EPISODE · Nov 14, 2025 · 1H 11M
Ben Annand Live at Off The Grid Campout 2025
from Ben Annand Music · host Ben Annand
What an amazing party Off the Grid Campout 2025 was! I think my Sunday evening set there was my best flow of the year <3 My set started a bit weird as I lost a lot of the crowd right away, without a style change or much reason. Sometimes people see a DJ changeover as a good break time so I did not take it personally though it's still not the direction we like to see things go lol. Fortunately I stuck to my game plan musically and didn't go experimental to try to crowd please. I hear about how DJs should be flexible and adapt to the crowd but that can go either way tbh. It also takes strength to stick to your concept instead of overthinking it. 21 or so minutes in, from about when the super funky bassline from Huxley's track - "Monie," kicked in, I had the dance floor back. About 10 minutes later I mixed smoothly into Skiziz's remix of Deee Lite's Call Me. 'Why don't you get call waiting or something' - that dated reference always cracks me up. Playing either a remix or a familiar track is a rarity for me, but it worked of course. I was super happy with the flow all around, and especially from the moments described above, to the end of my set here. The dance floor responded too - fully locked in and ultimately doubling from when I first took over. After my set, with my deck duties done, I finally got to let loose! I popped about the party having way too much fun til 5am when it was time to go. Huge thank you to Mikey Made, Jovie, and the OTG team for a spectacular experience, to Jiramanat, Zach and ChinoSound for dialing audio in just right as usual, and to Conscious United to welcoming this Oregon orphan into their amazing camp! <3
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What an amazing party Off the Grid Campout 2025 was! I think my Sunday evening set there was my best flow of the year <3 My set started a bit weird as I lost a lot of the crowd right away, without a style change or much reason. Sometimes people see a DJ changeover as a good break time so I did not take it personally though it's still not the direction we like to see things go lol. Fortunately I stuck to my game plan musically and didn't go experimental to try to crowd please. I hear about how DJs should be flexible and adapt to the crowd but that can go either way tbh. It also takes strength to stick to your concept instead of overthinking it. 21 or so minutes in, from about when the super funky bassline from Huxley's track - "Monie," kicked in, I had the dance floor back. About 10 minutes later I mixed smoothly into Skiziz's remix of Deee Lite's Call Me. 'Why don't you get call waiting or something' - that dated reference always cracks me up. Playing either a remix or a familiar track is a rarity for me, but it worked of course. I was super happy with the flow all around, and especially from the moments described above, to the end of my set here. The dance floor responded too - fully locked in and ultimately doubling from when I first took over. After my set, with my deck duties done, I finally got to let loose! I popped about the party having way too much fun til 5am when it was time to go. Huge thank you to Mikey Made, Jovie, and the OTG team for a spectacular experience, to Jiramanat, Zach and ChinoSound for dialing audio in just right as usual, and to Conscious United to welcoming this Oregon orphan into their amazing camp! <3
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