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oks so i guess i'll post a review now .. 
after accidentally almost leaving 1 hour early for work this morning (7:45am) and catching the Vince CArter charity game at the ACC .. i wasn't sure if i'd be able to make it in one piece tonite after comin down with a bad stomach ache earlier in the day ..
anyways .. oks so onto the review:
The Event
What an amazing night. The crowd level in the VIP room I found this time around was just perfect. There was plenty of space to dance. Air circulation was well established, and those AC vents blowing down from the ceiling added a nice touch. Also good to see that the sound system in the VIP was finally fixed up (i didn't notice cutting??) and for some reason the decor and environment seemed a lot cleaner this time around.
I arrived with my co-worker Sean at approx. 11:15pm. By then the VIP was already filling up as TranceArmada was setting the mood inside. I was surprised to see all the TA's that weren't originally on the roll call, that was about 3 times as many ppl !
Anyways, the vibe and energy inside was surreal. It's always awesome seeing some crowd favourite TA DJ's take to the decks as well as seeing new up and coming ones take it to the crowd for the first time. At one moment I looked inside the VIP and then looked outside into the main room. We were destroying it in the VIP! The energy of the crowd and the TA massive made it no other than the place to be. I personally enjoyed this event over the last Invasion party.. and for those coming out thanks for coming out again! TA is definately getting stronger and our massive grows ..
AFter some amazing sets by all our DJ's I finally left around 5am with Endless, Hordash, HardcoreTrancer, and Eso along with my co-worker Sean.
The DJ's
TranceArmada
After arriving just after 11:15pm I didn't have an opportunity to catch all of ARt's set. However, the tracks he was laying down early on was setting the perfect mood for things to come. A very nice blend of prog-house with some techy-breaks it sounded like towards the end.
DJ M�bius
What can I say, such a pleasure as always to hear this guy spin. Imho one of the most technically gifted trance DJ's on TA today. Carlos never ceases to impress me with his track selection and flawless mixing. Really got the VIP room crowd going crazy around 11:45pm and that happy bday throwout for him by JOhn was a nice touch as well. Look out Sept .. big tingz gwan! 
Deep Groove
Great set by 2 amazing resident DJ's of system. After hearing Carlos' awesome set, the crowd was ready to be put into a state of Euphoria. Deep Groove did just that as they dropped an exclusive old school trance set where most of the tunes you would not find newer than 2000. Just some of the tracks dropped include:
William Orbit - Barber's Adagio for Strings
System F - Out of the Blue
Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar
Art of Trance - Madagascar (System F Remix)
and none other than ..
Binary Finary - 1998 
The songs brought back some great memories of what the old school scene was all about. THe BLC, a great vibe, great music, and above all great people.
Sarah Mixington
For someone who had never played infront of such a large live crowd this girl did not cease to amaze me. A sick techno set that kept the place moving like crazy after Deep Groove's insane classic set. Sarah openned with Underworld - Born Slippy which made the place go wild and kept it banging all nite long. It was nice being able to hear some techno at an Invasion party as we were able to mix it up this time around for a change. As much as the DJ feels she erred on certain areas I thought the mixing was flawless and only after a short hour I was totally spent. Totally looking forward to hearing Sarah spin again at a future event. TOTA has a new Techno Queen!
DJ Precurser
Andrew got the tuff job of cleaning up the night and he did a fine job at that. Dropped a lot of newer tracks for all the hardcore TA's still left in the VIP into the wee hours of the morning. Was great to see such variation in sets with Deep Groove's oldskool set, and then with Andrew's new skool set. Aside from the minor technical difficulties he was having on the mixer, the set had great flow and kept everyone going till the very end. He closed off the night with .. Solar Stone - Seven Cities (forget what mix though) as a fitting end to a very memorable night..
Shoutouts:
BigUPs to the Usual Crew
Endlesswave - DJ KURFEW .. get it ON!
The Highroller - you don't look any older
DigiNut-SACK - sickest dance moves of the nite
DJ Eso - open 24 hours
Time2Burn - no party without the party
lil_Kandi_Angel - watergirl
ryanm - babyface
drgoodvibe - KHALALALA!
DJ_Hordash - representin 90% of TOTA's manhood
HardcoreTrancer - representin the other 10%
Schryer - remember the demo!
jenna_rae - remind Mike about the demo!
charmscars - nice seeing u again for the whole 3 minutes!
ryanmarcus - bigUPS Vagrant for supportin, bring ur partner in crime!
TimeWarp + gf Stephanie - sorry bout the guestlist !@#$% up, glad u guys made it out tho!
Bizz - park on front St. next time!!
DJ Stylez - wickid seein you out, totally didn't expect it
Waxen - sames~! take care of that baby..
the_broad - my fone looks nicer chipgirl
Tordan - where was Rameses??
mecha - are you Art's caddy? where did u guys go ??
sober_24_7 - nice seeing u out again surferboy
Keven (the lurker) - u always seem to be around..
torontobarfly - pls. delete my cameo pics
pixiechick - saw ya , but didn't get a chance to say hi
Kim aka. Hordash's co-worker - Full Cycle Tour!
BigUPs to the First Time Crew
Ukrainianstud - didn't realize u were Ukrainianstud
Rocco - there u met me
Vinder (from Tribe.ca) - 1998!!
Jason? (from TorontoRaves.com) - fluid man ..
Bernard - Man small world.. BCI.. lol
Mr. Furious (from Tribe.ca) - TBK + TA invasion 04!
BigUPs to the DJ's
trancearmada - stay next time
M�bius - happy bDAY - Beach Ball (G&D REmix) haha told ya!!
Deep Groove - oldskool repect..
Skipper - techno queen
rahvin - nuskool respect..
And a special BigUPs to..
Alex and Ariel aka. Deep Groove - for helping us out on the venue
Sean - for my ride home
E2EK1EL - my partner in crime, told u.. WORRY TOO MUCH
and of course his eminence Swamper - for creating this whole mess ..
Finally John and I wanna thank everyone for coming out. As always the TA's make the party. And special thanks to all our DJ's who threw down awesome sets. Hope to see everyone out again for Invasion 04. See you all at Turbo this Sunday!
cheers,
dEsidEL
SUPPORT THOSE WHO SUPPORT YOU!
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL HardcoreTrancer - representin the other 10% |
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| Originally posted by hardcore trancer lol,just 10%?? |
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| Originally posted by hardcore trancer lol,just 10%?? |
You da man Mobius !
all the djs were good, i had a chillen nite so its all good
Roger
Here's my playlist if I remember correctly
Beat Pusher ft. Miranda Brainsby - Murto
Paul Van Dyk - Tell Me Why (The Riddle?) [Take A Break mix]
Nalin & Kane - Beachball (Gabriel & Dresden Southbeach Vacation Mix)
Way Out West - Mindcircus (Gabriel & Dresden mix)
Chakra - Home (Tilt's Topline Mix)
Schiller - Das Glockenspiel (Humate Remix)
Utah Saints - Lost Vagueness (Oliver Lieb's Main Mix)
Chris Liebing - American Madness
Human Tech - Invasion
Michael De Hey vs Secret Cinema - Another Sweater
Tiesto - Magikal Journey
Sirocco - Destination
Push - Journey Of Life
Rapid Eye - Stealing Beauty (RE mix)
Cosmicman - I love you (Shane 54 Mix)
Pulser - My Religion
Silent Harmony - Save The Whales
Sean Dexter - Synthetica
Yahel - Voyage
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| Originally posted by M�bius Here's my playlist if I remember correctly Beat Pusher ft. Miranda Brainsby - Murto Paul Van Dyk - Tell Me Why (The Riddle?) [Take A Break mix] Nalin & Kane - Beachball (Gabriel & Dresden Southbeach Vacation Mix) Way Out West - Mindcircus (Gabriel & Dresden mix) Chakra - Home (Tilt's Topline Mix) Schiller - Das Glockenspiel (Humate Remix) Utah Saints - Lost Vagueness (Oliver Lieb's Main Mix) Chris Liebing - American Madness Human Tech - Invasion Michael De Hey vs Secret Cinema - Another Sweater Tiesto - Magikal Journey Sirocco - Destination Push - Journey Of Life Rapid Eye - Stealing Beauty (RE mix) Cosmicman - I love you (Shane 54 Mix) Pulser - My Religion Silent Harmony - Save The Whales Sean Dexter - Synthetica Yahel - Voyage |
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| Originally posted by tha_broad maybe u need to step it up a notch |
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| Originally posted by charmscars but you are 100% hotstuff |
^^^^^ Easy there Navid, dun want your head to explode. lol
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| Originally posted by Endlesswave ^^^^^ Easy there Navid, dun want your head to explode. lol |
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL why? did something else of urs explode Chris ?? |
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL why? did something else of urs explode Chris ?? |
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| Originally posted by tha_broad whats with all this talk of exploding??? |
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| Originally posted by hardcore trancer ooh nothing we just like the word explosion!! |
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| Originally posted by Mako Yeah typical talk from us Khalahalahala folks.. |
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| Originally posted by hardcore trancer once again we are hijacking a thread!! KHALAHAHAHALALALALLALAALA is once more in control btw I can see my days ending on this board soon for hijacking threads,but it is soo addictive god damn it. |
I had a great time! I'm glad to hear you guys did too. I don't even know where to start...
Got there at 11:30ish and found myself being warmly welcomed by security and staff because I was holding a record bag! Note to self: carry record bag out to all clubs all the time so I can get treated better by staff.
Mobius was just getting on the decks when I got there and he played a great set. I'm not a super big hands-in-the-air fan of trance like I used to be, but he played the older stuff which reminded me of the times that I was a true tranceaddict. (coughbeforetechnocough) My boyfriend still likes trance and really enjoyed it, as did many others from the looks of it! Mobius, it looked like you were going to be a tough act to follow, which I why I chose to play at 2:30 instead of 1:30!
Caught a little bit of deep groove's set, but was too pre-occupied to really pay attention!
I felt really warmly welcomed, despite the big change of pace of the night. I was craving techno and I hope the pace wasn't too much of a change, but after hearing some of the music from the main room earlier on, I needed an injection of fast beats! 
John, will you be hosting the sets somewhere? My track listing from the night (I put the tracks back in order as I played them)
- Underworld, Born Slippy
- Danilo Vigorito, Rephlex
- Umek, Brotax
- Umek, Soludeks
- Andrew Richley/Ryan Rivera, The Hard Target
- Felipe & Nichloas Baucher, Duktun (Marco Bailey remix)
- Danilo Vigorito - Outdated
- Uk Gold, Agent Wood (Umek remix)
- Marco Carola, Diapson
- Danilo Vigorito/Gaetano Parisio - Logica EP (A side)
- Oliver Ho, Sacred Object EP (B side)
- Cave, tribal war
- Redhead, Fly cargo
- Slam, Stepback (Smith/Selway remix)
- Oxia, Hypnotik
- Misstress Barbara, Ouch, my liver!
- The merengue (Slam remix)
Precursor - sorry I didn't catch much of your set but I was exhausted! Looks like you were doing a great job though.
Uhhh, as for everyone I met and saw again, I couldnt possibly list all of you off...but thanks to those who came up and said hi - otherwise I probably wouldn't have recognized you and introduced myself!
craig, thanks tons for the pics you emailed me - my Mum liked them. Especially the one of you reaching for Paul's package.
John et al, excellent organization and execution on this event...I was so happy to be a part of it. Mucho gracias.
To all the TAs...you guys have been a very welcoming group of people and thanks for all your support for my first gig! I'm glad you had a good time.
and lastly...if the dude who randomly handed me party favors during my set is reading this, hit me up with a PM so I can say thanks....even though the favors are still sitting in my purse.
Ok, back to bed!!
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| Originally posted by Skipper John, will you be hosting the sets somewhere? |
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| Originally posted by Skipper and lastly...if the dude who randomly handed me party favors during my set is reading this, hit me up with a PM so I can say thanks....even though the favors are still sitting in my purse. |
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| Originally posted by hardcore trancer once again we are hijacking a thread!! KHALAHAHAHALALALALLALAALA is once more in control btw I can see my days ending on this board soon for hijacking threads,but it is soo addictive god damn it. |
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| Originally posted by Mako yeah we can't help it lol it's that khalalalallaa nature within us |
fack I cant stop saying that now.
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| Originally posted by hardcore trancer ya see once you start it wont end. Khalalalalala fack I cant stop saying that now. |
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| Originally posted by hardcore trancer ya see once you start it wont end. Khalalalalala fack I cant stop saying that now. |
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL shoot down ur Iranian ass! |
Great night. Started off by meeting Aaron, Peter, my neighbor, and his girlfriend at the ferret & Firkin. We had a few drinks then walked down to System.
All the DJs were very good this night, ESPECIALLY Skipper. OMG I could not stop dancing. Thanks alot! I now have a strained hamstring hahaha. Left after Skippers set cause I was too killed.
Let's try a shout out list for once.
Az - Didn't really get to talk to you much, but nice seeing you again.
Mike - Always great talking to you, you're such a great guy. PM me about that job you were talking to me about, it sounded quite interesting.
Lil Kandi Angel - Didn't really get to talk to you but nice seeing you again.
Carlos - Great set man, this was the first time that I actually talked to you I think, and you're a cool guy. You're a bastard for not letting me buy you that drink! 
Jenna - Didn't really get to talk to you, but always nice seeing you.
Turbo - You didn't get drunk enough last night, what's wrong with you?!
Ukrainian Stud - Cool meeting you. Even cooler seeing you on the way home in the taxi haha.
Mirza - You talk sooooooooo much shit man.. there's no way! Skipper's set was awesome eh?
Naveed - You were sitting down all night man, where were you during skipper's set? Pfff
Piotr! - Flight 2000! Hahaha!
Craig - Let's see if you can recognize me next time.
Tara - Nice seeing you again.
Chris (endlesswave) - You're horrible man, where were you for the pre meet?
Chris (bizz) - Nice seeing you again.
Kim - You must sign up for TA!
Christina - Nice finally meeting you. Sorry I didn't say much I was pretty drunk
Beh - Why'd you leave so early? "I'm getting old" is no damn excuse!
Ryan - Gotta get the goatee back man. Same with you! No leaving early next time!
Emery - I'll be seeing you at Theory! The Melbourne Shuffle will be learnt soon enough.
John - I'll be seeing you at Theory too. Gotta teach me that junglist two step
Nismodreams - Nice meeting you.
Trancearmada - Nice set! Too bad you couldn't go harder
Mecha - Nice meeting you again.
I know I prolly missed a couple but it was nice seeing you all!
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