I got to the venue relativly early, around 12. I was surprised to see G&S in the mix, as the poster said Ziad would be opening, but I didnt mind that fact too much!
Gunther was doing his stuff, playing the prog tribal and a bit of techno, while Stamina stayed all techno, and a bit tech housy at some points. It was a really good warm up, perhaps one of the best ive witnessed in quite a while, the lads really knew how to get the crowd going for Zabz.
The venue was fun, something new, different from the average. Lot's of smashed cars (but anyways we see alot of these cars on the roads anyways
) , 2 lasers over the booth sitting on top of two smashed cars, with a very good lighting bridge. The sound system was awful. Well the actual system was okay, its actualy the Ey speakers they use in most of the events, but I think B0 and MixFm deliberatly lowered the volume for two reasons. One that its outdoors, and there are laws that ban high music after 9 + they dont want the ppl outside to enjoy the music that much 
Then at around 1.30 came the moment that will forever change the concept of the DJ culture in Lebanon, and will set the new bar for all future events that will be held in Beirut! It was the moment Zabz arrived at B0's rugged car park.
He started setting up his Macbook and EFX and all his other toys. That took him around five minutes! Stamina was finishing up, and then Zabz quickly starting fiddiling around with the song in his EFX and turned stamina's final track into a breaks track that got the crowd dreamy! And the show of my life was officially on !
To be honest, ive been following Zabiela ever since his bedroom bedlam days, and have around 20 of his vids and alot of his sets, so it wasnt too much of a surprise what he delivered. But the energy was simply phenomenal, that guy is really a robot!
He moved from Techno to breaks, then back to techno, and he slipped some house everynow and then, even some electro cuts at points, but it was supremely done. The main show wasnt so much about the tracks he played, as it was about his extensive use of loops and effects. At one point he went on a scratching craze for around 3 minutes over a breakbeat track, which drove the crowd insane. Just towards the end, he started fiddiling with his headphones, which he somehow turned into a mic, and then he said 'thank you' in it, then worked it up on his EFX into a grandoise build up, before he bursted into a techno frenzy. Just when you though it was all over, he wrote 'Thank You' on his mac, and then did something similar as before, but this time he went Proggie. He played dreamy vocals and melodies that got everyone eargasmed as it was turning 4.30 at B0.
Finally, he did something similar but with 'I Love Lebanon' and in the end when the girl was shouting give it up to gunther and stamina, he worked on the EFX yet again but this was it.
Words cannot really discribe what Zabz did on that night that will change the Beirut clubbing history. Im speechless, despite all what I said.
Here are some cool pics I took:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... =127101236
