Jumpstyle weekend: Bassleader and Complex

Even though 'Jump' is not my favorite music style, I attended two parties last week which were fully dedicated to this new subculture in Belgium. A growing number of youngsters aged fourteen to twenty choose jump as their favorite music. Bassleader organized by Darcon Productions took place at Flanders Expo in Ghent on Wednesday May 24. Me, Maaike and more than 10.000 other party people gathered in three areas to enjoy performances of DJs like Coone, Darkraver, Ruthless ,CJ Bolland, Ghost, Manu Kenton, Marco Remus and many more. VJ and Laser services were provided by FOU69. In the main area 32 plasma screens were interconnected to form one big background display which featured live stream images of the DJ's mixed with Resolume video effects. My picture and video report can be found here. On Saturday I visited one of Belgium's most popular jumpstyle clubs, Complex, home of DJ Coone, Dark-E and D-Feat. Guest DJ for the night was Ronald V. This was my second visit to Complex and again I preferred the second room above the mail hall. The ambi & music (electro/trance/groove) got my preference above the hard pounding beats in the main hall, though one exception, DJ Coone, which has phenomenal mixing skills and is the author of some great tracks like Infected - the Reverze 2006 Anthem. No pictures or videos of this party - thanks to Joeri, Ilse and Savannah for the nice night out.