The day started with fear of a wash-out as the rain poured down, but miraculously around 8pm the clouds cleared and we were treated to a perfect sky for the rest of the night.
One of the highlights of the night was definitely DJ Monti, who played an excellent deep minimal set and who's adoring fans jumped to his every beat. Monti is a true entertainer and one of the coolest people you could ever hope to meet.
Marco Carola played like the genius that he is to a packed dancefloor while Diego Celi showed that the local Ecuadorian talent is truly world-class with a wicked jump-up minimal techno mix. Disco!, two great young guys from LA, played a dirty minimal set despite that it was still too early in the night for the full potential of their tunes to unfold.
DJ Knox scored major points with the audience with his deep-house, deep-tech style and by being the only DJ to still play with real vinyl, by the end spinning to a completely packed floor despite his early starting time. Deep house is making a serious comeback and DJ Knox has proven his great foresight by never turning his back on it.
And at 04:30 in the morning, after the Morillo show and later Zeta Bosio, The Passive Resistance came and tore it up to deliver the festivals absolute highlight. As the only electro act of the night, The Passive Resistance was truly different so it was no surprise that by the end of the second track the floor was full once more and the crowd totally losing their minds raving. Here's the video:
We'll be posting more video's from the event as we capture them so stay tuned.
On the downside, the SAMC Panama, which was supposed to take place on Saturday was cancelled due to the cancellation by Copa Airlines of their flight between Quito to Panama City which meant that most of the DJs were standed in Quito. There was no time left for the organizers to switch to plan B and charter a flight so the whole event got blown off :(
