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Review: Misstress Barbara/Vagrant @ System
Ok so I searched and I didnt see this...pretty surprised really!!!
Got there just in the nick of time at 11...once again thanks to John for guestlist 
System was already pumping when we got there...The DJ in the main room, dont know who he was, but man, he had me going straight from the beginning...he was awesome! Misstress B, was my first time seeing her, man, Ive been missing out! She rocked my socks off!! my knees are killing me! At least Ive finally got the circulation back in my hands tho! Went crazy as we were leaving for Yes - Owner of a lonely heart...heh Surprised by how much I like that new remix! Also went crazy to hear Diamond Girl (not of the freestyle genre, but the Cirez D version :P)
In the front room, Matt and Eric were holdin it down really good as well. They definitely kept up well!
Was great to see all the TA's out - thanks to all those who helped with the bank machine issue, you know what im talking about :P And thanks to my ride there and back...Always appreciated. Rodrico, glad you could make it out for your birthday! Im pretty surprised you guys made it back. Glad you did tho, had a great time!
For those goin to guv, have a good time for me too :P
Wow what I great night!
What can I say, I love techno 
Arthur Oskan, blew my mind away with his live PA
Mistress Barbara, left me dancing till my legs felt like they're gonna fall off
Vagrant, where I spend most of the night, as usuall unbelievable
Nice to meet some new faces, and good to see you all(you know who you are), I feel bad for anyone that didn't make this party!
Peace
ESO
Was That music?
great party! tho i didn't liked Mistress at all , back room was my place for the night!
i'm not sure who played from 11pm -2am but they were good! some nice tracks were heard out there.
props go out to oldschool420 and all the TA's ive seen out there - Trancechaos,The Broad,Dance2dabeat,djeso,Diginut and all others!
It was a decent night, fun was had by all, but I'm not going to lie and say that it was one for the history books. I'm glad that a lot of friends came out for this; I think I probably spent most of the night just shooting the shit and that was the most enjoyable part.
Vagrant was rockin' it in the front room with a whole swoop of TAs, so that's where I spent the better part of my night. I'm not sure who the other DJs in there were, but they weren't bad either. Arthur Oskan actually threw down a great kickoff to the night in the main room, and I wished I'd spent more time in there because Misstress Barbara was a total letdown.
According to my ears, her set was all over the map. Half of it was house music, and not the real ass-shakin' kind of house. It felt somewhere between progressive house and tribal house, lacking the progressive melodies as well as the tribal soul. I guess it's pretty much what you'd expect if you took techno and slowed it down to a house tempo. I left fairly early, so she *might* have played some funkier tracks, but not for a good long while (the housey tracks really don't count). There was this overall feeling the whole time that she was just playing way under tempo for a HARD set, it would have been OK for a funky set but not for the tracks she played. It made it impossible to get my groove on in there.
Why do I get the feeling she's trying to "bridge the gap" between house and techno, sort of like how Mauro Picotto tried (unsuccessfully) on several occasions to do it with trance and techno? Better luck next time Babs.
I won't get into specifics, but the crowd that night was also packed, drunk, a bit pushy and VERY sketchy. I'm used to seeing all those things at System individually but that may have been the first time I've seen them all at once, especially that amount of sketch. I had to find another spot or tell people to back off several times throughout the night.
In a word: mediocre. Still nowhere near as bad as the Guvernment, but seemed to be a step in that direction. Despite all the hotties in attendance that night, I found myself feeling very nostalgic for the "old" System...
What a great night this was!!!
Got there pretty early..(wanted to mkae sure I didn't have to pay and well parking across the street was $20 HOLY CRAP!) so we got there around 10:15pm
First DJ that rocked my world was...Arthur Oskan..he spun some great Techno beats. That is when I began really get into it and dance away. The only bad comment I would have to give this guy is that he needs to smile alittle more 
Vagrant---Eric and Matt....GREAT JOB GUYS!!!! I was really impressed with your performace! I was glad to finally see what I've been waiting so long to check out!! Hope to see you guys ate your next T.O. gig.
The DJ right before Misstress Barbara was Killer....he really reminded me of how much I absolutely LOVE techno more than an other music. What an amazing feeling I had.
Misstress, gorgeous as always....and well to be honest..not AS good as I thought she would be compared to the 2 times I saw her a couple of years ago...BUT still very good.
It was great to see all the TA's that came out..you guys make the parties sooo much more worth while for me! I met some really nice ppl including Lipstick>>>I absolutely love your style girl!! I was impressed to see you dance dance it up to Vagrant!
Preppie chick..you are a doll..thank you for all your kind words! It was a blast dancing it up with you. It was nice meeting you!
trancechaos..I have to admit you honestly had my attention everytime you were around b/c I could totally see you were just loving every minute of it! You send out this amazing vibe! I am glad you made it out!
My pics will be ready soon.
Until next time,
dance the night away like it is your last nomatter who is watchin'
MWAH!!!
Here are my pics!!!!
I wish I took more....
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/...1&x=1&sm=1&sl=1
Enjoy!!
a pretty good night. i really wasnt sure if i was gonna make it out to this coz of this flu i had and im really glad that i ended up making it out. it was a really fun night.
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| Originally posted by dance2dabeat trancechaos..I have to admit you honestly had my attention everytime you were around b/c I could totally see you were just loving every minute of it! You send out this amazing vibe! I am glad you made it out! |
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| Originally posted by DigiNut Why do I get the feeling she's trying to "bridge the gap" between house and techno, sort of like how Mauro Picotto tried (unsuccessfully) on several occasions to do it with trance and techno? Better luck next time Babs. |
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| Originally posted by Skipper this is the kind of music she's into now - she has even said that she is not into bang-bang-bang techno anymore. |
Wow! it was a pretty good night!
walked in at around 1 and went straight to the main room.it was nice to see the crowd warming up to greg gow! not too long after that Misstress came on and rocked the house! it was my first time seeing her, and i thought she did a pretty good job. A funky set but not as hard as i expected! Yet I still danced hard and my feet were killing by the time Deko-ze started spinning... I was disappointed that I burnt out so quickly and wasnt able to stay for Deko-ze's set!
Overall it was good night! Nice partying with all you TA's as usual! dance2dabeat, tha broad, tatgirl, i had a great time dancing it up with you girls, you rocked the dance floor!!! 
Trancechaos always the dancing machine, great vibes!! thanx for having me over afterwards!
Nice meeting some new faces, and partying it up with all of you!
It was good!
This is all my hangover will allow me to write before it hurts even more.
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| Originally posted by Skipper it was different, it was acid, electro, breaks, house, tech house, banging techno at times - it was diverse and it was a WELCOME CHANGE. |
Im glad i made it out last night. It was my first time seeing Mistress B, and I have to say, I was really impressed. I could not stop dancing throughout her set. And after her set, Dekoze, perfect ending to a good night. As Aaron said, the crowd was extra sketchy last night, not really the "System" crowd I am used too. But as always, it was a pleasure to hang out with all the TA's: the usual suspects, and some new ones too! All I have to say is that the TOTA energy on the dancefloor is just increasing at a phenomenal rate!! Wicked!!
Ok, now I really have to take a break before WMC. 
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| Originally posted by fn_xtc Ok, now I really have to take a break before WMC. |
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| Originally posted by Skipper this is the kind of music she's into now - she has even said that she is not into bang-bang-bang techno anymore. I had this same conversation with greg gow a couple of weeks ago, and he said he just can't play an all techno set - people want things mixed up more. I agree, and I hope to see more DJs bridging genres in their sets! I loved her set - it was different, it was acid, electro, breaks, house, tech house, banging techno at times - it was diverse and it was a WELCOME CHANGE. I'm so, so pleased that she played the way she did last night. I loved not recognizing 99% of what she played. According to the crowd's response, Barbara knew what she was doing last night. |
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| Originally posted by Skipper According to the crowd's response, Barbara knew what she was doing last night. |
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| Originally posted by DigiNut I'll be the first to preach diversity of genre in any set, but I'm sorry to say that she just didn't do it right. Danny Tenaglia knows diversity, his progression between genres is so smooth that you can't even tell it's happening. Barbara's progressions were sudden and jerky and she WAS playing "bang-bang" tracks, just at an abnormally slow tempo. |
I had an awesome time last night! It was great to meet lots of you. I stayed till the end... thought all the DJ's did a phenomenal job. I can barely feel my legs today haha. It was my first time at system and i really enjoyed it! anyways my hungover brain can't think of much else to say haha take care everyone, and see you at the next party!
cheers
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| Originally posted by trancechaos dude i dont think thats a fair comparison. you have seen danny T spin crazy long sets, example 17hrs at the docks, he has the time to make it flow well between genres whereas misstress was only spinning a three hour long set. |
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| Originally posted by Xavier Moriarty first time when i saw her in 2002 she blew my mind away, then last time she was really too much BANG-BANG-y so i didnt know what to expect last night. she was on the top of fucking things, BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, good lord was she nasty, dark, funky, trippy, breaky, her set was fucking MELTING POT of all genres and people were eating it up. sadly my fun started just around 3:40 am, too much fucking babysitting and running around, i was fed up with bullshit that some of my friends were pulling up i almost went home around 2-2:30. BUT I DIDNT deko ze - fucking guy, that remix that he pulled ut a big ass grin on my face to be continued |
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| Originally posted by Skipper this is the kind of music she's into now - she has even said that she is not into bang-bang-bang techno anymore. I had this same conversation with greg gow a couple of weeks ago, and he said he just can't play an all techno set - people want things mixed up more. I agree, and I hope to see more DJs bridging genres in their sets! I loved her set - it was different, it was acid, electro, breaks, house, tech house, banging techno at times - it was diverse and it was a WELCOME CHANGE. I'm so, so pleased that she played the way she did last night. I loved not recognizing 99% of what she played. According to the crowd's response, Barbara knew what she was doing last night. |
....
uhhh
that was samhouse ..not me..
but yeah what he said
I had a great time, it was nice to see most of the gang there! And meet some famous (infamous?) TAs as well! Nice to finally meet Vivid boy and Rodrico!
Rodrico, I totally didn't connect that it was your birthday, dude! I hope it was a good one! I would have bought you a drink! I owe you one.
Special thanks to Brynne (lipstick) for draggin my sorry ass out of my house and down to the club. What can I say, you put a smile on my face!
Also getting chatted at by the hottest 16 year old EVAR was pretty interesting... whew... that's all i have to say about that.
All in all, a great night, the sound was not great in the front room, but Eric and Matt made the best of it, great sets from you both! Mistress Barbara I found to be pretty good, but not what I was expecting.
As for Aaron (Diginut)'s comments about the crowd, I'd have to agree to a point. It DID seem like there were a lot of people there who weren't terribly interested in the music... but as word spreads about a club, that's what happens right? Who would want to dance in an empty club because the only people who came out are the REALLY dedicated music lovers? There's a balance in all things grasshopper... the key is to look at the positive!
Good time, great people. That's what makes it all worth it.
^^^^^^^^
haha I remember this one older man so weird with his dance moves he was around us near the end of Misstress's set...
everyone kept asking me, "hey do u know this dude" LOL
Umm no I have no clue who he is...but he is sure in his own world!!
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