11Nov

D. RAMIREZ USA TOUR // PART VII // AUGUST 2009

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Thursday 27.08 (Club Parking Montreal)

No rest for the wicked and it’s up early to get to LAX airport for a 6 hour flight to Montreal Canada. I arrive there and it’s the usual charade of getting through passport control and then collecting my work visa. The whole thing takes about an hour and at that [...]

11Nov

D. RAMIREZ USA TOUR – ICON COLLECTIVE // PART VI // AUGUST 2009

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Wednesday 26.08 (Icon Collective LA)
While enjoying a quiet drink in our favourite bar on Vermont Avenue i was spotted by a rather enthusiastic young gent named Blake who told us he was studying music technology at a school called Icon Collective. He tells me that i am one of his main inspirations and that him [...]

11Nov

D. RAMIREZ USA TOUR – BRAZIL // PART V // AUGUST 2009

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Saturday 22.08 (Tribal Tech Festival Curitaba)
Typically we have an early flight and the fact i didn’t finish playing till 6 am means the luxury of sleep is yet again taken away from me – the idea is to sleep when we arrive in Curitiba before the festival. Most of the day is taken up sleeping [...]

11Nov

D. RAMIREZ USA TOUR – BRAZIL // PART IIII // AUGUST 2009

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Wednesday 19.08 (Brazil)
Seriously, it feels like i’ve just touched down in LA and i’m off again, this time all the way to Brazil to DJ in Sao Paulo and a city called Curitiba. I’m working in Sao paulo at Club A on Friday night and on the Saturday we fly over to Curitiba to DJ [...]

11Nov

D. Ramirez USA Tour // Part III // August 2009

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Thursday 13.08 (Houston Texas)
Today we fly to Houston a day early to hang out before my gig on the Friday night at a club called Rich’s. Our flight is at 1 pm and it’s a 3 hour flight with a 2 hour time difference so we are scheduled to arrive at 6 pm but as [...]

10Nov

D. Ramirez USA Blog // Part II / Aug 2009

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On the plane to New York I’m feeling a bit worse for wear, but i can’t complain as its entirely my own doing. I try not to feel too sorry for myself. My plan to work is again ruined by the lour of alcohol (the night before) and i get none of the things done i need to. I end up head banging on the plane, falling in and out of consciousness but as the plane lands I start to feel the excitement of New York City.

10Nov

D. Ramirez USA Blog // Part I // Aug 2009

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Earlier in the year after visiting LA (and loving it) i decided it would be really cool if me and my other half could stay here for a while and get to know the place with a view of even moving here permanently. After speaking to my DJ agent in America and mentioning this we decided to do it over the month of August which is when i stay in LA and travel around the States doing a tour using LA as my exotic base. This is the documentary of my time here -

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