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Originally posted by jad Does anybody know what the track at the 5 min mark is? He also dropped this at Maison.

Josh Wink - How Is Your Evening So Far + DaRebels - House Nation Under A Groove

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• Ambivalent - R U OK (Kasper is OK Mix)
  
• Do Santos - Menina
  
• Heartthrob - Baby Kate (Magda's "Where Is My Baby's Daddy" Mix)
  
• Danton Eeprom - To The Bone (Jamie Jones Deep Sea Dub Mix)
  
• Matt Nordstrom - Lucky Drawls (Mark Brooms No Rave Stab Mix)

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Originally posted by MikeyN The only expectation I had was that Ricardo was going to play minimal.

There's your biggest mistake.

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Originally posted by Cribby There's your biggest mistake.

I'm actually not surprised at the negative reviews of ricardo's set, expecting to hear your carlo lio, lee buridge or dubfire or even a minimal set from him, might as well not even go.

I'm glad that he doesn't come here too often or at all, toronto does not deserve dj's like him to even play in this city.
I was there and i will agree that it was not his best set (i'd say one of the worst i've heard from him) but to completely bash a dj based on his 1 set and not even know what he's like is completely uncalled for. It's relatively funny that most people that have traveled and seen him before actually know and get that but others not so much.

Vanos if you wanted to hear your "rolling minimal techno" like i always see you post about then you should have gone somewhere else last night.

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i'd see him if he came again. all the videos i can find of him seem a lot better than what we had last night. i'm pretty sure he would make up for it.

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but to completely bash a dj based on his 1 set and not even know what he's like

Last night was a good indication of what he is like imo, if a dj has 1 date in north america for the whole year and cant even fucking take care to anyhow prepare but instead just gets shitfaced before and during his set and completely disregards people around him playing stuff that no one wants to hear, thats a big statement of about that dj's brand/professionalism/attitude etc.

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if you wanted to hear your "rolling minimal techno" like i always see you post about

Lol, i obviously didnt expect any kind of rolling techno or other new wave techno or fat pounding tech house but i did expect decent minimal and decent deep influenced tech (yes there is expectation based on brand, you go to see a name dj precisely because there is expectations, not becasue there is a 30% chance he could be good), which i figured would sound decent enough to make me dance on an "amazing soundsystem" advertised by the promoters. Instead we had to listen to 80s music and weirdo stripped down break beat on a week distorted sound while ricardo was getting high on stage....

Minimal is ghhheeeeeyyyyyy...

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Originally posted by chinamon chinamon is INCH MOAN. LOL so fitting.

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Originally posted by LightsOut Josh Wink - How Is Your Evening So Far + DaRebels - House Nation Under A Groove

Thank you boss.

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Originally posted by Cribby color] [color=lightgreen]but Katy dragged us to the very front where the sound was sort of clear and the vibe was killer. I thought Ricardo was pretty good but definately nowhere near galactic lol..

The front had a great vibe!!

I also REALLY liked the layout of the club. That size of club is my favourite, not too big but not too small. The washrooms were nice as well. Although, as the coat check was closed, I paid the washroom attendant to hold my jacket. (a suggestion from a friend) and when I went back it was gone! I know it was my own stupidity. But still super shitty.

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Overall, Ricardo was a bit underwhelming, but I still managed to enjoy chunks of his set. I think this venue has great potential and I look forward to them correcting their errors and bringing in more talent.

I concur.

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Originally posted by geroin to completely bash a dj based on his 1 set and not even know what he's like is completely uncalled for.

i personally was only bashing the party which was a total clusterfuck and the first two hours or so of ricardos set that totally flopped for me. I would still go to see Ricardo again obviously, and continue to think highly of him as a DJ... Judging the performance i saw last night and not him as a whole.

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Originally posted by xJillx The conversation- Carlos Cid.... As soon as i heard that track i knew it wasnt gonna be a good night... then the 80s came along...

The sax track was bad, the 80s mini-set was bad - but once he got off that tangent, I really started to enjoy his set.

It wasn't a mind-blowing set, but it was solid, and there were quite a few moments around 3:30-4:30 or so that left me with a smile on my face and dancing non-stop. Some nice house tracks, some groovy-heady minimal stuff that really hit the spot for me. And by around 3:00 or so, I was able to find enough space on the floor to dance w/o constantly being bumped into by other people and thought the 'vibe' was pretty good. Part of me thinks it may have been for the better that I didn't get inside until 2:30 or so when things started to clear up a bit inside the club.

I will say, the lineup was bull-shit. Got there with my BF and my sister. My BF went to go check the other line to see which one was acually the ticket holder line - I followed him like 2 minutes after to see what was up (he thought he signaled me to come over, but I didn't see it) - and he ended up getting inside right away, while I ended up waiting outside for over 2 hours. If we had all been waiting outside together, I probably would of bailed and gone to another club.

But, even factoring in that, I was taking my sister out for her bday, and her first time going to a club in about 5 years after having her kids, I wasn't going to let it ruin my night.

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze It wasn't pushy shovey which is the main thing I get concerned about with an over-capacity club.

It was pushy and shovey as FUCK for someone my size... i had some huge guy almost knock me over several times and then threaten to punch me out after me telling him to not body check me anymore... i guess this is my fault for wanting to stand near the DJ booth.