On Sunday night, Easter night, at 11.30pm, I went Silent Disco-ing. What better way to celebrate Easter?!
Silent Disco was held as part of the Melbourne Comedy Festival at the Hi Fi Bar on Swanston Street. It was a great concept: two DJ’s, no speakers, only wireless headphones given to everyone attending. I could change between the two DJ’s with the flick of a little switch on my headphones, and a red or green light next to the switch let everyone around me know what I was listening to. It’s bizarre at first… everyone dancing and singing out loud but no actual music. By the end of it, though, I completely forgot that I was silent disco-ing and it felt like any other club.
The DJ’s competed with one another for the most listeners, and people were switching based on what their friends were listening to and who had the best beats.
Still, at the end of the night when I took my headphones off to leave, it was a strange sight watching over 200 people bounce to a beat that was only in their heads.
