While it will take one more night of a more normal sleep schedule to get back to feeling like a normal person again (days after shows are always like this, ha), oh man--last night was awesome!! Thank you so much to everyone who came to the show and helped to make it such an amazing experience. :)

I met several new folks, which was really cool, and got to hang out with a few familiar faces as well.  ClawRegent even spent his first couple of hours of being 21 at our show, which was great (happy birthday once again, by the way! :) ). There was actually a very respectable-sized furry crowd in attendance (which made me grin), but what really got me was when I had two different people who are not furries stop me after my set and ask, "Where are the furries at?" Though they meant fursuiters in particular, apparently we have become such an expected part of the Sonic Sphere shows that the "normal" crowd misses us when we're not obviously there--something that I feel is a victory, ha ha ha.

So, despite the fact that it was getting pretty warm in the venue (the A/C could only fight off the outside temperature for so long) I decided to head out to my car and get Kaynus so I could romp around for a while. I overheated more quickly than usual thanks to the warm conditions, but it was so worth it! I even had one of the folks who had asked where the furries were come over (after I had the head off) and ask a lot of questions about suit construction, how much do they cost, etc., ending with him borrowing Kaynus' head for a minute to go run around the dancefloor and see what it was like. The huge grin he had on his face after he came back and returned the head was priceless--we may have made a convert, lol.

The venue (Chapel Hill Underground) was also great. The bar was very well stocked and had a rather large selection of good brews on tap, the dancefloor was a bunch of fun, and it even had pool tables, a lounge area, foosball, and an air hockey table (though this was off, I believe, as it was tucked away behind the dancefloor). They were absolutely fine with having fursuits there and people seemed to enjoy it when I had my suit on, which is also a plus. The only real downside I could see is that there wasn't a great spot to change into my suit. I ended up using the small hallway area where the hockey table was tucked away for changing because it was not a throughfare, it was dark, and the hockey table provided a good surface to set suit parts on while I was arranging them. Given the space I could only see that as being practical for 1-2 people changing at a time, and there really wasn't any sort of area for a headless lounge. So maybe it wasn't as ideal as the situation we had at Atomic Empire, but, wow, so much easier to schedule shows and a lot cheaper to host a show there, too.

Long story short, last night was truly amazing and I can't wait to do it again. :D I've already processed and posted my mix (including one song that refused to beatmatch properly despite all of my efforts, argh), and you can check it out on Mixcloud here:

http://www.mixcloud.com/nullstrukt/.....nith-live-set/

And download a copy here (please also give it a listen on Mixcloud if you can!):
http://nullstrukt.com/mixes/nullstr.....t_06-21-14.mp3

Thanks again, everyone, and let's make the next show even bigger and better! We're already working on securing a Raleigh venue for a show in August, and I'm hoping we can also get another show at CHUG in the works as well. See you there!

Zenith Live Set
128 - 140 bpm, 92:59 runtime
Recorded 06-21-14
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1) D. Trac3d / Ian Tucker - Break Thru [Electronica Exposed]
2) D. Trac3d / The Mexican - Brown Tongue [Electronica Exposed]
3) Sean Bartley - Body Say Go (D. Trac3d & The Mexican Remix) [Electronica Exposed]
4) Thomas Feelman - Vittel (Alex Kidd (USA) Remix) [Big Fish Recordings]
5) Heatbeat - Rocker Monster [Captivating Sounds (Armada)]
6) Daleri - Curare [Trice Recordings]
7) A*S*Y*S - Acid Glitch (Organ Donors Remix) [Fe-Records]
8) A*S*Y*S - Drums Of Fire [Q-Dance]
9) Arhetium - Lupus [Hearken]
10) BT, Au5 - Partysaurus Overflow ((Inspired by "Partysaurus Rex")) [Walt Disney Records]
11) Audien - Sup [Trice Recordings]
12) Stana - Dude (Activator Denim Remix) [The Room Records]
13) Neal Thomas - Bouncing Bomb [Tech Fu Recordings]
14) Argy - Such A Rush [Escape Recordings]
15) BRK3 - BRK FR33 [Tranzlation]
16) Acti, Stana - Creeple [SUBGROUND RECORDS]
17) Tritonal, Jeza - Can't Keep It In (Maor Levi's 'Starlight' Remix) [Enhanced Music]
18) Scott Attrill - Twisted Funk (134 Edit) [Riot! Recordings]
19) Alex Guesta, Rykka - Never Fade feat. Rykka [Trice Recordings]
20) Hazem Beltagui - Joyful Sadness (Vince Aoun Remix) [Dirt, Lies & Audio Recordings]
21) Lee Haslam - Evil Intentions [LW Recordings]
24) BK - Wah Wah [Riot! Recordings]
23) Ryoji Takahashi, Shusei - Blast Off (Overflow Remix) [dieTunes]
24) Overflow - Steel [dieTunes]
25) Dark By Design, DJ Husband - Con5epts [Absolution Digital]