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Posted by Pointy on May-11-2003 11:24:

quote:
Originally posted by tranceboy
Can i warm Armin up Ghostface?


Sorry to inform you, but on the tickets to Ghostfaces party, it says 'no gays allowed'. So no Alex, no back rubs for Armin.


Posted by Chuck Norris on May-11-2003 11:33:

I was thinking more of a headjob-eerr..... never mind....


Posted by bassaholix on May-11-2003 11:35:

armin van who?

hmmm me does a Google search...

LinK


Posted by narcism on May-11-2003 12:22:

quote:
Originally posted by SQ-K
no, i do believe jolene's got that all sorted out...



Posted by Ghostface on May-11-2003 23:12:

you are so crossed off the list now tranceboy

All those who got invites, if you bring your records we'll get some AUTAs vs Armin sets going.


Posted by j�c� on May-12-2003 01:42:

and I bet he'll play the same set hes played here all three times


Posted by Tranceilvania on May-12-2003 03:04:

Ohh noooo, no more Armin plss..Watched his 'yet another day' clip on channel V. Absolute crap. Contains Rock elements and male singer whoever he is.....I think, Armin is tackling the social issues of Vampires having today in that clip...


Posted by radicool on May-12-2003 03:17:

Re: Armin Van Buuren is....!!!!!

quote:
Originally posted by stipsy
nah.....keep yas in suspense for a while


hehehehehe


gay..??
bi..??
alien from outer space..??
bernie mac in disguise..??
you..??
what what what what what what..??


Posted by SQ-K on May-12-2003 03:26:

I don't think I'll ever get tired of watching Armin play, so bring it on. His energy and infectious enthusiasm guarantee a great night out. Straight-up banging uplifting trance.

He's not stupid: he knows those of us front and centre are involved in a bit of hero-worship. So what does he do? A PvD-style wave? Naw, he just fkn jumps around with everyone else. Rock on

Armin 0wns me. Just tell me he's coming out for NYE. Please?


Posted by Ghostface on May-12-2003 07:51:

quote:
Originally posted by j�c�
and I bet he'll play the same set hes played here all three times
As much as I love armin, I was actually checking the GK Oct 02 Melb thread the other day and was pretty shocked. I wasn't into spotting then so when I read it I couldn't beleive the amount of tunes which he was still playing at Two tribes. ASOT shows how much different tuneage he has - so why not use it?


Posted by Solstice on May-12-2003 09:18:

probably because the majority of the australian public arent trance literate so he thinks he has to play a 'dumbed down' set. Just look at tiesto's summerbreeze album, it was a compliation of well known/successfull tunes for the american public because tiesto knew if he put the latest tunes on it , no 1 there would know them.

On the same token i hold tiesto in higher reguard to armin because hes not afraid to play new tracks and tunes, whereas most of armin sets are all time-tested tracks.


Posted by narcism on May-12-2003 11:52:

I have to disagree with some of ur posts...
naturally

Its simple
If you want to hear new tracks spun by armin, listen to his radio show, cant get newer tunes then that.
His livesets are different, but if he didnt drop those tracks we would never experience them in that kind of environment, think of what we would be missing out on.

If he didnt do it we wouldnt be able to tell our grandchildren how great it was to hear infront of 8,000 people.
I like his style, i like the way he interacts with the crowd, from this interaction you can see that he is in it for the love of music and it's not just a job.


Posted by Wasted_Space on May-12-2003 13:31:

I really liked armin @ GK02.

Didn't like him that much @ TT03. My guess is coz he was the only headliner in that room, and had to cater to the crowd.

When a Dj comes down here, i wanna hear fresh, new shit. stuff that i'll be chasing on the net for weeks and then chasing again for the vinyl. Prog dj's generally do this (although some are heading into a 'retro' phase ala Sander K dropping My Lexicon @ TT).

Take Dave Seaman @ QBH anzac day 2002, the amount of bombs that he threw down simply tore the place apart. first time i heard hamel's remix of gorecki, Fused - terror and of course, cosmos - take me with you. i walked away smiling, grinning, enthusiastic about the shitload of tracks headed our way. Thats what i want from a live set.

Of course, chucking in a retro tune now and again is fine, ala Armin @ GK02 playing his remix of 7 cities. was the first time i heard it out...LOUD... and it was brilliant. but frankly, hearing armin resort to such 'hands in the air' anthems as born slippy was, in my opinion catering too much to the 'dumb nuts' out there. after hearing born slippy played by underworld... i don't want to hear it played by dj's at gigs. it'll get a response for sure... but its a cheap shot... so to speak.


Posted by VelourFog on May-12-2003 14:48:

Yeah well i agree in the fact he could have played some newer tunes
i dont think he even played north pole or as the rush comes

however, he is still an amazing dj, my fav at the moment and has been for a while
i dont know any1 else who can keep up that level of energy for 3 hours...not a dull moment in his sets in the 3 times he's toured here


Posted by dr me on May-12-2003 20:23:


is this whats called a thread hijack?


Posted by lethal on May-13-2003 01:07:

Put yourself in the DJ's shoes..... youve got a crowd of say 10,000 people, the majority of which are NOT devoted trance addicts. If you just play new stuff which the undevoted dont know your creating a recipe for dancefloor evacuation. That will undoubtedly leave you unable to get another gig out here in Aus (or at least not at the same price) and thus you just lost an entire market pretty much!!

In a small intimate gathering of 1000-2000 people, you can be guaranteed that the majority ARE devoted trance addicts and thats when you drop the new stuff because thats what the addicts want....

Its all about reading the crowd, and thats one thing that Armin has got!!! He can definitely read a crowd!!!


Posted by Ghostface on May-13-2003 01:27:

It just comes down to the debate between entertaining and educating. Top Djs do both. Armin has killer killer new tracks which are ball tearers despite not being established. Just mix it up. Obvisuoly in an event like TT or GK there's gonna be for an angel, seven cities or strange world, but there should also be your cdrs and your whitest of the white labels.

keeps everyone happy, which is not easy by any means.


Posted by Calis on May-13-2003 04:47:

quote:
Originally posted by Ghostface
It just comes down to the debate between entertaining and educating. Top Djs do both. Armin has killer killer new tracks which are ball tearers despite not being established. Just mix it up. Obvisuoly in an event like TT or GK there's gonna be for an angel, seven cities or strange world, but there should also be your cdrs and your whitest of the white labels.

keeps everyone happy, which is not easy by any means.



its interesting to not just how many people wouldn't be able to name seven cities or strange world if they heard them.

every time armin drops seven cities, the crowd kinda pauses going 'what is he playing ..hey this is great'. so even classics like solar stone seven cities isn't recognised by the general audience ...thats just how dumb they are.

so his sets are a mixup of recognisable tracks, new material, and dependable classics such as seven cities (which just so happens to be one of my alltime fav tracks because of boundaries of imagination).

pvd on the other hand swung wildly in his set between brand spankin new with chakra 2 doors, to robert miles children. he couldn't maintain a nice steady rhythmm to his set programming.


Posted by stipsy on May-13-2003 07:10:

doors aint new by stipsy standards..hehehe


Posted by Calis on May-13-2003 07:13:

well, certainly by some standards they wouldn't have been new.

i was using the term 'new' relative to the amount of time the wider trance community would have heard it on an ASOT, and the two months till pvd played it to an aust audience.


Posted by radicool on May-13-2003 07:39:

...and another fact on this is that events nowdays are so commercialised like TT2003 even has it's own ads on TV, and inside Metro there were like motorola ads nonstop on the big screen and ad banners plastered everywhere.

I'd like to see once in a while where events are invitation only (devotees TA's who always hunting for infos in forums and so on can send email address to RSVP or something), by doing that DJ's can drop their latest and newest tune because only devotees and addicts will be their audience that particular time.


Posted by Solstice on May-13-2003 07:51:

quote:
Originally posted by Calis
so his sets are a mixup of recognisable tracks, new material, and dependable classics such as seven cities (which just so happens to be one of my alltime fav tracks because of boundaries of imagination).


you've made a new friend , 7 cities (every mix ive heard so far) is simply one of the greatest trance tracks out there, i still havent found a melody that matches it....

cant wait for solarstone later on this year too!!


Posted by Calis on May-13-2003 08:09:

eheh cool :P

godskitchen 02 was the first time i saw armin in the flesh. i had been hoping for years i'd hear him drop seven cities while i was front and centre. told my friends i'd be running around like a headless chicken if he dropped it.

he dropped it. fanfuckingtastic i swear.

then he did it again at tt03. not as special as hearing it at GK02, but still very enjoyable.

great track, great memories, nothing else needed to be said :P


Posted by Ghostface on May-13-2003 09:28:

Don't get me wrong, I love the anthems, but I also love busting my gut trying to find the name of THAT tune.


Posted by stamper on May-13-2003 13:17:

quote:
Originally posted by InAcoma
Its simple
If you want to hear new tracks spun by armin, listen to his radio show, cant get newer tunes then that.
His livesets are different, but if he didnt drop those tracks we would never experience them in that kind of environment, think of what we would be missing out on.

If he didnt do it we wouldnt be able to tell our grandchildren how great it was to hear infront of 8,000 people.
I like his style, i like the way he interacts with the crowd, from this interaction you can see that he is in it for the love of music and it's not just a job.


well said, and agreed!!
Armin is the greatest!


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