House of Blues was packed early with the hippest of hipsters and their Long Island Ed Hardy wearing counterparts, but none of that mattered. The pre-BURNS DJs were keeping people on their toes, while everyone was filling themselves up at the bar, eagerly awaiting a three hour dance extravaganza.

BURNS started his set with a melodic, more organic sounding electronic piece, but once the beat dropped everybody was tingling from head to toe meeting eyes with the surrounding strangers to confirm what was about to go down.

Heavy-house break-beats filled to the brim with deep bass kept everyone dancing throughout. Occasionally BURNS would mix in a familiar sounding disco melody fused with soul, leading to a parade of glow-stick wielding clubbies doing their best Michael Jackson impressions on the dance floor.

BURNS refreshingly and noticeably was improvising some with the beats and the structure of his pieces, which nowadays amongst many DJs is a rare commodity. Thumping drums with blips and beeps on top coiled through the speakers as the climax of his set, a remixed version of Yeah YeahYeah’s “Heads Will Roll,” caused the crowd to erupt. The uncanny power of recognition ignited the audience one last time, until the set that seemed to go by in a matter of seconds, had to end. Next up Deadmau5, but for now, catch your breath.