…Continued from Day 1 re-cap…

We woke to find our cabin room violently shaking at around 9 am.  For a while, I could decided if this was just a dream I was having or that the entire room was actually shaking.  Eventually, after sleep for another couple hours, I stumbled to the door to see what was happening outside.  A fellow shipmate told us that the MSC Poesia has run aground on a sandbar…yes…our cruise ship was stuck on a sand bar.  We soon found out the ship was fine, the passengers were fine and we were getting free drink tickets as a result of us getting stuck.  Today we took a (chicken) tender boat over to Port Lucaya, in the Bahamas.  This day was full of tropical drinks, swimming in the ocean and passengers desperately trying to complete the Mad Decent scavenger hunt.  People that didn’t head to land had the choice of doing yoga with Gina Turner, mini-golf with Dillon Francis, DJ lessons from A-trak and Steve Aoki’s Poker Tournment.   We weren’t able to attend any of these activites because of time constraints, but I did find a really good video of A-trak’s DJ lessons, with Craze and Laidback Luke helping out.

After a while we got bored and sun burnt on the beach so we headed back to our room to rest and get ready for the festivites that awaited us during the night.

A-Trak

We happen to catch the very end of Destructo’s set and needless to say, the man behind Hard events also knows how to work some turntables.  Shortly after A-trak took the stage and started his set with a tribute to DJ Mehdi by playing out my personal favorite Mehdi tune, “Signatune”.  Neither of us had ever seen A-trak before, so we weren’t sure what to expect.  By about three tracks in we were blown away.  A-trak knows how to throw a party; he seamlessly played out everybody’s favorite house records, while displaying his scratching skills on the decks at the same time.  It was a sure sign that the second night was going to be just as fun as the first.  Noteable tracks from A-trak was his “Heads Will Roll” remix, Brodinski’s “Let The Beat Control Your Body” and A-trak’s “How Deep Is Your Love” remix.

Download: Heads Will Roll (A-Trak remix) – The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Fatboy Slim

Quite possibly my favorite set of the night…Six months ago when the original line-up was announced, I saw Fatboy Slim’s name on the bill, and I pushed it aside and thought nothing of it.  This is one of the few things I regret doing, from the very start, the man with just a little bit of grey hair left on his head, absolutely killed his set.  I think that everyone on the boat would agreed with me, I had no idea what to expect, but literally everything he played was a banger.  There is a reason why Fatboy Slim is still headlining shows after all these years, he has the energy and enthusiasm of a 14-year old girl at a Justin Bieber concert.  Notable tracks from Fatboy Slim was a remix of Eminem’s “Purple Pills”, and the track of the night “I’m on a CRUISE-SHIP Bitch!”.

Download : Praise You – Fatboy Slim

 

Steve Aoki

The man behind all things DimMak records, was one of the best sets on the ship.  We were only days away from his album release and he played out nearly every song from that album.  Steve got up on stage and did his usual antics, which included about 4 bottles of champagne, shots of grey goose for everyone in the front, a cake to the face, and a whole cooler full of freezing water to the front row.  I haven’t seen Steve Aoki in a couple years, but this man really has so much positive energy when on stage it is impossible to have a bad time.  By this time the two Dankles representatives were liquored up beyond belief and dancing like we have never danced before, I mean absolutely IDIOTS.  There has to be video of us because we just couldn’t stop.  We weren’t the only ones dancing like lunatics, on stage during Steve’s set was Diplo, Dillon, Skrillex, A-trak, Gesaffelstein and just about every other big name on the ship.  They were all dancing like idoits infront of the decks and we have some proof in some of our videos.  Little did we know that the party was only getting started when Skrillex came on.  Notable tracks from Steve Aoki were “Warp 1.9″, “Earthquakey People (Dillon Francis remix)”,”No Beef” and his new track, “Ladi Dadi”.

Download: No Beef (Vocal Mix) – Afrojack & Steve Aoki

Skrillex

Next up on the main stage was Skrillex’s second set of the cruise!  Since we say Skrillex’s first set the day before we missed about the first 25 minutes, and I am a little bummed I did.  Laidback Luke appeared at the begining of his and purprosed to his long time girlfriend/dj Gina Tuner infront of the crazed crowd.  From what I heard it was a non-stop roam of acceptance from everyone in the crowd.  After we got back from feasting at the buffet, we were witness to the best Skrillex set I have ever seen.  I have to say, many people hate on Skrillex for this and that, but his mixing skills have gotten way better, and his production is emacculate to say the least.  It was between Skrillex, Steve Aoki and Fatboy Slim for the best set of the night.

Download: Levels (Skrillex remix) – Avicii

Tommy Lee & DJ Aero

Things were finally starting to wind down on the main stage, many people left to check out Paris Social Club, Doorly in the Zebra Lounge and the mix of people in the Disco.  We decided to stay and check out Tommy Lee & DJ Aero for a while.  These guys pack a punch!  They started their set with a guest appearence from Sofi (no Deadmau5 to accompany unfortunately).  She started of the set with “Sofi Needs A Ladder” and got the crowd just as hyped as Steve Aoki and Skrillex did; she went on to play a couple more of her new tracks included, “Bring Out The Devil”.  Tommy Lee and Dj Aero continued the maddness late into the night, and by this time we had dance the life out of ourselves and we decided to go check out those crazy French bastard in the theater below deck.

Paris Social Club

Still buzzing from Steve Aoki’s and Skrillex’s sets we made our way to the Paris Social Club party, located in the theater aboard the ship.  This was a nice theater, a place that should have never seen the likes of crazy ravers at odd hours. From 2-6am we were able to watch more beautiful french bastards play beautiful french house.  Sets from Club Cheval, Gesaffelstein and Brodinski were all in the works.  Our favorite was Club Cheval (Canblaster, Pantero666, Myd and Sam Tiba), these four french bastards controlled the decks two at a time, while the other two danced like idiots off to the side.

Be sure to check out our videos on The Dankles youtube page and check out the gallery below for shitty Iphone pictures from throughout the day.

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