Put your hands up for Busan! I love this city.

This past weekend was an amazing blur of laser beams and bass lines. We have now been here for more than three months, and are loving life here. There are obviously things that we miss about home. Live music probably tops the chart....followed closely by margaritas. We got to have both this weekend!

Internationally acclaimed French artist Yuksek came for a one night only appearance at club Maktum here in Busan. He is an extremely versatile musician. Depending on travel capabilities, his performances range from being a one-man-electronic band with many different keyboards, controllers, synthesizers, and a microphone...to spinning vinyl or CDJs like the best of them. Amy and I were lucky enough to get a big group of our friends out to the show with us this past Friday.

This was also one of the first times we've made it to a legit, dance your face off all night, club in Korea. Club Maktum has a massive silver mirror-esk protrusion entrance that leads down lit stairs to the basement dance floor.

On your way past the tickets/coat check, all guys are given these blue laser/lights that have a strap for your finger...girls are given red.

I was curious how popular Yuksek was in Busan....apparently, VERY. The place was packed and bumpin' long before he went on.

He finally came on after some quite talented Korean djs, around 1:30. Massive screens run by a VJ (video jockey), displayed amazing visuals in-time with his music. Laser lights pierced the entire hall which was filled with a sea of red and blue lights pumping to the beat.

In a strange way, it was quite comforting to be dancing my face off to music I love once again. The only thing that could've made it better would probably be a High-Kick from Steve.

Me, with my 'This is the greatest, most gnarliest beat ever' face on...

Heres a pretty sweet Yuksek track for ya featuring Chromeo on vocals....

Yuksek feat. Chromeo - So Down

The weekend was pretty Go! Go! Go! Saturday was recuperating. That night we met a friend at a new Mexican restaurant in Jangsang called Hello Kimchi...i dont get it either. It's run by Koreans, but they do a pretty good job considering....

This was our first opportunity to have margaritas in about four months. I got some enchiladas, which we much different than usual, but quite spicy and delicious. Chips and salsa and tacos made for a nice break from...well, Kimchi.

We headed to Kyungsung with unusually full stomaches. Kinoeye was already full by the time we arrived. This was my second chance to get to DJ here and definitely surpassed the first.

The crowd took no time at all to get into the music when I started at 1am. It didn't stop until...well actually they were still dancing when we left at 4.

It is so energizing to get to see such an amazing DJ the day before a show. I was very excited to get to show Busan some of my favorite tunes, and they were quite receptive to the new sounds. The one aspect of djing here that is much...much different than back home is requests. There are some Korean guys who dj there most of the time, and so i think my apparent Americaness really encourages people to ask for songs they like. It can get a little frustrating we people ask me five times to play a song i either don't know or hate. After the first thirty minutes or so, they stopped asking for the most part...probably because i didnt play much of anything they asked for. Regardless of their preferences, the dancing never stopped and three hours zoomed by in a flash of happiness and excitement.

Thanks Kino-eye.

I'll be back on the Nov 26th and Dec 11th.