Nothing forecasts a great night better than a well chosen opening act. The party was well under way when we arrived at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, where MartyParty (of PANTyRAiD) was on the decks delivering a grimy (in a good way) dubstep DJ set. With an energy that the crowd certainly picked up on, Marty dropped tracks like “When I Look At You” by Emalkay and a fantastic dubstep remix of “Infinity” by The xx. He also threw in dubby version of TI’s “What You Know”, illustrating just how well the two genres go together.

Modeselektor took the stage at around 11:20, and opened with “Happy Birthday”. The next hour and a half was a high-energy dance party that had audience members scrambling onto the stage to get in on the action. At one point, Sebastian Szary made his way to the front of the stage to bathe the audience in champagne before taking a swig from the bottle. Highlights included “Let Your Love Grow”, “Sucker Pin”, and “2000007″. Things got interesting (to say the least) towards the end of the set with a stage show that included aliens in wheelchairs, men in gas masks and flying feathers… check out photos from the night and see for yourself.