You may have also noticed some strange things happening as each DJ stepped up to the decks, the first thing they all seem to do is adjust just about every setting on the mixing desk, which of course, screws up our recording levels so they have to be tweaked again for optimal performance.

Overall things went very smoothly, and we are very proud to be the first to stream a party live to the whole world from Koh Phangan. We will be posting a complete news item on the Temporary Insanity party tomorrow, along with 8 hours of recorded music for you. This will include the amazing 3 hour set played by Ed Kurno, Ed did an incredible job of switching the dance floor on, not an easy task last night at all.

Here are the stream details, just click the link which matches your preferred media player and off you go!

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So that’s the international talents of Ed Kurno, Brandon Block and Rob Marmot plus the local Mr A being bought to you live from www.phanganparties.com, this is a first for Koh Phangan, be one of the first ever to hear a live dance party broadcast directly from the island!

Paul (UFO Crew)
Ed Kurno (Reel House Records)
Rob Marmot (Pacha, Ibiza)
Clive Henry-DC10 (Peace Division)
Brandon Block
Mr A

I don’t think there has ever been such an impressive list of talent present at a party on Koh Phangan EVER! If you are on the island then you have to be there, if you are not on the island then this website will be streaming the party live across the internet. Pop back tomorrow to get the links for the audio feed.

Temporary Insanity will be presenting Brandon Block and Ed Kurno at their Ibiza style party garden from early evening until early morning. Rumours abound of an after party in a nearby club that will see the whole event run through 24 hours of non stop music and dance!

We suggest you get to the party early, entry before 10pm is only 400Baht, with promotions from both Singha and Chaing on the same beach it should be quite cheap to buy your drinks!

Check back tomorrow for live lings to our streaming server so that you may listen in even if you are not on the island, never before has an event been streamed live from this remote location!

Shivamoon , Halfmoon, Blackmoon and Jungle Party are also big events on the island, attracting large crowds abusing excessively all kinds of narcotics and illegal substances. These parties run from 9 p.m. until noon the next day, hammering their terrible noise into the open air, leaving many villagers sleepless all night.
Imagine these night-long, noise polluting, most disturbing events happening in your area, or seeing these drugged individuals walking in your street.
No need to mention fatalities and injuries, the rising amount of drug-related accidents, robberies, and house break-ins.
In other major tourist areas in Bangkok, Phuket or Koh Samui, entertainment venues have to close at 2 a.m. Enforcing that measure on the above-mentioned places would reduce the problems. Better, of course, would be a total and unnegotiable ban, especially in and near residential areas, to bring back peace and a good night’s sleep.

We have heard this kind of thing before, the only difference this time is the fact that some of this came directly from the mouth of Pol Lt-Gen Wuthi Liptapallop, who is determined it would seem, to fight the drug problem in Thailand.

Time will tell if Koh Phangan will survive this onslaught and remain as it is now, I guess invetiable, things will change, it’s just a matter of time.

We will try and find out the new dates for the rescheduled parties and post them here for your information in a couple of days. A real downer for anyone who has just arrived on the island looking to party!

Temporary insanity is a fresh new event promotion team who held their first event in Bangkok, October 2007. Since then Temporary Insanity has hosted 3 successful events in UK. Now they are descending upon Koh Phangan. The Temporary Insanity team are made up of the same people that shook the UK with Refocused Parties for 3 years 2001-2003. Bringing big DJ names such as Brandon Block, Leroy Thornhill, Alex P, Lottie, Yousef, Eric Prydz, Lee Carbrera, Hed Kandi and many more to the decks. Temporary Insanity plan to bring the worlds biggest names in all genres of music to various destinations across the globe. Wherever the party people are Temporary Insanity team intend to be there. The official creater of Temporary Insanity is a UK based DJ and producer named Ed Kurno. He has recently collaborated with vocalist Abigail Bayley (Hit tracks Just cant get enough and fuzz) and Turntable superstar Goerge Jarmillio (aka who da funk) famous for the track shiny disco balls. To create a track named overdrive. The track has been supported by Eric Morillo, Judge Jules, Lisa Loud and Matt Samuels. The track is destined to be the big one in Ibiza 2008. Ed needs no Introduction, he has played with every big name in the business. He has rocked dance floors all over the world with his jacking house music. You can see Ed rock the place on 21st January. Temporary Insanity will also be joined by by the man which appeared in the first ever Refocused party. Mr Brandon Block. No better man to keep the crowd going all night long.

They also were nice enough to explain to me the reason they picked…..
the venue for their first party on Koh Phangan…

So to the Weanghthai Resort on 21st January 2008 for an event not to be missed, gonna rock the Island. Temporary Insanity have chosen to have their first party on Koh Phanang at the Weanghthai Resort because at night when lit up the resort resembles and Ibiza style outdoor club. Also appearing live are temporary insanity’s team of professional sexy dancers. Also look out for the Tequila medicine girls. There will be a welcome drink on entry and promotions running throughout the night. Limited Tickets are available and can be purchased from Koh Phangan information center, Bantai Rd for 500 baht, to avoid disappointment get your tickets early.

As you can see, they really are trying to bring something fresh to the island, we will be there on the night streaming the whole event live to the rest of the world across the internet, so if you can’t make the party then fire up your browser and listen in.

Brandon himself turned up at around 11:30pm and promptly disappeared down onto the beach and lost himself in the crowds, he was out there showing his face and it was the perfect thing to do as by the time he was ready to play a crowd of people were waiting around outside the club.

At around midnight or just after Brandon wandered up to the DJ booth and starting assisting the warm-up DJ, it wasn’t long before he had taken over the decks completely and the party was underway.

The crowd were obviously enjoying the show, The Fridge is a small venue and Brandon used this to his advantage by interacting with the crowd all evening, certainly it went a long way to making the night a great success. Surely this must have been one of the highlights of this years party scene on Koh Phangan.
I’m looking forward to seeing Brandon play a bigger venue in January, it will be interesting to judge the contrast, although I’m sure he will still put on one hell of a performance.

It seems this was false information and I am happy to tell you that Brandon will indeed be playing at The Fridge in Haad Rin on boxing day evening.Although Brandon is booked to play his first official party on Koh Phangan in 12 years at the Temporary Insanity bash later in January it’s great to see him doing something in Haad Rin over the holiday period. If you would like to hear him I suggest you get in early, The Fridge is not a large venue and will fill up very quickly.

We will be attempting to pull a recording straight out of the mixer this time, hopefully we will be able to give you his entire set as a download.