Davide Squillace’s “Around The Bay”,  another of his remix’s,  ”Telesto” on Systematic making appearances.  These tracks strike a nice balance between warm tones with playful attitudes and straight dance floor functionality.  The room stayed full for the most part…even after the sound cut out THREE times, which I really don’t understand as high profile as Beta is.

On to the ‘AM’ segment of the night, a gang of us headed to the RiNo warehouse complex about 5 minutes north of Beta. A few parties have been held there, this was the first time I made it to one.  Afterhours Anonymous and Mahesh Presents hosted the event, which was impeccably produced. Turbo Sound was dialed in, a full bar, massive visuals and plenty of room to dance. The vibe was upbeat from the start, the tall and talented Bones (ala Nick Wilson) was laying down his birthday set nicely, blending his brand of pleasant tech house to an already well populated room. Martin came on for his second live set of the evening, which apparently he did not know about until he landed in Denver. He had no issues with it and honestly, it worked better than his club set.  The set was a lot more stripped back, chugging and hypnotic. Take a listen to his track “Back It Up”, this is what the set sounded like in some form through out, simple and effective. Denver’s own Little Mike closed the night out with a good demonstration of why he is holding his own in Berlin currently. Fairly safe records more on the tech house tip, but well mixed and programmed. The party literally felt like an extension of the club, as it was so well produced and lured in a bulk of the club goers itself. Hopefully the sound guys at Beta were lured in as well to learn a thing or two…with out a Function 1, the sound system at the afters was hands down better and did not cut out once.

Hats off to PUNCHIS, AA/MP and all others that participated in bringing Martin and making it a fun night out.  Hopefully we’ll see more of him as he seems to be happily based in Los Angeles at the moment.

Upcoming AA/MP shows: Radio Slave 3.24.12  http://www.facebook.com/events/361177960582197/

Bones set from this night

Martin Buttrich: 1/2 California Bro, 1/2 Steely German...all around great dude.