European Tour Diary, Part Two

Berlin

- listening to Gas on the train through the sunny German countryside: yes.- the sun and the storm
- greeted by my (birthday-hangover having and soon to be totally sick with a cold) agent Paul Fowler on the train platform at Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- a walk around Friedrichshain, found a rave going on on a bridge at 8 in the evening on a Monday. why not.
- I could so live here. shit.
- amazing amazing weather
- intense intense hayfever
- kebab of the gods
- met the guy who runs Little Big
- Susan! and her parents! and a tour around Berlin on the s-bahn.
- thoroughly enjoying a few days without stepping foot inside a club
- Paul playing me amazing/bizarre African music

Belgium

- I want waffles NOW- the Brussels airport is mental, possibly the biggest airport I’ve ever seen, took me 20 minutes just to get out of the gating area
- no allergies yesss
- met by the promoter and driver, Martijn and Joren - super nice dudes.
- the name of the town i’m djing in tonight is “As”. they pronounce it “Ahs” but keep saying “Ass”.
- cannot tell the difference between the sidewalk and the street
- I wonder how much advil you can take in a day?
- beautiful warm night
- straight-edge vegan rave promoter
- gig is fun, afterparty with the belgians is funner
- oh gosh hello hangover
- next day we drive to Brussells to play on BunZero’s legendary FOB radio show - here’s the archive if you’d like to have a listen: http://bunzer0.blogspot.com/2011/06/sub-fm-bunzer0-and-djg-02-06-11.html
- national holiday in belgium
- wander aimlessly around Antwerp
- I was the corny tourist who had to eat a Belgian waffle…
- belasteringsnevermindering - that is a real word
- seeing Bun and playing on the radio show was so fun, despite my sleep-deprived state. i had a great time, here’s the archive: 
- the long drive back to As, just in time for a nice bbq and some sleep before I fly to Sweden tomorrow.

Gothenburg

- picked up by Carl Johan and Andre, immediately ask them about Fever Ray and Jose Gonzales.- Carl is a graphic designer and runs his own design agency with his friend, super inspiring to me
- Gothenburg looks beautiful, super warm and sunny, shorts weather the whole time.
- the sun preeeeetty much never goes down. crazy
- this hotel is so nice but it has no soap
- the name of the party tonight is “Dubstep Bastards”
- “we’re all bastards”
- gig is in this rad venue down by the water under a bridge, beautiful light from the sun still in the sky at 12am
- posters with my dumb face all over them!
- show goes really well, starting to loosen up after the last few gigs of feeling a little tense when djing, had a lot of fun
- next day there is this huge street festival in downtown Gothenburg, Carl takes me around to show me the city
- finally shave off my tour-beard!
- not buying a ticket for the train - lol honor system
- Gothenburg is like the spiritual home of the european hipster. they are everywhere and they look identical!!!! and i was living in Brooklyn before this!!!
- Jose Goznales is djing on the sidewalk! wut????
- a totally beautiful day, a really delicious dinner, a relaxing night of rest before i head back to England

Bristol

- saw Kyle Hall and Joy Orbison in LHR. man why don’t i have personal drivers like those dudes.- back in Bristol, Tony picks me up at the bus station
- my 30th birthday begins in Bristol
- in the morning me and tony drive to a seaside town on the west coast of england called Aston By The Sea
- i spent my 30th birthday basically acting like it was my 10th birthday: we ate cotton candy (which they call “candy floss” over there!?), played video games and went go-kart racing and then ate more candy. it was amazing.
- went on a long drive then headed back to bristol to meet up with Pinch and Peverelist for an amazing curry dinner down the road from Pinch’s place
- end the night playing darts and drinking scotch with some of my favorite producers and people in Bristol, feeling blessed
- a visit to the Multiverse offices and studio, super inspiring
- met Julio Bashmore on the street, is not what i thought he’d look like
- Dubloaded with the Daega Boys and Ramadanman!!! goes well, loads of fun, so good to see all the boys, ran into Joker and RSD and Guido and a few other Bristol pals
- another night to chill then off to Amsterdam with the Wheel&Deal guys

Amsterdam

- beers in Gatwick with N-Type, Crazy D, The Others, Walsh, P Money and Benton- rainy and kinda cold in Amsterdam
- super dope hotel
- a long walk around the red light district with Walsh, giggling the whole time
- Youngsta!
- mad dash to the gig, walk in, immediately start djing
- room is massive, i play early but it fills up quickly
- these kids are literally violently moshing to sort of minimal dustup that youngsta and type are playing!? amazing
- huge night, definitely the biggest crowd of my tour
- so good to see all the London boys, they always make me feel really at home even if I am just some weirdo from San Francisco!
- nearly miss my plane to Kiev the next day!

Kiev

- back in the USSR! err wait, no, Ukraine!!!- i arrive late in the day, not a lot of time before the gig
- quick shower and then off dinner with Polina
- wild dogs in the streets, everywhere
- asshole cab drivers
- so good to see Valta again and catch up
- feeling exhausted, this 5 Hour Energy bottle Miro gave me in London about to come in handy
- it does because I dj for 3 hours and it goes OFFFFF
- seriously my favorite gig of the tour, it was just so much fun and everyone i met was so lovely
- played almost an hour of oldschool hip hop - who am I????
- come outside after the show and the sun is up, beers in the park!
- get to the airport after about 45 minutes of sleep and still really drunk, this should be a fun 11 hour flight home!!!