Diplo NairoMania!

I promised myself I’d start blogging again and what better way to get into it than to HIMMEDIATELY get into one of the best nights of the 1^st ¼ of 2017?

Me to man friend: 

Ok on the real, it was more like: 

“Hey, do you wanna go for Diplo? I have a spare ticket?”

Him: FUCK YEAH!

Me: Ok, pick me up at 7 we go.

So we thought we’d make it to watch Fast 8 (at 8 *badum tish*) then go for the gig but by the time we got to Junction he was hungry and I wasn’t about to miss my trailers so we skipped the movie and hang out at Art. 

At about 10:30 I looked at my phone like “where did the time go!?!” We needed to hustle but figured since the gig was at Ngong Racecourse that we had time...

What is time when you go to the wrong venue? 

Ended up on the bypass to Carnivore and got there in record time after hearing only crickets at the previous venue. The only challenge was traffic outside Carni (as usual).

I give thanks for pals who decided a gig for kids high on E wasn’t their cup of tea  Johnny Black and furnished us with their VIP tickets instead. After getting robbed the week prior at Blankets y vino (I've been living my best life), I wasn’t partial to getting jacked again. Not that I had anything to steal besides my phone which was nestled in my boobs during hectic moments. Ok I’m lying there were no hectic moments in VIP but it makes me feel like a good Gikuyu woman if I claim to keep things safe in my bosom.

We were pretty late so we missed Blinky’s set but were right on time to meet up with pals, order some dranks then get hyped for the set.

The set up by Mo Sound was dope as usual. That stage! The lighting ... the lighting! LOL! … I felt like there should have been some sort of disclaimer for anyone prone to seizures as it blew my mind with the kaleidoscope of colours and flashing lights.

Diplo came on stage and the entire crowd surged forward at once regardless of which side you were on. Girls screaming and crying from all the excitement, yute ripping off their shirts & carrying girls on their shoulders so they could see better. 



If I wasn’t so far away from them I would comfortably claim some crowd surfing happened but that’s just my imagination on one.

Made our way to the stage (which had a better VIP experience than a lot of concerts where they set up VIP in a tacky corner where you can't interact with artists). The security was really tight (on stage) and I saw a girl being carried out of the VIP section to the back of the regular section. They weren't messing around when it came to Diplo.

His set was amazing!!!! I kept singing along and bumping to all the chunes like aforementioned yutes! *HAPPY SIGH*

I should have started this post telling you to listen to this mix but I think you can take it as your gift for 2017...

Walshy Fire then came on and KILLED IT! Or at least I think it was him. All of the lights and ting dem.

He did an intro that Star Boy (Wizkid) did specifically for us while waving a Kenyan flag. Everyone lost it! It was EPIC! It was grand! It was hype! Just the way a great EDM gig should go.

Once it was over (and this was us, ‘what do you mean it’s done?'), we met up with some other friends, had a few shots then went home. There was no way anyone could attempt to top that night by doing a random drive by another bar. 

I woke up with all these beats and sounds in my head and was simply grateful I'd been there. 

Everyone should experience Major Lazer tings at least once in their lives!

FIN